Long Arkwright Poems

Pleasant spring like day February 9th, 2024

A scent (and sixth sense predominates),
when apple boughs
and other aromatic flora
laden with blossoms and fruit
gently assail cilia of the nostrils,
aside from aiding distinguishing 
pleasant or unpleasant smells 
additionally incorporate...

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Pleasant spring like day January 12th, 2020

Courtesy climate change
(think global warming),
I would never wish to exchange
unseasonable temperature
way out of range
far to balmy, undoubtedly
ole man winter
weather did shortchange.

Once thermometer readings rise
even smidgen one moost not minimize
Earth...

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avast extent of following poem
crafted a couple plus years ago,
when foretaste of temperate weather
covered swath of eastern seaboard.

Courtesy climate change
(think global warming),
I would never wish to exchange
unseasonably warm temperature
(eighteen plus degrees celsius 
in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania)...

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I will dread October's spell
It only comes but once a year
I, my friends, have tales to tell
Thus, my family, makes me fear!!

Pumpkins, lanterns, cornstalk vases
Grace our porch with happy faces,
Some so creepy, they leave traces
of...

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In the year before darkness saw light,
When the safety of men knew no shroud.
At the time when the shadows of night,
In the Heavens had not been allowed.

When the spirits of men did not mourn,
Nor the...

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This morning I went shopping
Tripped over, started hopping
My milk bottle it went slopping
The store cleaner began mopping

I hobbled out of the store
Got caught in the sliding door
Lost my wallet and now I’m poor
I really can’t...

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I lay on my pillow in a dark, dark room
Staring out the window from my bed
The moon looks like Camembert floating in the sky
And I’m sure I seen two witches flying by.

One had a broom...

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It is on those Rainy Days of my life
when I feel that there is so little light,
that my ups and downs, like kids' See-Saws, 
make me want to stop and give up the fight.

Enough of...

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Come back into my life again
If it’s but to forsake me again,
come back for a moment brief
Oh, even if it’s to give me grief.

With sly mischief in your eyes
you escaped like a lover’s sighs
forsaking me...

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Sitting on a branch of a white sapote tree
Shivering, crying and alone 
Away from home, on the highest branch that can hold me

Hiding......no more beatings mommy 
Scared, it's pitch black and sounds of insects rule...

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In love with words- I'lyezette




Have always loved words,
that take over my emotions,
The muse flies swift as birds,
as pen sets ink in motion,

Deeper in thoughts I drown,
when no words come to my rescue,
Failure then paints frown,
awaits...

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My racing heart through silence seeps
a pitter-pattered tempo keeps
while all the world about me sleeps
so quietly in the night.

I sense a ghastly ghoul creep
a lurid wretch my conscious sweep
I fight it, but I softly weep
so...

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So enchanted was Sun by Queen Sea
as he sat near some clouds high above
he began sliding down stealthily
till he touched the dark face of his love.

Then Sir Sky, so aroused by Sea’s hue,
began melting along...

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Wheat crop stands tall in spring's bloom,
Ripples seen with wind through the gold,
Proud farmer anticipates the best harvest,
His blood and sweat are made to nourish,

Feeding the whole world himself no meal,
Blanket of sole hope covers...

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Titles 


Jingling bells on the camel drawn cart
A Memorable Ride for the day to start.

The good old days when cars so few
The multi attired costume looked all anew.

Rajasthan tunes for me to savour
Completing The Lines...

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Titles

The love of two people that chose to grow as it sows

With so much love in my heart like an hourglass full of sand that flows

Our children are here one minute and gone the next...

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The sea was a tempest of strong gale winds,
   Waves beat upon the shore crashing the rocks;
And it was hours before the storm had thinned,
   That the battered up boat drifted...

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This relationship is a 'losing proposition',you know it to be true
While I finally have the courage,' I'm breaking up with you'
The 'rearview mirror' is not the way we want to live our life
Sorry but I...

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Raining into dark





In realm of darkness
with all hopes lost,
Walking to the unknown
I dared not stop,

When no one chose 
that path of loneliness,
Wishful beyond real
I went directionless,

Then tiny raindrops
subtle and serene,
Came to my rescue
to wash away...

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