Long Ascribing Poems

Letter to a novice poet:

(What modern poetry is for me)

Welcome to the family of budding poets, who pen passion and
meaning or anything life holds for them. Enjoy. Buds will sprout
and blossom over time. No buts...

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Hindsight always equals 20/20

Acuity absent amidst domestic turmoil,
passage of time nsync with diminished
pitched family emotional battles relieves
blinded insight allowing, enabling, and
providing painful awareness incumbent

to mourn the absent paternal maturity, I
reach out with genuine non petty...

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Written 22 December 2023
Forgiveness Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Robert James Langouri

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I woke up aware just not responsive. I did not connect with any stored knowledge. Like when your computer is shut down improperly and Windows is not set at start on next boot. All that...

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6.  Incompleteness of the education curricula/ In-availability of areas-subjects-courses
that will enable others possessing other intelligences discover themselves-excel.

Other factors affecting intelligence are:

Language comprehension and expressiveness, Self reasoning and ability to generate
solutions, Sense of timing-Rhythmic accuracy...

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How did it get this bad!
Siblings quarreling and squabbling over inheritance 
Bickering over who is better and more successful;
Killing each other

How did it get this bad!
Senior citizens treated with disdain, loathe and contempt
By younger folks
Empathy...

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The years went by approaching an end
Time had lost its savor still in search of a meaning
Distance faded away closely producing vivid streaks
Marking the end of the beginning and the beginning of the end
Hope tried...

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Trapped in the essence of time’s significance buried under rocky grounds
a flickering light eternity’s gaze ordained defined
her senses heighten into the blue flash above ahead streaking to her destinations end
the bitter truth diverges
emotions surging dramatic
reflex...

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Even when our fathers were not there
They penned the edicts on their behalf
And decreed how the people should live
So, like sheep we followed their lead
Hoping for fields of lush pasture
Full of dreams where honey drips
Noble...

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Mad?

Be glad! You have your life to live; there’s poetry to share,
as evolution gives us words, and some have minds that hear.
Accoutrements can touch the hearts of strangers (though we fear
a countenance that’s new to...

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Yes, “going with the flow” has found new meaning on Hawaii’s coast
The lava there from many fissures covers earth like jam on toast
Though driven just by gravity as soon as it has found release
It’s path...

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I dreamt a dream that renewed kindred memories
Rekindling past passions of moonlit love-themes,
Enamoring love-embers blooming heartfelt longings,
Crooning hints-romantic~ life’s a beauteous dream;

When merrily you enthralled me in springs of yore
Fetching yesteryears’ treasured keepsakes to fore
Lauding...

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This is who I am
My silence smiles in the face of a lie
In every storm my head is held high
This is who I am

This is whom you see
What is began will be brought to an...

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Morning knocks on us
As I commingle with him,
My mentor ,with dread of poetic locks
With God, not of them became parts
For my thoughts still shrouded of secrecy.

Of no count are them
Drinking from the calabash of ignorance
Ascribing...

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Holding hands, we embrace each other,
as our hearts and souls somehow entwine.
For when two lonely hearts fall in love;
moments are savored, like a fine wine.

The heart's eye sees only perfection;
love is an intoxicating drink.
And sipping...

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Is the glass half full or half empty 
Its depends on your perspective 
I watched you walk away  but I never saw your tears I only saw mine .
All I see is me..my pain.....

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She writes about Fall's beauty in the rain 
The falling raindrops' dance ascribing thence 
Bespoken verse that lightens her refrain 
before the time they met - her steps commence. 

She listens to the soft and...

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Thinking of you I’m painting of love
Ascribing endearing brushstrokes
Ambivalent of my reach to inform
As I adumbrate upon soul’s canvas

Come build this portrait with me
Emblazon those empty spaces
Color them boldly as you please
Embolden contours of your...

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