Long Asking(a) Poems
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My Corporate Life and How It All EndedI met with some bankers in fine textured suits.
I struck a deal quick. (I had such a knack.)
I offered rare cacti and tropical fruits –
a cure-all for things that ail your back.
I served 'em...
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Categories:
asking(a), business, humor, humorous, money, political, satire,
Form:
Couplet
GunsThe U.S. Constitution: Amendment 11
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security
of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear ...
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Categories:
asking(a), america, people, political, , western,
Form:
Couplet
Letters To the LadyTroop ships loading, crowded docks
Mums and sisters waving off
Go with keepsakes, golden locks
Some men hug while many doff
Eric, soldier single stands
Beryl, lonesome widow cares
Many kissing holding hands
Eric stands and Beryl dares
Bump the soldier, make excuse
Apologizing...
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Categories:
asking(a), mother son, war, world war ii,
Form:
Rhyme
Blarney Stone Collab-MORE ADDITIONSIf anyone would like to have some community fun,
please send me a limerick(s) in a comment or soup mail.
The famous Blarney Stone, some can't resist
When in Ireland, it's on tourist's checklist
But do...
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Categories:
asking(a), humor,
Form:
Limerick
A Day For a LifetimeDriving my car across the country, numerous years ago, going to a new place,
Changing who I’d know
A loud bang broke the boredom and...
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Categories:
asking(a), adventure, anxiety, food, memory, romance, travel, true
Form:
Ballad
Confused I And Stressed In Londonis everyone from Barking Barking mad?
Does everyone In Lambeth do the Lambeth walk?
Is Leicester Square In Leicester?
Is The Elephant And Castle a place where they hide Elephants?
Is Oxford Street in Oxford?
And Paddington a bear?
Highgate...
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Categories:
asking(a), city, confusion,
Form:
Free verse
The Christmas Stench
There was once a minister who moved to San Francisco to pastor a little church. The name of that little church was Emmanuel which means “God with us”. There was an atmosphere about...
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Categories:
asking(a), candy, christian, christmas, family, home, love, my
Form:
Prose
You Have the PowerYou Have The Power
My youth was evaporating, I needed to go back
to my doctor, run towards his clinic which 11
years ago I stood at that door, helpless, bloody,
lost, angry, vindictive, and alone,...
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Categories:
asking(a), poetry,
Form:
Prose Poetry
As Clear as DaylightSometimes we can go all our lives seeing something without really having any insight into what we are seeing. For instance, hands in prayer position. Because they are praying we assume people will put...
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Categories:
asking(a), allegory, introspection, perspective, prayer,
Form:
Didactic
Planning a Seniors WeddingGerry Coombes and April Showers have their families in a spin,
being ninety-two and eighty-nine; planned their new life to begin.
They’ve announced they’re getting married before they get too old,
and of course there is resistance, but...
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Categories:
asking(a), humor,
Form:
Rhyme
All For the Love of BetsyThis is a story poem. I call, ALL FOR THE LOVE OF BETSY
ILL start this little story by asking a question,what is love?
They say there is all kinds of love.
This story is about a new...
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Categories:
asking(a), love, mystery, nostalgia, wife, heart, night, tree,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
My Birthday WishI sit on the floor and wait from dusk to dawn, for a new day will soon be reborn. I count all
the blooming flowers, and count down the long hours, while mum takes her...
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Categories:
asking(a), black african american, childhood, family, food, children,
Form:
Narrative
33 PrayersThere's a time for loves to be won and lost… At least there was for us.
For 33 Chilean miners, lost below… life was simply stopped.
Alive and well, but buried deep… 2,200 feet below.
They had...
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Categories:
asking(a), angst, death, dedication, hope, life, loss, natural
Form:
Free verse
Fancy Stress - Collaboration With the Amazing Nina ParmenterThere’s a party tonight so I bouffe up my hair
Pamper and powder my sweet derrière,
Arrive at the door, all done up to impress.....
Oh man, I forgot! Invite said “fancy dress”!
Pete and Sue are here, seems...
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Categories:
asking(a), celebration, clothes, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
A Poem To LoveA Poem to love
To day I am placing here a great Hindi poem of a renowned poet
Translated by me as a poem which I hope would touch your mind
And heart intensely.
From the day...
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Categories:
asking(a), lovehindi, beautiful, me, age, light, longing, water,
Form:
Free verse
There Is No Telling the Things You Might FindPicking a rose in a garden of Sundays
Calling your name on a broken branch wind
Looking for clover where weeds are not welcome
Walking the bridge till its time to begin
Dancing in puddles now filled up...
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Categories:
asking(a), fun, love, nonsense,
Form:
Rhyme
Common ProblemsWe’re in the common room, Lisa and I. It’s Friday afternoon, about 2 - It’s partly-sunny and 45°f. outside. We’ve claimed the two squares of temporary rectangular sunlight like the Spanish conquistadors of old once...
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Categories:
asking(a), humor, school, student, teen,
Form:
Free verse
Why Would Our President Put His Trust In China Or Russia Or In UkraneWHY WOULD OUR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED OF AMERICA PUT HIS TRUST IN COMMUNIST CHINA,AND COMMUNIST RUSSIA TO DO AN INVESTIGATION ON AN "AMERICAN"???? IS THAT A "CRIMINAL" WHO IS FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC"?WHY WOULD OUR...
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Categories:
asking(a), 11th grade, 12th grade, 8th grade, america,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Are You Having the Same Dream As MeAre you having the same dream as me,
Do you dream you are aboard the Titanic,
And you have been focused on the Running of the ship,
Marvelling at how smoothly she moves through the water.
Your mood...
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Categories:
asking(a), analogy, baptism, care, character, christian, christmas, community,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
HilightedI was in my chemistry class (lecture #2) and the professor was asking a series of questions. At first, hands were flying up, the answers were easy. But as questions got more complex, and the...
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Categories:
asking(a), anxiety, class, school, student, teacher, teen,
Form:
Free verse
Where Is the Justice We SeekWhere is the Justice?
(The Eden Agenda II)
Where is the justice? ..the question
But small is the matter at hand
For fairness was lost at creation
It’s useless to take a stand.
Existence of man is a sham
Even the beasts...
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Categories:
asking(a), conflict, confusion, judgement, people, sad, truth, wisdom,
Form:
Rhyme
A Faraway PlaceSome of the most beautiful moments in time
are those that arrive unexpectedly and leave
indelible traces on the heart. ~ by poet
'pon Winter's wind a...
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Categories:
asking(a), how i feel,
Form:
Rhyme
The FutureI don't know what the future holds, I'm trying to make it through today first
Trying to find my own happiness, but my mind always replays hurt
I need to lower my expectations, because I won't find...
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Categories:
asking(a), deep, encouraging, growth, inspiration, inspirational, moving on,
Form:
Free verse
Legacyas a child I had dreams with visions in my mind
I sought peace from nature & grasp meaning of words
asking a lot of questions along life's journey
my grandma always said, "Why be...
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Categories:
asking(a), addiction, age, analogy,
Form:
Free verse
Steps For Random Acts of KindnessNoticing his neighbor’s young child
has laid a ladder against a tree,
determined to rescue a pet kitty stuck up there,
a middle-aged man crosses the street
and offers to help.
He STEPS UP the ladder
and retrieves the cat for...
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Categories:
asking(a), life,
Form:
Free verse