Long Avery Poems

“SUMMER”



Where 
has Summer 
gone?

The world 
has lost 
Summer

Sweet 
little 
dream

missing 

all those other 
beautiful  
small dreams 

seen as toys
small and 
inconsequential 

casually tossed aside, 
disposable play,
things

pure shining lights
smiling eyes once so bright, 
switched off,

'neath...

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Beauregard Buchanan owned at least a dozen mansions, and chauffeured ‘round in exotic cars had never learned to drive,
So consequently...we who fought like hell to make ends meet...viewed him as, without a doubt - the...

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The woman in the back blowing her horn
 She is in a hurry to go
 As I comes to a complete stop
 After the traffic lights turn yellow

 Thru the glass she showed me the...

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The woman in the back blowing her horn
 She is in a hurry to go
 As I comes to a complete stop
 After the traffic lights turn yellow

 Thru the glass she showed me the...

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Behind caution tape, I stand in the shade
watching a wrecking ball, tethered to sway
And soon with a gasp from the crowd standing by
A piece of the past is ready to die

I am seeing a lifetime,...

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(Eliza strokes the door. A thought is visibly pushing through her mind)

Eliza: I think...I want to know.

Martha: How does it feel?#

Eliza: There''s something there. Right behind it. Someone. Pulling me.

Martha: Eliza...why are you here?

Missie: Oh...

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As days go by I feel a connection.
A love of affection that I don’t want to put to an abate.
That makes my heart want to lead to you. 
Then again, hiding feelings inside solves nothing....

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This is an Easter poem my mother wrote to her mother in 1944, at the height of WWII, while my mother was doing her part for the war effort in Warner Robbins, GA.

"The Easter Poem"...

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His gold teeth glistened in the sun
As ‘Long Ben Avery’ turned
To face his captives, head lowered,
Their providence to learn

For Avery was a pirate bold
Trained in the Kings’ Navy
Who, disillusioned with his lot,
Captained a mutiny

He seized...

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"A World Inside - Love's Glamour"



See the golden chord
it extends beyond,
resides inside your world

you remain connected
the true Love
never lets you go

somersault backwards
then forwards like a child 
rolls down a lush green hill

towards
the next exit
tomorrow

blue sky...

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William (Billy) Avery mailman extraordinaire for ten years 
His beautiful loving wife, Irene, Loved beyond this World
I remember the day Billy was skipping down the sidewalks
Hey Billy ,what’s up You seem exuberantly Happy today
After ten...

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My Ducklings,
Like roses,
They’re soft and delicate,
With thorns, 
They’re ready to prick 

My Ducklings, 
Hard like rocks,
Study like bamboo

My Ducklings, 
Like a butterfly,
Their transformations are unique,
Beautiful
Like a dog 
Loyalty is key
Like a beaver, 
Their work ethic...

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A teenage girl baking cookies
Looks so good will makes you drool
 Making it for her favorite teacher
 In CHRA Iraqi high school

She teaches with a technique
 Giving students a sense of purpose
She connects to her...

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I'm swinging on alcohol ,
Puffing smoke from day to dawn ,
Locomoting up steets  to downtown,
Inquisitoring for  that one pill .
Such pill to avail me sleep 
But the doctors say they have  such...

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I'm swinging on alcohol ,
Puffing smoke from day to dawn ,
Locomoting up steets  to downtown,
Inquisitoring for  that one pill .
Such pill to avail me sleep 
But the doctors say they have  such...

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life itself is an ocean

full of whales and sharks

sometimes swimming, sometimes sailing

sometimes surviving in an ark

don't be scared John Henry

just avoid the guns and knives

stay away from jealous men

and don't look at their wives 

don't...

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Come all ye nations
 Avery Kindred Brotherhood 
Let it be said and be known 
God is coming for his own 
You will 
Blossom as the rose 
Let it be you known
You will 
Blossom as a...

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"How clear can art be?" Salvador asked,
"when surrealism is the order-of-the-day,
the order of my dreams, and for sale
at the gallery down one block and over two."

"Persistence - persistence always forays
to visions we never knew were...

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Guru Nanak along with Bhai Mardana,
reached a remote village of Larhkana.
People were happy to see the saints.
Many welcome them at their gates.
They had stayed at a common place.
Guru gave his message to each race.
He preached...

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Our Freedom
 
We were made for each other
 
 
I still dream of you when I close my eyes....
 
 
Our hearts still beating together....
 
 
Looking at wedding pictures of you and I....
 
...

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A Fairy Tale
 
With the sound of your voice
my stomach gets filled with butterflies
For me there is no choice
I get lost in your eyes
My mind goes blank
All my heart can do is sigh
When you give...

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 I am loving and patient
I wonder will it hurt when I finally die
I hear angels singing my name
I see my mother's eyes
I want to live eternally in heaven
I am loving and patient
I pretend to...

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I will no longer feel ashamed
Didn't realize what I was getting into
No longer standing here will I be blamed
Now I am the one smarter then you
You stole my soul for awhile
I now take it back...

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Hush now the angel says
She is trying to show me her ways
she is coming to me here
In pure white she takes away your fear
no more troubles await you
with no more worries to go through
feeling just...

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In a Van I Drew up to the Carol-singing Abby
Warren, I was to Finley realize my wish to Mary.
Denise met me with a Lacy family Jewel blob.
Heather Matts were strewn on the floors.
Art was on...

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