Long Banishes Poems

Things begin turning around and very 
slowly they take a nasty foreboding twist
as Hell's Dragon has not breathed yet 
a deep burning fire melting red his eyes
dripping blood upon fury and destruction
pumping inside the uncontrollable...

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A reflecting angel, deep inside,
forgives the past, sets sins aside.
Rising above yesterday's pain,
embracing change, a sunlit rain.

Greed's dark shadow, a fading stain,
washed clean by a heart that gives again.
Hate's cold grip, now loosens its hold,
melting...

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Padraig's Fire

Hurry!
Hurry through the night
With windstorms
Breathing at your back
Before the shadows know
You pass their doors -
Their darkened, dusty, empty hearths -
Before the dawn ascends -
Before the pipes awaken;
Carry close
Precious flint and tinder
Next to the wildly...

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Beneath heavy eyelids woven from the shadows of the night,
In the gardens of silence, time whispers questions through the ages,
Why, amidst walls frailly built from the silk of longing,
Do I incessantly love the slender thread,...

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When Light Penetrates The Fog Of Fear And Darkness

When Light through the keyhole penetrates the malaise
And within that moment your soul gives sincere praise
For that divine gift that Life's sweet promise resets
Earth's clock to those...

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Written: August 26, 2023
With Each Morning Poetry Contest              Sponsored by: Martin Braun  

 Quote: "Reflections of pink, and gold on heaven’s...

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## I
Eleven, Tehran's burning heat—
sleeve rolled high against the summer's weight,
the Revolutionary Guard's fist finds my face
like a question mark carved in flesh.
A G3 rifle barrel cold against my cheek,
the hammer clicks, a seed of...

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I as in ego, versus I as soul,
indicates there are two of us in here,
so whilst playing out our ordained life role,
what is the vibration, our heart holds dear?
Just like Doctor Jekyll and Mister Hyde,
in...

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Intimate
Souls beautiful expression 
Of spiritual liberation and intimacy Glorious 

Redemption mine"Sins placed on the tree"
Freedoms paid for "Breath of freedom's gale"
Father's divine love "Embraces me, holds my hand"
Spirits soul inner connection 
"Reigns inside me gives...

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Bare feet step onto the cold black and white mosaic tiles.
A few tiles are missing, revealing beige glue embedded with purple lint.
An inconveniently small black knob, striped with old toothpaste
is twisted 
to illuminate the reluctant...

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The crow, a prophet in the pines, 
Caws a lament, a mournful chime. 
Is it winter's grip he fears, 
Or a world grown cold, with unseen tears? 

The curlew pipes a mournful song, 
Across the...

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Within seconds, life and death collide
Within a blink of an eye, your last moments
To hope, to trust, and to surety you are tide
Your heart falls to its knees, and begins to pray to a God...

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He would have dissolved the congress party
Would have stopped at once all its festivity
Certainly would have gone on hunger strike
And, would have, launched a blistering attack.

He would have wholly banned the sacred khadi
That some time...

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Love and sing! Oh, you, who pour from the nectar of your love,
Elixir of desire, a caress for my thirsty heart,
Feet caught in the satin of destiny,
Seeking magical paths, hidden in the surreal white of...

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Devoid of personal exposure to wondrous Spring 
I thank God for His bestowed vicarious experience
via technology’s media encounters
enabling me to testify about its majestic delight.

Among the four providentially-designed seasons
Spring’s the best, asserted by scientific studies:
moderate...

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She gave me a new name that feeds my soul
when others label me, this makes me whole
from heritage is where she drew the word
I must confess this name I'd never heard

Aneolani, what endearing name!
to what...

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How lucky I am that she loves me!		
                           ...

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I saw a man today with zippers on his shoes
and platforms in the news
never stopped him from stepping in the street

I ask him why he looks at the sky
while bombs are blasting at his feet
and...

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As powerful as an earth tremor that can tear the clinged earth plates apart,
As strong as a lie that can break the glass of trust into pieces,
As significant as a plastic face that can easily...

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The Sun’s Shadow burning 
Through It All…
Rough exterior masks the heart 
longing to love within him…
False happiness and 
contentment hides the 
wounded lover within her…
Joined in limitless love at the 
hands of fate…
Separated and alone...

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Swallowed in  the deepest recesses of the night
enveloping me in satin folds, so dark, so lonely.
The emptiness I see emanates from within me.
Like moonless nights that swallow the sun in ebon darkness,
it seeps from...

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Don't Give Up
 When friends forsake and promised love dies you still have purpose. 
 Who could leave the Summer and her moon drenched country stream,
 Where pilgrims bathe when tired in body and soul?
...

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Where remains narrow thought, when two hearts entwine,
dissolving completely in each other’s eyes,
cosmic fire birthing rapture as souls align,
with divine magnetism causing bliss to rise,
renewing its pulse as love for love does pine,
presence delighting in...

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Why all these many thing's

Shine and smell like bedazzled
diamond's inside a plush pottered bowl
containing fresh picked petal 
perfumery

That banishes every spec of rustic 
dust clinging desperately onto a 
swinging chandelier 

Hanging resplendent in a castle
greeting...

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The angelic answer of the Almighty Lord comes swiftly 

As Archangels Michael and Gabriel with their Band of 
Burning Flesh - The Devil’s own

Angels enters the earthly plane to confront the Hellfire
vengeance of The Devil...

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