Long Bear down Poems

Beware of pirates without a ship
like rebels without a transportive WinWin cooperative cause,
like ego-politicians without sacred ecological-economic portfolios.

One of the ways we communicate cooperative values
and choose not to communicate disvalues
is by how and where and...

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Date:  September   2036

September finally came. Dolly 
Was in Labor but she stated 
That she would deliver her
Babies at home. Damian Tried 
Gentle discouragement. "Naw,
Babe we will be patients at
Magnum Medical Hospital 
Center....

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Blood spilling in the east running all the way to the west
Forming rivers of doubt in the north and South
An army of men converge along the river bank
With long guns strapped to their sides
And big...

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If you are the vast, ever-changing ocean,
I will be the sturdy mountain, holding you close, 
Embracing your gentle morning waves with care,
And welcome your crashing tidal surges in the evening without fear.

If you are the...

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The rain pours down my face while lights flash in the distance

Among the ones once living, I choose the path of most resistance

Blood, sweat, tears, and rain mix as I grasp the wooden sentencer

Condemning to...

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Little box warms me
Heat on my neck
But I don’t close the vent
I’d rather be hot, than feel nothing.
And inside it’s so dark
Turn my head right
All the lights
“Bear Down Bears”
Suddenly we’re so spirited
Wish we could be...

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Our own hagrid (in the corporeal essence of marital relatives) heaves livid rage
like real life harry potter dementors dead set on wreaking havoc
   mainly from the zison matriarch in a mental and physical...

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Our own hagrid (in the corporeal essence of marital relatives) heaves livid rage
like real life harry potter dementors dead set on wreaking havoc
   mainly from the zison matriarch in a mental and physical...

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Way up there in the Colorado mountains at around 9000 feet,
There once was a thrivin' village that served as the county seat.
It was a boom and bust town that now lies in desolate shambles,
Its one-time...

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The stars follow me home sometimes.
Even though I can’t see them through the clouds,
their/they’re eyes (that) still bear down on me.


I can hear bells in everything.


I pray to Gaia that I’ll feel ok sometimes,
just sometimes,
but...

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Waiting for baby.        16/07/2018.
 The hospital bag is ready in the hall. Oh the excitement and the stress of it all. Will we need an ambulance ? or...

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Can I tell you a secret?
Every generation thinks their time is the last greatest struggle 
and that their struggle will be the end of everything. 
Every generation has its precipice and must choose whether to...

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I feel the winds of change
Blowing through my hair
All the beauty of the sun
It shines upon my skin

Today it is a new day
A time for inner peace
Time to heal all the afflictions
That bear down hard...

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If this night you suddenly find
you have lost all faith in mankind,
need I say anymore, I care.
A resourceful comrade, I’ll be -a
friend in your dreadful green se-a.  

I'm willing to help guide your boat;
sailing...

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Joy in work means joy in life,
And where none shirk there is no strife.

Bear down there, young man;
The wheel's in your hand.
Steady, set to it;
You know you can!

The glorious softness of multi-colored earth
And the glad...

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You’re a hollow tree, listening
to the tapping claws of am exposed sky.

You sit sideways staring over your shoulder.
A rib cage full of naked troglodytes
looks up into your throat.

Wintery seas leak over ice-bound rooftops.
Bedsheets stiffen into...

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You’re a hollow tree, listening
to the tapping claws of am exposed sky.

You sit sideways staring over your shoulder.
A rib cage full of naked troglodytes
looks up into your throat.

Wintery seas leak over ice-bound rooftops.
Bedsheets come to...

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Loads and loads
Heavy loads
So many loads
That I need
No,
To much for me
So why not, 
Let it go
Too much weight
No more room
But why do I wait
When the seas are enraged
Why do I, hesitate
To save myself
Placing this stuff
Back...

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and the garbage piles up.
Nose-blind by now,
the public doesn’t even
smell the increasing stench.
Inured to the political slush,
minds grind to a halt,
gravitating to one or
another single topic,
ignoring other issues.
Women’s rights, tariffs,
Ukraine, deteriorating
and threatening climate
change, nuclear war,
presidential...

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Becalmed, the doldrums bear down frowning.
Hull fouled by weeds, persistent barnacles.
The ship is steadfast in her silence, 
The light alone enough to shatter us.

Beyond us, off the bow the dolphins plunge
And leap toward home
While we,...

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This feels to be the Last Frontier
Of the Great Urban Conquest.
I remain, day by excruciating day,
Steadily engaged in my paralysis.
Should I walk the streets with flying papers?
Humming the optimistic tune of the gravedigger?
City lights and...

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In wasted hours spent alone
I grieve over forgotten times departed
The candle slowly burns down
While the thin line of remembrance
Trails off and away from me-forever?
'Tis not enough just to experience life
But to also lap precious memories
When...

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I am gripped by fear
Of an unknown source
I run
I spin
Afraid to turn my back on that which I cannot face

The sound of footsteps
Grows louder
Not ceasing
But increasing
They fall beyond my door.
The walls bear down, and I...

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A labor of love
 Frequent contractions
Bloody show appears
Belly and back pain
Her water breaks now

The baby drops
Loosened-up joints
Cervix dilates
Cramps are intense

Nauseous mom
Start the drugs
Feeling great

Bear down 
Push out 

Birth

May 18, 2022

**Side note: John Gondolf read my...

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A warm Sunday morning in December
on the fringe of the tenants of freedom.
The sky was ablaze with the colors
that God had painted there.

Small birds of prey fly in flocks,
the coral disc ornates their wings.
They enmass...

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