Long Becloud Poems

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The drummer beats slowly, the drummer beats loud
     as he beats of humanity wrapped in a shroud.

Well he beats of the rape and the killing of war
     and the mind mangling sorrow we blithely ignore
          and...

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“Rainy day, dream away
Ah let the sun take a holiday
Flowers bathe an' ah see the children play
Lay back and groove on a rainy day”
Jimi Hendrix 1968

A weep at first
to cure a thirst
becomes a cloud bursts...

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I was working alone late one night,
When something occurred that gave me a fright.
Outside my window the moon shone bright,
And I saw something strange in the pale moonlight.

Out on the lawn in the shadows was...

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I was working alone late one night,
When something occurred that gave me a fright.
Outside my window the moon shone bright,
And I saw something strange in the pale moonlight.

Out on the lawn in the shadows was...

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What seems so very simple
is not so what it seems;
(To complicate the matter
our lives are full of dreams.)

Enthralling tours of wonder
cause feelings strong to grow;
(Illusions cast long shadows
on paths which lead to woe.)

The world is...

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I never felt a part of things,
Never felt like I belonged,
Never felt like I was wanted,
And I always really longed,

To feel like someone wanted me,
To feel like I fit in,
To be included in the things,
With...

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Written: September 21, 2023
Shadows Poetry Contest                     Sponsored by: Regina McIntosh  
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Shadows roamed free
Where inspiration...

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Down from the mountains to the north,
Came a soldier, born and bred,
Seeking food and shelter,
And a warm and comfy bed.

His was a life of hardship.
It showed upon his face,
And in his eyes there gleamed a...

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When this plague passes over
And we emerge from our arks
Let not the euphoria of seeing
The rainbow in the horizon again
Becloud our vision or deafen our ears
To the sound of heavy chariots from 
The end of...

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Don't twist the words of God, my friend,
To suit your current leanings.
Don't rearrange and fashion them,
To give them certain meanings.

Don't take the Book He gave to us,
For clear, incise instruction,
And mold the words to suit...

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Tell me not in mournful gongs
that beyond, a soul is gone.
sing not in gloomy tones
the farewel hymes of life
and let flow not from eyes, the ocean tears of loss.
lest to death we give
amazing praise untold.

Upon...

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Do not think that I am far gone
Tarry for in no time, I shall return
So let my face always appear and make you
proud
Like a sun breaking through a drifting cloud
Meanwhile each day, I shall write...

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I ride the bus...

Tilt a bit, balance-
ponder later. Yolk yellow 
and sky blue, chalk

grey paint. Steel
rectangles; winding parallel 
lines. Circles- Eternal.

Toothed horizons-
golden rose shaped sunset
tauten, its nectar 

steeps; blushes. Inks gnarled
columns of trees, dusky, their
limbs...

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LOOK MORE, SEE LESS

"The more you look the less you see":
Make a big deal about the little things,
They matter the most as dynamite,
But make no such hullabaloo 
about the big things that dissipates energy 
And...

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gathered
on my windows
this frostwork
from last night's sketches
becloud
my vision
like death
overshadows
my heart

my spirit
of holiday merriment
was yanked
like tinsel
from trees
and castaway
in the fragments
of yesteryears
long passed

i feel this wind
as it wraps around me
with the same chill
as death's own hands
suffocating me
as...

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The Paragliders like ravenous vultures flew
to southern Israel to predate on soft targets.
Like swarms of bees, they snuck, raped, maimed, shot, burnt and slew.
Terror did every man's fragile conscience becloud.
Hate made their embittered hearts to...

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Hello Nigerian youth!
How are doing? 
I salute your courage
I salute your resolve
To take back your country 
Bedeviled by evils of unimaginable proportion 
That threaten and becloud your future 
You are leaders of today 
Making you...

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My eyes wide through window stand
Sun rising compel thoughts of black or white or the grayest gray 
Discernment from reality which is left or right hand
In a hundred lifetimes could I sway
The one answer from...

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A SONNET ON LIES



Tell me the lies that can't be caught.

Becloud the truth that can't be sought.

On the road once taken, you can't untrot,

If smokescreen breaks, Let light be brought.

Let amends be made of your...

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