Long Bedtime story Poems

What are some differences
between post-millennial Trumpism
and pre-millennial Republicanism?

I know...I know!
Republicans used to be fiscal conservatives
but now support a one trillion dollar deficit
per unaffordable health and safety care year,

Expanded deficit spending 
despite taking more from not...

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During a bad storm one night I turned on my television
Grey and black flickering lines appeared, obscuring my vision
I went outside and saw the aerial had bent over but it would have to wait
Tomorrow I'd...

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Hey bruh, 
haven’t you heard,
ain’t you read the news?
The White House is gonna eradicate 
the fear infested inner city blues
That Trump fella says,
he’s got his poison pen ready to use
He says black folks got nothing...

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I said, "let's do this" John said "Okay , if you'd like to follow me"
And took me downstairs to what seemed like a medical facility
There were about five others in the room waiting for me...

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If out of darkness comes light, then my life must be one ginormous ray of sunshine right about now. Coming out of a 14-year classroom coma, I am now awake, yet I continue to slumber...

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Once, a long ways away, and a long time ago
Lived a wee little man with his silly pet crow;
And once every day, as the sun went to bed
The wee little man and the crow he...

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Don’t wear shorts — they’ll say you asked for it.
But also don’t wear jeans — you’re being too Western.
Saree? Salwar? Dupatta? — Oh please, that blouse was too tight.
Basically, just wear shame. That’s safest, right?
Don’t...

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Dear Mom, we thought about giving you the traditional gifts of cards, flowers & chocolate on this mother's day. We then remembered Proverbs 18:4 which says "A person's words can be life-giving water" & we...

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...The wee ones simply want to be loved. 
Or at least get a glimpse from 
a {smart}phoned adult.
They wish for a sandbox with a playmate or two.
A warm peaceful bath
every bubble filled with 
a fairy...

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Genealogy
                 —The beginning of a family tree—

For my great, great grandfather was a son of a slave,  
he...

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(I found this hiding on the web -- something I wrote
maybe 30--40 years ago...and I thought, how marvelous!
Too good not to share with Soup.)

I thought to tell her a bedtime story—
A father’s duty
A parent’s joy;
And...

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First bedtime story for kids:

Nephiner was a planet beyond the Milky Way. It was a round, green planet. There was a population of five hundred thousand. Our hero, Tepry, a young boy of  ten...

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"I like nonsense; it wakes up the brain cells. " Dr. Seuss


     When I was a little girly girl, I would go to Grampie's farm.  It was far, far

away and...

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Life is a playground, the fun never ends.
Not a care in the world, just run around with your friends.
Doodling on the walls
Playing house with your dolls.
Chasing boys around with cooties
But only those you think are...

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It was my wife, my son and me, we were at home one weekend
While she played with my son, I was giving a cupboard a mend
They were running around laughing and playing
I was up stairs...

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if Rowena's kuzzle was
the center of the Earth
he'd look for a shovel
she was an underpass hooker
exploited by a grim and grimy past
reckless as the day is long
a tourism so shameless 
her own union set her...

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One of the advantages of growing old…one of the things I most adore
is how time slows down allowing me to enjoy the wonders around me a little more.

Yes, once I entered this unhurried state…perhaps the...

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She does not appear in the midst of the day.
“She is the nocturnal queen,” they say.
She is the one to light up the night sky
with her luminous face on her throne so high.
Her radiant complexion...

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WHILE YOU LAY THERE SLEEPING....
Changing Diapers and Midnight Feedings
were just a few things i had to
do...
Holding, Kissing, and Smiling Proudly
is all i could do, when i saw you sleeping
soundly.
WHILE YOU LAY THERE SLEEPING....
I began pulling...

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How could Mom know what it was like to grow up in a family of six kids
She was an only child until she got her much awaited baby brother
Then her maternal instincts kicked in at...

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Little Kaistosinikyi, she would speak, 
a phrase that stirs the depths of my psyche, 
a reminder of the scorching flame that burns inside,
a fire that illuminates the path ahead. 

Two wolves, I am told, reside...

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You’re in that special position you crochet yourself into when you hear me
coming up the steps , a whole breath between each plod of my
bare feet as they tackle the stairs with all the energy...

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MAMA
A Gold-Mud day it was
I could not wait to sprint-out
You were wailing and laughing with Pride
As if it was your right and privilege
Mama,
I do not remember that day vividly;
But I reckon you as evergreen as...

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One night I was trying to put a wide-awake and unruly child to bed.
She slipped, and slid, and giggled as she ran everywhere else instead.
But then I finally caught her as she climbed upon her...

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Rainy weather
Unpredictable;
Drenching everything

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Mother and child
Dance with drizzle;
Laughter and giggles

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Happy lives here
In my house;
A welcome guest

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Chinese ghost festival
Lunar seventh month;
Wandering spirits tour

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Prayers and offerings
For dead ancestors;
Win-win situation

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Church calendar
So much happening;
May lasting peace abide

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Gaza strip conflict
Nobody wins;
Both...

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