Long Behaves Poems

Dear neighbors,

I realize we have not met,
other than the guy next door
but that doesn't really count
cause that was just to put up a fence between us,
and I have met Marvelously Mad Max,
behind me, on the...

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“Inside the Great Halls of Us”



Inside 
The Great Halls of Us,
there resides a ghost 

IT hides in plain sight,
waiting quietly, alone, 
in our dark

there, IT holds ITs light,
to draw us further in,
we nervously laugh IT...

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That which is neutral,
no big deal,
normal,
not noticed,
enjoys an intimate mirror effect,
behaves and misbehaves
with the logic of eternity.

Time steers virtually clockwise,
eastern dawn toward west's setting sun,
birth through death,
with day's completion duskly hoping
for red skies at night.

Time...

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1. Lunar Perspective #1

month long day and night
also sees earth wax and wane
no season penchant


2. Lunar Perspective #2

moon's sun mimics earth's
earth pirouettes on star stage
sun’s smile Cheshire Cat


3. Lunar Perspective #3

moon turns once per month
lunar...

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/by Vicki Acquah


Before, when we were young; 
We were together all of us.. 
Awhile back when you were young,
I was youthfully older-We were
together back then as space and time 
had arranged.

As some of us were...

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I'd love to paint, a picture for you, of images in my head.
Of a quirky old town, I'll set the scene, as you rise from a crooked bed.
The room you're in, whilst large in size,...

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Every time I turn on that street I feel a sudden tingling under my feet. Every time I turn on that street, I feel  a strange emotion rising
in my chest and  I can...

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A Harlem hoodlum, (albeit respectable)...

ready for night time in bedlam
after swallowing me favorite dram,
cuz reasonable rhyme resembles flimflam.

Whiling away his time playing solitaire...
initially prepped, honed, and crafted
November second two thousand and twenty
slightly tweaked February nineteenth
two...

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We are all true wild swimmers 
You swim everyday and dive through the waves,
Look great in a swimsuit and your hairdo behaves. 
You have all the gear and it coordinates, you always seem glam on...

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A hoodlum, (albeit respectable) in bedlam

whiling away his time playing solitaire...
November second two thousand and twenty
fast approaching the final countdown

With less than twenty four, twenty three, 
twenty two...  hours
harkening, heralding or (worse case scenario)
hindering...

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Q:  As of May 2025 who will start having to use real identification cards cause their 
      regular cards won't work?

A:  Thus far only the passengers who ride...

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When life puts in you in these cages, 
where you meet people of different rages, 
and faces, 
it makes you seem horrible.

I noticed you shirt which reminded me of the clothes my dad buys to...

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Like the sun rises by morning;
Like clouds take over by noon;
Like the winds blow from time to time;
Like the stars conquer over the night;
Like the moon is in control of the dark;
Like the rain falls...

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With a wag of tail and tongue bedraggled
dogs drag their owners to frolic off-leash
in parks devoted to dog meets dog dalliance and play.

Despite their authority, the owners know each
not by the owner’s names, but by...

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-
A Greek philosopher hopefully said beware 
Beware the couple being the of the same embryo 
Who jealously promotes themselves 
One outwardly and openly one inwardly and secretly.

Beware of Glorification and intimate greed at any cost
Beware...

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"I don't call them New Year's Resolutions. I prefer the term: 
Casual Promises to myself that I am under no legal obligation
to fulfill."            ...

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Deemed significant culturally,
a fantastic and old comedy
is this film I love,
which is the tale of
a weatherman played by Bill Murray.

This weatherman Phil has been sent
to cover the groundhog event.
He’s so hard to please,
and that’s because...

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Horse Power

A great white Steed, carries the strength of –
The fabled Unicorn, carries the mythical passion of -
The legendary Pegasus, carries ( on wings ) the dreams of –
The Man, in love carries ( on...

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If I could just let it free
Just for a second
To let loose the ropes and chains that bound
The ball and chain on my feet, the hangman's noose
that I have tightened

The recluse;

The young lady who cannot...

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Send Help! I’m trapped in an Insane Asylum!
Well most of the time, and although there is only the two of us here 
The other inmate, for therapy, has put me on a programme of day...

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Experts describe it as a complex emotional reaction, felt by people dwelling in isolation.
Sufferers sometimes cannot explain what they are feeling, as loneliness possess their being. 
Why, oh why, is this disease so pervasive among...

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I Grand Rise with the Sunrise

When darkness lingers and doubt creeps in,
I whisper to my soul, "This is where we begin."
First light breaks through the distant hills,
Golden fingers stretching across sleeping window sills.

I rise not...

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My bladder behaves through the night
Each morning my flow is just right.... 
But throughout the day 
There is hell to pay
It's bursting; I cross my legs tight

WRITTEN BY JAN ALLISON

Ladies and gentlemen please feel free...

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As we’ve aged (tried retirement), sleep-patterns have changed.
I am staying up later! Sleep gravitates, ebbs
less from forces that rule in a drive to work job
(where one must leave home’s relative bliss for eight hours)!
You do...

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•• When a new hive is done, what do the bees do? 
Have a house-swarming party, 
and give a welcome hearty. 

•• What did the duck say to the waiter? 
"Let me have my fill,...

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