Long Best laid plans Poems

He was born in backwoods Missouri.
1840 the year he arrived.
Conflict, sickness and hard times prevailed.
Through it all he grew strong and survived.
Skills to live were a gift from his father.
Faith in God from his mother...

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Left my computer on 
Grabbed the keys off my desk
Packed up the RV
And we headed out West

We grabbed some snacks
Toys, clothes and some cash
turned out the lights, Fed the pets
Shot out the door, dumped the...

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I still have that dream of us
on what would be my last day in Uruguay
sitting on a low stone wall
overlooking the vast sea
while the sun is chased away behind us
and the wind gently brushes the...

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I know I have been on repeat for 15 years
 I lost all my originality when I was sick and stolen from
  My guess is it poured out along with my soul and fears...

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THE BEST LAID PLANS…

When I was young…growing up…still a boy…not yet a man
when thinking about my destiny…I had some awesome plans.

I knew early in my life what was in store for me…
I knew what I...

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I have stories in my heart I want to tell 
Some of people in paradise and others in hell
I know all the characters in my stories well
Some perish, while some are saved by the bell
The...

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I’d slept quite well the night before, the sky was clear and sunny, when - glancing out my kitchen window, keen to read the gauge -
I was bummed, but not surprised, to find that it...

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God awakens me every morning
With a beautiful sunny light
Fills my mind with good thoughts
My heart with a sense of joy

God opens new doors for me to enter
Doors of hope, welcome and tender
Filling me with assurance...

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Nerves hang out at the idle pump
Gas don't pump itself thinks Mr. Rich
While Bubba plants himself out front
Like an un-watered flower in the sun  
Picks his nose and spits tobacco
Scratches private parts at no...

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My sisters were coming for a visit for the very first time,
Heading to New Hampshire, leaving the Georgia heat behind.
Our friend Charlie was a house guest before they arrived.
My husband, Charlie, and I all hatched...

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It was just another warm summer day spent swimming and playing at the beach.  I remember 
sitting in the sand with a tin can digging trenches to the water’s edge and watching the foamy,...

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Escaping the Clouds
                     by Odin Roark

Entering one's Now…

How long the traverse.
Mountainous obstacles
Seem not of our...

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The couple walked hand and hand along the well lighted street,
So in love and unsuspecting of the horror they were about to meet.

Making plans for the future as they strolled side by side,
Their love was...

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Getting one solid piece of wood that you mold.
Going to create something everyone can behold.
It will be something you will be proud of, so will they.
You get your tools ready and begin to chip away.

This...

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Yes, friends songs have been sung about salvation, poems wrote, declarations of

freedom declared, but it is my testimony I now wish to share.

Entangled in Satan’s snare I had no doubt why I ended up there!

Only...

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Suture, snip, and strife.
Busy, busy, busy.
It shall cut in to you.
Betray the kin in you.
Take you off the tit of Maternity,
on self leave.
While (true).
To your blackened corpse eternity.
Enhance.
Enhance.
Enhance.
Your seductivity-connectivity.
Urban decay, no Rural dismay.
No shame or...

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When I was young and full of dreams
Of goals and great success
My pathway laid, my visions set
I was nervous nonetheless.

I had an inner confidence
Of the things I wished to do
And so I tried as best...

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Current station in life no final destination
To sway and slay
The bright future which procrastination
Serves to waylay and delay

If temporary setbacks your vision should blur
In times of reverses
Attitudes should slur
In occult verses

Couched in perceptions
Marred by short...

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My share of mistakes I have made,
Detours I’ve taken, dues I’ve paid.

In dubious company I’ve found friends,
Indecision followed the best-laid plans. 
Loneliness has rushed me into love, 
Courting heartbreaks and a cold rebuff. 

By my...

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Exiting the Clouds

 

Entering one's Now

How long the traverse
Mountainous obstacles
Seem not of our creation
Yet rock hard impasses appear
Where clear path seemed obvious
Now impassible

The best laid plans...
Swirl amidst the winds of challenge
Icing our tenacity
Whiting-out our vision
Deafening...

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The Moment We're In
Written By:  D. Collins 8/17/15



This day, in this time, and the moment we're in.
Is all that matters before we reach our end.
The past is irrelevant, and the future doesn't exist.
The right...

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We all were put into a cage
To be a show in  a wintry land,
Spaced out along a metal perch
To spread our plumes to your command.

The best laid plans can go astray,
And in containment lies...

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I am the keeper of the cauldron,
Where a potion I do make.
A potion of wisdom and knowledge
For my son, Afgddu, to take.

My daughter Crearwy, born of light, 
Fair and lovely is she.
My son, so dark...

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Loves Burden

So strong of body, muscle defying steel
so Stoic of nature, head defying, what the heart might feel

So focused, the path, so well defined
so measured the steps, the ladders he's climbed

She smiled at him, the...

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Dark puddles form in blurry sheets upon the paving slabs,
Above the torrent, electricity spasms, flashes and grabs,
And everything is grey and drab,
The promise of winter invading again;
Then the memories of you, my one time queen...

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