Long Besting Poems

POTD 8th Jan 24


 NOTHING LESS ~ NOTHING MORE

The ambushed night when all was still,
Amidst the gloom, anxiety took my will.
Though the moon cast its calming glow,
shadows lurked in the night's dark flow.

As the final...

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 Shadowland 

Chained to the addiction of tempting Fate 
What if I told you that my life was once like yours?
Torn between love and hate
A shadow silhouette lurking between life and death
Fuelled by an emptiness...

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Written: September 2nd, 2023
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In the depths of one's mind, foes reside.
Within oneself—a war cannot be denied.
Refers to individuals—their internal strife,
Struggles and spurs that shape their life.

In the realm of views and desires so deep,
Fear and...

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June 28 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Proverbs 25-28

Key Verse – Proverbs 25:10 The great God  that formed all things both rewardeth the fool, and rewardeth transgressors. 

LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY...

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Wading the Meramac River near Jesse James’ Cavern with my son…
I espied an adventurer who in stature was so very small to us.
Before me was a snail using a leaf like a catamaran to sail...

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Elevated revelations starting from first beat 
Movement upward, outward, inward at all feat
Testing and resting and besting an effort at all
While timing the climbing as secure not to fall
Trailing, not bailing or failing of task...

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Easter Reading 

In Lima – Peru- a hippo was pulling the tram car with 
its best friend a water buffalo. They had ended up
here, far from Africa, after the great flood ebbed and 
had been...

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Everybody is born crying
At least give me the freedom to die laughing
Never in defiance no never in fear
But in pure unadultrated happiness

Let all the decisions, choices, mistakes
Fall in meaningless puddles of stagnant water
And let me...

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I
English showcases Joseph Conrad, Dickens, James Joyce, Tagore
Conrad, once a Pole, Joyce may be Irish, Tagore -Indian of course
In political terms, England rocketed after 1558, besting the Spanish
Our 'lingua franca' changed from Spanish to the...

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A coral pink design on glistening ruby tapestry--
Reminiscent of ingenuity of sculptor's blueprints
In scarlet-orange tinges and teal-green imprints
Hanging spectacularly in the cosmic art gallery.

You are the brushstrokes of Florentine artistry--
Verses of poetry scripted in ornate...

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Did you let go of my hand; perhaps you did;
But darling I’ll never give up  on that love.
Though I may be alone;
Inside in my heart I will be carrying my love for you.

I won’t...

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Imagine being in a river,
Where the current is strong,
And you don’t know where it ends.
From the start, you’re thrown into it,
Only to be swept away.
As you slowly sink, you can see others,
Besting even the strongest...

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When fleeting storm said goodbye
The darkened sky detected a lie
Besting clouds her thoughts host
Drenching doubts that block riposte.

As the cobalt sky and ocean meet
On the sapphire arc revelers greet
The changing season's vibrant theme
In golden attire...

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Her name was Regret, with a rocket step
She was chestnut flashing, released lightning
In a century past, an age of side saddles and corsets
She was feminism set free, blazing down racetracks

She matched the undefeated wind
Besting the...

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I am reminded of the life I have
And not the life I should deserve
Versions of life as a remembering past
Have I a life yet built to be worth?

Subjects subjected to subjective changes
Pretending to forever be...

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That - I would go with thee, behind some wall
of clear, peaked reasoning, some know it all,
and there, evade my own contention's stall -

Within thy grace and arms, insider's maul
of secrecy - thy besting, thy...

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Far away from her, far from comfort zone
He goes there, where life beckons him
Remaining true to purpose and meaning
Atop the mountains or deep in the valleys
Revering her love, as he journeys alone.

Maneuvering around life's dead-ends
In...

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P lacing lettered tiles upon a board,
L etters assigned points to be scored.
A ssessing the most advantageous plays,
Y ikes! What can I do with all "E's, "I's" and "A's"?
I ntense concentration is the norm,
N eeding...

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O' Tatted heart 
often beating and sluggish starts 
and muscle tis faults
 clogged with hatred scarred with despair 
there's no love there 
blood that's clear 
then turns to black hand held muscle filled 
with much...

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...for R.S. Thomas


Working the earth, wary of worsening 
weather, besting storms and sowing 
though there'll be scarce yield. 
Steely-eyed, with shoulders bent to 
stony ground, God's approbation 
his redemption, lonely supplicant to nature's 
unforgiving wield....

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Wind outside tonight
in the dark brutal cold
                    	Your voice silent, gone
     ...

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I work for Warp
It’s a warporation
That builds for war
And our warring nation

Financed by banks
With no inclination
To give their thanks
For the world’s cremation

Wily banksters
Have mastered inflation
Besting gangsters’
Fake money creation

They were dead set
To make a cash fountain
That’s...

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