Long Betrothal Poems

I will dwell in security
because the arms of your salvation
        have embraced me
higher than the mountains peaks
is the persuasion of your kindnesses
      ...

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King Henry VIII and His Wives 

By Elton Camp

When Henry’s brother was too young to care
He was made to wed a princess from over there
But you must do just what we say little fella,
Catherine's the...

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My anticipation mounting as I walk into the lobby
A trip to the theatre is my greatest love, my hobby
With feelings of great wonder and excitement overflowing
For only a calamity can really stop me going

With my...

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Hush! one whit elevation makes many,
Tislite born in Imilchil.
Who knows may write her own fate till her last day?
But only in a secret way.
Which can never be heard nor be told,
But Ait Hiddou and Ait...

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So little known of Mary's man,
Only that he was righteous, just.
Betrothal gone afoul of plan,
He sought divorce, discrete, no fuss.

Did you have doubts of your betrothed,
A fleeting thought to cause some harm,
As you imagined her...

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Lost... such an unkind word.

Being lost...
   when we're young is frightening
   when we're mature is disorienting
   when we're old is more frightening.
We pray and ask to be found.

Being found...

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BETROTHAL was sure you'd come
Waiting on the steps
Saw a hawk circling
Across blue sky.
My hair glittered in twilight
Slippery steps , algae invading
Eyelashes flickered in kajal.
My face glowed in the bronze mirror.

Weave yet another cool breeze
On my...

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I have sought your place down by the sea
for a heart like mine trothed in unity
I have searched the lands low and high
for Love that would extend unto the sky

I have walked the mountains path...

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Lightning and thunder did clash
In ventricles within my heart
Vying whether to lash
At every part

That feels emotions
In hearts of dames
Whose love motions and portions
Laid claims

To the indifference my heart felt
When Hazel Fidelia ended our engagement
In July...

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Curious child with the azure eyes
ever innocently searching,
never down
Where unbeknownst tears
have yet to sigh fall
pillow bound

Curious ewe with the bright cloud colored skin
always virgin hope looking
up to a tomorrow sky
Where future joy shown
was smile waiting
to...

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How Does a Soul Enter Heaven?

How does a soul enter Heaven?
Suddenly.  Often quietly.  Whole and Complete.
Stepping through the flimsy membrane of time
On scented leaves of healing for the nations
Born from earth’s womb into...

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Above the firmament, crossing over the rainbow
Riding on those clouds, an endless trail of loving you
 I am a freed butterfly in frenzy from a red cocoon
I’ll taste your kisses, so sweet like flowers in...

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Denying the change,
Your lipstick clutched tightly,
But beware my dear those empty promises may leave you broken and deranged,
An erratic arousal from images of the high and mighty,
Worshiping an ivory tower existence complete with hollow halls...

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Casting Off The Bow Line

Goodbye
my unwed darling
I’m married
to this dream

Freedom
calling out to me
betrothal thus
redeemed

Bachelorhood
a Siren’s calling
Feted tween
the sails

Truant winds
to act upon
Legends
tell the tale

Setting off
this final time
Rudder
in my hand

Truth when hoisted
up the mast
Liberty
— commands

(Dreamsleep: February, 2024)

So...

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Today’s wind shifts too fast like a tangle
of invisible lint…perhaps dust, quivering
unto fissure of grass where my heart scrapes,
as if the air denies unanswered questions
so blatantly howling about
a litany's crushed promise. Wired thoughts 
rip my...

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Moved beyond the glow, volcanic fires
Gigantic flares exude to this domain,
Sharing what is essentially our desires
Acceptance is white hot, we come again.

For every ounce of force there is recede
The many thrusts of rage that share...

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say 
where should i keep all those foot-prints 
having no lineage 

from whose paraffin-in-the-palms 
has taken birth 
so much monsoon rain-falls 

why the seagulls of this earth 
have not learnt 
in a better way 
the...

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Number 4 of 
THE JENNIFER POEMS




There goes a tear Jen
There goes a tear.
 Brush it off not
But let my tongue be at its service.

Sweet Jen, oh Jen, tell me why weepeth thee?
Be it a tear...

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A lighthouse blinked deep in the shadows' gray   
a fog-horn bordered at the distanced lines,
few stars were scattering above the bay
and scintillating mirrored in my eyes;
- my eyes were focusing upon the brines,
two...

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I may lie saying I am fine
It's my betrayal towards my life
I only love him so much 
Whom I can't forget even I close my eyes

Sleeping is only one medicine
That helps me to reach him...

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It was a day like no other bright summer day, 
a day of incredible love full of blessings.
Another day of uncontrollable passion, 
still very young embracing each other's dreams.

He came close, and I met his...

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Today’s wind shifts too fast like a muddle
of invisible lint…perhaps dust,as the air 
resists this heart's unanswered questions
howling about this litany of a crushed promise: 
Wired thoughts rip my lily bouquet now strewn
the ground of...

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Oh, why hast thou forsaken me, O Christ?
We, born of the same womb,
Suckled at the same teat,
Seen the same first light from the same vantage?

I, too, feel betrayed.
You strained for a higher purpose
And neglected our...

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Paisley at my bosom, soft head tadpoles
           Wrapped dependent, rest in trust cherubic
           Teeth buds...

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NEW BORN
Tears of joy 
My beautiful boy

NEW BOY
Tears of pain
Grazed knees again

NEW GRADUATE
Tears of pride
Graduation has arrived

NEW WEDDING
Tears of love
Betrothal blessed above

NEW ILLNESS
Tears of hate
Cancer’s no mate

NEW DEATH
Tears of sadness
Alone, anger, madness

NEW GRIEVING
Tears of despair
Life’s...

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