Long Beverly Poems

Verse 1: My destiny...
My dignity...
Is all gone since you left me with nothing to lose
I'm willing to let go of this grudge in my heart...cut loose the noose 
That's around my neck
Give me your love...

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Upon approaching advent of an early spring 2024
(alternately titled  GENESIS RESPLENDENT)

No matter the calendrical/official onset of vernal equinox takes places Tuesday, Mar 19, 2024 and transpires until Thursday, Jun 20, 2024, an intimation sensed...

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After a hard day at work I come home
Hear my boy rapping the words to his headphones
Every bleep comes another bleep
As he keeps dancing to the beat
Come upstairs and barge through the door
Say to him,...

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I want to cuddle you cleverly
I loved you since Hills, Beverly
I hooked up many times and I don’t regret the experiences
But, the aftermath of my sins are only mere reminiscences

You ain’t fooling me, bizarre notions
You...

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They crept upon our shores eating away the inner core
They crept upon our shore knocking on our barricade doors
Tall stout men with peevish eyes and strange looks on their white faces
Invade our quarters looking for...

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Harry was waiting at base camp for his party of tourists
hoping that Beverly and her children would not be rowdy.
When they finally arrived, he got them settled in their tent.
Once unpacked they joined him in...

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I was born in Sunny Southern California, in the hottest month of the year! cries out my mother.  California is known for its drought season; one we just came out of, it lasted four...

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In hindsight it was a very dark day when this child
was born. It is a terrible thing to say about an
innocent child, but looking back, you will understand
as this story unfolds.
  The early signs...

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Dear Lord
I think Heaven is a price I can't afford
If such a place did exist
I would've hesitated before I wrote this
Since a kid I was never really into religion
So many to choose from how do...

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In open Nebraska, eighteen eighty-six,
lived a man named Floyd Belgard.
Only twenty years, he lived with his pa,
a ranching man named Richard.

Richard had moved out this way
about seven long years before.
After loosing his wife and dry-goods...

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Poet: Ken Jordan
Poem: Watts Is Burning
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written: July/2014

Watts is burning, and the powers that be,
show no interest in putting out the flames -

Six fiery days of hell erupts, set ablaze by 
a racial city government...

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Alison Alligator eating artichokes on a ant hill,
     watching
     Beverly Bear floating on a cloud over there,
     which developed a leak,
  ...

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Poet: Ken Jordan
Poem: White Boys
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written: August/1995

I want to do 
just like
the white boys
do -

Wear
six hundred
dollar
shoes,

and
dress
in
the finest 
of
suits -

I want 
a
six figure
income,

to splurge 
at
Fred Segal's,

on
Melrose
avenue -

I want to
jog
with 
my dog,

while 
pushing
my child
in a 
stroller -

I want to
send
my children,

to
only
the best
of
schools -

I...

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THE HAKIMI'S GAME

He is a professional player,
Plays properly for his Parisian payer.
Family travels & lives the Player.
Player invites a beautiful slayer.
She laid rape allegations against the Player.
Even Ramadan couldn't stop the Player
from dotingly detesting the...

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LOVE ANGER DEATH AND GUILT 

Blog was A young girl who was 
Still at school
Everyone loved Blog, she
Was nobody’s fool,
In fact her peers regarded as really cool.
She was determined to learn,
Her mom an alcoholic and...

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...Floyd still looked at Beverly,
he knew that her words rang true.
He said,"Stay in the ranch, sell off cows,
that aught for the winter keep you."

He turned and he left her, his heart a-rage,
and made for the...

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Beverly is now 20 and an actress known world wide
Though she could have been a doctor she chose a different side
She could have changed the world but gave up on all her dreams
Because she wanted...

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7/25/21


Until infinity
In any vicinity
Let me put it out there officially
I smoke and drink religiously
Call it the holy trinity
Initially
You'd think it does not mean s*** to me
And that all of it was done deliberately
Don't need your...

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*Come and listen to my tale about a man named Joe.
Who was Jesus Christ? Well, he didn't really know'
Then one day he read John, Chapter three;
His eyes were opened up and he began to see.
...

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Winter memories that are still so vivid and bright
Those endless days playing with your mates
Snow falling when it should do, kids shouting and screaming
"It's snowing" running out, mum's shouting "Get some warm clothes on"
Scarves, balaclavas...

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The police continued their investigation and were
extremely puzzled. They couldn't figure out how
those small footprints found by the window be
possibly responsible for the disappearance  of an eight
year old, Ann Marie Burr.
  Sadly the...

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In the foothills of the Ozarks lived a man named Jed.
He was so poor, and barely kept his family fed.
He struggled to survive and never had quite enough.
The land he lived on was full of...

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1
My house (it's a really two-bedroom apartment
On the corner of Moorpark, lineup as if it
Was a firecracker or criminal lot, unshaven, old; 
Overcrowding and unquiet nearby an overcrowded
Avenue filled with prostitutes, hustlers, pimps, etc.)

	In front...

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*Image of Sidney Poitier.



Sidney Poitier RIP



~~~0~~~
Sidney,
Tony,

Defy's,
Tough Guys,

De-means,
Offed-Steams,

Mellow,
Fellow,

Recaught,
Re-Taught,

Best Friends,
Ne'er Ends,



~~~0~~~
Lillies,
Heel Eased,

Homer,
Mother,

Grapple,
Chapel,

All's Well,
Farewell,



~~~0~~~
Sidney,
Shelley,

Patch Blue,
Untrue,

Winters,
Splinters,

Equal,
People,

Her Role,
Sinkhole,



~~~0~~~
To Sir,
Teacher,

Chiefly,
Briefly,

Performed,
Reformed,

Damaged,
Managed,

Face-Off,
Hold-Off,

Better,
Fighter,

Well-Dressed,
Impressed,

Requests,
Speechless,

Process,
Redress,



~~~0~~~
They Call,
He bawl,

Tibbs, Sir,
Steiger!,

So Rod,
Applaud,

Detect,
Is Black

Visits,
King's Pit,

Disguised,
King-Sized,

Cordial,
Virgil,

Slappin',
White Man,

Surprised,
Advised,

Gillesp...,
Impressed,

Phillies,
PD's,

Number,
One-er,

Export,
Expert,



~~~0~~~
Guess Who,
These Two,

Invite,
Despite,

Color,
Scholar,

Parents,
Clearance,

Partial,
Cordial,

Martial,
Naught So,

Dinner,
Winner,

Airport,
Support,

Departs,
Two Hearts,



~~~0~~~
*RIP Mister Poitier*
I was honored to have had a one-on-one intro...

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In Chicago, Mayor RICHARD J ruled the roost DALEY for 21 years,
  Til he breathed his last, giving way to the 'next sir:'  
  A pol named MICHAEL, who was dull and...

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