Long Blue(a) Poems

(Inspired by my sister, Laura Breidenthal’s poem called “The Dream in His Eyes” and also, inspired by Disturbed’s song “Forsaken”. Special thanks to my sister for such an awesome poem and the writer that wrote...

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The emotional, mental and spiritual fallout courtesy Colt Gray

Apalachee High School,
located in Winder, Georgia
witnessed an active shooter,
whereby the alleged lone gunman
(actually just a teenager of fourteen years)
killed four people and injured nine more
the latter hospitalized with...

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In moments of weakness; I look up to you. thinking of the off chance that your situation is better than mine. Now, you must understand that this is only a moment. None the less, it...

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Someone may say to you, "Your wish is my command".
You will then look at such a one and say, "Really! You don't say".
The reply to you is, "I do say, and anything you desire is...

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Such a nose had Ol’ Blue.
Best in south Missouri... everybody knew.
Could smell a pheasant across the plain.
Could point a covey in a hurricane.
That’s the way the legend goes.
Ol’ Blue had a “magic nose.”
 
As Blue got...

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Spring — a life anew

Prodding rays of warming glow,
sunshine.
Crusted ice and snow
slowly melting into trickling drops. 
First to bloom
a crocus blue, a tulip tries to rise.

How long the wait
and freezing rain
chilled the weary bones.
Heat up...

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Ted was walking down the sidewalk headed to a friends house.
He was smiling as he thought about how much fun they were
going to have watching the first football game of the year...

He never made it.

Out...

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being depressed and feeling down
why does no one ever come round,
to hold your hand all through the night
to say that things
will turn out right,
is it your mind
that drives you insane, 
or your heart that feels...

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With a heavy heart,
the sorrow in it 
feels 
           all
	       hope
        ...

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A pony pulled his two-wheel cart past guards and through the gate. 
It carried his supplies of art with which he would create. 
He heads for misty ocean cliffs, those rugged, ragged rocks; 
Then, breathing...

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Born May of '75 in Adelaide, South Australia
given the sweet name Denise, life had thrown hard at her from birth
always giving it everything, smiled at the cracks so it brings the laughter 
But, as life...

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Dragon had an amazingly, very bad day. 
As only a baby Dragon can, you may say…
He woke up so very early, at barely the crack of dawn…
So hungry, he ate all the food he could...

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We both met at a party so long ago
 A breath of fresh air was in sight
 A moon glow at the edge of the end of the night
 As I looked deep within her...

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A Blessing In Disguise

Many years ago, I was asked to give the blessing at dinner.  As a guest, this was not something I was accustomed to and therefore declined, finding myself in a losing...

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Since the elders often proclaim, my how time flies, 
You then naturally look up into the skies.
To study the heavens for at least one small sign,
From the horizon up to the tallest tree line.

Then suddenly,...

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Everything was green and lush as I walked the hiking path,
little did I know that soon I would be hopelessly lost and
entangled by the forest with foliage impermeable.  I walked 
miles. Soon I was...

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From Ladakh’s icy edge to Kanyakumari’s golden beach,
India's soul isn’t just a place, it's within reach.
Not just maps or borders, but legends, alive and loud,
A rhythm, a beat, of which every culture is proud.

Tricolour waves...

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I see three doors before me.
The one to the left is blue, a beautiful lupis blue
with ornate lacework in its center.
Parisian-esque, it looks likes an entrance to adventure
and inspires me with its sophistication.
I imagine inside...

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Slipping gently towards entropy,
Ownership with an apostrophe.
Braid the loose frays of sanity
Till something true finally answers me.

Troops are marching over many lands,
Tagged cornflower blue--a worldwide brand.
Don't speak out or you will be banned,
Towers implode just...

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RHAPSODY IN BLUE (A Musical Translation into Words)

In the heart of the city, where steel and glass arise,
A melody awakens, a sapphire in disguise,

It's a symphony, a rhapsody, in shades of purest blue,
A tale of...

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My father's abeng blew up my mother's womb
And I was chained there
Nine months in darkness drinking blood
Longing for my resurrection from the tomb
Longing to break the chains
Holding me before my birth to a carnal earth
Longing...

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*Image of Blues by Google.com.

Blue In Centerstage
Fondly, instants our measure of blue ... a boost or flat bring on,
Promptly, sea and sky are limelight ... point of view as quite concise,
Nonchalantly, unconcern and clamminess ......

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Wide, blue pools reflect cotton-ball clouds drifting across a canvas of endless sky. A blade of grass, a towering giant in a sun-dappled jungle, whispers secrets only explorers with bare feet can hear. A ladybug,...

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Written: August 25, 2023
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In the realm of the morning moon,
A tale of passion shall be strewn,
Where bleached rays against the sky,
Unveil secrets with each sigh.

The brightening blue, a canvas true,
Witnesses a swift scything through,
In solitary...

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Charge d'affaires struck by lightning bolt

While high falutin dip low matt
flying his kite insurgents
planned coup d'etat
clear out of blue, a devilish
forked, jagged, knifed
dagger "O" type electric current licked

more'n the pants off harried envoy
clear rants heard
all...

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