Long Boils down Poems

Hmmm, where do I start? With deep sighs, I am sighing right now.
I just finished burying 2 lizards, and my heart is heavy...

Let me back up a bit...bear with me if I might turn out...

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Should we invite the neighbors over for dinner?
Their politics so different from ours.
All the more reason. Combat anomie!
He's worried the town's losing population
but opposes immigration. I like immigrants
but hate passing people on my morning walk.

The...

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ISLAND HOPPING
by

JOHN M. ARRIBAS


My first day of community service at Glen Oaks
Assigned to spend time with a few elderly folks
Spotted an old gentleman staring out into space
Weathered beaten hands and a sun etched face
How are...

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the other day it occurred to me
while i sat there in the back of a police cruiser
i have just been arrested for being concerned about the environmental health
of over 800 people

I then started to realise
looking...

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Time and again he flashes those images before me;
The sin that so easily besets me
You should think that by now I get the picture
That I now understand his whims
That I can say “get behind me,...

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I am beggar 
I am thief 
I am Eve 

Buried by belief 

I am leader 
I am breeder 
I am Adam 

Narcissistic feeder 

I lie inside the doorway 
Unable now to die 
I see the...

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part 28

at least we know what to avoid in a civilization
hypnotism for one
and angst which merely resembles authenticity
by attempting to dissect the inconsequential
which boils down to the matter of
detecting the inconsequential in the first place
what...

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The Wake-Up Call

	This day today, was actually scary.  I got the wake-up call of my life, and it 
wasn't by a fairy.  It was a real-life calling that was brought to my attention....

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They converge at the gate with vicious eyes crawling out of the skies and vengeance puffed up in their guts with lots of details engraved in tattoos painted on their skins.  

The dogs carry...

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I would prefer an enemy to be my friend
Than having a friend who is only pretend
You’ve been caught in several lies
From what I’ve seen with my own eyes 
Please don’t keep being a pretend friend...

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I must admit that the subject of 'favorite artist' causes me to pause.                      ...

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I AM AWAKE, LATE, ON A PARTICULAR NIGHT...AND I FIND MYSELF STROLLING THROUGH FOOTAGE OF 70's SITCOMS...

I WELCOMINGLY COME ACROSS AN ICON!


DEAR MS. ESTER~
YOUR IMPACT, ESSENCE OF YOUR EARTHLY PRESENCE, REMAINS AND PROVES PROMINENT ON...

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What a Life!

I was Inspired to write this Poem, because I wanted to create a few verses that could readily or easily be turned into a song. It talks about the struggles of having something...

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I may never know what exactly happened,
but I think I know the why of it

Tadhana…Fate…Destiny…Kismet…

Put it in so many words,
but it all boils down to that.

Tadhana…

shivers down my spine,
tears prickling my eyes,
as I hear once...

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… Oh, Why Do We Believe ? …
… Because Real Legends, Never Leave
A Mistaken Myth, May Be Reality
Or Was It Just A Folklore Legacy

Is A Pure Promise, A Prophecy ? …
Oh, Why Do We Believe...

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This Climate Change
By Roy Merritt

Winter’s shroud arrives earlier each year
Mountains of beauty to inspire and revere
Beauty yes, but wanton, exceedingly cruel 
A beautiful veil, pale, and deceiving the fool
Its voice whispers and howls, frigid its...

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Nightmares, shame, and despair---
You don't go anywhere.
All alone in your mind
even with someone by your side.

You think, "Why can't everyone just leave me alone?"
You thought the hint would be cutting off the phone.
But everyone wants...

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Open- up your truth box let me see inside; 
Open- up your world and shine your star. 
Don’t hide behind the fear, it’s just a mirage. 
When you smile at me what am I seeing?...

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Ba bum…ba bum…ba bum
That sound, metronomic beating
Ba bum…ba bum…ba bum
Is that the sound of my breath, my breath leaving my lungs…
Ba bum…ba bum…ba bum
Or the sound of my voice bouncing off my echoing mind
Ba bum…ba...

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somewhere out there is a changing scheme you cant catch onto
the fixing of spelling mistakes
the continual changing of innocent lines written
the masterplan for world peace right here revolves around this fact
you might not see it...

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The nation is very rich indeed
 But,
 Wounded out of loss direction;
 Wounded out of lack of ambition,
 Weeping out of lack of impulse;
 Wounded out  of  lack  of imagination,
 Ingeniously exhumed...

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Has anyone been in this situation before……..
You love someone who you can’t have for certain reasons
The feelings constantly change like the seasons
You never know when enough is enough, if what you have is a bluff
Either...

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I am just a small tooth, on the small gears of life. You're just a chipped tooth, that stands out in my eye. You've nothing significant, every time you pass by. But still I remember...

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I thought I would try entering Three Contest
With one poem-- 

MY POETRY SOUP RECIPE
                     ...

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A tribute to the women and men who fought and died and never received their 
just honors or glories.
   And to the mommas and daddies that lost these children, this is their stories.
To...

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