Long Break of the day Poems

( a college life vignette)

It’s Thursday morning, usually no one’s favorite, but this one seems sugary new, as if beamed in from a different, better universe. The clouds look fluffy and freshly washed.

Even the freshmen,...

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"Well, I Never"    posted 3 May 2021

Six musings on the word never...

you should never marry a tennis player      love means nothing to them

my wife tells me I...

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My tired eyes keep opening and closing
And my body sways to and fro
But something enigmatic kept me on the ground
And my spirit keeps moving up and down
A sudden indecisive feelings creeps inside
And all of a...

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"All those who wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength.
They shall mount up with wings like eagles. They shall run
And not be weary, they shall walk and not faint,"Isaiah 40:31***

OH! Dear Lord all of...

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I see her image sitting over there, all alone
Streaming tears running down her cheeks, on her face
Her soft little whimpering voice, a babies tone
I remember when she said c'mon daddy, let's have a race
It was...

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I was an active, prominent architect, like fervent stars which race the sun,
Or exotic, summer flowers that bloom vibrantly, creating rapturous visions.

I'd wrought modernist skyscrapers, as huge trees lean into a bronze glaze, 
On raspberry,...

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More than a hindered of them  in colorful suits gathers in a room
Contemplating the replacement of an icon that has left us too soon the body did not get enough time to cool and...

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I woke up this morning.. and if GOD willing u woke up too..
Cause if you’re looking at the sky that I am that means we’ve made it through!!!! 
To another day….But what’s to be expected??...

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She yearned to break free – one day.
To find an escape from the rampart that had held her captive for so long. 
That she, herself, had manufactured.
Bricking herself in as the time elapsed.
By now the...

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-Inspired by my temporary English instructor, Mr. Phinizy 
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Evening had diminished to night; how very quickly did She fly
It is funny how quickly time passes, as if our brains tweak the clocks of life
The night...

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I sat at the shore at the
Break of the day. When the,
Sun steals from the vast curtain of nature,
Peeping through human infrastructures.
When I saw,a lamb beyond the transculent
sea,
Measuring the path of the pompous forest,
Chewing cud...

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Goodbye to the echoes of yesterday's past,
To the moments that slipped through my fingers so fast.
To the laughter, the sorrow, the silence, the song,
Each memory is a thread where my soul has belonged.

Goodbye to the...

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Are you felling sad?Don’t forget you entered the world crying the day you were born..
Are you feeling lonely?Don’t forget that you stayed in the womb all by yourself..
Are you feeling stuck with your life… don’t...

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The Fault Was Your Own

With these words,I wonder if I shall break your spirit.
With these stones and stick,I plan to break you.
With this bloody revenge,I will have you wholesomely.

As you slap away m hand let's...

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Pennilessness shadows black
unemployment endless track
rails tie-er less lee when dumbly staring
overdrawn account issues 
   another clattering smack.

Income pleat undergraduate degree
contributed to the role of a sporadic employee
time to acquire handy dandy blues clues...

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I'm sick and tired of the comparisons
If You disrespect one because you prefer the other, you're an embarrassment
They're the greatest footballers of all time you should appreciate them both
Every game, they continue to break records...

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A fresh aroma of the winter roses bore upon
The break of the day light, the first ray hold upon
By the droplets beaded over the floral leaf
Mulled over by the sight so mimetic
The life glazed over...

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To her I wanna give flowers
I want to surprise her with the most expensive necklace
I desire to take her out for a vacation in Miami
She absolutely wants to see me
Getting the most romantic dinner recipes
Irresistible...

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Fervent Prayer Once Uttered Unto Youth's Beauty

I that would, in your splendor bask
wear no longer youth's sweet, young mask
rather wrinkled face, weathered brow
with long decades flown on by now
yet glory rests in elder years
and love's...

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To be truly free one must unshackle themselves. First the hand shackles followed by leg shackles. Feel them in turn flying open and free.
Now try flapping your arms feel yourself leaving the ground there you...

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In the break of my day, I go over there because I like your way. 
I love your touch, I can feel and hear the beating of your heart. What would I do, if 
the...

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You appeared into this life of mines
At very stressful time
I was letting go & you were pulling in
So I thought that was a sign

Turned a sad picture into a pretty painting
And you were the design
Told...

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Uh huh, yeah
Uh huh, uh huh, yeah
Yeah, uh huh
Yeah
Yeah, here we go
Uh huh, mmm
'Bout to lay down another track, y'all
Mmhmm, yeah for you
Mmhmm, yeah
Mmhmm, oh, yeah
Uh huh, here we go
Uh huh
Alright, I'm about to
About to,...

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No chocolates, no flowers, no sweet Valentine's treat,
Just the bitter taste of defeat.
 
No cuddles, no kisses, no romance so grand,
Because, darling, you just couldn't handle this hand.
 
I'm a whirlwind, a hurricane, a...

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Before you are handed 

Your ice cream cone 

From the man 

Manning the ice cream van

Adorned freshly with a flake
nuts and sprinkles

And whichsoever sauce of your
own very choice and persuasion 

Just be wary of the...

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