Long Broil Poems

The emptiness is left with no resolve
for all the stars in Heaven have maligned.
Your God has let morality devolve
into the darkest days of humankind.
A war to end all wars has spawned revenge,
the madness seeks to...

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Asifa's Blood Pens 
(The Courageous Princess)

No! No! Wipe out the name of Asifa! 
No more Asifa's on this earth to be born!
O Lord, my creator, my benefactor, my protector!
My parents chose my name in your...

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The Dickens
                     Authored by Chuck Keys

Hot thickly sliced juicy turkey
sandwiched a mid fresh bread
tastier than...

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If all dogs go to heaven I'm attend by the vision cardiac arrest 
I waken for the sonic A heed to the thought rhapsody, capture, lights shatter home Away from home 
I am sitting next...

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speak it as it was to be
something for a world of
people to love and admire.
delicious and special.
she wanted something that was flavored naturally.
we determined that a sweet fruity flavor would
be best. because she was cooking...

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Closed
Arabic Poem by: Hammoodi Al-Kinani*
Translated From Arabic
By: Inaam Al-Hashimi (Gold_n_silk)
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Closed, so said the first door
Dead End, so said the second door
Don't Worry,
Sayeth all the doors!
Destitution! Destitution! Destitution!
So shouts the beggar in my face.
Drought! Drought!...

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Waldorf warbling wa wo we wa
Glows from hidden archetypes are not architects nor are they archetypical in construction. In fact it is the translucent bud of a tropospheric triangle that timely counts one two three...

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Let your fate take root
On hard rock, tangle and bury
Before the coming storm.

and before the coming of the storm
amidst a garden of your crafting
Beliefs and memories planted
and like seeds watered
Take root amidst your cherished greens
Take...

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she wanted to impress those in attendance
seemed the proper thing to do seeming
most of the folk were their to either
endorse her new
restaurant.
she wanted something special for the chefs special
but didn't want to spend the time...

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One Enduring Stove
A tribute to a major appliance

I am tough, hard working, good looking, and blend well with my neighbors.
I come in various colors with different compartments and choices in sizes
I am not perfect, because...

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6 new york strips
set aside and make marinade and sauce

3 tablespoons of honey
4 tablespoons of molasses
5 tablespoon of worchestire sauce
1/4 cup of lime juice
3 tablespoons of crushed garlic
1 tablespoon of cayenne pepper
5 tablespoons of cilantro
4...

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Talos's teather


Protected by having
in an industry of lovers
he proceeds to ply
between two things i
characters together
heirs to assignment
cohorts of work
trouble through the details
sort out the duties
define there roles
championing each cause
might they labor
thus in toil must they
labor!
When...

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I, treasure you.

But, would you stay if I ever said goodbye?

Would inferno’s pilot light succumb to your tears
Knowing tomorrow’s uncertainty
Is our greatest fear?

Would my ill-timed laughter
Make you cringe in disgust
Changing your perception against my heart?

Would...

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I didn't understand why it happened to them
some insane reason to seperate
people who love one another
tieing the knot: she smiled
making the whole thing fit
pull the lace from your face
and kiss me!
she sliced potatoes and filled...

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Fell out of bed upon my head
After dreaming I snapped this thread
Sorrow whispers filled me with dread
As I pondered what lied ahead

Stubbed my toe on a soul laid low
His wounded tale filled me with woe
Such...

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A blank finality now invades a friends eyes
you cannot argue with that can you

A choice so psychotic and so manipulative
it’s emotional blackmail so impinged 
the attention feed so subtly to its duty
and all eyes are...

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'Twas the night of school program, I was happy because
I was playing the role of good old Santa Claus.
I was dressed all in red as he always is
And eagerly starting to get down to biz
Of...

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A diaphanous mist hangs over me
Blurring my thoughts and fancy
Or is it that my Muses have gone into lazy slumber?

Whatever thoughts I have, they come fragmented and scrambled
In no way I can piece them into...

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Depression



Laying dull below me
Dead and dark yellow mire
Of a sickness I float above

Swamp of mist and noisome reek
That later in life
Would turn my life to drink

Between the rolling fumes
I often see the glimpses of blue
Those...

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In God's fertile earth the American farmer casts the seeds,
To grow the grain to meet the hungry world's needs.
From the good earth springs forth a bountiful cornucopia,
Of good things to feed the starving in places...

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THE THIEF  

I circle you slowly,
blow in dust from the south,
I smother your nose,  
and breathe in your mouth.

I force you to strangle, 
to spit up black mash,
Stinging your tongue,  
turning lashes...

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ACH!  Don't tell me you've never been to an Oktoberfest!
Folks, that's food, drink and entertainment at its best!
Men in lederhosen, frauleins in dirndls, all so full of cheer,
Enjoyin' tasty bratwursts and steins of Hofbrau...

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Down by the river in the juniper grove, 
An old man in a mushroom using his stove 
Cooks mutton and grain and nail clippings from toes
Pigs feet and macabre munchies assorted of those
  ...

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The bistred day has fallen still,
A darkened mead hangs overhead;
The hush within the evening chill
Chants now the yore is gone to bed.
A gently breeze steals from the west,
Cool along the shadowed lanes;
The sunburned broil, ...

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5 pounds of ground pork shoulder
1/2 cup of ground pork shoulder skin
3/4 pounds of chicken livers cooked and chopped
1/4 cup of white whine
1 cup of pigfeet broth
3 cups of cooked rice
5 tablespoons of minced garlic
1/2...

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