Long Brooke Poems

Slang..
Chick-fil-a = the best place ever
jade = 
brooke = gorgeous 
mishin = the boss, as in “You aren’t the boss of me.”

Orpheus
We’re on vaycay. School is OVER, COVID is over. We’re in New York City...

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It was her birthday she was turning thirteen.

It was a fun day until her father asked to baby sit for his new friends so they could all go 
out  to party.

She was scared that...

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When she was just fifteen… 
She was but a child
But a sweet teen
She was kind of wild
Full of desire
Excited about love
In the ivory palaces of her mind
Which rose a white dove:
With a fury
Flawless in a...

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I have to say being a mother is a special job..

Saying I love you is easy. But sticking out for the long haul is hard.

Mother’s do that.

I lost my mom back in July 2011. I...

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We had just finished reading Twas the Night Before Christmas
“Good Night children.” Their mom and I said.
“Wait a minute Dad…something’s not right. We live in Florida.” Our eldest son said.

“It’s too warm down here for...

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Look at you sitting there

With your chubby hand


Holding my heart with your laugh


Knowing where I stand....


Sweet Baby Starr


I know where you are


Starring at you sleeping


Listening to your baby breath


Waiting for your laugh


Hearing the morning sounds


Under...

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I’m Ugly
Ijust do not understand on why I can’t never get a girlfriend
I go to school and try to talk to a girl
But she end up dissing me
Talking about me behind my back
Calling me ugly...

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It’s Friday night and a group of us, the ‘university summer fellows’ (Quinn, Jammie, Monique, Lisa and I) are going groovin’. Quinn, a Harvard man (we’ve shed our jaundiced opinions of him), assured us he...

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We all have a legacy, which we shall all eventually leave behind

Yet how shall it read, within its epitome or epitaph?

As I beheld these words, their writings

I could tell that they were brought forth from...

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Barbara Rose

Barbara Rose her prayer she would pray for all:
 
I wish for the beauty of thoughts and beauty that come through life's walk through the soul
 and heartaches and laughter and love of each...

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Why oh demon have you blocked me from such this place?
Tell me, tell me, I wish to look upon your flawless face
I wish to find that mysterious cloaked figure, walking amongst the dead
his image, his...

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There will be times
A brilliant sunset
when I will
A microphone 
see something,
The scent of lilacs
smell something,
A roaring fireplace
hear something, 
A starry sky 
taste something,
A full moon 
touch something...
A big snowstorm
reminders of you...
A walk at the seashore...

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Good Friday Gratitude to Settlers
Columbus gave it lip service
He loved the Virgin Mary
Almost knew Jesus Christ
Could not have had the Holy Spirit Fire

Today, or any hour of night and day,
Brian Houston’s Ministry covers the Globe
With...

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I know I don't have millions
To leave you in my will
But what I have for each of you
Is something greater still

I have a few possessions
For each of you to keep
Photographs and memories
I know will make...

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"Breathless, we flung us on a windy hill, Laughed in the sun, and kissed the lovely grass."       
           ...

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This Poem Was Written In Math Class Passing Notes Between My Best Friend Brooke 
And I...Its Dedicated To John Hauser And Justice Hoffman. The Savages Of Our Hearts. 
It Starts With Her And Goes To...

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This Poem Was Written In Math Class Passing Notes Between My Best Friend Jess (Rain) 
And I...Its Dedicated To John Hauser And Justice Hoffman. The Savages Of Our Hearts. 
It Starts With Her And Goes...

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for my precious granddaughter, Brooke
whom I hope one day will be able to talk again…

The babbling little brook ,
was enjoying the warmth of the autumn sun,
Thinking about where her waters flowed, 
then wondering from where...

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On a Monday public holiday and with my son home from school,
we organized to go out fishing in a creek where blackfish rule,
and while we’re putting in the boot, our bamboo poles and fishing gear,
I...

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Our words unsaid
Holds the heart
of our destination to flight
Tears are lost
brings tears of joy
with second chances to be
Time is not on your side
with wrong choices to make
Crying eyes holds the words unsaid
Missing moments
Losing time
So very...

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Standing in the rain he looked at her, as she looked away
Drops of black tears down her face, but not from any pain
“Do you feel; do you even know what it is to love?”
It’s an...

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Your Ready (Lyrics)
By: Jessica Trotter
(c) 2009
Written For, And Dedicated To
My Little Cowgirl
Brooke Taylor Snyder 
(Baby Girl Dont Be Afraid, You Can Conqure Anything )

[Start]

Little cowgirl dont be afraid
'Cause Daddy told me a secret today
And now...

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Lord help me write and paint my words

My Lord My Lord, I say to you this night
Help me now, help me write

Paint my words to help me guard!

Help me to paint the stars.
Paint my life...

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They recognize the passion of time

As He and His bride

Make the past come alive....


The waves

Where will they take them?

As a young man’s fancy

Comes alive with his Bride....


The kisses they were galore

Life of the clock

Was ticking...

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I was looking out at the great beyond
I saw you staring back at me
you were amazing to look at
with silvery hair and your piercing black eyes
and somehow they shone piercingly
and your aura, so mesmerizing a...

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