Long Brush off Poems

Saul’s twinkling eyes took it all in – the platinum hair framing a first-class face, the silvery sheath dress wrapped around a figure that was out of sight, but in plain view. She was definitely...

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You raise me up above the mountains
You bring me below the vibrant valleys
You allow me to weep happy fountains 
When I walk in your bright alleys

Enormous in envy my heart is
Nervouscited for what lies ahead...fed...

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They act like a mate 
but their fake 
never give 
but take
Always running late 
expecting you to wait 
it’s never their mistake 
excuses that they make 

Quick to pass the blame 
a stain upon your...

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#QUICK! FAST! CAN YOU HURRY!

DON'T WORRY!
BECAUSE,  WHATEVER YOU MISSED...

THERE'S THIS...AND THIS....AND THIS...
AND THAT...AND THAT...AND THAT....
IN THE PROCESS, YOU MIGHT DROP MY HAND, 
BUT GOD FORBID YOU DROP YOUR PHONE...
THOSE *TONES* WE OWN, WHERE I'VE...

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Alone these thoughts like annoying buzz,
zealously trample across minds agenda,
beguile what plans I had planned to play.
Yearning for release from ancient scab,
can I not sheath their crashing climax?
Xenon prayers list low and anaemic,
downtrodden by shoe-tied...

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O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practise to deceive!
Can't help but to recall this famous quote from Sir Walter Scott...
When one reads the latest revelations on the financial scandal that is...

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Now for the final act,
I go over to the broad
      lying on the floor
                ...

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Lost in this abyss of shadows, I walk aimlessly through the darkened path. 
My cry echoes into the vast emptiness, only to return to my lonesome ears. 
Belong here? I do not; I am just...

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I looked out my window and what did I see,                         ...

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the bittersweet silent story of my life age
fifty and nine automatically rebroadcast 
     in indelible (yet never washed out) beige
indistinguishably linkedin, when counting 
     the last three...

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Tired of everyone playing 
all there silly games
Callin me and labeling me
all these names
 
They call me a thug
they call me a player
When all in all 
they themselves don't have a prayer
 
They are quick...

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While rummaging, mining,
and distilling me gray matter,
stoking mentality activates
oft time surprising me,
where unexpected novel

cognizance never abates,
I experienced becoming
linkedin with cosmic fates,
sans collective unconscious
soul of the universe,
and chanced to espy,

(albeit only a trimmed speck),
the spirit of...

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People showed their true colours and wonder why I got put off
People broke my heart and wonder why I'm shut off
The world on my shoulders was too heavy to just brush off
People handed me the...

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This isn't the time to run away

Nor is it the time to hide

they say "use your whole heart

and take a dive"

 

I forgot the past  while I  lay in your arms

you partially held...

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because…

the hardware store

owner smirked 

when he collected 

my money order

to pay the utility bill

to get the lights turned 

back on.

 

because…

I slept on a worn out

mattress on the floor,

in a bedroom shared

with my older brother

who...

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Can I say something? I think my minds funky! 
got me feelin like a caine junky, 
but I stick to my mary and my peanut butter chunky, 
like a looming depression i just can't link...

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Dear Son,

As you read this letter
I believe you are fully fledged
And perhaps you have already selected
A straight soulmate among your flying flock
I know my absence's had your heart brimming with rage
May your rage wither as...

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Real Talk

WTF, I know I didn’t just see what I thought I saw
This old dude slammed on breaks to talk to a little girl
That could probably be his daughter, better yet his granddaughter
Look at her...

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-Daily Poetry #24, February 21, 2017-
Word: Life 

Life is opening your eyes, 
And realizing the good in everyday,
While walking towards a bright future. 
Life is exploring every crevice, 
Of the world and what it offers,
Laughing...

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How could I be so blinded
I thought that that was you
To think I was so gullible
I should have really knew

Now I wish I’d played it safe 
Not wore it on my sleeve
Cause I’m the one...

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This is posted in 3 parts because it was too long to be posted as one.
My name is Kayla Thomas and this poem is for the contest Three Gems, in the contest section.
This was written...

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Money Can’t Buy True Love

			By Gavri Hanita Hazaka Abir Selek 2nd 
			Charles  Gerald Patrick Chard 2nd 


It’s not the things you possess that make you someone,
Nor the money you spend like running water,
But the...

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Do you think of me when the night breeze touches your heart and the air welcomes your lungs to breathe 
Do you breathe me in with every breath
That mixes chaos and serenity into your loins
Do...

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Frank Gard
1887-1912

I loved her as much as Jesus loves his bride.
My friends, she was my saintly intended, indeed!
Created by my God especially for me; this beautiful flower,
This unmatched star in all the galaxy! She was,
Innocence...

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It was first and goal with time running out 
And the home team needed to score.
I sat on a barstool glued to the screen 
Till I saw you walk through the door.
I missed the final...

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