Long Ccc Poems

March  2026
The final weeks of the CCC plan:
Damian and Polly planned the
Copy Cat Club convergence with
Molly and Dolly. The meet was postponed 
A few times until everything was set.
Damian and Dolly knew one another...

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What are words other than coffin nails be?
Who does it belong to when it rails me?
An empty vessel at best that bails thee.

Lend me your ear and draw your heart near;
my words might seer, but...

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The root word for religion is not kind – 
Latin verb that means to tie or to bind – 
as it tends to play tricks on anyone’s mind. 

For some, the edicts lash; they mercilessly...

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The Judas Scroll

Sometimes the night is laden with
guilt. The nails curse me. The
mob applauds like children
scrambling for the safety of

their lies. Your eyes curse me,
follow me to hell, hold you to
a lie that never lets...

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"I beg You, show me Your glory," Moses said
but God snuck past, back-turned, revealing not His glorious head
Moses didn't know they had to wait for God Incarnate, instead
for God's glory -- no mistaking!

“Glory to God...on...

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Rear view mirror

Objects, objectively put, are  closer  
than they  appear. But it doesn’t say it all. 
With the fair signs that spewed  forth once turning to
a slew of  pre-twitter ...

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In awe, I welcome Thor with utmost glee.
The powerful celestial force set free
amongst the hills and over the coarse scree. 
The winds that whip and slink —  the hailstones loudly clink.
Flashes segue to link...

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African rape of democracy 
She is citadel of beauty,
Crown in all nature bulden 
Nature made her, her blessing of 
duty
Atlantic, Equator, desert are beauty 
then


They came in Khaki and iron 
Rape her raining to harmattan...

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You lift me from mundane reality,
     with wondrous flights to lands of poetry,
          where there, my simple visions come to be
 ...

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We paid the price for hasty choices made 
and cried our tears for dreams put to the blade. 
The lessons learned a hefty price we paid. 
Against our woes, we rail — the urgency to...

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In memoriam:  Queen Elizabeth II died on 8 September 2022. May she Rest in Peace.

Gracious and a constant all my life,
not bending to public opinion o’ strife,
your sharp wit could cut like a Bowie...

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Ethereal Bliss

Your long pretty limbs and shapely trunk defy
Rings, occult within, unseen by the naked eye.
Rooted as saplings we've grown tall, you and I.
Bending in strong winds in chaos we try
To feel a calming peace...

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I was just a little lost cat,
            so afraid when that wild, crazy tornado hit;
so, I hopped into a nearby basket lying quite flat,
then,...

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When I first laid eyes on him, he was alone.
So very solitary, he was but a stone,
just lying there as if he had been thrown
carelessly to nothingness, a rock that had never shone.
A gem he...

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Reminiscing past helps to remember;
thinking past events helps to remember
how simple acts brought people together;

Those past acts helped them at their crisis hours.
Timely past actions helped at crisis hours.
Heard their woes, truly tried to dry...

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THE PALM TREE

Sadly, my time on Earth is coming to an end
Where I’ve witnessed all human’s wonders and all their dirt;
Cried for the dying and rejoiced for every new birth,
Watched greed rule over what should...

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I saw him from afar, a lonely oak tree, 
both of his eyes contained such misery.
I wanted to know his story,he's a mystery. 
He looks so sad, I wanted him to be happy,
Our eyes met...

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Beacon of light, holds steady fear
Love’s healing touch sublime 
Assuring souls that God is near
Pure of heart hark His chime

As God does empower
Love, wisdom and power
Why for do we cower

Love shining bright
Beacon of light

~~~

Beacon of...

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All Wonders Are Free, No Admissions Price


Lord grant me, days in Nature's rainbow hues
Walking among wildlife, searching for clues
Thankful for these very fine hiking shoes
In splendor of morn's new risen sun
This peaceful, calming walk will...

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(Latin word meaning "healthy water")
Arabian Onegin Sonnet

Never imagined ‘happiness short-lived’
It’s very true; really I'm surprised
Once around the coast so many plants lived
creatures inhibited, but why I'm despised?

Beautiful nature surrounded, 'twas so
pleasant; loved, admired by all...

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We know that Jesus Christ is Father Christ
I would like to speak to Him
I know He knows what I intend to speak to Him with 
Before I write it

I am confused
You showed me private revelation...

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To be on water is to be of water I'm told
The sea a deep blue and unsettling cold
Offshore waves roar in and relentlessly roll 
Cleansing rounds that forcefully come and go
In many ways water is...

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Oh, yesterday's shadows,
            in dim corridors of my mind; 
   let me go-   I wish for flower meadows,
I want to...

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O lady of night,... distant radiant splendor 
in your golden castle, echoes of love render
a countenance of silver, in a whisper tender
hushing a  cloudy veil, a romantic surrender 
where poets in awry, voice a...

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O, waiting for John Heck “in Fields of Eden”, 
When “I Kissed a Butterfly” for “Breaking the Pen”
That Brandlynn Scruggs asked for “An Hour in Heaven”.




Note: 

Thank you, John Heck and Brandlynn Scruggs, for your...

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