Long Clear the air Poems

A shadows passes over me today and something in the skies tells me that you are going away and bid this country goodbye, this time you are leaving for good and you will never look...

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I'm of God,you too are of God;
We belong to the same house under one father,
Who gave us a breath that makes us living.
My brother,of fine social morals,of the bush;
I come in peace,to clear the air;
Of...

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Free Verse Rhyme

The mind’s dilemma for sure,...a cure... for the nation’s... health care
There is a simple cure.. that the mind doesn’t want to hear
The healthy cure.. neither doth the mind...of  the wealthy... want to...

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It seems that minutes after Halloween,
before we’ve even seen the first bits of snow,
the Christmas movies are flooding our screens,
and I think we know how they’ll all go.

Start with an actress that’s half-forgotten,
who in teen...

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DOUBLETHINK
Can’t Fool Mother Nature

1: THIS LIFE

Newspeak, Doublethink,
and other similar words
only bedevil us.

When trying to figure out what was said,
George Orwell In his novel, “1984,” 
left us clues to solve such improper speech. 

For, we live...

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This is being newly dedicated to my Aunt Jane who reminded me to keep shining God’s light brightly.

THE GLITTER OF LIFE

A tiny sparkle of hope
Hidden within the gloom
We only see muddy water
Occupying all of our...

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Sometimes
I woke up late and in an outrage.
Alone, did I always have to take a backstage?
Silently she would leave the cottage early
Leaving me on my own, though I loved her dearly.

    ...

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I have this lucky shirt…I feel the luck in this shirt is strong…
I’ve worn it many times and every time I wear it…luck has come along.

I wore it on the first leg of our trip...

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The siblings in our family consisted of 4 brothers and 8 sisters.
The boys were right at home in keeping our hair washed and combed.
On the other hand, the 8 girls wore pony tails, braids, and...

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Time and Change                 

There's an old abandoned farmhouse I passed the other day,
With broken down old stockyards and a...

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Senate Intelligence 
By Franklin Price
6/8/2017

Senate intelligence, not so sure I saw today.
Those words an oxymoron for what I heard some say.
Do not become political, I heard the chairman speak.
Some of them would not comply, their...

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I've never had writers block but I fear it
Wrote 30 poems a day for 11 years, I'm not looking for a writer to compare with
Sometimes I write something so personal I don't want to share...

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I chance upon
This rare book find;
Brown yet beyond
The pages sign.


For days and days,
I sift new thought;
Old wisdom says
Align bold plots.


The author writes
In words said plain;
The reader cites
A fragrant stain.


Each chapter tells
In clear detail;
Each message dwells
How...

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Conscience And Surviving
       (*Shadow/Blitz poetry should be read rapidly)

     Clear the air
     Clear of conscience
     Conscience causes...

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Narcissism arrives in any way..
Has many shapes and sizes..
Forms of narcissism floating in the environment

A Narcissistic one..
Dictates in the mind..
Of importance I solely am
Only I can sustain value..
Only I can indeed prosper
The Universe revolves around...

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She needs space
She needs more than this
She needs change 
Metomorphasis 
The more I give the more I get
The more I give the more I drift
Out of sight 
out of mind
To explore 
Space and time

I'll see...

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I awaken from my sleep one morning
In search of poor old me
Where have I gone?
Where shall I be?
I walked over to the mirror and
I couldn't believe my eyes
There stood a selfish woman
With unspeakable pride

I went...

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More troubled times

My Dear Sweet Melanie, it is a terrible shame,
– for unknown reasons, you choose to remain -
that with this it, who plays a sick mind game
with your beautiful head, with your loving brain,
filling...

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When things seem to lose all proportion
And disagreements become the notion
Misunderstandings, (“He said,…she said”)
Differences, righteousness,  (Oh, dread!)
It helps to use some D-C…perhaps a friendly motion
To head off the flack, (as Damage Control)
It may seem...

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Brother
Listen to me!
There is something I must say
To clear the air of any
Uncertainty that may or may not
Come between us
But first, you must listen
To what I am about to
What I must say.
I have been hurt!!!!
Not...

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Pitter-Patter on my Heart

Do not believe that your size in any way
diminishes the depth of my affection for you.
Some may say you are mere eating-pooping machines
but ever since you traipsed into my life a year...

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This day I sought a peace from a totally different kind
For I once was lost but now I'm found
A house filled with smoke
We both paused to help clear the air
My one regret is Summer's end
Left...

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Some folks are misguided to sincerely believe
That what they hear on the news is fact, indeed,
I hope this poem will help you, friend, to relieve
That dreadful notion, for the “news” is suspect
Of being more commentary...

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WINTER BLUES

 A cold, rainy, winter day brings sadness and a blue funk
No sun to disperse the gray clouds of despair

I must look for something to do 
to stave off the dregs of another Christmas
a...

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What is this weight, upon my chest I feel?
Is it worries trapped inside my mind, or is it real

I gasp for air, but feel that there is nothing left for me
The weight I feel upon...

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