Long Clinching Poems

THE DESERT THE WILDERNESS THE STORM

I am parched, my back is arched, 
my body racked with pain,
Nothing green in sight, 
my thirst, my plight, 
eyes playing tricks on me again. 

An illusion of rest beside...

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Placed 9th in:
A Brian Strand Premiere  No. 1224 Poetry Contest


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Uncertain if my one man pep rally appeals to thee most amazing, daring, grueling... youngest aspirant to restore Earth in the balance predicated upon uncomfortable truth. The old geezer here would be over the moon...

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Quiet sounds surround every thought throughout invisible crevices, hiding behind the unseen. A single tree nonchalantly sways out of rhythmically forested life. Aimed in an unknown direction; feelings of hopelessness; unreasonably so. Lost in movement;...

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A thick, white smog crept through the park that night,
that one color besides black.
Occasionally, street lamps would beam around like wheels
but the lights burned strangely dim.
 
"Let's shoot the breeze, " he said. And so...

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Over stand these R the 3 characters we play
U can become aware begin changing & Evolving 2day
What will happen 2 U the sheep if U become aware
Will U awaken from slumber R will U freeze...

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Multiple choices with one last try, amid this myriads maze

Someone very dear unto myself asked me the other day

"Is the sun shining where you are?"

So I took a crystal glance, into an oblong box....

Actually I...

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Multiple choices with one last try, amid this myriads maze

Someone very dear unto myself asked me the other day

"Is the sun shining where you are?"

So I took a crystal glance, into an oblong box....

Actually I...

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War fire flames pain
Every attack seems in vane 
A soldier fights through the pain
Before he will go insane

He kills his enemy with his last breath
Before he himself welcomes death
One of the soldiers crashes through enemy...

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Do you really think, that I am going to trade my eternal soul,
for your bowl of germ infested puke? Think again!
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O' sullen sullies of darkness....

How you often paint yourself so very innocent and pretty

While...

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He stumbled in, as drunk as sin
with a limp and a nose full of red
He ordered cheap gin, and the blood dripped in
As he raised the drink to his head

He sat on the stool,and the...

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If I Tell You, 2011
Vickie M. Ortiz Vazquez

If I tell you, Puerto Rican I am
What comes to mind?
Morena of “el barrio” or Blonde woman of “el barrio”
Better yet, pale skin-blonde from up north
That one, the...

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Despite being atheist, 
with serpent teen eyes,
I would nonetheless bet 
Eve fen number guys
named Adam, or gals noel lies
(christened) dollars to donuts
(Dunkin and/or otherwise)
Jesus would be mighty pleased
to know, his surname
linkedin with commercial ties,

no matter,...

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Follow Me

The Pitch

Live in my circle of simplicity,
Where loyalty plays no tricks.
A world that runs in parallel, 
Without prejudice, or politics.

No longer capable of crime,
Dishonesty, just doesn’t exist.
Disciples are tolerant and caring,
A new life on...

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Life as an Addict


                         Life as an addict, life as an...

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Despite being atheist,
     I would nonetheless bet
     dollars to donuts
     (Dunkin and/or other wise)
Jesus would be mighty pleased
     to...

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Just want a little break from you
Getting too tired to know what's true
Can't decide what I should do
About you girl.
Time and again I taste my tears
Don't know where I'll lose my fears
Friends say it'll take...

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My fists are entrenched in the Gulf’s sand- Sifting through the Earth’s forgotten nuances. I’m hoping to find a bit of myself that I lost when you told me that I wasn’t enough; I laid...

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clinging on to the surface of the boat
half shattered and left to decay,
gasping for breath, gasping for air
clinching to the plank, scared where 
my hand would let go of it,
erstwhile memories coming past my mind,...

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Life the ocean that never stops flowing
The ocean so deep we don't know its limits, 
I swim From wave to wave, 
I hold my breath for the first time and i dive in
From blue to...

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Ah, drifting leisurely inside the cloud, 
Watching hot sun’s rays glance across the nose 
of the winged drone, stealthily slipping proud, 
I drifted so peacefully through the floes. 

Updrafts from silent streams beneath arose 
lifting...

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Do you feel it?
It hurts.
Can you hear it?
I'm calling your name.
Can you smell it?
The rotten aroma that hits my nose when you come around.
Why are you holding me down?
I'm gasping for air.
Why did you leave...

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Ah, drifting leisurely inside the cloud, 
Watching hot sun’s rays glance across the nose 
of the winged drone, stealthily slipping proud, 
I drifted so peacefully through the floes. 

Updrafts from silent streams beneath arose 
lifting...

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Everyday, 
I stare into the thin air surrounding me,
watching the world pass me by day by day.
When im too busy gazing at stars,
i fall back to the harsh reality of life.
Walking the earth, hoping to...

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The lane leading into the alley was lined with weeds
False intentions masked by good deeds
The end of the chosen route turned out to be dead
Too many conversations for one man's head

So he began snapping at...

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