Long Coffer Poems

Mirror, mirror on the wall ~
don't let me fall for a narcissist's words
for fear I'll find myself tangled in the web
of silk threads cunningly spun to lure me in. 

You might take those words to...

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DRACULA AND THE DINNER GUEST

Here lie all parts of my retelling of Dracula, originally written by Bram Stoker. I have never read the book but was drawn into the synopsis that included my favorite dinner,...

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I sit here writing this message to you,
My dilemma is choosing that somebody who,
Will cause me to soar and fly ever higher,
But this selection process has caused me to mire,
I admit the candidates are of...

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Red power mode
White digital
Blue logo

My, oh my ...
sweet apple pie!
Patriotic American cheese is turning sour Kraut commie
Democracy is Wisconsin curdling ... penicillin shot
needed between the ailing ballot box,
sho’ ain’t Louisiana Purchase forthcoming

Lady Liberty is bowing...

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“What is their secret?" it is no secret at all                         ...

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I'm remembering our tender moments; how sweet was love
that filled pages of poetry you will never read, where I wrote of 
my affection and things I no longer have the chance to say.
Words of passion,...

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imagined by others,
s/he is approached as the
perfect candidate,
s/he is that last 
perfect
puzzle
piece,
which will make the whole
monstrosity,
complete &
not a shred of talent matters,
not a shred of ambition is
needed,
not a shred of ideals, not a
shred of intelligence,...

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Chapter One 
Boy into the West 

Dawn upon my cloak 
Urged and so converged were the guns 
Seeding myself with the rest 

I broke in the eye of the Sun 
Settling my mind on the...

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6/8/21


Blood stained into lands being conquered
Blood on this can of Monster
Blood in the water
Blood pooling and congealing from all the slaughter
Blood hitting close to home,  when you got a squatter
Blood whether the weather turned...

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The Most High way, Abba Father,
your hands are full, always a-bless,
never ending- your palms of grace.
You are love…ing in a pow-er-ful way!

Hallelujahs forever born.
The light of sun, of color’s mirth.
The apt applause t’ward great I...

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In the foothills of the Ozarks lived a man named Jed.
He was so poor, and barely kept his family fed.
He struggled to survive and never had quite enough.
The land he lived on was full of...

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Just two sheets of paper
Neatly detailed all I have accomplished
A name, a birth right and a school qualification,
And years of which i have toiled that I called experiences,
Experiences borne out of exploitation
In my quest to...

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Mister Government Taxman,
IRe See
you’re reaching into the citizens’
		              pockets again

Mister Caesar Palace Chamberlain,
your adept eyes
	       ...

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The Psyche aye seeks an end to sling      
Its filaments wide across and all around ,     
To ensnare it's weird, stray prey with a fling ...

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*Written for an AP contest in which the theme was to write 
an alternate ending for a favorite book, poem etc.  


Shakespeare's quill gave Romeo and Juliet a tragic ending
but that's a sad love...

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or  A COFFER OR A COFFIN 

“Rage on,” my friend said unto me
“Guard what’s yours with urgency
For walls can be scaled by scoundrels and enter your domain
So keep a steady eye on what treasures...

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or  A COFFER OR A COFFIN 

“Rage on,” my friend said unto me
“Guard what’s yours with urgency
For walls can be scaled by scoundrels and enter your domain
So keep a steady eye on what treasures...

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Q.
how will Israel
“calm the territory?”

A.
with imprisonment &
torture behind the walls,
like they killed Arafat Jaradat.

and we can watch the soldiers get up in the
face of the young boys throwing
rocks,
as if these rocks would penetrate their
flak vests,...

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Shakespeare's quill gave Romeo and Juliet a tragic ending
but that's a sad love story I think needs a bit of mending.
Yes, he's the Bard, but quite frankly it broke my heart
to learn they both died...

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A COFFER OR A COFFIN 

“Rage on,” my friend said unto me
“Guard what’s yours with urgency
For walls can be scaled by scoundrels and enter your domain
So keep a steady eye on what treasures you were...

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A COFFER OR A COFFIN 

“Rage on,” my friend said unto me
“Guard what’s yours with urgency
For walls can be scaled by scoundrels and enter your domain
So keep a steady eye on what treasures you were...

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A COFFER OR A COFFIN 

“Rage on,” my friend said unto me
“Guard what’s yours with urgency
For walls can be scaled by scoundrels and enter your domain
So keep a steady eye on what treasures you were...

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I have a pantry where I keep my blessings, 
each one a precious gift.
The daily deliveries never stop, 
although I sometimes overlook them.

Some days the shelves seem empty, 
but when I find the strength to...

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A COFFER OR A COFFIN 

“Rage on,” my friend said unto me
“Guard what’s yours with urgency
For walls can be scaled by scoundrels and enter your domain
So keep a steady eye on what treasures you were...

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Refrain
Wake me from my livid dream, stir my soul
So spirit may bring flesh to sense again
Transport me to another time, this pain
Will cease in that climate where we are whole
There the lights are bright upon...

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