Long Cohesive Poems

Misanthropic melodies played from a broken violin
Prehistoric prophecies that ignite new ideas before they begin
Telescopic telomeres that formulate a scientific grin
Endoscopic X-rays and a doctor drunk on gin

Valiant human beings with virtue among the discord
Salient...

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During finals week, I’d spent days on various reports and papers, scribbling in the margins of notes and books, checking facts, revising flashcards and prepping with friends. I’ve an unshakable faith in plodding persistence.
We were...

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Damian stayed awake half the night
Contemplating, brainstorming 
And roving over it 
Repeatedly. He knew it would be
Desperately Dynamic diligent and
Definitely undeniably necessary,
 but if he Didn't force great effort he knew
It would spell sure doom...

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All that does encompass bespeaks wonder in everything
bubbling brooks and waterfalls does your glory ring
terrestrial and celestial ever fill our eyes with seeing
how can not it's splendor not fill our very being
 
raindrops in waters...

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When one makes viable peace 
Between erstwhile colonial whites 
And erstwhile colonized blacks 
To the advantage of the whites
We urge for a Nobel Peace Prize
Such was the case in South Africa. 

‘It is all for...

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A church is a hospital for sinners and not a museum for saints
And it's not a place for someone to act like something they ain't
We've all been through some heartache, disappointment, 
bitterness and pain
Suffered physical...

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To fully understand this question. I will use my grey matter to summon; to truly  ponder such a conundrum. I will do my best to transpose to others beliefs. Saint Francis of Assisi’s teaches...

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Leong's watching TikTok on her laptop (as always) and she asks Lisa (an NYC girl) “Are you familiar with the the “downtown girl” aesthetic?”
Lisa’s dismissive, “Yeah, it just looks like Urban Outfitters grunge to me.”
Leong...

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Chromatic
Voglio chetu sia mio
Ibi locutus sum
J 'espere que je ne le
regretterai pas
Na ia jeg takkle meg
selv
Daar is geen skeuring 
tussen jou en my nie
Es un honored haberna 
sentido asi
Jeg vil gifte meg med 
deg: Ja...

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THEY SAID HE HAD A POOR ATTITUDE
HE WAS A SORE LOSER
A PERSON WHO TRAINED HARD
AND FOLLOWED COACHES INSTRUCTION
BUT WOULD SELDON TAKE DEFEAT IN STRIDE
HE WAS SEEN BY HIS FOOLOW COMRADS AS
A PERSON YOU WANT ON...

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the power of Black women walking together as a community 
to know that there's nothing we can't accomplish when we move in unity 
turnt, turnt, turnt up 
now ready to reach new heights 
animated, invigorated...

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Working on compiling this book of grandpa wisdom,
Harder than choosing which old poems to include
Is cutting off the ongoing output of new ones!

But I do want to get it done,
And I really don’t want to...

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Wearing wireless headphones as I listen to the news.
I'm outside watching children playing, taking in the views.
There is screaming in my ears two voices disagree.
A little girl serves her playmates imaginary tea.

They're speaking on the...

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Opposing standards is one of Tim’s favourite past times

Not for the sake of difference but to cherish critique

to brush away his take on ignorance searching for his truth

Internalized self-evident and for the sake of future...

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In Ulzana's Raid,
the Native- and European-American concepts of property ownership
      and rights
are incompatible and irresolvable. McIntosh
had no illusions about that. He said hating Apaches for killing whites
is like hating the...

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Alone at heart—
About the time I’m
Falling apart—
I call you.

Your voice... so sweet,
Like a melody
Easy to follow,
So soft it is
Deep and charming.

The biggest part that shows
Is my heart becoming warm—

When I’m speaking with you
My mind begins...

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“Dream in Dreams" 
My mind awakes to taste the tongues of those words you release. Yeah its speaks to me!
Am hungry for those pink lips merry and mellow I wish to soak in.  
Commanding...

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In words, straight from this writer's heart ~
my soul, or some other sensitive anatomical part,
I consider a poem a failure, without success
when poetry readers consider it a bloody mess.
Sometimes I write in the midst of...

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G.I.R.L. (Gorgeous Intelligent Radiant Lady) 

What started out as a message on myspace
Is the reason I keep a smile on my face
And the reason I keep a smile on my face 
Is because you put...

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The College Caravan

Last night we loaded the minivan with her
suitcases, Rubbermaid vats, and chest of plastic drawers
stuffed with clothing, toiletries, school supplies, and posters.
While our vehicle is tightly packed, her room stands hollow;
drained of stuff...

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Christmas 2520
There are no artificial trees
Piles and piles of electronics have been built into ski resorts
No one has school or work; the earth children are home, farming
Creating crops so the family will have food during...

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Using a fruit and veggie jucier
juice 
1 small onion
2 clove of garlic
3 medium cucumber
1/2 cup of apple
1/2 lemon
1 Tablesoon of fresh rosemary
measure 1 cup
add to
1 cup of milk
makes 2 cups of Savory Mil------------------
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1 cup savory...

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When I say I Love You look at Me
Use the eyes of our Father stay looking at me
When I listen to you speak to me I hear whispers song
When I pray for you things that...

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Thistle Be Nettlesome To Weed...

Who (on a lark) doth
     spur my distant soul
     fully bellowed ahoy
quickly hastening
     ye to catfish
   ...

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You say your theology is descriptive and cohesive, 
But I just need to give you my concise take; 
What theology reminds me of, alludes to and objectifies,
And what cases and arguments it does make. 

Consecration...

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