Long Commends Poems

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Spring: Beginning, the practice run, 
      Hello, hallowed ..., Aubade;
Cringe reflections and spare the fun,
     hues, tints, oh yes, and shade,   
  ...

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This is my modern English translation of Paul Valéry's poem “Le cimetière marin” (“The graveyard by the sea”). Valéry was buried in the seaside cemetery evoked in his best-known poem. From the vantage of the...

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'I think I know why the ocean flows'


When I watch the tides send spume and surf onto the poets' swaying shore

Caress the silken sand embrace high waters so quietly or with almighty roar

As tangled seaweed...

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Alan as Buckminster
delivers Fuller Watts.

Left-Brain partisans of deductive "prickles"
and Right-Brain partisans of inductive "goo"
have reduced mutually antagonistic arguments
into something resembling a pile of boorish poo.

Prickly Reds are tough-minded,
rigorous competitors,
precise calculators of economic wealth priorities
for global...

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God's..  Great plans all this time
Male and Female.. made to be of wholesomeness kind
As the two of you.. growing up in different places
Finding both.. had been singled out... Among faces

Godly innocence of purity
Ridiculed of.....

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January 27 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Exodus 29-31

Key Verse– Exodus 29:18 And thou shalt burn the whole ram upon the altar: it is a burnt offering unto the LORD: it is a...

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August 31 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Haggai 1-2

Key Verse – Haggai 1:5 Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.

LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY WAYS’ CHECKER			

Lord God, You are...

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God's…  Great plans… all this time
Male and Female… made to be of wholesomeness kind
As the two of you… growing up in different places
Finding both… had been singled out…. Among faces

Godly innocence of purity…
Ridiculed of…...

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She guides, she smiles, she invites
Hearts to hope, to relish her light
She inspires, she admires, she stirs
Compassion and joy, precious wonders
Unfolding in the spirit of those who listen
To the treasure of her gift, her brilliance
The...

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God's Great plans all this time
Male and Female made to be of wholesomeness kind
As the two of you growing up in different places
Finding both had been singled out Among faces

Godly innocence of purity
Ridiculed of Morals...

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God's…  Great plans… all this time
Male and Female… made to be of wholesomeness kind
As the two of you… growing up in different places
Finding both… had been singled out…. Among faces

Godly innocence of purity…
Ridiculed of…...

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God's…  Great plans… all this time
Male and Female… made to be of wholesomeness kind
As the two of you… growing up in different places
Finding both… had been singled out…. Among faces

Godly innocence of purity…
Ridiculed of…...

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I confronted the ocean, 
the moon hanging low. 
I scowled at the sea, 
the Breeze processing below. 
The calming hints of the ocean welcome me. 
The ocean breeze quieted the trees to rest. 
Also, it...

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God Almighty…  Great plans… all this time 
Male and Female… made to be of wholesomeness… kind
As the two of you… growing up in different places….
Finding… both… had been singled out…. Among faces…

Godly innocence of...

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Lying alone on a freshly mown lawn
Green as emeralds and warm from
The autumn sun flickering daintily 
Through the flecks of mystery dust
Welcoming my form into the folds
Of its tender tendrils of loving blades
Whispering sentiments of...

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The Sovereign Creator is pleased with helpful modern inventions
Making mankind benefit from telecommunications so well
But for sure, He feels bad when in their vexing malfunctions
Email users in their exasperation feel their brain-nerves swell!

The Perfect Designer...

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Usher me by, the power of the tidal wave, for beneath
You’ve crushed my heart and soul, washed away is resistance.
I’m a vanquished current, swept within your riptide.
A hurricane survivor dashed against your coral reef,
Rough, ridged...

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It is perfectly preposterous not

To fall in love with poetry.

For the poet creates the air…

…And the heavens 

Sweet verses we breathe.

 

The first time he made love to me

We danced.

He led me one word unto...

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God's…  Great plans… all this time
Male and Female… made to be of wholesomeness… kind
As the two of you… growing up in different places
Finding… both… had been singled out…. Among faces

Godly innocence of purity
Ridiculed of…...

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A woman is strong.
She is loving and wise.

She endures,
She moves hearts,
She laughs and she cries.

She nurtures,
She commends,
She supports and she mends.

All for the sake of her children and friends.

A woman does all this,
And yet,
She suffers...

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PLAYING   BRIDGE

Wedenesday evening at  Ruth and Cliff’s
Remembering  suits and trumps, no trouble.
Eyes watching  cards, no buts or ifs
When  you’re  vulnerable, double,  redouble.

Ah,  at last it’s break...

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She laughs, she cries- the heaven’s gift. She’s an angel in disguise;
A work of art as perfect as Michelangelo; she has the angel’s eyes.

She’s a doll in porcelain, a statue in gold, a jewelry in...

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In my special child’s room, delightfully cozy
There watches Smidgeburner, his ape stuffed toy, cuddly fuzzy
Alongside prettisome guru, chimpanzee Betzy
Donning a hat declaring “God does not bless the lazy!”

Then Smidgeburner, a.k.a Smidge becomes busy
Tidying the bed-zoo...

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Among all Nations
North, East, West,
Stretching South
All over the world
Appear the rays
Of the most magnificent
Continent above others
The most adorable and admirable
Of all Motherlands, 
The Landmark of Africa

Contented with bright,
Intelligent faces
Like gas particles 
Moving into the air
Their...

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The game commends the shadow of gloom
As it hangs above our quickening doom
Pass the pill that empties our sight
Receive the cure, repeating this life

Our dreams unchained, forgotten too fast
Awake to run, asleep to restart
Define this...

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