Long Concession Poems

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A babe born, in darkness braved
Bring love to the world if only for a day
No questions asked, nor answered, nor saved
Let peace abide in every child, we pray
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As they stood watching their son, enthralled in...

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The Edges of Rhyme 

I wrote the playbook, watching what they took 
While the earth shook I could not look 
In the direction of the Big Book 
Like a fish caught on a nasty hook...

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This is based on a true story -


The wind was soft and swishy as the sun was drifting down, 
As most the town were mingling at the annual county fair,
When loud across the speakers by...

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Kerry Ann gleamed with undeterred joy and twinkled in anticipation

It was her birthday and as a true Sagittarius she had colourful vision 

And a sharp bow for shooting the moon to get closer to serious...

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GROWING UP ACROSS THE STREET FROM 
TIGER STADIUM HAS ITS ADVANTAGE
AND DISADVANTAGES.
BEING A YOUNGSTER 
HOT HUMID MUGGY SUMMER NIGHT.
DETROIT MICHIGAN.
JULY NINETEEN HUNDRED AND 73
WOULD TURN OUT TO BE A VERY
COLD
NIGHT.
IN THE MOST UNTHINKABLE WAY.
RUNNING AROUND...

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Here I am this afternoon thinking
Here I am this afternoon
Looking upon the courage of man

The questions keep coming 
And my spirit keeps growing
And I try my best not to pen this verse
But the pain keeps...

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This is the day the LORD has made. We will rejoice and be glad in it.
 
Tauren Wells Citizen of Heaven©
When We Pray Echo©
Like You Love Me Close ©
Tauren Wells came on the scene he...

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They left me in the woods…a simple game of hide-and-seek, only there was no reciprocation. I’ve been here for so long, the imprints my knees have made are now pools of mud from the rainstorm...

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they say the only people who can't change themselves are babies when they're wet
yet  most people won't even try to change when they reach the adult set
they live lives of quiet desperation, still singing...

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As soon as I stepped through the doors of the mall
I ran into two old friends John and Paul
They were with two girls the first named Karen
And I think the other girl was named Sharon

I...

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Call me mad if you must
But please first hear me out
I just got back from the Cryogenics lab
And guess who's head I picked from the crowd

If your thinking Jimmy Hoffa
No, he's somewhere deep asleep in...

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To the legendary teacher I pay tribute
For imparting live voices to the mute
You paid gratitude
To the multitude
On the mountain top you stood
And all the heads understood
You never said ‘Never’
As admired in Geneva;
Tremendous work for real
Remains...

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Pray masquerading hidden beauty,
Sweet innocent Princess Cinderella
She of midnight pumpkin slipper glass

For whom the ball bell's 

Be spared your humble prince his
blushes of asking for your hand
and pleasure of your company

And so to please accompany...

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Many children were stolen
It wasn’t that long ago
Our rich culture took a beaten 
Our children's cries still echo
This is what separates our nation


They came on a big ship
And fired their gun
Our languages were split
 We...

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he spoke of his wishes not for these masses of gathered people not o like him.
he wished hthem to boo and jeer him.
he saw fit to be unloved and less desired.
they spoke ill of him...

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I am a monkey dark and clean
I am a monkey and I love soybean
I am a monkey and I love to eat greens 
I am a monkey and I am on a global spree
I am...

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Intertwine

I attain out my heart to you,
With the notion I have done foolish pride in them.
Aching for the attention of an adolescent to be put upon me,
And not imagine of the reality of things that...

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1000 miles per hour scientists have calculated the Earth’s rotation
And 25000 miles in 24 hours according to their quotation
They say it is the distance from the sun qualifies their concession
But it is the facts that...

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Cogwheel Ballet
            by Odin Roark

Hot
Humid
New York summer
Industrial commerce 24/7

Textile scents of humid wool
Acerbic edge of chemical dyes
Permeating wood and air
Thick oily lubricants
Layered enslavement
Nowhere to...

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Raise the white flag of defiance,
surrender to the hate

Offer no concession or compliance,
a vote count short 
is the winning debate

Cry ballot thievery trace:
Urban poll pickpockets, of color suspect voices,
stole the presidential race

Let that dark anger...

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I’ve watched you whip your cell phone out and check to see who’s calling, 
and…through the ones you take, I’ve learned…by how you say -“Hello”,
If that caller lives within your realm of - “better take...

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I have a man who loves me and HE'S awesome and HE'S so beautiful he awakens me on a new day Dawn ever so wonderful and old how I love HIM how He smiles at...

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For my Professors Mary A. Schilling & Jean Cuvelier

Share with me the beauty of the pen, the smell device of paradoxical selection,
The inquisitive sense of hateful teachers; shared with me the major premise
Of the dogmatic...

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Days evade too fast from our years,
and take with them all memories;
if nobody has ever dreamt,
do it now and bear no regret!

Our youth came and faded,
wasn't it the pride of yesterday
seeing health and strength
prevail never...

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On our way into the stadium before the game had even begun
I saw them walking together…a father and his son.

They were excited, smiling…laughing as father and son are wont to do
They had on matching hats...

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