Long Contest life Poems

Several years ago I considered the aging question. I prayed that I would live at least a hundred years.  I had come to understand that writing was one of the things that I was...

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I believe we are spiritual beings having a human experience,
We all have a purpose, a divine destiny
Some never fulfill it because their hearts become cold and empty,

Many forces surround us everyday,
Some oppose us while others...

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I recall the time my parents created a maypole,
                       in our backyard to...

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The book describes a battle that included African American soldiers in the Union army who, in spite of the controversy, were very instrumental in the success of building a tunnel and igniting a massive explosion...

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“5For the living know they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor have they any longer a reward, for their memory is forgotten.”  Eccl 9:5 NASB


What do the living know?
They know...

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Listen, my fellow dreamers, 
But listen with your heart,
And hear the silent music of which we're all a part.

Cover your ears, my dreamers, 
Lest the worldly tunes drown out
The inner magic symphonies of what life's...

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Life is not always easy and it really depends on where you live,
I cannot speak of life in other countries because I only know Canada;
Canada is a nation of immigrants and all cultural differences we...

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Birth of an infant, a mom's victorious pain
From monosyllables to phrases to sentences
Speech takes the place of shouts and cries
Actions replaces the moans; coos and tries

From crawls to strollers, sturdy legs stood up
From dolls to...

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Birth: the first step to journey’s end.
We cannot travel and pretend
That our paths will be all straight
And leave the helm to luck, not faith.
There will be chasms full of gloom
Where evil spirits hide and loom
The...

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If you look at life it is an entanglement of garter snakes
Heaps piled together without realising where to start
All of a sudden a head peeps and slithers out smoothly
Problems of life are magnanimously overbearing
The thought...

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A Farewell To Arms


I was expecting our first child.
   Catherine, in love with Frederic,
was also happily pregnant.

She awakened unexpected, 
   strong, deep, overwhelming
maternal feelings inside me...
   I felt how...

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Poetry Soup I have barely tasted,
an I do enjoy it's wholesome flavor,
to deny my taste buds of something I like,
will in no doubt put me in strife.

So long have I searched for a place that...

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Life as a maypole, is an interesting theme
where schemes we might plan can get tangled with dreams 

The things I had dreamed of, to better my life,
would often get tangled, with wrong versus right
Some streams...

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While on this earth we have a choice,
Of two paths - wide or narrow.
Which one we choose will seal our fate:
Everlasting joy or sorrow.

The wide path may seem easy,
Living life by our own rules.
Many choose...

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Birth And death, secrets of God, never be known
If told, one day to behold, this beautiful fold
If I don’t die a sudden death, I have this to say to
My dear ones present when I breathe...

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We watched Gone With The Wind,
at Christmastime-  it was a tradition each year;
with my mother and we each had a tear,
I used to not like the movie that much;
but in time this awesome movie...

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The complexities of life colours our world
We are taken on a long and sometimes complicated journey
Like being on a roller coaster where there are many twists and turns
No day is ever the same - it...

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An independent inventor, Stanley Meyer
Delved into his innate cauldron of genius
Thought ingenuously out-of-the-box
He’d revolutionize the automobile industry.

He claimed to have designed an engine
That he designated as the water fuel cell
Using the established principle of electrolysis
Of...

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On the internet groups of all interest currently exist,
It would take me all day to write up a list,
My most favorite site happens to be,
Poetry soup, especially
What I wouldn’t be able to do is how...

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I AM THE WAY....

Jesus said, I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life
No man cometh to the Father but through me
He also said, the wages of sin is death
But there is hope for beyond...

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Life is a Stage...Act 1, Scene 1 (the only one...?!?)

Remodel my being this enigmatic, next summer. You broke all the rules risking collapse. 
I cannot read your thoughts - a disrupted connection - a handsome...

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Yesterday’s a Golden Urn that holds
The nectar of life’s fruits, both sweet and sour,
Devoured and gone. Let memory recall
The varied tastes enjoyed then stored away
Within the Golden Urn of Yesterday.

Today’s a Golden Plate piled high...

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Carrie

Sentimental and sassy, reasonably realistic, soundly grounded

Daughter of polar opposites, wife of a patient man,  
mother of three unique comedians

Lover of sincerity, loyalty, dependability

Who feels passion for family, compassion for the unfortunate, 
 and...

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Recent experiences in my life have impacted on me greatly
Tell friends and family that you love them - it’s too late when they are gone
Grab every opportunity in life - you may never get a...

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Life Is Like A Maypole.
In our spring, we are born; 
our dance begins as inter-woven events 
and experiences build our future.

Blood-red trauma,
wraps itself around our happiest moments…
it never wins. 
Always uplifted by orange-joys, 
winding ribbons,...

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