Long Courtney Poems

Matthew delivers his latest bullet – tin...

from the Harris-Walz front
where liberal minded socially progressive
electorate doth agonizingly grunt
targeted in crosshairs scoped out 
eager and ready to be mortally wounded 
courtesy notorious big headed 
(and bigoted) infamous...

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The Great PoetrySoup Poets in as of now
1.NoMatter What
2.Roses are Red...

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Yes, my dear, you know,
You are my source of joy, rejuvenation, hope
I need your emotion spread onto my life,
I need your heart to sing among the darkness surrounding
Do not let our words run dry
Together, in...

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"Jealousy is just insecurity masked."
     ~Serena Mott

"If you use your words as a weapon, then  as a weapon, I'll shed no tears."
     ~"Words as a Weapon"...

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I’ve learned that no matter how hard life seems there’s always something to be learned from the negative experiences in the end. 
I’ve learned that you never really know someone until you’ve lived with them.
I’ve...

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Now I don’t know if I really learned about love
Or if I got to explore what it’s made of
Is it a warm feeling when you hold hands?
And kiss and laugh at each other’s stance
Are there...

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If deserted, was I, on an island, and was allowed only three integral items to take with me, what would they be?

If we are speaking of material things, I suppose I would take my favorite...

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the first day i laid eyes on you it was so not what i expected

the image you created and the way your eyes rested

i stared at you not realizing my curiosity was adjusted

the moment i...

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Born in Aberdeen Washington 
where he hung out,

“Underneath the bridge, 
the tarp has sprung a leak”

Taught himself to play guitar, 
liked to smoke some weed,

“And the animals I’ve trapped 
have all become my pets”

Started writing...

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Sleep deprived,
Feeling all the raindrops set off by the slightest 
Welcome to bad weather 
This thing called my life
Never been one to contemplate suicide
But damn if it doesnt feel like i live a lie

Let me...

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My dad is in the army
that’s the life he chose
We, his family,  stay with him
No matter where he goes.

When he’s stationed in a War Zone
Of course we’re left behind
Even though he isn’t with us...

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A game we were all born to play
Comes out of the closet today
It's right there next to the game of "Life"
It's "MONOPOLY" and it's mine

Find the token that lets you fit the part
Let us all...

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A squirrel runs on a branch
As the strong wind blows
And on a hill in the distance 
A tree with ripe mangos

As he types on the keyboard
He holds a cigarette and coffee
Thinking of the girl he...

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MEMORY OF NOTHING

Listen:
Drag branches comeback
Across the forest floor:
Knowledge of the rough¡

At water’s edge
I gather some things up:
“Happy Ending Story”.

We’ve the time to give the Babel Tower
A close reading.
Awful good, Tú
As Roy A. Rappaport’s
Ritual... as Communication...

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(Dedication: For Courtney Vinch, Keep faith in yourself.)

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Come find your true place as love seeks you too;
Open mind and heart to know that time heals;
Urge your radiant face to fond cheer that coos;
Rise as feelings...

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Purple people skipping down my acid trip
Warning me of the fall that is to come
If I don't escape the twisted fate that I am eating for breakfast
Diversion from reality
Divorcing misery while on vacation with hysteria
Dancing...

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Every time I see my friend sapna
She looking more pretty
She find the fountain of beauty
And not giving the location to me

She laughs and says no NY
Its just good living
But she hiding the secret 
And she...

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Jimi Hendrix-Played electric guitar with his teeth and left hand
Ripped through scales, held notes, used flames on stage on command

Janis Joplin- Rolling Stone—Her cover enthralling ”Me And Bobby Magee”
Mezzo-soprano vocals and an "electric" stage presence...

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She's just a mall goth skank in Courtney Love's flesh. Digital jail bait. Open wound scissor sisters. The cure is deep inside. Divinity embedded within skeletal matter, salvation within my hands. Lobo Cristo devoured his...

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She asked her daughter to explain fully
How she became the target of a female bully

“The bully said I have an odd, long face
The kids cried, ‘Disgrace, disgrace, disgrace!’”

“Oh Mom, please, is it true?
Is my face...

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Like a leprechaun
Chasing rainbows
Looking for your pot of Gold
Knowing in your heart that you will never acquire it
But, refusing to admit defeat to yourself
All the while killing the one who remains true

Stagnant heart
Dancing with ghosts...

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Lemme tell ya'
about a kid 
whose mind is so far down the gutter
he was seen scheming on another kid's mother
being obscene
at the scene he
whistled and muttered  
"Nice Udders!"

I'm telling you
little dude is smooth
with more...

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Chasing fairytales all her life
Searching desperately for love
Leaving no stone unturned
Sweet naivety
Believing an illusion
Swallowing his deception
Her ears crave his enchanting lies
So she remains his flautist
Eager to play his melody for a lifetime

Rigid iceberg dismantled her...

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The Ethical Self
by
Rick Folker

If there is evil here, it is complacency, and it is collective.
- Courtney Martin/columnist for On Being

The Moral Arc is bent
but not broken
It can be retrieved and repaired
like a shattered heart
withering in...

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Suffocating Drama
Like a drug
Shaking from withdrawal
Addicted to the drama you create around you
but, this performance must come to an end
I am bored with the same old player
Close the curtain
Hide like the coward that you are
Wallow...

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