Long Cronin Poems

Like the pompous pied piper leading the way,
chirping his tune of a dawning new day,
frustrations were championed, oh how we followed,
the ego stuffed shirt of a suit cold and hollow.

From the top of the hill,...

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P S ITS POETRY WRITE ON WRITE ON CONGRATS TO MY FELLOW POETRY SOUPERS PART 10
 Many thanks to you selected poets;
 Of sharing your whispers from God, tho you didn’t know it;
 Each letters...

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Losing a friend is truly the worst 
that’s happened to me yet,
especially when I see your face
and voice filled with regret. 
A face I hoped to see each day,
always in your smiling way.
A voice I’d...

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My body, my choice,
my mind and my voice,
all were entrusted to me,
by the same righteous God
some now herald and laud
in their white Christianity.

You see my confusion 
stems from this delusion 
our God has somehow become...

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I sit here thinking about,
the sound of your voice,
the curves of your face,
the way you move,
and tears start to fall from my eyes.
I remember the day,
it all went wrong,
even after all the pain,
you've put me...

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Grandpa's Love

Of all the different kinds of love with which we could be blessed,
perhaps it is our Grandpas love that ranks among the best. 
What truly matters most in life, he's lived enough to know
and...

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Momma’s Heart

Looking back on all the selfish things that we would do
and all the stories we've been told about what she's been through.
Momma’s heart is fragile, broken more times than we know.
Through cracks and holes...

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My Dearest Miss America,
the time has come for you 
to use your voice 
and make your choice
of the future you shall choose. 

Each suitor is quite different 
in most explicit ways,
like where they stand 
on...

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I don’t need to be told what I’ve seen
whether it’s real or a sinister scheme
I need a world where I know the rules 
which we call wise which we call fools

Where the lines in the...

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Because of you whom choose to live
your lives in willful blindness,
whom know inside you’ve failed yet
still expect a world of kindness, 
whom weren’t there to show you care
although you knew it mattered,
well now our whole...

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Hello fellow travelers 
out there on your own,
just checking in 
to let you know
the danger here has grown.

An evil demon monster,
like the one from “Stranger Things”
has whipped a storm of angry rage
and suffering that brings.

Some...

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Then soon the climate migration began
when one they called Ian had ravaged our land
So fiercely he raged with his power and might
all would lay waist in the wake of his flight 

So was the damage...

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Ethereal harpist 
my soul you caress
infusing my tune
with a sweet happiness.  
Gently you pluck 
at the strings of my heart
giving my song 
a new meaningful part.

I seek you in darkness
beyond what is real
and cling...

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I tried again writing a poem today, 
so many things I’ve been wanting to say.
I picked up my pen and stared at the page,
then quickly got lost in a frustrated rage.

Something has changed in the...

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Even though it feels somehow 
like you’re already slipping away 
I have to remember to tell myself 
how blessed I am for each day

I love the ways you try so hard
to see the smile I...

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When time is nigh
means time to die
and now you know 
the when and why
suddenly you have
so many reasons to live

Wishing for ways 
you could change all the days 
your raging pain 
kept your ire ablaze
with...

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Since the day you left
I’ve been saying goodbye 
with a heart full of hope
someday I’d know why
but now it seems I have to let you go

All my strength 
is all but gone 
from the ledge...

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Today I saw the woman 
who seemed missing of her smile. 
I watched her there
and we started to stare 
at each other for a while. 

I looked at her mouth 
and heard her say, 
“To...

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Cronin started writing—
Prescriptions and papers,
Ended up writing fiction.
I started teaching and, eventually, came to write poetry,
I’m tempted, by vanity, to think
That I am prompted by the thought fox,
Or Pegasus or Muse(s), or Sarasvati.
Or am a...

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My darling Miss America
before I bid you adieu 
I wanted you to know my dear
how proud I am of you 

In my heart I always knew 
that you would find your way
still you had me...

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MAYDAY! MADAY! MAYDAY! 
Can anyone hear me!?! Over...

This is the USS American Liberty…
We have capsized in the sea of despair...
coordinates...21st century, 45th U.S. President...please send emergency hope, over...

MAYDAY! This is a MAYDAY! 
We have but...

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If I could be your brightest moon
and you my midnight star,
I’d travel through the universe 
to meet you where you are.

All the other stars I’d leave
and follow you forever,
for never will I shine as bright...

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