Long Crosswinds Poems

At times we were stunned by the hurricanes of life. As we stumble into the sanctuary of the Almighty, the mighty winds of reckoning are beating at our doors, and many of us are reaching...

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 A SIMPLE ACT OF MUTINY

I was a mate among a crew, it was in my younger years
when I was raw and restless and served aboard a privateer.
I stood accused of mutiny, I'd called my...

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The streets are loud with marching feet,
Yet no one speaks and none retreat.
The banners wave, the voices swell—
But who can name what truth they tell?

The fires glow on city walls,
While silence haunts the courthouse halls.
We...

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Today as I sit quietly,
I am caught up in thoughts within,
And see myself sitting by the ocean,
As the waves are crashing in.

The sand is light and cool,
As it rises between my toes,
Much like my present...

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Grief lasts for a little while.
Its hurt does beguile.
Nightmare’s fog released, ‘where am I’
A torrential fracture of the sky.

Indeed the steps, you can’t deny,
as you’re not ready to say goodbye.
You still feel the hand you...

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the rig sails on
the captain at the wheel
steel billowed crosswinds
and Willie's gruff twang

come back...maybe not flip-flop 
rigs riggin' is sailin', movin'
waving goodbye to yesterday
I'm a stowaway into today

ahead is clear horizon
aft is crewed distant past
the...

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You fall behind the maple so umber
Soon to close and slumber 
Broadcasted light mesmerized 
Like a painted picture accessorized 

Shine your twilight still 
This earthly chamber you fill 
Your task is done for today 
Tomorrow...

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Woe Betide The Forgetful…
Though the body be weary and tired,
the soul burns with everlasting energy.
To where we have come,
much farther remains to go.

The Moses exodus;
Noah’s unchartered course;
pale the journey ahead.

Crisscrossing Middle Passage streams
put Bermuda Triangle...

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Light of illumination
 filled the tiny vortex of my mind
 A world colored river earth cloud and storm
 Forestry crosswinds and fire

 Ah natural madness beautiful madness
 A sweet perfect chaotic choir
 So I can...

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Felt the cold wind
Shivered in fear
Debris beat me down
Sometimes so alone
Sometimes so cautioned
Sometimes so unsure
How does one fight through such strange winds of life
Hurricanes of rage
Ripe me down
Break my soul
Force me to my knees
But in...

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I have the touch of viking in me
The spirit of the wild and free
I am the waterfall cascading
Across all nordic kingdom

My sovereignty undenied
I render lush abundance
Assuring joy to a parched land
Pride and glory to its...

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Uphill battles are won and lost in the crosswinds
Gusts of defiance brazenly slap across the terrain
If a path is forged it must be carved with a machete
Steppingstones nothing but laughable afterthought
This must be faced with...

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