Long Curve ball Poems

You see, you see I’m captured within my pain I’m 13
13 only 13
13 years old when my soul died
13, eight months later when my spirit died
13, 13 is all I’ve cried
Within a year I watched...

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I cannot accept death

In death there is no righteous  purpose, no nobility, and no meaning
So I have devised a plan to follow, you may wish to call it cheating
I have called upon the Dark...

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Life's lessons has taught me when and when not to speak,
It has also taught me that being silent doesn't make you weak.
Some things are better left unsaid,
Because at times it drags you behind instead of...

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Just the other day I felt our love astray
Holding my tongue gasping for air 
Just the other evening we went out as a couple but yet I felt we were'nt hole
Holding my tongue so I...

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Life brings us something or someone new each day.  It can be the person 
behind the counter at the store, it can be the person who flashes you their pearls 
for a second as...

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I am a cat, at home I’m Ollie
But fellow cats know real name
“Intrepid Vic”, I dig that, golly
Grey tiger, finest at his game

I am the boss around here
Them humans lacking any wit
In house of mine...

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The players take the field
Pitchers and catchers warm up
Pre-game practice is underway
The coaches and umpires discuss the rules
The coaches shake hands and walk away;
The home-plate umpire yells "let's play ball"
The game is underway.

The pitcher takes...

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It's not easy becoming a Legendary  
Major League Baseball pitcher.
It never was and will never be.
You get put through the wringer
and hung out to dry.
From time to time you'll get little or no
run support.
You...

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THE SOUTHPAW
By Roy Merritt

This kid has a helluva arm 
The coach he told the scout
And if we could get him 
to get it over the plate
He'd strike all the batters out
He can throw it really...

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Sometimes, it just takes some time

Sometimes, 
we are born, with big dreams
Sometimes, 
we are born having none
Sometimes, 
we have to live, with our troubles
Sometimes, 
we do things, that can’t be undone

Sometimes, 
our hearts, may be...

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This is it, the final step before crossing the line and I’m not sure I want to stop. What happens when I cross the line, the end? The end of all he and I share...

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CPR

Not again call the code
Again in life saving mode
Grab the patient from the dark abode
This is a burden and heavy load

My heart is hard and callous
Working for years in the medicine palace
No criticizing you’ve your...

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They say “You are only as strong
as the person standing beside you.”

There have been times when that thought…
frightened me, for the person standing
beside me……..was……..well……
let’s just say….. I didn’t choose to stand
beside them.

Perhaps it was a...

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the grips of betrayal
the hands of deceit
like a thunder in the night 
with no storm at its feet
that curve ball when you playin soccer
that almost catches you ass
but you most swiftly
and watch in amazement as...

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The canal is lined with anxious people, both young and old.
Sitting, standing and laying on blankets.
Everyone has put their bet in. It's just a matter of time to see whose duck comes in first.
Mascot ducks...

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I’ll never understand
people who destroy trees.
Those stationary counterparts to humans,
have so many stories and wisdom to share.

Like the lines on faces;
each limb speaks volumes, 
about its personality.  
Each curl, a journey; with each twist,...

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He can throw a perfect curve ball. 
He can bench more than you all. 
He ran a 4.0 in the 40 yard dash. 
So lets show them the cash. 

They are very talented athletes, 
and...

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When they we're sent to live with the Foster's

Realized for once in their life

Finally had someone who love them

Read them a bedtime story before bed

And bring a cup of tea and breakfast
in bed once they...

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Grandma is as proud as she can be!
Her Eddie~growing tall as his backyard tree.
He dons his classic St. Mary’s uniform.
Not wearing a freaky shirt with a unicorn!

Chemistry, world history and religion, too.
He is not learning...

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Each night the dream is the same, just the actors change. Sometimes in the middle of the scene. I yell cut but the only thing stopped is my part in this nocturnal show.
Tonight it seems...

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Life happens when you're busy,
Making other plans,
And things are often side tracked,
By circumstantial demands.

When you least expect it,
And sometimes when you do,
Life throws you a curve ball,
And some folks sit and stew.

They fuss and cuss...

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Fell to the concrete, body went numb
Bullets tore through my flesh, Damn! I think I’m done
Stick a fork in me, do it come out clean, Hell nah
Dat fork is dripping with my blood.

Came out of...

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the random residue of sunken shadows

retrieves an image of the light gone by

an effigy ashen faced and smouldering

glows tenderly upon the silhouette of time


yet another curve ball of molten assertion

distorts impressions on the transient mold

pinnacles...

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I met with Mr. Eastwood for the first time with both of us, and I know he's savvy about people's character.

I would rate Clint as, par for the course as Pebble Beach is noted for,...

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what's it like to live on your own,
to go out in to the unknown,
fresh out of highschool not knowing what to do,
or where to go,
to fend for yourslef,
to build your own shelf,
to buy your own...

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