Long Curveballs Poems

Though I may not do him justice, with my meager skills,
I write of Aaron Guttery
Most of you probably don't know him, but I feel you would,
By simply reading his poetry
With a pen in hand and...

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1/16/23


Still rejected
I already did mention
Much is in question
In the end most won't get the message
I'm tired of all this tension
Too much focus on others skin complexions
Never once has this path been effective
Do such fools need...

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We sometimes drink and smoke so much We get beat until we are battered 
Our dreams were like one giant wall of glass where upon they were destined to be shattered
 Broken in a heap...

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Written: January 2nd, 2023, For Ink Empress Contest

Rumi verse" Sing to me in the silence of your heart and I will rise up to hear your triumphant song"
       ...

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I will stay till the end 
I am that kind of friend
Your dark bitter days
where you navigate the maze

Life gives everyone strife
and the lumps and the bruises
and the causes we take up
and at times joyous...

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That’s how some poets roll the the dice here, don’t you see?
I think it makes sense, if your life is all about me, me, me!

Old poetry friendships ………like garbage, tossed dowm
a mildewed, stenchy, drain.
As some...

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Cursed with misadventure
       and persisting hardship,
  he still walks the razor's edge
        And he walks through
     ...

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The comment hurt and I withdrew
My response was brief as I promptly ended our conversation
Thoughts flooded through my mind
"He doesn't need me" "He has her now"
A truth that I sometimes still find difficult to accept
We...

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oves reminder that were not alone. a broken heart never a broken home, the strength of family helps us grow, its been a long trip down this road, family members die, but there never gone...

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Having been smitten 
   with cancer 
and with spinal troubles 
  I take my recovery 
     quite 
     seriously 
   I feel...

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I'm spending vacation in my little room
didn't plan it that way
but my loves decided to not work with me
must be the post Xmas blues..
so, I'm living off stocking stuffers.
Designer coffee 
Pistachios and 
a Jupiter sized...

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He ran the world and when he thought of stopping,
the race track played another trick on him.
His wild hair halo 'round a face, with beads
of fine salt tickle, tease.  They run down his neck.
Then,...

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I told you I'll leave Love alone,
When I go heal the pain that aches,
Just at home is broken to know what love takes,
Late nights wandering in the hell I came cross a pic,
Of the summer...

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The thing was breathtaking!
Such an elegant, mechanical pencil, 
it was Black lacquered, 
with fourteen carat gold accents 
and the most elaborate, 
Chinese monkey, I have ever seen.

Oh, I had to have it; 
it was magnificent.
Such...

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