Long Cut and run Poems

What is your assignment?  Why are you here?
Do you know your purpose and are you prepared? 

Many of us are lost and in a state of confusion 
We don't know our purpose and have...

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Every year for seven now I’d helped me mate Tom Cooney out,
along with Laurie ‘Fitz’ and Barry Dore when asparagus did sprout.
We worked our shifts ‘til knock off time, then off we’d quickly dart,
to cut...

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The Book of Proverbs deals with wisdom and instructions 
Its God's word on how to live a life of knowledgeable production 
Its a reflection on godly actions and godly behavior 
A wisdom driven book served...

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The captain of the times a dragon's flood                           ...

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As if the sea calmed his tides to lie down in peace
As if the thunders began to sing sweet lullabies
As if the flared up volcano spouted jasmine and lilies
Serenity sits on his face when he...

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Can you find beauty,
 in things not pleasant to the eyes?
      Can you be nice,
 to things you don't recognize?

     Can you find sunshine,
 on a...

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IN THE RING

Up against the ropes again
Bloody nose and eyes
Never cheated in my life
But still they spread those lies

Your shaken up and rattled
Where has your spirit gone
In the raging battle
Beat down but not for long

Resilience...

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Smiling sun scarpered, sad stormy sky,
from east to west a veil of charcoal grey,
we watched as flocks of nervous birds flew by,
bird feeders idle, clients stayed away.
The cat, now bored with toys, and time to...

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Thank you, Father, for hearing me
and sharing in my pain
the only one bar whom you serve
who offers no disdain.

From Mansfield's pits to the Western front
the stories I could tell
legless, blinded, gassed and bombed
my mates who...

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Uttering sugar-coated words is one dimension
Promising to love is one aspect, we must love
Walking on the head is crazy, we must embark on the mission
That proves our readiness and willingness to give  

Stacks of...

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Two proud peaks rise up from the range,
Like a dream we all have of heaven—
They soar above white clouds and sky—
A remembrance of 9/11. 

New York’s a far piece to ride to,
But folks all know...

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Hello world... it's me and i'm still here,
To build my empire through sweat and some tears,
Hello world... the battles begun,
To just get my mind right...that battle is won,

Hello world...i'm the one that you doubted,
The one...

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I now see the crossroads my time is at hand
I’ve met the devil and proudly taken my stand
With my Lord and my God my heart will stay true
No matter what happens I’ll stand here with...

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Another uneventful sunrise, more incessant discontent
My thinker now runs and hides in the shadows before sunset
Left a bit dazed and confused, a poet lost in time
I’d better go find my muse, that has left me...

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who will you love when it finally comes down
when both of your feet are planted firmly on ground
not sand that shifts and threatens your soul
casting your heart in a deep, black hole
what sparkles not necessarily...

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my hands are up for action
these feet for cut and run
I've answers for the asking
I've never been so young
?
you should seek shelter
call up your loved ones
collect what is of value
I've seen the coming storm
it will...

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Tangled in a briar of wires
Securing twists from a pair of pliers.
Seated neatly in the center,
Waiting for the next to enter.
With no one else to share the space,
I’d disappear without a trace.
Together we would have...

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Too many lines, cut many times: horse backthoat gasps
Dramatic mimes..looking good yet, actioning bad' no more
Are you the golden lad ' its well past chance,  in such like
Saloons.' A sage might well weep; before...

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I am the Council spokesman
 sat here in my darkened room
 I'm only dragged out in those times of
 misery and gloom.
 Whenever there's a foul-up or
 a bitter pill to swallow
 my very anonymity...

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Our lives were of this moment…
  the wave made sure of that

Winter nineteen sixty-nine
  Waimea’s fury spat

Thirty feet and building
  the giants all had come

Their lips four stories high above
  too...

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I see the writing on the wall
but just can't seem to read
I know deep down what I must do
but can't seem to see the need

Questions going to and fro
debates that wage their war
a heart that's...

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How much longer do I keep playing games?
I thought this was over and done.
I'm not sure I can keep this going
I know I should have cut and run.

I seem to have gotten a little confused
the...

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IT MATTERS NOT
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS



It matters not the price , I shall not cut and run
I will muster up the strength til the battle done
Unsheathe my sword, toil; til the conflict won
Should I perish before...

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Besieged by the patriotic zeal
With lots of hope and freewill,
We set forth for the battlefield
With guns, grenades and body shield.

With the messages of love and harmony,
To spread freedom and democracy
We’ll bring down hard to his...

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are we cowards
hiding in the dark of night
or heroes awaiting daybreak?

sinners, mocked in guilt’s disguise,
saints, averting sinner’s eyes

borrowers and lenders of
the fleeting touch of heartless love,

bearers of a passioned torch
or pillars of a crumbled church.

do...

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