Long Defending Poems
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Earthy Empathy
You've heard that self-unfulfilling prophecy?
"I love humanity--
it's just people I can't stand."
I love healthy humanity--
it's just uppity and/or snooty people I can't stand
I love cooperative humanity--
it's just overly-competitive individuals I can't stand.
Not so distant from,
I...
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Categories:
defending, caregiving, gospel, health, humor, integrity, peace, political,
Form:
Political Verse
Games We Play
Yang, dear.
Yes, my lovely Yin.
Why do you map Game Theory
onto EcoFeminist Political Theory?
It comes across as either just confusing
or, even worse,
vaguely sexist.
Really!
How sexist?
Well you seem to associate competitive ZeroSum WinLose
with strong aggressive patriarchal effectiveness
for defending...
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Categories:
defending, birth, games, gender, health, history, humor,
Form:
Political Verse
Healing a Trumpian God
I remember several prayers
to invoke God's blessings on America,
a reminder of traditional political
mindfulness?
Fundamental lack of awareness
of righteous economic investments
in win/win GoldenRule
positive social-psychological security.
No one "keeps"
or "makes"
this confederation of uniting states great,
unless we democratically...
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Categories:
defending, education, faith, health, hope, integrity, religion, usa,
Form:
Political Verse
FBI FRAUD
As i reported my stalker and identity thief 2002 to the FBI she began climbing into my window for poetry my grandfathers world war 11 medal information this resulted in her arriving with a gunman...
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Categories:
defending, allah, family, poetry,
Form:
Epyllion
The Old Bear
The Old grizzled Bear... was now keenly aware
as he lay in his Cave all alone.
Where his time as King... was a mere passing thing
and must choose another...
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Categories:
defending, funny, humor, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 37
I heard two distinct voices in the night,
Conversing amongst themselves most eagerly
They whispered like children in excitement
Their sardonic mouths sung many savvy tunes
It was Death I could perceive, defending me,
And he, a strange, distant friend
Seemed...
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Categories:
defending, change, death, gothic, grave, literature, romance, war,
Form:
Epic
With God's Help - the Goblet Style
~ With God's Help ~
(The Goblet )
~O~
I'll just put on my best
Face and a nice Smile
Be Strong...
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Categories:
defending, christian, faith, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Classified Part Three
The photograph that Tim had shown me a few hours earlier certainly did not do it justice.
From what I could see it was a large triangular shape on three legs which were all at a...
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Categories:
defending, science fiction,
Form:
Prose
Once Upon A Christian Time
Once upon a Roman Empire building time
a brilliantly pleasing boy was born
of humble Jewish means,
named Jesus.
Born into autocratic occupation,
to avoid military police threats
of mass Jewish male child murder,
Jesus and his mom and dad
became...
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Categories:
defending, christian, culture, humanity, integrity, jesus, jewish, religion,
Form:
Political Verse
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 31
They had only been practicing for a few days but DynDoeth was not surprised when he was made aware that elves were on their way to escort him to Rian. He had his spies...
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Categories:
defending, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
The Daily Show and Tell
Dear Toni,
I saw you on The Daily Show
the other day
having your way
with Trevor,
or was it the other way around?
Not sure.
I'm also not sure where we first went wrong,
but I'm sorry for once having thought you...
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Categories:
defending, family, health, humor, patriotic, political, psychological, science,
Form:
Political Verse
Saul Grills Marilyn At a Seedy New Orleans Jazz Dive
Saul’s twinkling eyes took it all in – the platinum hair framing a first-class face, the silvery sheath dress wrapped around a figure that was out of sight, but in plain view. She was definitely...
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Categories:
defending, humor, murder, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
Prizes For Ultimate Sacrifices - Part One
Prizes for Ultimate Sacrifices
prizes for the abstemious for abstinence chastity ?
the countless...
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Categories:
defending, howl, inspirational, metaphor, passion, satire, spoken word,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Pronoia Happiness Finals
Brezsny in quotes:
"Bestow a blessing on a person you've considered to be beneath you
or alien to you."
Donald, may your future communications involve both deeper listening
and comprehensively ecological learning
about our cooperative potential as individually evolving parents,
and...
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Categories:
defending, blessing, earth, health, humanity, humor, love,
Form:
Prose Poetry
War of Worldviews
YangLeft: Those still capable of right thinking,
as our more civil
humane reflections
on bilateral political
and economic investment inflection,
sometimes cooperative
and democratically co-invested,
but usually just BusinessAsUsual
life remains a win/lose infested
compromising
ZeroSum political disempowering game
deflection.
YintegrityRight: Sweety,
thanks for honorable...
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Categories:
defending, analogy, caregiving, earth, health, integrity, mental illness,
Form:
Political Verse
Carver
The Trial.
Arthur, Sammy, Davis, Junior, Stevie Wonder, Bob, Mick, Sue, Carver. You are being charged with the partial demolition of a listed building. Endangering the life of one, Mavis Stepney. How do you plead.
Not...
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Categories:
defending, adventure, humorous, prison,
Form:
Free verse
The Game of Hockey
The Game of Hockey
By Government decree, lacrosse
Is Canada’s national sport,
But in the hearts and minds of Canadians,
Hockey rules supreme.
Hockey is a winter sport enjoyed by Canadians since 1875,
When the game was first played, on...
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Categories:
defending, hockey, sports,
Form:
Verse
Bruce Walker, Elegy
My teacher died.
His lungs failed him.
He taught me that the lungs
harbor grief.
His lungs are gone.
My grief has only just arrived.
He used his lungs...
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Categories:
defending, death of a friend, love, teacher,
Form:
Elegy
'Forward Brave Souls' Victims of Ambition's Merciless Will
“Up men to your posts! Don’t forget today that you are from old Virginia.”
– General George Pickett
Beneath Gettysburg's sun a merciless blaze
Stood Pickett with his face etched with war's haunting gaze.
A mind torn asunder...
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Categories:
defending, death, history, slavery, violence, war,
Form:
Ballad
No Feelings
Before I begin, let me explain. I’m not talking about feelings such as sleepy, tired or hungry.
I’m talking about emotional feelings in general.
I’ve noticed the majority of people in this world hold on to harbored...
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Categories:
defending, emotions, feelings, hurt, life, peace, people,
Form:
Narrative
Moving On Part Two Part Three
Moving on ???
I have come to wonder – as time passes – why ?,
the lady brings tears to my heart – makes me cry.
This lady who took in hand, in holy of holies, in mouth,
resurrecting...
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Categories:
defending, friendship, prejudice,
Form:
Rhyme
War Is a War Crime
Once wars were fought with sticks and stones
to flog the flesh and batter bones
and conquer lands, defending thrones -
though gods provoke, not one atones.
The multitude (by hordes beset
with battle-ax or bayonet)
braved blades, dyed red...
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Categories:
defending, war, world,
Form:
Quatrain
Failures of Integrity
I feel like a high school civics class dropout.
So much confuses me,
to this day, you see,
about democratic constitutional legal equity,
which feels like it should have WinWin original empowerment intent,
about public and private rights, unbent
protected against...
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Categories:
defending, community, culture, health, humor, money, philosophy, racism,
Form:
Political Verse
Cameron Diaz
Herpetologist meets actress (Cameron Diaz).
If he's funny he's me.
South America or Africa (on location).
In a diamond mind.
The protagonists (lovers), the diamonds, the miners and the minders.
By minders we mean watchers, organizers, supervisors.
As all art must:...
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Categories:
defending, america, beauty, funny, happiness, peace, political, science,
Form:
Verse
Thank You
Thank You!...
It's Black history month, so we come to celebrate,
all the hues of brown that made our nation great!
From Fredrick and Harriet to Mandela, and Muhammad Ali, because of the stance they took,...
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Categories:
defending, america, celebration, culture, humanity, leadership, pride, tribute,
Form:
Ballad