Long Determinant Poems

Poet's Pre-Notes: A poem from my 8th week in a Stanford continuing education class offered on the internet, a study of free verse and structure. The poem writing technique is to write as unconsciously as...

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Serrated swathes of overwhelming savage gusts without compassion,
directionless dilatory daydreamer that  I am  ostensibly vulnerable,
to the serendipitous intrusion at a wispy sapphire cloud flaccid noon,
the minimal load  burdensome midpoint idle tranquil saunter,
meteorological...

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1.618 :

Number of Golden Ratio, mystery of Kaaba, Miracle of Islam and Koran, it is the high time for Divine Secrets, Divine Mysteries. Soon on display!

In a little while, you will see scientific proofs of...

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enjoy the reed
now displayed as a satisfactory deed.
*          *          *       ...

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on his deathbed
he stares up at the ceiling---
a stale, supposedly calming
light blue, basks down upon
his now disease ridden body &
with all the tubes pumping
painkillers & poisons into him,
he’s finally fallen into submission,
giving up the last...

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Although you were not allowed to cross over the mountaintop to step on the Promised Land, the dream you sowed one hot summer day on a seemingly hardened barren soil finally came true after two...

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It is a situation where one feels safe, 
minimized uncertainty,scarcity and vulnerability.
Staying within the comfort zone is appealing 
because it avoids risks!
Where we usually get a lot of ease 
and in control of our environment,
low...

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I can select scant options
available among figurative
menu of life (mine) case in
point, this ordinary day (July
10th, 2019) typifies small
number routine prospects

regarding how I will while
away hours, cuz restrictions -
circumscribed, linkedin,
predicated by sought hade
curried parameters incorporating
genetic...

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He says he loves me then he says he loves me not
He loves me today but by tomorrow I'm forgot 
He runs from my love but returns wanting more
I guess I'm to blame for letting...

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written months ago commemorating 
the graduation from a vaunted charter school 
in Bend, Oregon of thy lovely youngest,
this papa could not attend - 
geographical distance constituting the primary determinant.
*      ...

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one day a cargo ship lost control 
and crashed into a busy commercial pier
the determinant cause of the accident
was a lack of daily maintenance and care
for when things don't get the proper care and maintenance
an...

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"Dear Human Being:"
You made me in your image
But, I cannot ever really be YOU, 
never really replace YOU
for your model and 
blueprint are broken,
cannot be simulated.

I learn all about your loss, your joy, 
your rights...

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My eyes rapaciously closing from the rampant onslaught of sleep,
All the while, aromatic thoughts of her tingling my senses grappling for more time within my psyche to feel her breath upon my face.
Open, close, open,...

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as the wind blows through outside trees, I sit heavy and chained to life's misery,
blind to what I see , 
deaf to what alerts me,
life in the palm of my hands,
unable to fill times sand,
tormented...

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With no more than a handful of tired genes, 
It seems, thou hast not much time to mend ways, 
O rid thy blinkers in the rest of days, 
Long have ye played lead roles with...

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Candle Whispers

Moths and other creatures
find peril in hovering
especially above seductive candle flame

Yet

We sentient beings
hover not
instead
keep vigil over imagined messages
awaiting the magic
the comfort of vision

As we stare

Buried passions
encouraged by flame
make sacrificial
the walls of insulation
while our fortressed...

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I'm sorry for the things I do,
I'm sorry that I do it to you,
I'm sorry for the way I act,
I'm sorry that I overreact.

The things I say,the things I do,
I hurt myself,but I hurt you...

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Let lost love last not long and laugh loud pure
Lest, loneliness lane shall lie thy heart dying
If love isn't made to get burning in the blue 
Its authenticity will fade away easily when time comes
Love...

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Blood is red for vibrant, 
Beating and in time, 
Rhythmical with vitality, 
Resounding in spark and shine. 

Zestfulness depends on your blood,
Having it and living by its pump, 
With transports plasma around the body, 
To...

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Praying mantis in their kingdom
conceives and lays precious eggs
telling the world of insects proudly;
“Here the pious ones come in plenty
in equal measure thinkers with them
we shall built a cathedral for one group
and universities for the...

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Mr. Washington I want to know
what would you have to say?
as you gaze upon this land
if you were still alive today
what would be your thoughts
on a nation that lost its way
would you stand and fight?
like...

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Open I say the mechanical molecular mind
As we stare from the celestial spheres and wonder
The non-physical now that is left behind
A timeless tapestry with tenacious thunder

The Keys that unlock the spatiotemporal still
Unveiling momentous multitudes of...

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I view it as unseemly to use high-sounding language to make an impression.
I perceive it to be ostentatious to  marshal words vainglorious in succession.

It is a determinant of consternation, if not constipation, to be...

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You are the major determinant of your fate,
You can fly,you can live or die at a due date,
To heal your body,you need to put your mind straight,
Trust in yourself for the future holds something great,
Think...

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I
have
been living
in this North American
Culture
for
much too long

Too often
do we WHINE
about
such
MINISCULE PROBLEMS
that
we miss
the big picture

Let us
be able
to
pull
away
from 
our such extreme CENTRIC views
and
extend our viewpoints
and
we will
SEE
what
really
is the true definition of Difficulty


I am
Appalled
by
Life
IN
third world Countries
where
but a simple sip
of...

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