Long Disapproves Poems

I am strange—so strange
that I self-destructed and don't regret it.
—Jaun Elia, translation by Michael R. Burch

The wound is deep—companions, friends—embrace me!
What, did you not even bother to stay?
—Jaun Elia, translation by Michael R. Burch

My nature...

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She turned to her wristwatch but to her dismay
Stuck on "6:59" perhaps time shall not be exposed!

She thought she was walking in the middle of the night
In that old street with an old streetlight
While everyone...

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Her Mother says I'm not that bright
      in need of supervision.
A wayward male who would likely fail
      to make a good decision.
So I've lost my...

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A ‘saint’ white untainted
She stares at the rest... mere mortals 
From her seat on the mountain called
PREJUDICE.
There is ice in her eyes
She needs no words to say she disapproves 
The queen of ‘righteousness’
From the mountain...

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Order Before

Order in order there is no order before
Off the cliff wild berries follow the flow
A simple wind and off John goes
Tumbles with lost footing
He grabbed the berry bush
Off they go together   ...

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Good Friends:

This is a 12 Verse Solo Renga; it is in the Junicho form:


Apple Blossoms


Cool in the morning
A few leaves are still clinging
To a few branches

Is it Monday or Tuesday?
Days of retirement blend

Dry snowflakes falling,
Like...

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Actions do speak louder than words, many miss interpret the figure of speech though
Majority is vastly manifesting are those who refuse to acknowledge that your tone of voice 
Plays a major role 
Its destruction can...

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No sugar, no cream,
jet-black and bitter;
nothing to enhance the taste.
That's how
I like the truth,
in all its forms.
Just give it to me straight!
The more bitter, the better!
No sugar,
yes, let it stay bland
No cream
to change the hue...

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As spring fades to summer, and summer to fall,
The world goes on turning, indifferent to all,
Not caring for emperors, peasants, or popes,
But forging fresh fortunes for scaling new slopes...
And so go our hopes.

Some stage a...

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No time for breakfast, snatch a cereal bar,
anger at mislaid  keys to the car.
He vents his spleen at anything that moves
she dishes out a look that disapproves.
The children eat their toast, their heads kept...

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Randolph the Reindeer
Rudolph had an older brother
Randolph was his given name
But he didn't stand up for Rudolph
When they wouldn't let Rudolph play games

When Rudolph became popular
Everyone put Randolph down
The pressure proved to be too much
So...

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