Long Discourages Poems

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Paint Me As An Event
The Picture of Dorian Gray, a decent fanciful novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde, published in 1890. The novel, the only one written by Wilde, had...

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Translation of Eric Mottram’s A Faithful Private 7 with excerpts from “Notes on Poetics” by T. Wignesan

(Note: With this post, I bring to a close EM’s pamphlet collection: Faithful Private, GENERA editions by Colin Simms,...

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Mark 11:23  King James Version
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart,...

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Pretty pink pansies soothe searing souls; seek them; take walks.
Offerings of friendship to another can distract depressive thoughts; open your heart.
Evoking visions of amusing moments, absorb melancholy; envision funny times.
Talk about something else, like tantalizing...

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ECHOES OF FEAR
Dreams of greatness awakens you
waking up from the old wooden chair
seeing a future, brighter than light
present situations bring you to a reality
a reality that discourages your ability
present conditions that undermines your will
questioning your...

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Ideally yours truly prefers 
a she/her who never got prosecuted for a felon, 
yet who most deaf fin knit lee  
possesses sound blinding killer instincts
think miracle worker Anne Sullivan
signifying rendering phenomenal success 
with one...

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November 27 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on 1Thessalonians 4-5

Key Verse– 1Thessalonians 4:1 Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how...

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When I was little,
  I've been suffered discrimination.

At starting point,
  I couldn't be notice the situation.
 
Only difference between I and others
  was that I was new commer.

I was not a native there,
   I was...

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The Dark Ones dwell in the midst of various realms, constantly performing despicable deeds of disaster and destruction. 
 Their presence creates an atmosphere of unrest that stifles imagination, obstructs creativity, and discourages production.
 The...

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Psyche soaking wet with devout atheism,
this lifetime skeptic now tenuously
linkedin with Unitarianism
attests, said upbringing proffered,
mine credo, gestalt,

leitmotif, sans abstractionism
eludes elucidation, delineation, clarification...
some readers might
dismiss as absurdism
defying established dogma fixed absolutism

millenniums, would be hashtagged heretical,
and such...

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June 8 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Job 24-28
 
Key Verse –  Job 24:1 Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days?
	
FAITH...

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The best feeling of the day
is when I wake and pray...
someone may say," Why pray?"
" Are you going to be a monk like Jay?"
Another discourages me by saying,
" He spends hours on his knees getting
bruises...

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If You Think...

If you think a love like a mother will exist, there and then  
You must have been building castles in the air and thus 
 Need a medic or an injection to...

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February 18 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Numbers 16-17

Key Verse – Numbers 16:19 … The glory of the LORD appeared unto all the congregation.

FAITH IN GOD WHOSE GLORY APPEARS BEFORE US	

God in His...

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I often think my world is doomed
evil seems to thrive so easily
Can my bloodied heart be saved?
Will the church help, will anybody?
News discourages my outlook  
orations from politicians do not inspire 
nor do prayers...

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I see them in reflections - the orange juice glass at breakfast or my iPhone where they can pop, like notifications - I keep my phone face down.

They usually want to tell you something -...

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Between Two Dunderhead Friends

What if dunderheads befriend dead-woods?
They can only do as cowards do,
For they are just mentally constrained to;
Rationalize than defend
Their defenceless senseless;
Being and pride in helpless
Cry-foul.
They're just as thin air between dark clouds,
They...

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Got Any Ideas For A Poem?

Ha! That catch phrase
     (kid ding lee writ)
     hoop fully goat yar attention
truth be told, (no...no...
     no...not by...

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I gently beckon inspiration
for dalliance with mother tongue
English Language, each
singular lettered manifestation
familiar to yours truly symbolized
by panoply, sans twenty six letters,

whereby this patient scrivener
luxuriates, when writer's block
yields sudden gush,
nee burst of creativity
dissolving impenetrable wall
mental log...

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A place where darkness
Is strong and absorbs the light
With evils so wrong
No one knows what will be done
To the innocent people
Even though they were strong

A place where nasty sins
Grow fiercer than any place else
Where shadows...

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Pain discourages my heart
And I feel so very lost
Alone like I have never known
With a sorrow that has grown
From something sad and dark
To a feeling of grief beyond words

Aching to my very bones
This throbbing trouble...

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The year is like a drainpipe
Gently sloping as we go
From new year resolutions 
T’ward the winter’s dark and snow

We begin with such potential
Energy to fill our hearts,
Yet as we journey through the year
It’s full of...

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O Sweet Jesus, do these people have Your spirit?
Do they please You in acting like this?
Does it please You, when for fear of displeasing You,
We neglect doing the greatest to please Your Mother?
Does devotion to...

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I want to be close to you
I want to feel your love, your grace
Experience the songs, the poetry
The prayers I pray – reassuring my heart
You will always be there for me,
Smiling light through me,
Piercing the...

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Prejudice within a heart
Colors all the world in hues
Of melancholy and haunting
Darkness in clouds of mourning
Laughter stilled by a bigot’s zeal

Racism within the soul
Colors all the world in shadows
Of dread, despair, disgrace
All the feelings of...

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