Long Downtown Poems
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People of FaithIt's hard to say where and when our town's People of Faith Cooperative started.
After all,
we have all emerged together,
and are still emerging
people of TaoGod,
right?
Our faith includes defining our still humanizing species
as among those not capable...
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Categories:
downtown, culture, earth day, education, health, humor, nature,
Form:
Political Verse
One DayOne day not so long ago
I walked
Never alone
For the world
Is always my home
It was a late
Spring snow
Yet I felt
Invisible red roses
Offering sweetest perfume
To my nose and soul
There’s such warmth
In snow-filled winter
No bitterness
No...
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Categories:
downtown, humanity,
Form:
Free verse
My Sweetest Gift, a Childhood MemoryMy auntie came to visit when I was three, but nearly four.
I proudly and lovingly wore her name gifted to me, a sweet legacy.
I...
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Categories:
downtown, angel, childhood, love,
Form:
Free verse
A Day On the Farm
"You really wanna know? Cause I'll tell ya if you really wanna know. You'll be thinkin' I'm crazy before I'm done, but I'll tell ya... ifn' you really wanna know."
The day started like any other,...
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Categories:
downtown, farm, myth,
Form:
Prose
Once Upon a Christmas 1954 - Part One - a Short Story From My MemoirEach year as Christmas rolls around, as I buckle under the pressure and stress of shopping for gifts for people that already have everything, I find myself remembering that Christmas of 1954.
Dad had joined...
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Categories:
downtown, christmas, nostalgia,
Form:
Narrative
Growing Up, La - Part 1- - - Chapter 1: Early Days - - -
My father was a rich man, la, *
Though schooled in poverty, (1)
As such he seldom raised his head,
Displayed humility.
The center of the...
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Categories:
downtown, life, , cute,
Form:
Rhyme
A Museum Ap-ArtI'd risen from my bed quite early, in the pale silent sunshine,
And I thought to have a day out, and not waste summer's prime.
The world still was sleeping, but the bluebirds sang a tune,
And blooms...
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Categories:
downtown, adventure, art, beauty, color, fantasy, imagery, summer,
Form:
Couplet
the 3rd floorThis was last Saturday night. We were at a rooftop party in downtown New Haven thrown by ‘DocHouse.’ Doc-House is kind of a frat-house, owned by Dr. Melon, where he and seven doctoral students live....
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Categories:
downtown, humor, school, social, student,
Form:
Free verse
The Visitation - Both Audio and Text VersionsForty-seven years ago I went abroad for college, then - after graduation - chose to live across the sea.
I called my parents often, and I mailed them many cards, but rarely made the trip back...
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Categories:
downtown, family, memory,
Form:
Verse
Regarding Health and EducationDear Local Boards of EcoSchool Education,
Departments of Environmentally Protected Walkable Transportation,
Cooperatively Maintaining Public-Private Works
and STEAM Play
and WinWin GreenGames,
Hysterical Historical Associations,
Social Work Departments of Climate Restorative Therapy,
and Public Health-Wealth Departments:
Did you leave anyone out dear?
Just the...
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Categories:
downtown, caregiving, earth, gospel, health, humor, patriotic, peace,
Form:
Political Verse
The Highways and the BywaysThe Highways and the Byways
By Franklin Price
10/27/2107
(Inspired by Nancy McIntyre Stepp)
The highways and the byways
Of this life in which we've grown
Bring back many memories
Of places we have known
The Interstates most boring
They bypass most...
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Categories:
downtown, adventure, happiness, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
How I Became a Street BoyCan a lioness tender care
Cease towards the child she bare
Yes she may be forgetful
Yet I shall never forget you
Words of mom on that fateful day
As she lay there in the most pitiable way
She drew me...
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Categories:
downtown, betrayal,
Form:
Rhyme
Chapter 60 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Family Seventeen XDuring the days before the
Vacation began FIRST: there
was a thunderous knock on
The door of Damian Hakim's
Residence. Damian Junior ran
To answer the door. But
Damian was disturbed in his
den by the omenous knock.
Damian asked...
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Categories:
downtown, beach, business, child, confidence,
Form:
Alliteration
Of Christmases PastIt gradually turned chilly between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Although Frosty the Snowman rarely visited our part of Texas, his pal, Jack Frost, surely did. He wafted his way through the drafty house, chased by...
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Categories:
downtown, christmas, giving, inspirational,
Form:
Narrative
Cruisin' the DragSipping cherry limeade, driving in the car parade,
we're cruising in the Lone Star state.
Didn't want a bucket seat; the thing it couldn't beat,
was sitting up close to your date.
One hand on the wheel...
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Categories:
downtown, car, funny, growing up, high school, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Road TripTime for a road trip, my dad, mom and us three kids all packed into our old station wagon. I guess it wasn't so old but it sure seemed that way at the time....
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Categories:
downtown, memory,
Form:
Prose
China Tour ThoughtsChina Tour Diary Moment #1
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KUNMING THOUGHTS
Sunday morning flight to Kunming city;
East bound to explore vignettes of China;
New vistas to sight, postcard memories;
Feast visual galore on tour agenda.
Yunnan province greets our earthly landing;
Brisk clearance and we...
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Categories:
downtown, blessing,
Form:
Rhyme
Baseball Trash Can Cats Vs Downtown StrayHere we are fans this fine summer day,
to watch Trash Can Cats, versus Downtown Stray.
The field is grand in this deep wooded glen,
pitchers are warming up in the bull pen.
Pitching for the Cats is Crazy...
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Categories:
downtown, baseball, fun, poetry,
Form:
Rhyme
Angel's HopeThe past scampers out of view.
Like the paw prints of a cat running to the bush.
The wheel of time follows no straight line.
As we sometimes trace back over the lines.
In the recesses of our...
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Categories:
downtown, abuse, addiction, hope,
Form:
Free verse
Womens GroupFeb. 6, 2021
Hello I was born normal on May 17, 1979 from Paranaque, Philippines. My name is Jacqueline Ramirez Mendoza and was taken from Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis. Given by my cousin, Jocelyn Picazo Santos. My...
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Categories:
downtown, anxiety, christian, depression, god, muse, people, psychological,
Form:
Narrative
The Last Man StandingClarence Goddard, Harvey Bell, Virgil Barnes and I met for coffee every day for close to forty years.
I was a school janitor...Virgil was a farmer...Harvey ran the lumber yard, and... Clarence managed Sears.
We always met...
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Categories:
downtown, inspirational, sad,
Form:
Rhyme
My Democratic Party TownIn my New England town
our local Democratic Party runs everything.
Some would argue these local celebrities
and self-promoting treasures
to posterity
rather over-run everything,
and surely we could find some truth
in this way of seeing,
but we are learning a spirit...
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Categories:
downtown, community, earth, education, health, humor, integrity,
Form:
Political Verse
Chapter 56 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Polly EquationAugust 11 2032
It was the Day after Damian's
39th birthday. The Seven were
Now a year old. They slept in
Two big beds welded together.
It still appeared as one big
Crib because of the railings.
The...
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Categories:
downtown, adventure, allusion, child, devotion, emotions, father son,
Form:
Alliteration
Letter To Mama*LETTER TO MAMA*
Iye omo to r'ewa
Iya ni iya mi owon
I know you wonder if your prayers don't ascend to heavens
You keep asking if the promises won't come true
You're beginning to doubt the...
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Categories:
downtown, home, journey, missing you, mother, mother son,
Form:
Free verse
Where Cardinals FlyWe crept down a meandering country road, gravel crackling underneath our tires. The countryside stretched before us like a great quilt of golden, brown, and green squares held together by the thick green stitching of...
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Categories:
downtown, memory,
Form:
Haibun