Long Eeling Poems

Life Contest
Sponsor: Janice Thompson


Living an existence with vitality and motivation
Inner demons fought with everything I’ve learned
Feeling lost and found can sure cause frustration 
Every day is a new lesson and a hard penny earned



What is...

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With canoe and hook of a jawbone
  below a great fish Maui snared,
and his brothers half-crazed behaving
  leapt and gouged in frenzy craving.
From Palliser Bay to Cape Reinga 
 (departing place of the...

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A ll of a sudden, a
B ird, dancing down 
C ame to me in my garden, said:

D estined, you humans are, with
E xcellent knowledge gift.

F ar above, among all creatures, you are
G od equivalent, priceless,
H...

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Your Favorite Habit-Forming TV Show - Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Tom Quigley 


Beneath the shadows Buffy prowls to use “Mr. Pointy” her favorite stake
Under the tunnels she finds the blood suckers and lives she does take
Falling in...

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"Musings of Love"

A n affair to remember and cherish
B oth of us with bemused smiles every time we met
C harismatic in every way, every move
D elightness when we were together
E ngaging with intriguing conversations
F eeling...

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An unfilled room, a plot line that ends
Becoming redundant whilst no one defends
Chaos created in an unoccupied space
Dread that meanders but cannot be traced
Errors uncovered yet remain unknown
Failing but maintaining a fake happy tone
Grabbing attention,...

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Soul knowledge grown thru emotional searches
Eclipses vain ego perches attempts to take charge.
Living should be large from our soul’s core will,
Feeling joy thrill and pain spill, gilds soul’s sheaf.

Allow belief to trigger your spiritual agenda.
Cite...

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WHAT MAKES ME HAPPY ...

Having a hug  - whether it is good times or bad
Allowing myself some free time to do what I want to do
Perfecting a poem to post on poetry soup
Planting seeds...

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Feeling like birds trapped in cages, the fragile ones
Run from life, running, fleeing, flying even to where they do feel free
And safe, comforted and loved
Going on their way, trying to keep a front so brave...

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Sweet you look in warm rain
Peeling the soil for chocolate chains
Recalling Vincent van Gogh
Inklings of green mailbox
Nestling molecules of paradise
Greeting us in the melting ice

In the flute of your green wood
Soft Grosbeak in the neighborhood

Comely...

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L-ike a star in the sky
Y-ou're shining in the night; 
N-everending gleam makes space a dancing light.

H-igh above the clouds, 
O-ver the midnight moon; 
L-ike a star in the sky, 
L-ooking so gregariously boon.
O-ne of...

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F eeling enraptured, Autumn dances in the wind, then undresses.
A s bright robes fall to the ground, her passion paints the twilight skies.
L ike a nymph, she beckons, tossing her fiery auburn tresses.
L ongingly she...

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F-eeling the mirth of birth
I-ntends to brighten the day, 
O-nce the dawn starts to break, 
N-ight shadows will go
A-way.

C-herish the joy of birth, 
A-ugust fifth sunny day; 
P-ure delight shall be felt
I-n your heart as...

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F eeling real good about yourself and willing to share
L etting another get to know you and see that you care
I nviting that person to come and play your games
R elishing new splendors, without knowing...

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Beautiful and kind
Rare like an unusual find
Easy to love, like a dove
Amazing as a miracle from above
Talented in heart and soul
Hoping to make you whole

Opening doors that were closed
Feeling like a song being composed

Healing the...

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Feeling Stressed thinking of it,
Under pressure by the expectations laid on you,
Time to stop thinking of these obstacles,
Undo your past and step into the future,
Rest assured that your life will triumph,
End with a toast to...

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