Long Ella Poems

Write a Children's story short Poetry Contest
Sponsor: The Seeker

Once there was this little girl…
She had big doe brown eyes and a beauty mark on her upper right cheek. Her name was Ella Rose. One day...

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Thank You!...

It's Black history month, so we come to celebrate, 
all the hues of brown that made our nation great! 

From Fredrick and Harriet to Mandela, and Muhammad Ali, because of the stance they took,...

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My daughter,
with Oppositionally Defiant Chaotic Disorder,
has taught me a role-play therapy,
in which we Both-And build a back-and-forth story,
she plays me,
more or less,
and I play her
Mulatta as I inductively feel her
in my RightBrain resonant positives 
and...

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Happy birthday, my love….
Today you turn forty-seven years old, dear sister... 
May your wings shine brighter today than ever before.

May my smile bring you joy and laughter. Oh, how your laughter saved me so many...

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ELLY MAY


poem by: Maria Williams

T'was the night before her birthday and Elly May
Still in the office putting stuff away
In her horn rimmed glasses and grey flannel suit
She was the epitome of perfection, the essence of...

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Dear Laura…

I have an inclination that when you read this down the road you will have lived a long healthy and happy life. These things I pray for you.

I pray for guidance when your daughter...

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On the night of Eve in our home in the Heights, 
I strung all the tinsel and turned on all the lights.
The puppy was sound asleep and Ella was snoring, 
my hubby was watching football,...

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Thank god I finally was caught and cited
for doing something that I didn't do.

Just think how much worse I would feel
if I actually had done it,
as I have done so many stupid thoughtless things
without getting...

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Mi nombre es Iván, no soy un amante
ni tampoco un novio
solo soy un joven soldado y un ser muy
solitario
Y me gustaria pensar que algun dia
tarde o temprano estare realmente enamorado

Solo quiero ver a esa mujer...

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He was left to face life hurdles
He feels left out by life 
He keeps calling her name out loud 
He didn't hear her call

What does life have to say 
Life gave no apology 
She didn't...

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Ebon was the night and the road was winding.
The thunder struck and the lightning blinding.
One moment of peace Ella was intent on finding.
A good safe haven she was trying to discover,
a terrible gruesome occurrence she...

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"Debby Downer edition"     posted 5 Jul 2021

the chill pill you took this morning      appears to have been a placebo

misery loves company     ...

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A Poem Please Contest
Sponsor: John Lawless


in love with you forever
sorrow can heal wounds
through sickness and health

I grew that day…
I knew that day…
I had high hopes of a well spent future with him. Dreams of us...

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II.
It was brutal chance he’d found Paul’s ranch house,
and killed the two cowboys who had stayed behind,
he and his two men took turns with Ella,
left a note saying they’d ‘enjoyed his new bride.’

Ella was alive,...

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I.
It was in the frontier town of Simmons,
in the year eighteen hundred ninety-one,
that two twin brothers, the Malcomson twins,
bought themselves a ranch that they hoped to run.

They were identical by the looking,
one was named Harmon,...

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Baby GG is in the house
Born in beautiful month of March
Between winter and spring
No snow was on the dry grass
Gorgeous buds were emerging
And a new rainbow is on the arch.

Baby GG is indeed in the...

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Deep into tonight as I lay tired and restless,
I think of all the joy I have experienced in my life...
There are certain people I must thank for my God given outlook.

I can start with my...

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On July 15, 2010, my wife, Teri, and I took our younger daughter, Isabel, to the doctor for a regular checkup. She was nine months old and appeared to be in perfect health. Her first...

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Try as I might....I could not get it right
Small fingers that stretched over the chipped ivory whites
While scrunching her face, with that crabapple frown
She would tap out the beat, with her eyes looking down
"One, two,...

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                        Ella peripherals the scene, 
instantly onboard. (A ship of fool.)
An onlooker,...

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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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Asi como Cornelio Reyna yo también me caí de la nube en que andaba
por andar de enamorado terminé poniendo en la mujer de otro mi mirada
una sonrisa y buena conversación y su numero telefonico me...

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I have been through so much death these last few years. The worst was losing my “sweet boys” in a year and a half. My golden retriever Bo and pug Mugsy all crossed the rainbow...

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Hi Sis. I came today to say hello and spend some time with you.                     ...

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