Long Emboldens Poems

Back Door Side Door Front Door : Which door might a Confucian take
 
..................for René ETIEMBLE (Jan. 26, 1909 – Jan. 7, 2002)*

In homage - dedicated to the Chair Professor of Comparative Literature
.................at the prestigious...

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The Foe

With strong arms, the warrior raises his crimson stained sword against the mighty Foe.
Death for the cause emboldens me in a strong clear voice he shouts.
The Foe peers down with its fierce coal colored...

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Gratitude suffuses me today
at prospect to plumb the depths
of a fledgling friendship
(respecting fidelity to wife)
even one bound 
within the parameters of cyberspace,
I feel courtesy your amazing grace
figuratively stitching omnipotent binding
with virtual satin and lace
proceeding cautiously...

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Night and day, a thrashing
     like an invisible whiptail
surge van hail,
doth swell me bosom
     excruciatingly, doggedly blackmail
capriciously be-numbingly,
     aggravatingly assail
mine conscience in

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Trouble is brewing
Nations are warring
Society is disintegrating
We all need to start praying

Humanity has deserted this land
The sacrifice of the self for the whole
A now defunct creed

Injustice and avarice abound
Where the basket is never full
And envy...

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Its ardor grew like the sprouts being verdant green,
As the lowliness of a meadow's reach for sun.
Their whispered breaths trails farewell to a doting Spring,

Neath the grassy spreads of life, seeks a saffron sky.
Enters the...

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short circuited and
the fuse of purpose keeps tripping
high voltage boredom
on auto pilot in slow motion
the roundabout is not a funny circus
currents alternate 
directly challenge
polar opposition in contradiction of truth

‘it’s a beautiful day and you are...

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She shuffled by our house, so slow and bent,
No second thought of where the lady went.
On her return, no one around to see.
A shaded path, she blended with the trees.

We children always giggled, as she...

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Embracing silence as my friend
has often saved my sanity.
I realized its benefits.
The adages seemed right for me:
 
         Silence is golden.
      It...

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Takes Hold

Hooked on a love of music,
a love hook struck, a pierced imagination,
poured out onto the caustic pavement
of feelings and ideas; dreams where
the life of the heart, our guts
and all manner of adversity, alive 
in...

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From dawn to dusk and often beyond midnight,
she cleans incurable wounds, assures the frightened,
and emboldens the lost, the desperate;

She gives soothing company to the delirious and the dying,
and whispers a prayer for anyone who eventually,
inevitably,...

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The dance commences, I retreat a step
Shattered from archaic engulfing patterns

You cha cha your storm forward in
Swirls of ancient abandonment and as

I skip back another, gasping for sufficient safety from suffocation,
You unfurl your blitz clawing...

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you want more
yet you hide in seclusion
afraid of extending
your heart
your hand
yet she touches you deep
feeling as if you knew her forever
her hand on your arm
burning a tattoo
no one can see
she emboldens
your imagery
setting your soul free
you...

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In pounding Summer, our love is restless, 
like daffodil dreams immersed in hot wind.
In the vapor of Winter’s reign, our love rises above,
reaching the glaring mountain’s lips.

If skies cloud red with war, our love exuberates...

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Away from the noise of that traveled one,
and let them make time with that nature map.
It seems challenging yet in the long run,
if they target shortcuts, it'll be a snap!

As they prove their values moving...

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Being with Jesus Christ*
...emboldens faith, deterring discouragements
...enlightens the unlearned, defying sin-obscurity
...educates the ignorance, displaying truth
...exposes God's marvels, demanding holiness
...elucidates Bible knowledge, detracting hypocrisy
...exclaims heavenly perception, directing toward scriptural pursuits
...enriches life, developing servant-leadership!

*Acts 4:13 "Now when...

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Ever-changing, life is a song.
In our childhood, often it’s sweet.
Age emboldens us; it grows strong.
Elation will quicken its beat.

Like rock and roll our teen years go.
Ever-changing, life is a song.
Romantic ballads soft and low
flow when...

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Always with you, I love to walk,
Under the sun, above the hills,
On the shore, to share and talk,
As my heart like the waves, enthralls.

From there, I’ll take you to the garden unbound,
Like butterflies varied, over...

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Oh dear my, Butterfly

 With your awkward flight that looks not right, does this cause you pain ?
 Your beauty though proceeds you, but is it all in vain ?

You are a wondrous sight that...

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The rich vibe of electric throaty cries
Will summon the rumble underneath
Causing flesh to stamp its storied meat

As a fleet, silky retreat'
Emboldens a soft, graceful week
Love's endless repose growing complete

Our ground is sound, the heart embrace
Stringing...

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THE BIGOT

Having settled into a firmament
of tarnished soil, 
your sprouted roots 
bring forth sullied growth.

What was blessed 
by the sun at birth, 
now hides
in deep shadows 
of the moon,
living half a life in darkness
creating the...

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