Long Enlivens Poems

Lost In the Mists Parts I - IV

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The Edges of Rhyme 

I wrote the playbook, watching what they took 
While the earth shook I could not look 
In the direction of the Big Book 
Like a fish caught on a nasty hook...

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Though no political pundit, nevertheless...

I trumpet the withdrawal
of democratic contender from out the presidential race.

Breaking headline news story
courtesy rumor monger premieres
showcasing emphatic groundswell
against feeble minded incumbent.

Extraordinary turn of current events
immediately enlivens the United States populace
injecting...

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Finding Peace

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hearken to the sound
of reality come round
crowing to the sun
a brand new day just begun
much more mundane than profound

the universe hums
until eternity comes
shifting light plasma
moves through sparse cosmic miasma
the interstellar stanza

universe springs forth
actual mountains of...

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Age is a verb for opening the door
Into a judgement of the satisfaction
You’ve found in life, by its opportunities
Beckoning betterment and relationship

I agree that perhaps we could’ve loved more
But you find community in your elderly...

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Dear New Poet,
Don't you just love modern poetry! So free to be ourselves in so many fun forms. Never mind the sonnet or finding a rhyme for bonnet. Just ideas flowing to express what one...

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Greys, Part III

Temerity, the crux of the Human Way -
We dominate what we can,
Deride the rest -
But the heart speaks in terms the tongue cannot frame,
Suggesting the worst is a part of our best
The ashen...

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Oh MSU-IIT, a campus so grand
A university that's known throughout the land
A place of learning, where knowledge abounds
A community of scholars, that truly astounds

From the towering buildings, that reach for the sky
To the green fields,...

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Life so complicated, so vindicated
Life never so simple in the dimple
Smiling, pining, piling up pressure in indicated
Moments and torments in a pesky pimple

Germinating on a face hitherto serene
Driven bonkers when complication that conquers
Spaces and territories...

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                            We were wrinkling our noses as a...

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Delicious light settles on the air
In the whisper of silence
Prayers blended with care
Winds of compassion, graceful
Hoping for a moment
Alive with dreams, insight
Into the heartfelt laughter
Coloring hearts with dancing
Love that lasts through 
Promises and feelings, emotions
Concealing...

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Snowflakes caress my cheek
Sugary sweet, like a candy treat
Oh, so enchanting
Mesmerizing

Snow falls soft and tender
Like the whisper
Of the softest
Feather

Snowflakes kiss the 
Naked branches
Lingering on firs
With affection

Snow lies glistening
Like beautiful angels
Falling around me
A spiritual balm

Snowflakes, liquid
A...

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O April
how I’ve longed for your return
to breathe new life 
into this gnarled body..
for these roots to be unfettered 
from the grasping earthen frost - 
the past season of fanged nor’easters gnashed 
me bare -...

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Poetry’s distinct beauty shines through the rays of its author’s artistic employment and creative presentation.  However, its dynamic impact is felt when read with animated vibrancy, bringing to life the encoded thoughts. 
Said pursuit...

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Each time soul’s reborn, it begins anew,
with memory of its past life wiped clean,
feeling vividly each hue as though new,
truth of existence attempting to glean.
Love’s the only rule in this earth life school,
so on blank...

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You love me, even when I am wrong
A sinner, frail and weak, in search of a song
Reaching out to the joys I sometimes see
In hearts who give without condition or plea
You love me, and it...

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God awakens me every morning
With a beautiful sunny light
Fills my mind with good thoughts
My heart with a sense of joy

God opens new doors for me to enter
Doors of hope, welcome and tender
Filling me with assurance...

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Oh my love,
How sweet is your name,
When I pronounce it in my mouth,
How lovely is your smile,
When it reflects in my eyes,
How strengthening is your touch,
When slowly your hands caress my skin.

Do you really know?
That...

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The stern sun frowns and mocks
At the hide and seek of creatures sly
In the dunes of the wide  sandy stretch ;
One chases the other with survival shocks ,
While the wheeling winged vultures fly,
Viewing the...

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You love me, even when I am wrong
A sinner, frail and weak, in search of a song
Reaching out to the joys I sometimes see
In hearts who give without condition or plea
You love me, and it...

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A image whispers through my contemplations
I feel like I’ve awakened in a dream of the past
Emotions surround me, gracing me with prayers
Bidding me wisdom from this reflection elapsed

A representation of what once gave me joy
Selections...

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An unhurried sun slides across the horizon
Preparing for slumber behind distant waves
And daylight’s last seagull rides thermals in search
Of a late night fish supper - the herring he craves 

A paint shop explosion enlivens the...

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Behind the columns, 
Behind the bars
Are many bums
Remembering the dreadful SARS. 
They search for you, 
You ain't aware 
In the best tattoo
But you aren't there, 
In the unspoken f*ck up, 
But you should not be...

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He said I was oxygen 
That he couldn’t live without
He said I was the ideal
That he wanted for a wife

He flattered and he praised me
Made me feel like a princess
No one else came even close
His...

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