Long Ensnares Poems

Climbing from the sands, velociraptors turn as one
Triceratops and stegosaurs arise to share the fun
And then they march en masse toward that briny maelstrom
And Adam Adams yells, “They’re heading back where they came from!”

Suddenly, so...

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"Invisible"



Trapped
within 
4 Walls 
A ghost 

escapes
it's prison 
through 
unlocked door

beyond
freefall
a bird
now soars

The Ocean 
calls the wild
Sargasso in
Me

Rochester’s 
Mirage 
ecstatic 
Bacchae
 
Maenad 
possessed 
submerged
Blue-Green

(Ladylabyrinth/2020)
for my daughter, 
Georgia






“Come Near Me” / Massive Attack – Ghost Poet
https://youtu.be/KY0TZQTwwbk






“There is...

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Have you ever been in love? It's terrible, isn't it? It makes you so vulnerable,
It opens your chest and unravels your heart, letting the darkness seep in
Through the cracks in your shell, and someone can...

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"Timeless trust,
   trapped in Selene's pendant,
                   pulsates purity and faith 
    ...

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"The Golden Chord"

I have stories
caterwauling
to be told,
I will caste them out there
no matter how bold.

They will not drown,
they’ll survive
soaked to the bone,
transfigured transporting
they’re magic
for the one who sits absent
on her Royal Throne.

Some are parked on...

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OH

It is her…she…who parades around in a crown of glory
Compassionately hearing the abused one’s wounded story
Her smile, yes, it is that 
	Luring, forever enduring smile that
			Ensnares, then it cares, is always there, even as it...

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If I leave here, will you remember?
If I were to go, will I still be a name?
Where do you go when the pain
Is too much and time puzzles the mind?

When did the fall become the...

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Dear God, my love for you flickers in wavering shadows,
Caught between the whispers of evening prayers
And the intoxicating allure of liquor’s path.
I am well aware that this habit I cling to displeases you,
Yet I beseech...

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To create art is to dance with the unseen and the ethereal,
A mystical journey, an enigma even to its creators.
Poets feel this deeply,
A difference they can't yet define, an unspoken aura.
Within them, emotions boil in...

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Written: March 31st, 2025, for contest, Sponsored by: Kai Michael Neumann

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After basking in yesterday's afterglow, 
I divested my vestments
to shift in cognitive...

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The father of lies is using deception,
his mouth is like a foul cesspool,
and now falsehood is a viral infection, -
it's Satan's most favoured and treasured tool.

The darkness, promoted everywhere,
envelops the world like a toxic smoke.
The...

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A light beacon in the iciest of regions,
Solar winds full of both brilliance and bluster
Glory of trenchant travelers from afar;
Skyward sorcery that time does not mar.
Shining with such a wonderful lustre,
Lantern of lucidity wherefore philosophers...

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Be it known as convenience food, junk food or munchies;
whether spicy, melt-in-your-mouth soft, or crunchy,
food, inglorious food, seduces with ease
and ensnares with the emptiest of calories.

Disguised as a comfort food comes macaroni
with creamy Alfredo and...

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“Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.” -Elizabeth Lawrence


Still, soft colors
like blushing roses,
dew kissed, dancing quietly,
in the gentle wind –
rustling like the songbirds,
bursting with...

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Dusk marks stygian depths of this eldritch eve quay grim specter beneath the moon's silvery sheath surf cleaves with a hiss as the banshees keen weave lure to the thicket where shadows deceive yet beckoning...

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Love you are powerful
your power is so strong
every one bows to you
every lover seek you
every human need you 
in their life to be happy

Just a touch of your hand
can heal a wounded soul
your gentle voice...

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In ancient China's heart, a tale unfurls,
Where sorrow's grip ensnares the Yellow River's curls.
From four hundred thousand to nine hundred grand,
In nineteen thirty-eight, despair swept the land.

The river, once a lifeline, now a cruel beast,
Devoured...

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Excellence in God’s Eyes

Words of wisdom haunt wayward souls.
And rationalization carries one into the pit.
But understanding elevates the heart.
And brings a man to his eternal joy.
A man who perceives another man’s needs, 
Whether physical, emotional,...

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In labyrinths, shadows dance and flicker, a chessboard of time unfolds,
Where dreams, like pawns, march solemnly through mist and silent groves,
And every queen, crowned with sorrow or with joy, knows the ancient moves,
For life, the...

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What can move me now?

Like a flower I am stuck,
 in a hole, in a rut
And time will dig me deeper still.

When chattering keys
and computer screens
and the tease of free knees
about the library
are far too...

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No longer your puppet of regret
Claustrophobic in this crowd

All over town, it’s getting loud
You want to bet? I’m not really upset

No, 

Not just yet…yeah, not yet
Snip off the ropes that tie me up so good…you...

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In the twilight realm of shadows, where whispers weave tales of discontent,
Politics, a guilty addiction, ensnares the souls of the desperate and bent.
Addicts of power, they wander, their hearts encased in cold steel,
Lies and deceit...

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I now whisper a verse, like a curtain of shooting stars,
Weaving with a rhyme, an echo from worlds locked in the distance afar.
To clasp your treasure, your sublime feminine essence,
Through rosewood forests, and your skin,...

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In the tenebrous, xenial realm of the lake, where human cadavers oscillate, suspended by verdigris chains, a lamia of unholy provenance, orchestrates a gambits cavalcade.

Each mortal she ensnares, a lugubrious, ghoulish spectacle unfolds, as if...

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YES !


Written in my palms
Within the plasma tempest of my cellular flow
Courses in the pulmonary oxygen
The direction linear fate
Souls writing indicates
Always through pass of time
Reverberates
My breathing in
Links my hands
Physical over mental
Pours consistent
Suffused empire shudders
Tangible still...

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