Long Evangeline Poems

...Poe brought us detectives on the page,
and creepy tales that defy age,
Melville’s whale, in fine fashion,
taught us the danger of obsession.
Twain brought humor and jumping frogs,
dialect, humor, and raft logs,
while Hawthorne peered into the soul
and...

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It happened in a moment, during my 7th grade English class   *
As we studied classic literature; “Evangeline”,  the poem
A substitute teacher, wearing shoes of polished coal     ...

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A vast explosion in the sky
of supernova’s great goodbye
is how immense celestials die.

Yet these demises have their worth
to aid perchance in future birth
of star to house a planet earth.

Our human species’ vessel home
beneath the heavens’...

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As worshippers in Australia lift holy hands to Heaven
I recall promises to pray for the ill, the aged, the convalescent

Praise-worthy voices dance exquisitely, inside a church called Hillsong
You and I must intercede for friends, foes,for...

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I'm a sad flower
A beautiful mess
A flawed human I guess
But I'm doing my best
To not ruin your expectations
First it was Elepe and fun
Then GAA and pun
Now the fun and pun are gone
There was a time...

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?There were fireflies like genies with lamps
 And the wind that played harps
 For the forest's slow dance.
 Did we ever return without new songs?

 There were battles to vanquish sleep
 We yearned the fields...

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We loved the land
We tilled the earth, under sun we toiled
We pledged our souls, to nature’s whim
The King of France none to pleased

We took the sacraments
We held our faith, mournful to fates embrace
The British demanded...

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A child was formed in the mother's womb, 
The mother filled with many dreams of her child, 
Filling joy in Mother heart in every kick and every move, 
Wanted to be the one who will...

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Arms of love, eyes of faith, 
Arms of love, love of GOD,
Arms of love, tears of joy, 
Ashley, Tyson, two hearts unite..

Indie, Esme, Scarlett, Evangeline,
Gifts from God, embraced in their mothers womb,
Two special people brought...

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Does an eager hand feel a throbbing heartbeat truly divine
making a lover's promise under a swaying, balmy pine?
Why look at blinking stars that aren't amazingly crystalline?
Isn't your wish another dream sparkling with starshine? 

Cross those...

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Buttercup as an anemone, I see my bonbon 
In the midst of a wharve spin,
Graciously thin languette,
Ecclesiastic, a true coquette,   
Offered for a handful of sequin
On the 1000-thread linen, rests Evangeline!

Shine the uptown...

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Amos made a promise, took a sip of wine,
Poured his heart out and he bowed his head.
Pledged to come back safely as Evangeline
Shed a tear for every word he said.

Polished as the buttons on his...

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~The Dream~
( Triolet )
-A tribute to "The Slave’s Dream" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow-


One night the slave had a nice dream 
And in the dream he was just free 
He heard sounds of freedom’s bold scream...

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Gleaming, shining silver wire
Admiring skills of a crafted lyre
Music heard in all it's glory
Lured to listen to an angel story

Alas they yearn to hear the sound
Angel whispers intelligence bound
Verlaine v Grigori, Evangeline in a stir
Past...

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