Long Face off Poems

The Game of Hockey 

By Government decree, lacrosse
Is Canada’s national sport,
But in the hearts and minds of Canadians,
Hockey rules supreme.
Hockey is a winter sport enjoyed by Canadians since 1875,
When the game was first played, on...

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For years I was an aspiring singer, performing in trendy nightspots,
And I sang my heart out each evening, in all of the local hotspots.

Among the enthusiastic locals, at long last I'd made myself a name,
As...

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Enveloped in the mayhem of covid-19
We are seating ducks in our homes
Anxiously pondering about how the world post Covid- 19 would be like
Would it be welcoming?
Or rather vicious like a mad dog?
But one thing is...

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Isiah 35:3-4, "Strengthen the feeble hands, steady the knees that give way;
say to those with feeble hearts, 'Be strong; do not fear; your God will come,
he will come with divine retribution he will come and...

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Grandpa Jim 8/11/17- 2/2/00

First day of fall, I will always think of fall as a celebration of you. It was your 
season.
You always sat back in the chilly , misty mornings of September to appreciate...

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Operation Barbarossa 
the panzers start to roll,
Breaking out from Poland’s Baltic,
towards Sevastopol, 
Ten million soldiers strong,
go goose-stepping east,
The Fuhrer’s Wehrmacht, 
alongside his waffen SS elite.

No margin for error, 
nazi Germany’s biggest gamble,
Get this wrong, and...

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2/23/21

From May to April
Faithful
Remaining grateful
And thankful
Hiking around with a dog named Hazel
Sometimes watching a movie or something on cable
Got to make the best of it, or else it would be shameful
Far too often people being...

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COme with me to the
shrine
Let us deliberate on
the plight
Of our beloved
country
The gods are waiting
to hear from us.
Here is your sit,
face me so that 
I could watch over
you head and you
Watch over mine so
that we 
Could...

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It’s there in the darkest corner of his room 
there where he takes off his shoes and socks and just leaves them
the place that his Mom said that she is going to leave as is...

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fumigated like stockade lice
you Wall St. cologne jockeys
would be 3rd World land fill
recall that consciousness is tunable
adjust your volume to a comfortable level
because Turette's plus Alzheimer's 
is a  nation destroying combo
I forgot what I...

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terrorism war code message
open window of oppurtunity
could be them could be you
doesnt matter
stalking choas with these old shoes

soo many words theyve removed
cant say no
this is not allowed
and the peace is gone
and here i am letting...

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It seems appropriate that our children visited Michelangelo’s marble statue of David yesterday…(from the hotel where they’re staying…David was just a stone’s throw away.)

Everything the Israelites had…the philistines wanted to obtain…it’s a lot like what...

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"I get sicker, I get sicker" skin just as soft as silky hair wet flannel towel with lipstick smudges luminous sound waves of colour could stay here in this warm water forever i never feel...

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*Image of Sidney Poitier.



Sidney Poitier RIP



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Sidney,
Tony,

Defy's,
Tough Guys,

De-means,
Offed-Steams,

Mellow,
Fellow,

Recaught,
Re-Taught,

Best Friends,
Ne'er Ends,



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Lillies,
Heel Eased,

Homer,
Mother,

Grapple,
Chapel,

All's Well,
Farewell,



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Sidney,
Shelley,

Patch Blue,
Untrue,

Winters,
Splinters,

Equal,
People,

Her Role,
Sinkhole,



~~~0~~~
To Sir,
Teacher,

Chiefly,
Briefly,

Performed,
Reformed,

Damaged,
Managed,

Face-Off,
Hold-Off,

Better,
Fighter,

Well-Dressed,
Impressed,

Requests,
Speechless,

Process,
Redress,



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They Call,
He bawl,

Tibbs, Sir,
Steiger!,

So Rod,
Applaud,

Detect,
Is Black

Visits,
King's Pit,

Disguised,
King-Sized,

Cordial,
Virgil,

Slappin',
White Man,

Surprised,
Advised,

Gillesp...,
Impressed,

Phillies,
PD's,

Number,
One-er,

Export,
Expert,



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Guess Who,
These Two,

Invite,
Despite,

Color,
Scholar,

Parents,
Clearance,

Partial,
Cordial,

Martial,
Naught So,

Dinner,
Winner,

Airport,
Support,

Departs,
Two Hearts,



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*RIP Mister Poitier*
I was honored to have had a one-on-one intro...

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Romans 14:19 KJV  "Let us, therefore, follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another."

The Symbiont Us

Opposing energies magnetize their clustered convictions,
Lastly, amassed intentions remain beyond comprehensions,
Presently, polarized...

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Lord I no you said, that there’re be no more tears in heaven
So may I cry now
My mama be gone
My daddy too!
Oh! Lord my wife has been taken back home…
Now I am alone, 
But yet...

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I was once happy with this man because he was my true love and he said he 
    loved me
But he caught me on my blind side and did something I've never...

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I feel so alone
Even when people are around
But I still keep it moving
Like I’m coming off the rebound
And the world is taking shots at me
For years, even the people that I’ve known
So can you blame...

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A squirrel and I faced off eye to EYE.
We stared each other down as he passed BY.
I caught him taking food for which he had no RIGHT.
I was in the right, but he challenged me...

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Terminator X


A cloud burst into life and rained down acid rain;
The skin peeled from the bodies of those who couldn’t be saved.
The future termination just waiting to send us to our graves,
Means our destiny is...

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a.	“did you hear about the naked guy who chewed the face off the other naked guy in miami over the weekend?”
b.	“i did.  ****ing crazy, no?  but he didn’t chew off his whole face---only...

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(This is the start of another battle. Last night I was chatting with another person that I met on a different poetry site. He said that he liked to freestyle and he wanted to battle...

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You break through the sky
Like a spear aiming high
How will I stand on your tip?
My crampon thorn piercing to grip

Into the edge of rocks, I think of a steppe
I’ll hold a drop of sweat for...

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A Chaotic World

I have many cousins that share my life,
There is Happiness, Sadness, and Grief holds the knife;
There is Love, Hate, Compassion, but oh yes, Chaos,
My cousin, Chaos can be mean and heinous.

Full of malice...

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I have many cousins that share my life,
There is Happiness, Sadness, and Grief holds the knife;
There is Love, Hate, Compassion, but oh yes, Chaos,
My cousin, Chaos can be mean and heinous.

Full of malice and often...

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