Long Far out man Poems

Pen nothing but sentiments the simple thoughts of simple men simpletons tryna simply slice and dice my elegance. I dance in my far from fancy pants, i’m a far-gone man comin’ from far-off lands, with...

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It seemed like it was a comic book-thing,
when news of the guy appeared to the world,
a person with powers far beyond man,
who could pick up a bus, give it a hurl.

Who’s skin was so dense...

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Beatnik Snaps
       Onomatopoeia-topia

(poet sits on a stool in the café and begins)
I could onomatopoeia all day daddio
With cool sounds in the iambic pandemics sphere out there.
“Far out man…far out…...

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Stone elongated nearly 4 thousand miles,
across the country of china, smiles.
The 16th century would see many small,
fortifications become a great wall.
The long wall's surface area is massive,
thus far, nothing man made has surpassed it.
Born of...

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(Apologies for the asterisk overriding PC gone wrong)

One sister, one brother, one who’s something other
We haven’t worked out what he’s turned out to be
Stilettos and braces and tattoos in places
That shouldn’t be seen in polite...

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After checking the Sears and Roebuck and Montgomery Wards catalogs until their pages were torn and faded, we took one last look at the sales ads in the local newspaper, donned our socks and sandal,...

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To sea! –This Ship to sea! Her misty spray and heaving swells,
to her mirrored finish from winds which failed
vast, changing, enchanted, seas -swiftly sailed.
All salty, bitter, battered, brimming, brine
of all things vast, sky and sea,...

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Written by Gail DeBole  
and included in PS: It's Poetry
A PoetrySoup.com anthology published in 2020

Note: Grendel was the monster in the old English Heroic poem titled Beowolf written by an anonymous Anglo-Saxon poet. ...

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"Every struggle in my life has been a lesson
and made me stronger."
--Constance La France

I know that I am a far better man for my sorrow
The worst times of my life increased my strength
Through tears, I...

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A lie slowly becomes' Mercy
As the truth suddenly becomes'
   Crystal clear,
           However,
There comes' a time where
Life has equated itself with Death
  ...

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JFK Improves With the Passing Decades

By Elton Camp

With all the praises being heaped today
Dare I speak negatively of Pres JFK?

For his legacy, death proved to be ideal
Making him a myth far removed from real

I was...

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Photos bomb social media.
While
Terrorists destroy livelihoods. 
War rages from within.
Crashing rathe upon distant strangers; us...
Pictures reveal this through social networking.
A quite distant war becomes real—too extents. 
Photo bombs drop atop crooked faces.
Suicide bombs disfigure and...

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If
By Franklin Price
10/15/2016

If someone told you years ago
We'd be in the state we're in
If  they said it would be such a mess
To solve none would dare begin

If All in Washington buried heads
And would no...

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It was dusty, dry and endless 
Stretched beneath an empty sky
From horizon to horizon 
Where the turkey buzzards fly,
Like a landscape meant to warn you
Just how far a man can fall.
Except for Ruby in El...

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Jack-y
Jack-y
Ohhhh Ms Jacky 
how you court your life’s only lover
Huff and puff and contort, the smoke of your
Newfound Newport 
(Long not short)
Lazily lacking worldly desires

If I had your sense of humour
Maybe I'd too sling new...

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Embarking this journey through the night 

I stand here, a shadow to hide in 

The want to watch, unveiling yourself to no one 

Imagination swirling, unraveling desires turning 

There's no stop to this spreading attraction...

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It's not the end
But it feels like the chapter's close
And I feel so nostalgic
Reflecting over the last thirteen months
When all of this began
In those days I was a boy
Who thought he understood
But truly knew so...

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I’ve been sitting here so long,
My butts getting numb,
So I jump right up
And stick out my thumb.

He comes rolling down the street,
With the only smell of mention,
The noxious fumes; olfactory tension.

Now I’m not trying to...

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In the primitive time,
Adam as I am known,
A rock in my hand.
what do I hunt?
what do I hunt?
beating the rocks, 
there was fire,
burnt my hair.

In the medieval time,
Arthur as I am known,
A sword in my...

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what from the founder Aesop fell
	vital spark of heavenly flame
	unto my thinking thou beheld'st all works

	Who ever weeps somewhere out in the world
	Yellow butterflies 
A dream of Venus 
	let nothing disturb thee
	music first and foremost...

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Turbulent waters have flooded the earth.  We watch, we
pray; seemingly helpless as family and friends are swept
away; spewing hate, placing blame, professing truth as
lies and lies as truth.

How far has man fallen when he...

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Afraid of the far away laughter
of many happy go lucky Males & Females
This Cuckoo still dwells in his nest
He wants nothing more from them  that
still exist outside his lone habitat
let him sleep
and
make his Cockle
So...

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People can you dig it?
The time's are changing fast.
Global warming,violence,
how will our planet last?

Some are killing each other.
I say make love not war.
Everything could be groovy,
when nothing's worth dying for.

It's far out,man to think of
simple...

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The vowel challenge........
Just to see what you guys can make of this little test.

The vowel challenge.

I want you to write a short poem with a vowel in each line...ie:

Only the vowel A in the 1st...

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