Long February 29 Poems

February 29th, 2024

Alternately titled: 111th leap year since 1582
the year Pope Gregory XIII world leader
(i.e. essentially paterfamilias among
Roman Catholic flock)
timely maneuvered around calendrical rock
and hard space implementing
viable system tracking years ad hoc
out of sync and...

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Your Own Favorite Poem Contest
Sponsor: Carol Eastman

"GOOD BYE, MY LOVE" Part I
Written: December 14, 2015

After the snowfall but before the lily blossoms,
you were this woman who left by choice,
all natural decisions made from a place...

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OOOPS! Contest
Sponsor: John Lawless

Date Written: February 29, 2016
FIRST POEM 

Somewhere between yes and no, where maybe doesn't matter, I slipped beneath the surface carrying your poor intentions. I suffered from those pitiable little private pieces...

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Written: February 29, 2024
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In a sprawling sward of auburn swab
A seraphic sight soaked in dew at dawn
dazed distress and dust-laden air
delicacy and...

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Thank You President Trump

Leadership by President Trump
(And then some)
Put America at the forefront
In combating the Coronavirus
With decisive response and measures
To ensure the safety of the American people.

Though some feel as if guinea pigs
And question whether...

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I wished you a Happy Christmas Eve and Christmas Day with merriment and laughter
and now I wish you Happy December 26 the less well known…day after.

(If you are from the United Kingdom or Canada…put this...

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I’ve written about the day before Christmas…then added Christmas Day into the mix…
So it only seems appropriate that I write about December 26.

So…happy day after Christmas…like Christmas it’s a day that can enchant and captivate…but...

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Please read the rules above. Obey,
Lest you receive a quick “NA.”
So many fail to read my rules,
So many fail to heed them. Fools!

There’s quite a few, yes, I agree,
Take note of number fifty-three,
Which warns you...

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February 29th, 2020
alternately titled: 207th leap year since 1582

the year Pope Gregory XIII world leader
(i.e. essentially paterfamilias among
Roman Catholic flock)
timely maneuvered around calendrical rock
and hard space implementing
viable system tracking years ad hoc

out of sync and...

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alternately titled: 207th leap year since 1582

the year Pope Gregory XIII world leader
(i.e. essentially paterfamilias among
Roman Catholic flock)
timely maneuvered around calendrical rock
and hard space implementing
viable system tracking years ad hoc

out of sync and lock
step by...

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Everywhere I Look … I See Jennie
Short, Red-Hair and a Smile, So Bright and Pretty
Jeanette … my Older, Big Sister… I Wish I was More Like Her…
        …...

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Oh! Precious Lord Jesus please
 remember your chosen the
 children of Israel, "When you come
into your kingdom."

Oh! Beloved Lord Jesus please
remember your elected
Jewish people, "When 
you come into your
 kingdom."

Oh! Holy Lord Jesus please 
remember...

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February 29 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Deuteronomy 5-7

Key Verse– Deuteronomy 5:2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
	
PRAISE BE TO GOD WHO FULFILLS 
HIS COVENANT WITH US	

Praise be...

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I see love begin

I see love begin...in my dreams
my vision of love...in fantasy
Illusions projecting, images all through the night
Silhouettes and shadows, dance until morning light

Chorus
I see them moving in time...
two souls in harmony...
and then passion...

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and in my green dream, I find myself in a green lush forest
dripping wet with life, steamy and sultry
I am one with nature and with the emerald drifting water
oh, the chartreuse moss and the wet...

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Oh! Compose a psalm of Love to our blessed Lord
and Savior, Jesus Christ.  How should we come to love him?
And we count the many ways?  We can call upon the name
of our Lord...

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I’m not one but a whisper -
          I’m nothing ‘cept a sham
              ...

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Being arcane is always a thing.
It is an amazing thing to perceive.
In that an individual needs a motive,
Change your fate by being esoteric.

We all know to be open-minded is to have open space.
Avocado furniture we...

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Precious more than gem stone of great measure
Darling Shantelle as God’s gift is family treasure
Midst rigors of adoption-pressure
Her presence is a delightful pleasure.

Young girl nurtured with loving care
Pretty Shantelle is generous to share
Melting stone-hearted bullies...

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We’ve each been given an extra day,
It happens one year in four.
And we will have to account for it,
When God’s adding up our score.

Will you just waste this precious day,
As so often you have before?
Or...

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Look Memaw!

I went outside when my grandson called me.
Down the wheelchair ramp I walked while looking.
I glanced all around, left and right, searching.
Then, I heard it, his wee small voice saying,
“Look, Memaw, I am up...

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Oh! Blessed redeemer and beloved savior, Jesus Christ.
We freely thank thee for your free gift of everlasting life.
Your love is a bright and shining candlestick amidst.
Shining brightly for all the whole wide wonderful
world we live...

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“A Tortoise and Hare decide to race. The hare is so confident in the lead that he naps while the tortoise keeps going to win.” Aesop’s Fable

Learning from their practical contest

Hare and tortoise built friendship,...

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Hateful words ring out, attacking, 
Full of malice, piggybacking
On the wings of dire dogma that is narrow to the core.

And the people who are screeching
To the heavens, say their preaching
Is protected and reflected in the...

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