Long Few short years Poems

NO 
Where do you start with suicide
I`ve been struggling with what to say,
But no one in society is immune from this
The numbers rise each day.

You can sit back and think it will never be me
It...

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If the Chinese Communist Party ruled the world? If you were young, healthy and male! Especially, if you were Muslim! They would harvest your organs while you were still alive! The records show they are...

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"Without faith it is impossible to please him: for he (or she) that cometh to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them who diligently seek him." Hebrews 11:6

"Faith...

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If this were just a few short years ago
I would not be able to tell this tale,
since rhyming verse is not something that a
simple robot would choose as a travail.

It’s not that I wouldn’t know...

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your like my second mom...
but for some reason, 
this is really hard 
to write...

this poem is supposed to be 
about you and me
well that could 
turn into a 
a novel...

we have been through so much,
you...

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IT HUNG IN THE SMOKEHOUSE FOR YEARS ON END,
JUST AN OLD BLACK COAT THAT NO ONE WOULD MEND.
THE LAST ONE TO WEAR IT WORE IT IN DEATH,
HE HAD IT ON WHEN HE BREATHED HIS LAST...

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I tried to take the higher ground, I’m sorry, I just can not
The words you spoke have ricocheted and now I’m deep in thought
Did you hold her closer when she faltered? or did you take...

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For many years, the creek, ran passed as a drain,
Polluted and unloved; a poisoned murky vein.
A favoured dumping place, for household unwanted things -
out of sight, out of mind; and no good what it brings.

Life...

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A New King?
The future Ebenezer Scrooge will be clever and unkind, but not that bright. Will he try to rule as king of kings, and put out all the Christmas lights? Or will some politician...

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And back when I was a child 
I was shaped by how life started to defile
Absent of trial
Always another extra mile to walk 
Learned a lot learning not to talk 
I prefer to listen 
Not...

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When all goes down the toilet and you lose your life’s work
And you’re told to reinvent yourself, what’s wrong with you, you jerk?
Oh sure, I was this before and now I’m going to be that.
I’ll...

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Technological age.
Advancement of advancement,
Digital acceleration unlimited.

Gifted and pocketed,
This watch,
Dull dark silver,
True and tested mechanic,
Short and sturdy chain,
Analogue accuracy.

It fits comfortably in my jeans pocket,
Ages alongside my creasing lines with wear marks,
Time isn't well kept with...

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He claimed the highest perch
in the breeding loft and was, by far,
the biggest pigeon in the flock.
I named him Hector.
A thick, puffed up ball
of red feathers and testosterone 
made him stand out
and was a gift...

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Candy Covered Peanuts
By Curtis Johnson

She was laid to rest a few days ago after a bout with cancer.
Her body grew quickly weaker and soon succumbed;          ...

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I cry for the boys who just need to be left to be themselves
To play and explore, take risks and learn the hard way
With peers, and fathers and grandfathers
Getting the role models they need and...

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**My mental state here lately, hasn't been very well,
Mainly because of everything I'm medically battling through.
But whenever it's gotten to be too much, I feel like I blasted through Hell,
My body's physically drained, & my...

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Long Lost-Godless fire breathing dragon Land.
Tiananmen tanks rolling over your fellow man.
Glean away your newborn daughter's sheen.
Scumble the villagers, drown out their dreams.
Build plastic war islands- earth devouring dams.
The once red humble gem has become...

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My dearest Nathan Reide 
4 years on, still my heart bleeds 
I'm always here with thoughts of you
with a glimmer of clarity I catch myself 
As my fingers dial your phone    ...

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Lawyers

The legal eagles I have known 
fly low, incompetence they have shown 
standing before the court 
as they come up, all too short 
has been my experience with the man 
who never seems to do...

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"Work pals who Zoom together, stay together." (taken from an article "36 captions for Zoom Meetings, not attributed to anybody in particular)


I’d never heard of Zoom before a few short years ago.
But in my teaching...

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For you, the first to teach me poetry,
I wrote a little poem at age nine.
I don't remember writing any more
till I had you for English in ninth grade.

One day when we were talking at your...

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Suddenly, he found himself floating through the air.
He saw no light and heard no sound, just darkness everywhere.
Trying to remember the place where he had been.
Although he wasn’t sure it seemed to him that he...

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She didn’t deserve it
Yet death never ceases. 

She was the brightest girl in the room
Despite injuries blocking her passion.
She conjured smiles and laughter and eye rolls
With everything she did.

Then she experienced her first loss
And the...

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I dream about a better day,
And wish my fears would pass,
And I could live in perfect peace,
And then look back and laugh.

Instead, I live with doubt and pain,
And worry every day,
That I will never know...

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Nowadays,
in the world of disposable marriages
it is great to see someone be together
for more than a few short years.
I’m seeing a trend
where those not married
in church
have a longer
or perpetual relationship.
Do you see that too?
My thoughts...

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