Long Folios Poems

       Be                           ...

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Scribal notions these, and oh so sorrowful,
But, despite their seeming poignance they are not additionally puissant, no. 
I have seem them, wrapped in warmed and moist leaves:
No, not the leaves as pages of books, as...

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It was in the month of March,evening.                            ...

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Between conjecture and classification there is
observation, experiment, data (collection and analysis),
statistics, calculus, and a good guess
about God's intentions - probabilities, fractals, chaos and complexity.
This is the thunderous city.

The form of the poem, the rhyme.
 Form...

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so                                 
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Annette Arnold had recently left college
And was thrust into flimsy dating realms; 
She grabbed pen and paper to describe
Top-choice dude of her fanciest dreams. 

Dashingly handsome and of complexion nice,
And gallant gait akin to quaint...

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COLLEGE STUDENTS SHAPING MY WINGS



"She did this" and "She tore my paper, I’m red mad!" 
"Miss, tell her to quit copying my lines!" 
Every nail of rampage was tolerable, 
as bright awakenings made semesters less...

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OH VINCENT

Oh Vincent, can we ever know what torments plagued you; 
what demons fought you; what images raped your senses?
It was no accident that you sent blinding blasts of brightness
swirling, like hurled saucers to splatter...

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Curator rings last bells
Closing for the night

In a deep dark sea
Behind blackened windows
Lies shelves in mystical infatuations
Where rare tomes must dwell away from modern day
Among ancient particles of manuscript saturation 
 
Mysteries here they have...

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images
       
yesterday's visions 
in a well
         within
      
      lost
  ...

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images
       
yesterday's visions 
in a well
         within
      
      lost
  ...

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What's worth, it some day should be over.
For Worthy it's NEVER too late.
One can break away from disorder
Just as keep own path smooth and straight.

Of one's deepest is inner fear
Of vast seconds blown far away,
That...

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What conundrum lies under life's foxy rinds 
That even the most adept eye seldom finds? 
The surgeon's knife removes the outer coat
To see hard lids that mask the whole report. 

Keenest pilots only fly far...

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The poets ease a troubled soul –
their lyrics echo in the heart
that yearns for soothing silence –
a sombre melody that shadows part.

Echoes drift 
where silence clings

We mourn the scribes as truth
has given way to ego,...

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The ink of storms wreaks havoc on the unturned page.
Pulped filaments flop face-lessly before eyes once warm, yet frigid cold.

Daring not to expect much to read or write,
I stare blankly from the aughts of night....

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Diverse ideas vie for fecund place 
In my mind and heart these days, 
Every new thought sees the next
As an invasive unwelcome guest. 

And being a democratic fella at heart, 
I just wouldn't wish to...

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In Autumn some green leaves remain
Untouched by the explosions of the fall
Trans- formative as is the nature of light
Bright colors in juxtaposition to the rain

Red fits in mixed company with orange gathering
Tree yellows are happier...

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FOLIOS

to
communicate
a considered
 matter
for consideration
&
initially
suggest
 an existence
for inclusion
 as an
  illustration

 distracted
after
exceptional
 initial
enthusiasm
to
show
&
  eventually

submit
as
 a focus
develops



NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE   using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making...

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Against wild dogma and feathery wit,
Shall your sound idioms and wisdom
Outshine fickle folios of mortal sages;
Proving verity in its irrepressible form.

Your arresting dictums shall outshine
Obtuse hallowed tomes devoid of life, 
Which erudition’s minions kissing die;
Sepulchered...

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In brokered spaces hangs a clammy chill
That gawkers with heightened senses distill
With stealth, guile, avarice and pawned skill
Around unsuspecting celebs their viruses congeal
Intimate and carefree moments quarantined in a still
Tendered seconds stolen by each, maverick...

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In sundry ways deaf to your zeal
Which foxy whims fruitless sway,
My wandering self did finally feel 
Pearliest sparks of your legit ray. 

Inured by bestial blinding decoys
Which easiest-faring limb obeys,
I did heed a deluding artful...

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A camera occasionally caught us sealed within
album leaf’s
ten years, twenty years later;
folios still fastened to a distant past.

I don’t miss you, and this is not a love letter.
Too many cuts with thin edged blades;
invisible lacerations
that...

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