Long For 24 hours Poems

A WISH FOR ALL FISH

Washed up on shores around the world
Already dead, a whale, a dolphin a shark, 
All marine life is suffering, the situation
Has become absurd, 
The facts real and stark!
My Fairy God mother...

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"Well, I Never"    posted 3 May 2021

Six musings on the word never...

you should never marry a tennis player      love means nothing to them

my wife tells me I...

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There's a time for loves to be won and lost… At least there was for us.
For 33 Chilean miners, lost below… life was simply stopped.
Alive and well, but buried deep…  2,200 feet below.
They had...

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As thoughts travel from the mind to the heart,
And spoken words cause my lips to part,
Spewing forth praise, honor and glory as an art,
This is the way everyday needs to start.

Are you docile, are you...

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I guess he knew that you were only thing in my head 
So he had arranged few headaches for me, that remain with me forever now days
And he also knew that you were the blood...

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Ten pig ears cut into 3/4- 1/2 stripes
Ten 3/4 inch slabs of pork belly
Roll the pigears into circles and use the pork belly to seal the rolls. Using skewers  put two rolls to five...

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Mum and the Bleeding Knees.

Jimmy was a good kid really. He never caused a fuss
about much of anything. 
His Dad tolerated him and never bought him
a birthday present or Christmas present.
That sort of kindness was...

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Hi folks
Welcome to the Poet-a-thon for charity
Yes we know, starvation, disease, floods, wars
All terrible events in the world
However, tonight we fight a new cause
Yes a new cause more terrible, more sad (some may have sad...

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Of all the lanes we could go down,
Memory Lane may be the most dangerous of all.

If you choose to take a trip down this lane,
There are a few precautions it would be wise to take....

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Our Mate Fred Greer...

Strike me dead said poor old Fred....
A man cant get a win....
Churchill's dropped us off at Singapore ....
With no rifle its a sin.....

Changi prison camp at last....
and his best mate lay a...

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Screen springs to life
Icons populate digital landscape
There in the middle sits that little box
Please enter your password

Thinks what was it?
Do you want a hint?
Who was your best friend in 1957?
Sorry wrong answer
What was your first...

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For 2017, I felt inspired to read all the Books of the Prophets.  Books like Isaiah,                  ...

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I would like to challenge the world to have one day of peace, something this great 
land of ours really and truly needs.
For one day of peace, can we show each other a little juman...

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Fearful of my own greatness my past shadens the pages in wich I've read not giving up I cry sometimes to bring shine on the twigs that are in my spine the ability to pull...

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Panic as I open my eyes to a new world.
Leaving the path of seeing and hearing,
into this frightened  bundle of humanity.
Tried reaching out to feel the air,
Cannot even hear the sounds of living.

Fear of...

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I would like to challenge the world to have one day of peace
Something this great land of ours really and truly needs

For one day of peace can we show each other a little human kindness
Just...

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Well, what is a typical normal day?
firstly nothing is planned for sure
semi-planned  maybe no cast-iron cert
so honestly, I like them always newer

8 am on the dot up wash dressed
start aright with God for daily...

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I may not be posting here for a while,
but I'll still continue to drop by now and then.
I'm writing on a subject of a much bluer style.
The F word seems to be my latest obsession.
I'd...

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I am Thank-ful for the Fellowship of AA
I celebrate my First "sober" Thanksgiving day
I am Thank-ful for my Gracious Higher Power
I gave HIM my Will; My Life for 24 hours

I am Thank-ful for my Sponsor,...

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Have u ever been in a place for 24 hours looking at the sky
Waking up going to sleep the sametime, why
Reliving the reconstructed Dark Day Ages as a slave make u cry  
Praying to...

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Someone help me 
Listen to my plea I beg you

Four walls surround me
I’m imprisoned in a padded cell
Locked up for 24 hours a day 
Like a caged tiger in a zoo
I crave daylight 
I don’t...

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I made love - felt like I hadn't shaved for  24 hours,
went outside, wet, got caught in some snow showers,
white specks on a black man, an albino down the road,
when I returned, my partner...

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5 Tablespoons of honey
5 Tablespoons of pommagranite molassass
5 tablespoons of Cayeene pepper
2 Tablespoons of mace
5 tablespoons of ground ginger
5 tablespoons of ground garlic
5 tablespoons of ground pepper
5 tablespoons of fennel seeds
5 tablespoons of lime juice
5...

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"Coffee House"

a savory swig energizes bones
one swallow electrifies tasting cones
an instant caffeine rush
causes blah cheeks to pink blush
pure Pepsi creates haunting moans.

a tingling sensation provides power
charging battery for 24 hours
but "diet" won't do
the "hard stuff's"...

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I could talk to you for 24 hours straight;
Just talk. Try me. 
1440 entire minutes; 
No stopping, barely breathing;
No awkward eye contact
leading to a lingering kiss;
Make no mistake, I’ve told you before; 
Yes, your eyes...

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