Long Foreclosed Poems

I have heard of it,
I was in it,
I have imagined it,
But I am yet to experience it.

What is this dream?
Who is this dream for?
Is it a dream for the wealthy and the powerful?
The politicians and...

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The 1st time I used a profane word 
My tongue welcomed the new vocabulary with open arms 
Most days, I find it hard to cook without the extra seasoning 
The truth is, I find it...

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Green-back addict
Ambition is the keys to unlocking all the doors. Enthusiasm or courage can 
possibly put an end to world hunger. But let’s be honest, who need courage 
when you got that instant almighty dollar.Remember...

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I am greatly annoyed by dismissive people.                            ...

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At one time my neighborhood was new mass-produced little boxes made of ticky-tacky – all looking just the same*
Beautiful affordable, true suburban models, in mid-twentieth century they were truly quite the rage. 
But now the...

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Why do you have to give me attitude? 
Your ex broke your heart now it’s broken in two 
Why if I’m nice do you have to be rude 
like kindness is weakness should I be...

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Building castles in the air,
Gold and diamonds everywhere;
You were the brightest stars in your own skies

In empty space you built your dreams
Behind  computer screens
You rode in long expensive cars 
Drank in all the trendy...

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And then the blunders of the past merged into serenity. Tranquility 
ensued where wild storms had been raging.‘Safe travels’, they whispered 
‘now you’re prepared and able to let go.’ The past became a beacon and...

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Standing across the road from the church where I was confirmed; a teen

Blue jean jacket and jeans, Converses, I felt pretty cool with a pack of 
Marlboro reds in my pocket, blue tip matches..

It was...

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The old man was ragged, dirty, and quite ill kept,
       As he sat next to me on the park bench I could tell it had been a while since...

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I passed on the street I lived once, and saw the shame
Of history. The promise claimed by a second chance
Of hard work and misery, devastated by brinksters' game:
A stealth control of economy. Here a little...

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And it will be served proudly

Shore to shore, long highways roam undignified
through heartlands of wounded fields, crying
overgrown long of factories closed,
unemployment, crime,  
homes foreclosed on, lives given to dust,
coughed in past dreams now dissipating
along...

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Prologue
 
Abandoned and in disrepair the mansion 
Is dark now; a story behind every stanchion.
An unwitting monument to a way of life,
Since foreclosed through bloody civil strife.

Antebellum

The hush of summer evenings cued the trilling
(Fiddled on...

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The Medieval vampire Blacksmith worked into the night
     Printing counterfeit money.
     Blacksmith, only one with metal safe
     To hold in storage town people's...

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We all know someone who has been depressed before.
We might have experienced depression ourselves. Being stressed out has become a integral part of life for many. Possibly we are withdrawn and feeling numb inside. Stress...

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It was late December, and snowing quite heavy,
Santa was busy packing, getting things ready.
One more time he glanced his list,
making sure there was nothing missed.
Walking to the barn, he counted the heads,
all eating their oats,...

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Where do the homeless go
when the streets are covered in snow
and they fear the safety of the shelters
as they edge away to hide beyond the so called helpers?

Where do the homeless go
when loneliness and poverty...

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They held such hopes, down deep inside
....But now the hope is shattered pride
A brand new haven in the sun
for those whose lives had just begun

This was their sweet retreat, a resting place
But now all that's...

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The House of Snakes

By Elton Camp

Snakes!  They slithered here and hid there
And inside the house—how did they dare?
The new owners thought they found a buy
To check it thoroughly they didn’t even try

A paper they...

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EPISODES
separate moments
timlessy
  suspended
&transported
 harmony
   torn apart
by
covert hints
& embedded
  warnings

inertia
 in
tranquil
  contrasts
of
dramatic
 focus

 petulant periods
of
shadowed eyes
a
 narrative a
of tensions
both meticulous
&  incongruous
in
scenes
recreated
of
 vast frescos


a
 triumphant
apotheosis
  reaching up
in
 serenity
to moods
of optimism
  in
celestial
celebration
from
 undertones
of melancholy

idyllic
 concepts
in
shimmering
 surroundings of
scenes
  a
 rural
mass
of
 exploits
foreclosed
by
 banal mishaps
striving
for
attention

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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Walk out to get the mail
I get a letter from W. Fargo 
They want to put my house in jail
My  job doesn't give me much dough

Get up to an alarm
Go to a micromanaged job
Doing...

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the bottom lines scripted peripheries in a mirror

          a headline toppled and reversed time and place

left became right and wrong pretended its centre

   ...

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 I 
Love to talk about pain -
to listen ... what I need too - 
Because all know pain

 II 
 God knows Father's pain
Wait! No separation in pain
Suffering is a stepping stone 

 III...

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Peek, if you dare…inside my Palace of CREATIVITY
Observe my drafty walls, and rhyming dungeons                     ...

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The auction began and I could feel my pulse patter,
If I don't get this house, my heart it may shatter.

I got my ducks in a row, when I saw the sale poster,
It's been a ride...

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