Long Forthright Poems

Men ...
  Giving advice to OTHER men, on women
    That's funny ... ironic "funny", I mean, (though I did chuckle)
      As if ANY man ever had...

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HEROES

Near somber guards, units of children heap 
dead leaves, naive to any else fallen.
Friend, you chuckle, but your posture speaks
of duty on this day of contradictions.

Firefighters bow heads in silent paean, 
while polished trucks stand...

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May 29, 1957: …have to think about getting a thesis director…know no professor yet in the department…someone suggested i get hold of Derek Fogg for an intro to the big guns in the philosophisches Seminar…can't...

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A Journeyman

Prologue and Epitaph:

I am the fool, the jester, clown, a harlequin, charade, façade of many
shades and colours, mascara over broken fragments, dead and gone

1)	Megalomaniac charlatan, lost in destruction, finding the path, the touch,
the miracle...

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We’re (Lisa and I) back in Athens Georgia (hometown USA), where it’s the halcyon days of summer. The south used to be the home of summer heat - not anymore. Now everyone has their little...

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A definite bonehead moment

since revised when das scribe 
made laughing stock of himself 
(circa ~ 8:30 post meridiem 
December twenty eighth, 2022).

A retrospective account
revisited courtesy the following 
honest to dog doe eyed, 
doofus dopey dilemma
allows,...

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On a cold, cold night with a touch of snow, a cat wished quietly and sadly for a home.
For a year he’d found nowhere with love to call home. Yes, he’d been, so very, very...

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Jack and Jill were brother and sister, whose environs were hilly and green;
And they groomed horses and worked in gardens, oft 'til a moonlight scene.

They did daily chores on a farm, in the outlying regions...

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Jackaroozapoo — You Don’t Say?

Someone or even something conceived or made that’s associated with
pure utter nonsense can be indeed quite real and tangible to those who
choose to believe in this particular type of reality and...

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‘Twas but a mist-enshrouded speckle
dark-painted on looming horizon.
Petty worker holds unwavering watch,
silently, stealthily keeps his eyes on.

Forward motion undeniable,
each passing minute size increasing.
Small heart stands alert and viable – 
beating fast and tremulous; though, never...

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sweet bundles of joy
symbols of forthright candor~
blooms in God's garden

As we traverse through the bends and curves of weary life, how we wish to retrace our steps to the childhood days when we were so...

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[Wishing a joyous Christmas to all the poets at Soup, and may all have a very happy, healthy and productive 2020!] 

Christmas has sadly lost much of its significance. Yes, we pay lip service to...

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Catherine, you mean everything to me 
I hope with my actions you can see
My heart only has one key
Life was so much better when I was WE

You might think I am insane
Truth is I did...

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Written: September 19, 2023
Mocking The Dead Poetry Contest           Sponsored by: Silent One 
"Do not be afraid of death. Death transforms to something wider. Death is...

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Once again besieged by fruit flies

Pestiferous infestation quite
argh apartment unit b44 
plagued with plight
analogously linkedin to phenomena  
experienced within outer limits 
of the twilight zone
dark shadows akin to edge of night 
opportunistic nuisance might...

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Greater Consciousness
08/17/2015

Imagine humankind in a future time
Could perceive each other’s mind.
What would it be like to do this thing
And the kind of world it would bring?

My insight of what would come about
Probably is sorely lacking...

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Somewhere out there in the world

There was a girl, No! strike that—a woman.

He saw as a girl, but knew as a woman.

And loved her only like a man, only a real man can.

A full grown...

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And here tonight I assumed

This would be just another one
of those average dinner parties

With a stream of boring associates and
their plus 1 partner or other

But wow
Hey you
Are so different from all the other's

Why I am...

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Poet of Perkiomen Valley
discovered aforementioned titled poem
about thirty months ago he wrote
impossible mission critters to smote
chronic issue yours truly does note
years later meaning today
April 19th, 2022
necessitated we allow, enable

and provide welcome to exterminator
actually management did...

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"True abhorrence and blind tendentiousness, devoid of conscience 
strive only to nullify freedoms' humble cry-for-peace".


Love, patient, 

proven;-

the memory of God's surrender, tested lay in question.
Mercy receives no rejoinder for her desire, unholy banter, rules the day.
Forgiveness, proper and forthright, in-your-hands-I-place-certain this hope.


Help me ... lift me up ... secure me ... 


They rip and tare, at the fabric of my being,
breaking-into-the-cradle-of-my-beliefs, shouting, 
"where is Your master, He has left you, 
why do you still hold on"?


And I say to them, 

"I believe-that-my-faith-and-I, walk-hand-in-hand-with Jesus, my deliverer.
So therefore ... will-I-never-walk-alone".


So show me beauty; true love beheld ... 
butter cups thorny white milky baby, budding roses-
playing beside dancing lilies caught up in their passions, 
mid the prevalence ... of the new morning winds, undying 
laughter ... unable to be kept, purely acquired sown of faith 
through the fresh wounds; of our Lords treasured innocence.
As so it is I feel ... the beauty, you will feel, and too will see, 
what it means to be truly falling in love with God, furthermore, 
as you embrace the chance again ... .To view, and live moreover 
even greater as you look, openly upon these things,  coming to 
know and accept the Joy that all God's creation ... already 
knows, and holds up for you each day
maturing and arriving, 
in the welcome found adrift 
and proving within the honest winds, 
offered, to you through the love of our Lord 
swirled up today here, and now, again just for you ...

~
Because I 
believe 
"Love 
is hopeful-
awaits patiently-
openly believes, 
because it knows 
grace always provides, 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
the opportunity".
~~~~~~~~~~
Loud gunshots ring out
hunters aim to bag their mark
deer season again ... . Sensing 
trouble near mother calls from 
meadows edge protecting young 
one ... . Spirit of the fawn...

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In a job where time and motion had an impact that was nil,
I was introduced to modern trends that mentioned soon I will,
but I could buck the system if I chose, by opening up me...

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Here in the brook a frightful sight I saw,
A frightful sight for sure!
Lo and behold! What an eerie beast of awe,
And knew I then 'tis most obscure.
 
How this tale would unfold I tell it...

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Trying To Access Mine Excel Lent...
Pow War Full Pointed Outlook

As I ponder what to write
today august thirtieth
      two thousand eighteen,
     thy ploy doth in vite
a gamut...

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Accosted many years ago
By the ghost of Edgar Allan Poe
I'm now obliged to come forthright
About that dark eye-opening night.

It's only fair to let you know
I've held a torch for Mr. Poe
It's all because of the...

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When I think of you 
my mind is free to think of only beautiful things. 
An entire field of blossoms 
Red with patches of blue and yellow,
Nature and all its beauty has to offer. 
The...

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