Long Free as a bird Poems

I took a ride through the park to relax my mind
I stood on top of the hill  observing  the burnt trees 
standing patiently waiting for someone to take them in
The entire place was...

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Part 9

A trial was formed with the Captain as Judge
    With the good Doctor to frame the debate.
While the Dancer was pressed to the Atheist's grudge
    And the crew...

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I bow down and pray
That I’ll see the light of day someday
When will I ever be free?
I cry out to you, baby
That I’ll see the light of day, we’ll see
Today, I feel dismay

Darkness forms in...

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During my younger years, that young squirrel                            ...

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You made me feel sentimental
You made me feel like I’m judgmental
You treated me like I was mental
It took a toll on my mind and soul
Can’t deny…

I’m sorry
For everything I’ve done to you frankly
I’m sorry
For not...

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A STAR TWINKLING IN THE SKY
	
                           Music lifts my...

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Submitted for contest:  A Child's Home
 adventure, candy, childhood, city, fear, first love, freedom,
Memoirs Of Being A Child At Home





Memoirs Of Being A Child At Home


I was brought home to a red brick apartment...

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I've spent so much time trying to write a good poem, that I've ignored the possibility of
BAD POETRY.

Bad poetry,
the soul speaks in cat-whispers,
I meow one back,
The garden bleeds living colour,
I sprout something too, words,
and if...

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Hello! 
          You seem to have made 
me a forgotten memory,
          But I’m a reality, that you...

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"50 Words for Poe:  Heathrow"




They landed at Heathrow,
Columbus in tow on tight leash
had not frisked the stewardess’ skirts 
as they to’d and thro’d past him down the aisle, 
like Fembots, bullets pointing all in...

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A girl was born a beautiful summer day
                 She had beautiful blue eyes and light curly hair
  ...

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The crashing waves hit the bow, as we cut through waters deep.
Clasped in irons that cut the skin; forged in the fires that never sleep.

The desert was dry, the sun beat down, I am free...

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I learned on a relic...quite bent out of shape, 
          rusty and dented..... and not even quaint!..,
An rattle-trap, hand-me-down, that had seen better days
A ten year...

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Daydreams and memories
Like skimming stones across a creek
Sometimes seeming
 to skip on endlessly
Before finally going under
Just touching on moment after moment 
of your existence
Before sinking into a particular memory

Other times just a few jumps
dipping into...

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You can take my house

you can take my truck

you can take my money

I don't give a f***

but you can't take 

what you can't break

you can't touch my heart

or the memories, anniversaries,

birthdays, holidays, or talks in...

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Good-Bye God


One day I fell into a well of despair
Why God does no one care
I am finally at the end of my rope
For me there is no hope

My only sin was looking at the pretty...

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Why do I write poetry?
I am sure some people here wonder just why I do! 
For my poems were once described as ‘simple’
And to others they are a pile of old pooh

I have learned so...

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Sometimes I am here sometimes I am there
I feel mostly I am everywhere.
What makes a man weep what makes a man cry?
Sometimes the blood of a loved one is in my eye.
It’s a strange world...

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FREE YOURSELF


In the stillness of the night,
when your eyes are closed tight
and the only noise you can hear
is your heart beating softly in your ears.

Empty your mind and picture a butterfly.
A butterfly that is free,...

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My friends say this magnificent rose
Gives off the most wonderful aroma of spring
I am catching a scent somewhat obscure
As yet no recognizable thing
For I'm losing the sense 
Of smell in my nose
Perhaps what I'm smelling...

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This is not a message to attack my brothers
But it is a message to attract my brothers

Black men we cannot deny who we are
Or the definition of our true color
No matter how we look at...

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Great Walls of Life

That Northern Wall  in Chicago:
With high hopes and unhindered confidence, in early 1974 I was sailing free as a bird. I felt prepared for any and everything that would attempt my...

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The air was fresh even though something was wrong with my lungs.
It was very early with so much time left under the western sun.
I felt I could always catch up because I was still very...

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She twirls,
Her dress fanning like a flower,
Around and around and around,
And around at this precious hour,

She spins,
She isn’t somebody’s little girl,
Her only goal in the world,
Is to stand there and twirl,

She has no regrets
She feels...

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When love disappoints does it mean you’re not loved,
Could it be that the blame’s perhaps shared,
Assumptions in place that you’ve never discussed,
Or a grievance that you’ve never aired?

Is mind reading really a love merit badge,
Or...

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