Long Getters Poems

Virtue, thou art old wine of vague value
Admired even by vintners nary more,
Nor by the adherents taking time’s cue,
Ye decorate archaic ancient lore.

Watch new high-fliers that surface from shores—
Go-getters getting tonnes in rare offers,
Tiger stripes,...

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As the darkness fades, and the first light of dawn creeps over
the horizon, a new day is born. For many, 5am is just another hour, a time to sleep in, to dream, to escape reality....

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Ah, the glorious damned winter
and the inviting  
gray chill in the air.
I meander 
ever 
so
slowly 
past lawns
strewn 
with a cluttered array
of pagan snow zombies -
staring blankly,
as I obliterate pint-sized
snow angels 
failing to don halos
that...

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Americans are Americans, period.
No matter color, sex and for heavens, sake!
Not ....Their "party affiliation,"
On which some are insanely fixated.

We were born au natural.
We were not born as a member of political party.
That's a choice you...

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I thought about my older brother when I wrote this


One morning I woke up
and my bed was now a king size,
No more chow lines
and my wisdom[wife] was puttin' in kitchen work
and I was blessed to...

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Unstoppable 

(Chorus)
I'm on it ,on it
Yeah a mission
Got to see, my own vision 
Make a decision, running out of time
The clocks keeps ticking and then it tocks
Doesn't  mean you have to 
Keep on grinding...

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I hear professors prattling,
I hear the reporters berate,
I see tech fascists side with China,
claim all who oppose them are ‘hate.’
I see young people lost and mad,
attacking people in the streets,
minds poisoned by the folks above,
Told...

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I have Geritol at half price
The tamper proof has only been breached twice
Viagra for you real go getters
B12 for Telemarketers aka appointment setters
Come on kids, help me out with my supply
Raid Grandpa and Grandma's medicine...

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Driving along
What's that I smell
The daily delight
Of the latest roadkill

From raccoons to possums
In this flattened cuisine
As vultures take lunches 
On this finest of dining

Call us the critter getters 
Crossing over our paths
Taking them out
As they...

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Whenever obstacles arise 
Hinders future possibilities
And pin the victim down
To the ground

Dangers of allowing
Obstacles to reduce our zest to life
Endangers our chances of victory and 
Slightly rob our happiness

Never succumb to pressures 
Of life but...

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THE WINTER CEMETERY 

Awaken my nightmare!
Cold, wrinkled skin, eye circles beyond care.
Tears of beautiful snow.
O depths to which they go!
A horse and carriage show.
The gate — a cliff of iron bars, mine heir.

The creak of...

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This sea's end on a misnamed shore
Is not the terminus of your sin
Nor my beginning in the dusky yore
But we can in false time begin
To ridirect the world from the whim
And caprice of self-lost to...

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Some other people’s dogs bite, snarl and snap like turtles on speed.
Our young puppy Beau dances, twirls, and bites his tail as if he’s on weed.
The other dog, Buddy, is a gentle giant, over a...

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Dumstruck - Dk

I am dumbstruck by the advent of invention
Not  jut in science and technology but also in art and writing
For now I create and share poetry without even knowing 
Poetry my first love
Art...

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Between the politically correct and good sorts,
No contest.
Between the non starters and the go getters,
No contest.
Between the those with context and those out of it,
No contest.
Between the givers and the takers,
No contest.
Between those who swear...

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It is neat to gaze upon a star;
light shows the way -- God's route.
Adventuring near, adventuring far
affirming persons who doubt.

Light shows the way -- God's route.
My story is that light can infuse each rift
affirming persons...

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So much time we have wasted here on Earth,
Never living up to the expectations given at birth.
Sitting around all day, just watching the time pass.
Because all you are to that university is a $ sitting...

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?
I guess in the old days, rules were made for a reason.
Now, attention getters, fly madly for attention, like leaves 
Whirling madly in an autumnal season. 

Especially when your once best friend, takes a hammer...

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Navigating every path and summiting
Every mountain; climbing peaks and 
Valleys indefatigably. They don't give up, the...
Epitome of tenacity. Nothing weakens the
Resolve of ambitious go-getters!

Strong-willed and naturally driven to go 
After what they put their minds...

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G - Go-getters aren't allowed to grope and mope
R - regretting bad luck has come to stay.
E - Escape comes with a measure of sheer hope
A - accepting whatever comes their way.
T - Tough times...

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Sloppy hands writing blind,
they can’t see but they feel;
Tracing cursive letters
slowly onto your back,
art bleeds from go getters;

Sloppy hands writing blind,
beauty’s pulled from within;
Dreams in abstract phrases
grace the poet’s chapbook;
Bonfire of heart blazes;

Sloppy hands writing...

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