Long Goliaths Poems

I'd like to apply for a permit
for a protest march
on the Washington Mall.

Lovely idea.
But, we're only issuing Mall permits
for Song and Dance Events.

I think this might be a violation of my Rights
to Free Speech.

I see...

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Mighty oars to take us away from our shores
Our horsemen marshal their men at arms
The trek is long, battles of the blood-soaked 
Our swords we hold high
Above our heads, the cross guides us to righteousness
For...

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David in "The Holy Bible" had "God's "Blessings"! God said "David is a man after mine "OWN HEART"! David defeated Goliath,and "Killed him"! Terrorist are and want to be "Goliaths! "The "Terrorist will striveth and...

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Poor Mikey
gave everything he had
for fifteen minutes under lights
(and they are expensive lights).
He went down not once but twice
in the same game with the same head
(his only one).

Rules meant to protect him 
from returning to...

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I move my life to marching drums,
carving paths into my bare palms.
You showed me how to play apathy

I've never begged to a silent god more than
when I dreamed of empty tables
and riots in my wardrobe
(instead...

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I've been running a race where at the finish line
death and destruction was present.
bounded by the chains coming from the illusions of the mind,
fighting a losing battle with the desires of the flesh,
when my souls...

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FELICIA (dedicated to the efforts of all on the HIV/AIDS scourge)

Rapturous ecstasy emanates from the town
Everyone, everywhere spoke of this damsel
She has just newly packed into town
Gossips could be seen around in their clusters:
"Who is...

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When I was little my daddy would enter my sister and my bedroom at night
to do things to his little girls that hurt or sometimes tickled and bring his flashlight
mom never let us out of...

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When I was little my daddy would enter my sister and my bedroom at night
to do things to his little girls that hurt or sometimes tickled and bring his flashlight
mom never let us out of...

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INTRO:
I have prepared

Hook:
a season of joy should not go by without jubilation
so I'm not judging descent yuletide celebrations
but I don't forget the word
I reflect on Christ
plus it's the end of the year, I reflect on...

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Extraordinaire, he raised the ice.
He told me this when I was a child.
He said he heard his neck pop.
He laughed and said, “That stopped my dare devil’s persona.
As you see, I am short.
I liked to...

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Why root
for underdogs?
Easy. They just don't quit;
odds against them, tremendous, yet...
these tough Rocky Balboas 
of the world fight 
to win.

Why root
for underdogs?
We see ourselves in them.
When they taste victory, we win.
Their survival instinct
is a treat...

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i am me
by Ty Ngachira on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at 6:24pm

I am the longshot
I am the one they never so coming
I am the life beat of a heart once dying
I am the old horse...

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DAVID, GOLIATH, AND MY BATTLES

David fought with Goliath with just five little stones,
He did not go with an army; no, he fought him alone.
David fought with Goliath, though he was nine feet tall,
He didn’t run...

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Oh! The rivers flow quietly
The wind blown naturedly
Angels toured mvezo Village
Looking for a man
To bring forth, oh! To bring forth
Emancipation to South Africa

Noquphi Nosekeni the privileged woman
Answer to the call of nature July 18, 1918
Baby...

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Gondolas thrift contently upon a gentian violet
Thrown from dusky sunsets on a marauding wake  
Adopting Venetians transpose as the partake;   
Sip mulberry wine to toast the ultraviolet.

Cerulean skies, inundations, surge the amaranth...

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Tuesday morning, like no other.
Another morning working in the mated Goliaths.
Harming no one, just doing their job.

Droning engines, one then another.
Slamming home, ball of fire,
Many go fast, more suffer on,
Flames hotter than foreseen.
Pandemonium ensues.

Levitation ceases,...

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Goliath was a big threat to Israel
A giant with intimidating records 
Of military prowess which turned Israelite soldiers 
To a bunch of faithless cowards
And to an army of lily livered derelicts
As they capitulated in fear...

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Anger is a strong emotion
As if ur under a spell or potion.
Sometimes it makes u feel like ur at the bottom of the ocean
Fighting for air trying to arise but theres Never any motion.

But if...

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Swirled in the majesty of springtime dust,
Infused recombinant DNA,
Genetically modified dandelion clocks
On the breeze are borne far away.

Super-weeds with strangling intentions
To spread from estate to estate,
Mutated betrothals with arable death,
To marry the wheat and cross-pollinate.

Where...

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On this road of life
When being glow in thought.
Deep.
Breath in breath

That all is gone without fault.
Deep.
Deeper is life that we all go down the hell
In ignorance of the war against us.

Despite our activist in religious...

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Shadow

   From vantage morning of my dreams;
   I counted my length of days,
   Heretofore on earth, rooted the strength of manly yob,
   In pursuance of transient dreams,
...

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Ringleted and pink cheeked, the girl child sat,
Upon the bench next to her Da and his cronies.
The Goliaths munched greasy burgers and string fries.
Dirt smudged her upturned face.
Like the remnants of the grime covering Da's...

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There are soft whispers only I can hear
coming from shivers deep within my soul,
"Save me from that which I most fear.
Hostility around us that we can't control."

My heart beat more rapidly in its confusion.
Though sheltered,...

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He sees me deep through my soul,
His palms mark the lives He toiled for,
No one can be compared to Him,
‘Cause he’s a miracle of His own.

Unlike many kings, He is remarkable, 
With His thorny crown,
And...

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