Long Grand scheme of things Poems

A Flirtation With Love (Parts 1, 2, & 3 finis)
#1 Sue's Legacy (Has A Home In My Heart)

Sure, each touch that enjoins us to life has Love's sparks,
one less photon (warms retina), dies but informs
that...

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There have been multiple attempts at dictatorial rulership of the world.                        ...

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Revelations of the Spirit!

Good things are known to come to those who come before their God,
who praise release from earthly woes by celebrating days
of spilling sperm (that meets its end or egg that sparks new...

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The whole truth 
and nothing but the fu(king truth
That laws, and math, only help solve 
local temporary problems, 
All of which fall way short 
on the infinite needs scale
were we rely on estimates, theories, 
and...

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My life, my death ...
I appreciate the concern, really
I know you're the kind of person who feels responsible for everyone
I've always known that, and it's not a bad thing

I honestly admire that SO much, and...

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Does This Make Sense?
 
Some will find they’re at odds with opinions expressed
here, call me to account, but I color all friends
who remain in the room! When your feelings are hurt -
if your heart’s to...

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On a still but misty sandy sea shore;                           ...

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As I lay upon a grassy bald in the Great Smoky Mountains on a clear August night, I gaze at the stars and muse about my Creator, the source of all dynamic energy. A tear...

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In the wood, two paths diverged, I could follow but one. It seemed absurd, to make 
a choice that many had made, to believe in one, and the other proclaim, that the 
one I follow...

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I hear a soft pitter patter,  against the window pane
I look up and there's tears against the glass, I see tiny drops of rain
I watch it splash and land, I watch as the wind...

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Dear Jack, Jill, and Phil.

As your father, I feel obligated to advise you
to set your priorities in life and do it early.
Love your family, staying very close to them,
and putting none before nor above them...

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blue planet water
blue sky just scattered sunbeams
dusk's red, unbent light


Brian Johnston
July 28,2014

Poet's Notes: 
Isn't it great? Three wonders of nature explained in 17 words. It is so much fun 
sharing my love of Physics with...

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In the beginning there was man
Alone and needing to be fulfilled
He wondered if he was alone in the universe 
He was not complacent be so…
he schemed
Planned and design 
built machinations do his bidding…
His spawn.

Then the...

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Within a lifetime....

love has gained yet has also lost

Handed down from all humanities heaviest cost
A child was born then at last will die
The prolific pass of steam branded new lulabye
Within a lifetime filled with mutual...

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BIOMYOPIC
Never am eye ever counting my self worth in the amounts and measures of this 
world the many blankets that eye have like an old Indian man this would lead me 
into madness and depression...

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from a young child they were groomed
a silver spoon they new not of
they were born in the gutter
there mother was a whore
selling her junk from a trunk in back of the liquor store
many moons ago...

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For most animals of the wild,  life is all about the next meal and raising their young. For a few horses, it's a sport, and life is all about a 2-minute race in the...

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Is what I do really important in the grand scheme of things?
13 billion years, we get 80, what a sweet little fling...
knowledge is relative,
let me put it into perspective,
geocentrism used to be accepted fact,
man has...

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Alone in my room I stare at the wall
 and at the back of my mind I hear my conscience call
 telling me I need a girl whose as sweet as a dove
 for the...

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There are gunshots firing.
Soldiers continuously dying.

Local people that have done no harm
Are suddenly filled with dreading alarm.

By the very end of the twinkling stars and the night,
The whole village has been set alight

Some have been...

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My tips for dealing with shame

Set up a camera 
Get naked
And stand in front of the lens
Relax 
Walk in a circle 
And watch the tape back 
Regularly 
And begin to own
This is your body
This is...

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'Twas the twilight of the year 
     a twinkling tiara.
December 31st, digits dancing dunes 
     in the Sahara.
One, two, three, one, two, three, 
   ...

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When words are not enough

Let us be fair in the grand scheme of things

Lazy diamonds too cheap to order a side of onion rings
Let us never relent until the fat lady sings;
Many as of late...

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Through veils of bright red pain
They bring us to this life;
Through tears and laughter
They love their small pink wonders
Through all those gates they must pass
On their way to full humanity.

They are lilac-love and discipline
Navigators of...

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"What is this strange place we find ourselves in
trapped in the open"

Our souls are imprisoned in these temporary vessels,
Some sent here for great things,
Others lost gazing at the stars,
One thing is for certain,
We all have...

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