Long Griped Poems

The Company was set and all were prepared
    for a journey that was true cause for alarm.
But their spirits were high and as much as they dared
    still hoped...

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Date:  March  2051

Warm nearly spring afternoon 
Some Hakims were assembled 
On the vast front lawn with their
Luggage. Sidney Saderi Dolly Molly
Spoke with mother Daughtry about
The children's care.  Damian spoke
To Pierce and Tiffan...

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'Twas a sound I thought alarming, most assuredly disarming;
Up I rose from peaceful slumber to discern what it might be.
While my candle flickered, wavered; whilst my heartbeat halted, quavered,
At my window I was favoured by...

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The Ever Shifting Pattern of Life by
Terence David Cooper. June is wife's
name and they are Basildon,  Essex, 
England.

As children we learn lessons clear
Broadly defined lines we hold so dear
Constants to which we can easily...

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I was named ...
For my father, but not quite as you might think ...
His first name is my middle name, Richard,
And his middle name, Thomas, was my brother's first name,
(Though my brother switched his first...

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There was an old lady, a frumpy old bag
who people called horrid, a witch and a hag
And 'though she was ugly and danced 'mid moonbeams
all was not quite as it might've then seemed

Old-fashioned black clothing...

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My son’s name is Dylan, was country raised
in the hills of Wyoming where cattle graze,
helped on the ranch, but never felt fulfilled,
hated his hometown as teens often will.

But he ‘did his time’ until graduation,
went to...

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My sergeant said you've been trained well you know what to do
Your assignment an ambush, do not return until the sky is blue.
We gathered our weapons and lots of ammo
And waited till dark then said...

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**"And his name was Jack"**

No one perceives what abides above the clouds. 
A giant, a harp, maybe golden eggs. 
I demand to see and feel before I believe. 
A castle, a dream…. I want the...

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A most unlikely, mismatched pair
For forty years did breakfast share.
Their names were Stretch, at eight feet tall,
And Squat, built like a bowling ball.

Because of their unique physiques,
By people they were labeled freaks.
Though of each other...

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December 14th a cold evil wind was in Play…
From what had started to be a most beautiful day.
It struck at the heart of Newtown, Connecticut
Twenty children and seven adults were struck.

The families grieve as the...

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Loret, our lovely lithe flutist called the rest of us to the woods 
with her charming tune.
Melody called 'Song of the Women', 
it was uplifting and cheery; a break from our daily work.
Where are mamas...

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A deep pink color tinged with orange like that of a flamingo 
walking with our feet in shallow water 
As I gazed upon the sunlight, dazed and bewildered 
Squeezing the life out of us we...

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Some say that love mean never having to say I’m sorry
But perhaps they haven’t discovered a love like yours and mine
Exactly where would our hearts be if we didn’t apologize?

So I’m sorry for all the...

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RAPE ON SONGHAI

Washington, Washington, their Washington
With a great hot flaming phallus in hand
Griped so tight, knuckles turn pale
You shield it up with the hood of this new religion
And thrust hard, deep, tearing Songhai’s hymen
This rape...

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'Twas time once again to saddle up for the annual world tour,
Another flying trip around the earth that they must again endure!
"I'm a-gittin' too old fer this flyin' business!" declared Prancer!
"That fat old man is...

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I will tell you a sorrowful tale of an ancient time
 when the turning years carved grooves into vinyl,
a time that changed everything and nothing.
He was a lad, a stripling, knobble kneed and roughly handled.
A...

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Down and out brother looking for Job
Will do anything to feed the hungry mob
Suddenly understands the great myth
Like a moth upon his sickled brain there lit
For we who talk of freedom never saw
In anything absolute...

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Man Dangling

The jump was from a 12 story building roof
Glass bursting out from intense heat 
Below, flames enveloped each floor
Engulfed them, every room, fire and flame 
An aluminum pole stood adjacent to the site
A ghost...

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Well these two darlin’ boys of 4 and 6 
Were so full of life and as close as two 
Brothers could be…Michael and Mark 
Of Athens, TN had their fun in the sun 
And played...

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Once in a vision, a raging storm roars
I was slightly above it, soaring through the air
The waves were boisterous , the waves were a raging inferno
Fear griped me, it whispered death into my ear

I struggled...

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For twelve long years it was back to school
To make sure I didn’t grow up a fool
Learning how to read a book, do a cipher
At times I felt like a prisoner … a lifer!
I griped...

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You entered my life when yours seemed grim,
affected lonesome heart on a chancy whim.

Weak and sick, you fought to justly live,
knowing indeed, you had loads of loyalty to give.  

Wiry - thick- gray mane...

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Caught grips with reality
Yet it left me, my sanity

Blood sweating energy, I tried to prove it to you
Crazy you are, when they say it ain’t true.

Allowed my imagination
Run with fearful fascinations. 

Nails deep, I griped...

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Why do they turn gray, these hairs on my head,
maybe they are tattle telling, the life I have led.

Raising my children, was not easy at all,
sometimes I stumbled, and at times, I did fall.

All by...

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