Long Guidebook Poems

Lets talk about love

Love is meant to be an opportunity
To share a place in time,
And an open heart for a person, 
That God has designed, just for you.
Love is to be our now,
Our everlasting and...

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The young couple was about to have a baby so they thought it would be nice to sit down with his grandpa and ask for some advice.

“What can I tell you about raising children?” He...

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Who initially determined what is good and what is bad? What to think, and what not to ask? Why the hell doesn't anyone else voice more questions like that? Why are most people sheep that...

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Humans never grow out of their teenage phase
Unclear what an adult means
They are subjected to responsibility
Requiring maturity, no human has proven to be

Various other targeted teenagers
Attempting to guide the novice
Helping them tie their shoes
To walk...

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Spread the maps out on the living room floor,
Like I've done so many times before,
Getting ready for a trip to be made at a future date.
I prefer to plan early,rather than to wait.
Then too, I...

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Praise be to You, Almighty God
Thank you for recording the Sacred Scriptures, the Bible.
We read Your written Word; we hear Your spoken Word;
if we write and speak in reference to the divine,
we must be careful...

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“12For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart.” ...

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I readily admit I am a country bumpkin
But I am no buffoon
I am in this to build others up
To help others win
To raise up my neighbors and my friends

We hear about the coastal towns
Both east...

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Today I questioned reason with rigor. 
I tried to find an explanation for my being.
A rhetorical question with mystifying vigour,
that opens doors to new ways of seeing.
The first thought drafted a blatant visual,
of characteristics found...

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This is a poem to tell you what poetry must be,
A how-to-write-a-poem guidebook for you, by me.

A poem must have both rhythm and rhyme,
And be happy and jumpy and apply to the time.

Have lots of...

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The past can be found written in history books
Statues stand and tell no lies 
To see  the future to the stars you need to look 

We are pawns in a game of queens kings...

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We went to romantic Scotland for our honeymoon on Hogmanay
Had no idea it was a rather special brunette-only-welcome kind of day
My husband tried to go into the lobby of the bed and breakfast twice.
He is...

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With crack of first light of dawn
The day's work begins; sleep's gone
Gather food; cook
Aroma fills air, breathe on.
Spices, herb bouquet add-on
Day has great outlook
Just short time to lay eyes on
My poetry notebook write-on
Bible read on

Just...

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Looking up I was so awestruck,
suddenly my muse was unstuck;
oh windstorm_

I saw a huge flock of bluebirds,
singing a song so long unheard;
oh rainstorm_

I got out my poem notebook,
my poetry cookbook,...

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It's your intrepid space explorer, here -
reporting from the planet Earth.
It's a difficult place to live, I fear,
but my advice for what it's worth

is when someone's looking for a fight,
just say, "I'd like to stay...

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Understanding me is not an easy task,
It takes a while to see behind my mask.
I’m kind, caring and hardworking,
Don’t mistake that for being easy going.

I’m like a Rubrik cube to put it plain,
No two sides...

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Watch the people walking – 
Check their bodies, not their faces.
You can tell a lot as they
Perambulate their paces.

Strutters filled with confidence
Step lively, arms a’swinging,
Silently announcing 
It’s their “A” game they are bringing.

Trudgers tramp with...

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