Long Gwendolyn Poems

Officer Gwendolyn Becker - a “newbie” - at Newark P. D. down in 'Joizey', was combin’ the streets for a couple o’ thieves who’d been holdin’ up stations and stores...
When - back in an alley...

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This is for you, Mystic Rose,
The closest cyber encounter family tree, my spree
Harry Horsman, Sara K, summer's gone, let's haiku and play.
Achoo contest, butterflies, Parise Pariku, and the awesomeness of Michael J. 
Andrea Dietrich, Debbie...

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She writes like Maya
She sings like Aretha
She dreams like Coretta
She reads like Oprah
She speaks like Barbara
She plays like Serena
She rocks like Tina
She rolls like Donna
She entertains like Diana
She cures like Maria
She paints like Edmonia
She kicks...

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Myself 
All that I am

I could dye my hair to please you
  Yet I won't

A little mascara might
Make me attractive

Although the value of my gift
Cannot be measured in wrappings


I will not sing For you
But...

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the girls  
He will not let you forget. 
You will wear his hands around your throat, a chain of honey and sweat. 
His calluses grating across your thighs are still carved in memory, 
And...

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SOUP SAFARI
,      ,        ,        ,



here I am in NYC...packing after a safari –theme night party
with Soup...

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God is everywhere
God is everywhere – so, do not try to find him
He was in that first breath - you took this morning
That first step you took – when you got out of bed-
He was...

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approximating 7.5 x 1018, or seven quintillion, 
five hundred quadrillion grains. This estimation 
courtesy of Gwendolyn Powell, High School 
from Presentation of Mary Academy (2018 
graduating class) responding to an inquiry posted 

on website https://www.quora.com/How-many-
grains-of-sand-are-there-on-Earth-and-how-many-
stars-are-there-in-the-universe...

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It's true that pork 'n' beans have
chunks that are winning

And Indian spiced pumpkin
sets your heart spinning

Pho bo's delightful, cod soup's disarming
jjamppong, French lentil --charming

Japanese dashi, vichyssoise's sweet
tater soup's smashing, pozole's a treat

Bread and butter with...

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The greatest blessings of her life
Her children ~ their life

She ~ a young mother
Blessed with two
A miracle ~ twin boys
This is true!

Unafraid! Though 
Both body and mind were bruised
Eyes big and BLACK
Her love and womb...

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Tears of joy streak down
My dust covered face
As I just wandered by and witnessed
The utmost glorious grace

Just three days ago
I watched them crucify
The son of God himself
The man called Jesus Christ

They poked him with their...

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An exotic little girl in an illuminating white gown,
is curled gazing into a brook at her own reflection.
Far from prying eyes of her birth town,
She listens to the magical mythical water for guidance and direction!

This...

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      There are unbearable things to bear,
                       ...

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For Gwendolyn Rix's Contest "Mom, I'm Pregnant".....
(There is a great chance a teen mother will end up on welfare)


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In the summertime of days
When all she had was being young
The price she paid for one mistake
Would...

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It's a Langston Hughes kind of day 
filled with dutiful hints of Robert frost 
within the sudden humor and vague 
eccentricity of Ernest hemmingway 
the quiet freedom of Nikki Giovanni 
with a cunning soul shaking...

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.                         Donkey Kong  country
      ...

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MAMA'S TALK

Lifes lesson's I was never taught.
A boys lie's are why I got caught.

He told me things that weren't true.
I should've known but didn't have a clue.

Mama looked at me and said"have you gained weight".
I...

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Natalie’s gift, a poem for me
Was the best present I received
Unexpected, it touched my soul -
Curing me from poetry mold 
(A condition unbecoming)

With a smile I was released
From days of dark futility
Inspiration came, bestowed glow...

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There was a model, a pretty young lass,
She had an attitude ; was full of sass,
Whenever she would sneeze,
Her stomach would squeeze,
And inevitably she would pass gas.

One night she modeled in  her very best
And...

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five chameleon sisters with talents none shared
dancing the day awake in a Nebraskan hay field
one was a dancer, dreaming of Broadway and Park Avenue
one was a soothsayer, seeing three of their futures.
Terrified because she could...

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Who is this person 
Behind the Mask
Hidden
Hidden From others
Putting on a Happy Face
For all to see
Laughter ringing out
Hollow
No one feel's it
No one see's
BUT ME

Hypocritical Hypocrite?
Maybe..
Is this truly 
What others see
How can it be
Trying so hard
Who...

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Burgers and fries are the best
                             ...

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