Long Handsomest Poems

There's a defender among us, a friend who never surrenders or concedes
No thief is he, who offers encouragement to people with his kind deeds

A rapscallion, devoted to negativity, brings gloom to Poetry Soup Forest,
a site...

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There's an archer dressed in Lincoln green, a friend to those in need.
No thief is he who offers encouragement to people with kind deeds.

A jealous sheriff, dressed in black, wants to rule Ole Nottingham,
a township...

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Siddhartha (The Buddha) 
by Hermann Hesse
translation by Michael R. Burch

In the house-shade,
by the sunlit riverbank beyond the bobbing boats,
in the Salwood forest’s deep shade,
beneath the shade of the fig tree,
that’s where Siddhartha grew up.

Siddhartha, the...

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Hermann Hesse English Translations

Secretly We Thirst…
by Hermann Hesse
from The Glass Bead Game
translation by Michael R. Burch

Charismatic, spiritual, with the gracefulness of arabesques,
our lives resemble fairies’ pirouettes,
spinning gently through the nothingness
to which we sacrifice our beings...

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His face, withered, gaunt
His eyes cloudy, filled with a haunting vacancy
His voice weak , shallow
Seldom spoken these last difficult days

His hair is white and thin
His skin, so delicate and discolored
The strength has left his fragile...

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A madman pushed me off the track, lucky not much harm
I sat in the Hospital waiting room with just a broken arm.
They handed me a form to fill, 20 genders, 10 types of race -
I...

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Precious Angel... 
as you are... 
moments in life with you... 
tis an Honor... 
to behold your Loving Treasures... 
tis as you've given unto me... 
such tender-loving kiss's... 
that sweep gently.. 
caressing my cheek.. 
expressing emotions...

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I, (though ye feel averse associating
with birth father) attest,
perhaps undeserving your vicariously quest
regaling, surmounting, and triumphing
storied Penn ultimate academic conquest

affirms his pride and joy at
stellar success no credit to this beastliest
inept papa, who winces with...

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He left home to pursue his lifetime dream,
it was closer to midnight and the foggy moon had no gleam;
I saw him rushing out to the taxi-cab by dragging his luggage,
all the while he thought he...

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My black cat Samson 
Was my kind of guy
When you hear more
You may wonder why

Happiness was measured 
Without any trouble
By the speed and size
Of his bliss snot bubble

The fluffball cuteness 
At the end of the...

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Tonight my sweetheart shook his head

                             ...

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Sometimes the only solace to loneliness
is the fading photographs around me...
many pictures in black and white, some of them
are in albums, some on the wall - in ornate
frames, which I would never replace!
The oxidized metal carries the...

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Many people look into the mirror,
and only see their imperfections...
I have mine and laugh about them; 
when famous people go under the knife,
surgeons get rich and to them they bow.


Why perfection is so sought after...

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Laura Tonon was her name, at the new school my only true friend per se
Astonishingly she’d taken to me, offered to help with my English every day
Unwavering was her big confident smile, even taught me...

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With pleasure Margarita's mind agreed
with mother's nice suggestion asking leave
of Arracho and oily ways indeed.
Bad rubbish needs good riddance she'll believe.

Margarita liked the idea of father riding to La Paloma with Don Huerra
freeing her of...

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With pleasure Margarita's mind agreed
with mother's nice suggestion asking leave
of Arracho and oily ways indeed.
Bad rubbish needs good riddance she'll believe.

Margarita liked the idea of father riding to La Paloma with Don Huerra
freeing her of...

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The forest is my loyal friend A Delphic shrine to me.-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

The tow’ring trees with their branches widespread
Sift light which falls like a golden shower
(As when Zeus to Danaë’s chamber came)
Reaching the moist...

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It all started when Mr. Pie was a little bugger,
Just a wisp of fluff in the palm of your hand.
"Oh, isn't mama's little man the most handsomest EVER?!"
Not a day has gone by when he...

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Bright Disco multi-colored dance floors
   Flashing a mesh of many bright hues.
   Mini skirts twirled above sexy 
   thighs, like shapely trees, 
   Sprouting out of thigh high...

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I've reached the age of going to school,
learning letters, and the golden rule.

I'm growing fast thats no lie,
I've just graduated into junior high.

Classes, ballgames, parties, and fun,
my wonderful life has just begun.

Friends, teachers, pets, and,...

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Words are not enough
To thank you, Father
I can't even haveto say it
I just want to write
It down to the water
To sing it to a melody
To jot it in a poem
That you are so Handsome
In all...

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My grandson has a lot of tees
With Mario imprinted.
His sister wears her Ariels,
Her mermaid passion hinted.

Which made me think of certain shirts,
Quite popular back when
I though that Dr. Kildare
Was the handsomest of men.

They didn’t have...

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The bubbles of wealth
used to rise in the glass
and tingle on my lips.
The label that I wore with verve
Skimmed lightly cross my hips

Hair in fashionable disarray
I’d sashay round the town
Always remembering to cross 
My knees...

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Hard To Tell

We have two thoughtful cats that are calico
Who like following us wherever we will go
Both of them have become quite a pair
Always happy and no moments of despair.

There they are following behind us...

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When I look in my mirror
What do I see
An older lady looking back at me
I don't go out dancing so I sit home alone
No one remembers no one even phones
I used to be the bell...

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