Long Happenings Poems
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Chapter 97 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: Family Times and ProjectsDate: December 2042
Early afternoon, Damian was
Busy in his den planning the trip
To Trinidad. He called CJ first
To confirm his commitment to
The project. "Hey brother you
Still on for that trip we spoke
About."...
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Categories:
happenings, absence, allusion, earth day,
Form:
Alliteration
Chapter 155 -- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: HoMeCoMing Date: April 2051
End of the first week of April
late morning.
The Hakim Family was preparing
For a quick exit. Desharah DJ
Sashi Amadeus Amani and Jordan
And Justin were in Desharah and
Sedanah's room...
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Categories:
happenings, best friend, birth, black love, business,
Form:
Prose
So It WasSo it was that the night transcended peacefully over my head
Taking me through thick clouds,landing me upon parched land
Spilling tranquil moments into daylight complexity.
So it was that I found myself among a crowd of...
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Categories:
happenings, angel, blessing, christian, dream, faith, future,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
RewindRewind
By Julia Shaw
At seventy-two my life has been so very fine,
That I'd like to push a button and just rewind.
I'd go back to my wedding day so exciting
And marry again the man I found so...
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Categories:
happenings, appreciation, child, daughter, life, nostalgia, time, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
Secret Love - 2nd Place Contest WinIf you spill your secrets to the breeze,
Don't blame the wind for laying them to light.
Once said, words are disclosed, even to trees.
And claim peace in the leaves that rustle and fight.
Whispered tales of a...
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Categories:
happenings, analogy, appreciation, beauty, love,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Do the Dead See With Their Own EyesDo the Dead see with their own eyes
for Thadchayani, my poetry-loving doctor sister : 28/08/1929 – 26/10/2014
...
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Categories:
happenings, bereavement, brother, death, sister,
Form:
Elegy
Fragments of Life'Fragments and crumbs of life, all little pieces'
John Ruskin 1853
FRAGMENTS OF LIFE
...
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Categories:
happenings, emotions, memory,
Form:
Free verse
What I'M Gobsmacks, Bamboozles and All This Confuses MeWhat I'm Gobsmacks, Bamboozles and All This Confuses Me
What I'm Gobsmacks, Bamboozles and All This Confuses Me
...
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Categories:
happenings, absence, analogy, character, endurance, grandparents, muse, satire,
Form:
Free verse
Up Soup Creek Without a Paddle[Every good story needs a sub plot, so…]
He watched from his vantage point on the bank’s roof
And looked out for folk that he knew were uncouth
His years on the run had made him aloof
But soon...
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Categories:
happenings, western,
Form:
Narrative
Consonant Like a Vow ElConsonant Like A Vow (el)
Now ma nada twirly (to early) twittering
condolences to the esprit de corps, qua
(just recently) late John McCain, and his
surviving family suddenly damning original
way word odd did see,...
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Categories:
happenings, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th grade, america,
Form:
Free verse
InsignificanceLate in life I struggle against my insignificance
When I should enjoy the freedom from performance before an audience.
Applause is happiness but if they withhold applause, embarrassment.
When Da Liu put me to work crunching hexagrams and...
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Categories:
happenings, freedom, happiness, life, nature, wisdom, work, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Drifting Into DreamlandRealizing the fact that everything that is in my life now won't be forever can utterly disturb me in ways that can spin me around in so many directions when in reality I am laying...
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Categories:
happenings, dream, growing up, inspiration, inspirational, spiritual, truth,
Form:
Bio
Strange Goings OnI lived on a rolling green farm, and I had a love of astronomy;
And peered at skies of sleepless nighttime, so vast and starry.
It had for long been my hobby, and I had a powerful...
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Categories:
happenings, animal, fantasy, farm, humorous, moon, nature, space,
Form:
Couplet
wonder, full -
we …
are trespassers …
can you feel them?
the blooms, electric?
our world is pregnant with other worlds -
transient planes of existence that are
provisory to entirely disparate
rules and ids and forces …
why do we even question such?
particles and...
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Categories:
happenings, analogy, faith, science, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
Timely FragmentsOld Jambu tree
Still bearing fruits;
Generous delights
~~~~~~~~~
NDP crowd
Massive tapestry;
Community celebration
~~~~~~~~~
Each passing year
Affirms our country;
Diversity in oneness
~~~~~~~~~
We celebrate
Our little red dot;
Gratitude remembers
~~~~~~~~~
So much to see
So little time;
Familiar complaint
~~~~~~~~~
Fireworks display
After The Pledge;
Poignant philosophy
~~~~~~~~~
Politics means action
Mere words concede;
Happy results...
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Categories:
happenings, blessing,
Form:
Haiku
The ReminiscenceThe green village, the colored city, the ever familiar locality
Each path, tree, house, turn, each native I have left behind
But creepers, hedges have entangled with my leg and hand
The green crops fields, green hills, fruit...
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Categories:
happenings, birth, childhood, memory, youth,
Form:
Pastoral
The Power of ForgivenessI was a renowned, NASA scientist, with my face always turned to blue stars,
As eyes are ever drawn to a flaming sunset, as to colorful, outdoor bazaars.
And stargazing brought big excitement, and chills during many...
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Categories:
happenings, fantasy, forgiveness, friendship, imagery, nature, space, travel,
Form:
Couplet
The Lady of the HouseIt’s siesta, yet one can hear from the second floor of the house the animated sharing of juicy news some visitors have brought to the gracious host, the lovely widow of a wealthy sugar planter....
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Categories:
happenings, abuse, analogy, black african american, society,
Form:
Haibun
An Unexpected Visitor - the Free Style~Another Magical Fairyland Story - An Unexpected Visitor- Part 1
(Short Story or Narrative/ Free Style poem)
It was very early in the morning when I was just having
What I thought was a...
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Categories:
happenings, beautiful, fairy, fantasy, love,
Form:
Free verse
Canoeing the Mississippi - Part 13Chapter 13: Leaving the River
Our leaving the river I think surprised us both,
But the seeds were sown early in our preparations,
And shared philosophy of following our bliss,
Simply stated, the trip stopped being fun,
Prairie du Chien,...
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Categories:
happenings, boat, dream, journey, nature,
Form:
Blank verse
My Cholestrol Is High>I looked through the list of Form I should chose but there was not one for
medical mystery so I chose free verse as you are not paying to see it in my
Book...
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Categories:
happenings, beautiful, body, character, feelings, health, me, recovery
Form:
Free verse
Fiddling AboutFiddling About.
by The Didds
Annual Concert, DMT, Time to act, you and me,
At Dauntsey School, a painted floor, performed in the round,
with rehearsals at Sheep Street church, St Joe's school hall, the con club...
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Categories:
happenings, grief, jewish,
Form:
Free verse
The Space Between the KeysI spend my nights playing with words.
I use them, and they use me.
We are a match, and when we work together,
we create magic.
But there are nights like these,
where words fail me.
They offer up...
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Categories:
happenings, depression,
Form:
Free verse
I Can Do I WillWhile eating my morning bread,
A sudden impulse struck my head,
What if my mother doesn't get paid
No food; a voice from inside said
So simply that means you are dead….
What am I thinking; my first question to...
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Categories:
happenings, anxiety, blessing, break up, business, courage, deep,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Gentle Unto DeathHe was alive should breathing be called life,
In state of peace and bliss, no surface strife,
Suffering in silent resolve for long,
A man as was of intense self-esteem,
Died long ere, waiting still...
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Categories:
happenings, death, life,
Form:
Narrative