Long Harmonizes Poems

FOUR TENETS OF CREATIVITY


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INTRODUCTION


This short  eBook encompasses my experiences of the creative in both art and poetry in particular.The content of each of the four...

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LAO TZU ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS I

Be Like Water
by Lao Tzu, translation by Michael R. Burch

The highest virtue resembles water
because water unselfishly benefits all life,
then settles, without contention or needless strife,
in lowly cisterns.

Weep for the Dead
by Lao...

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[Verse 1 – Him]
Wake up with the sunrise, boots on the floor
Coffee in the kitchen, same as the day before
I love like I live—steady, slow, and strong
Keep it simple, keep it real, keep movin’ on

[Verse...

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Written: September 21, 2023
True Love Poetry Contest                 Sponsored by: Robert James Liguori 
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In a world where illusions often deceive,
Genuine...

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In the beginning, there was only sound
The whispered words of God, echoing all around
A canvas of darkness, awaiting the stroke
Of creation's brush, as the universe awoke

With syllables of fire, He spoke the light
And stars were...

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Water is the most abundant liquid on the planet. 
It has the ability to cut through walls of granite.
It is below us in springs, ponds, and oceans, above us in the air we breathe and...

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When a precedent-busting pandemic is palling around the world 
when its concomitant panic and pain freak out
it is your fine figures that are unflinchingly unfurled
e'en as proctective gears barely eke out.

Isolation wards owe you diligence...

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I went back to the place where we had our Reception
Saw the window under which I sat
A new wife; full of hope, full of joy
Anticipating my life ahead with you
Oh! It's as if the ten...

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As I paint the picture of your bright revealing piece of art
i begin with the dark areas then make space for the
light
my poetry is a big love story that never ends in which 
has its...

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What are you doing inside that deep, dark, dreary, damp, despair hole?

The sunshine will not reach there to create your blossoming knoll…
I have a rope you can use to be saved…
Raise you from this desolate...

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The forest floor stretches drum tight, bound by verdant slopes, a timpani of sound.
First greeters of rain’s onslaught, leaves trill joy, form larger drops, a deeper sound

While tires rumble freeways flowing through suburban sprawl like...

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My Heart is a Blank Space

A fertile ground where wilted roses
gain life and bloom—an evergreen
it becomes (the anchor of passion)
A beacon of romanticism

An emblem of eternal love

___of joy and happiness

I am a merchant ravaging the...

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My Heart is a Blank Space

A fertile ground where wilted roses
gain life and bloom—an evergreen
it becomes (the anchor of passion)
A beacon of romanticism

An emblem of eternal love

___of joy and happiness

I am a merchant ravaging the...

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My heart is a blank space 
A fertile ground where wilted roses
gain life and bloom__'evergreen 
it becomes ( the anchor of passion)
A beacon of romanticism 
An emblem of eternal love 
___of joy and happiness 

I...

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Behind the door of wildflowers lies the door of light
One evening, I would allow the star to sing, sing, and sing to tears
For sheltered heart’s memories how they are changing, when the white wildflowers dance...

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 'Roses from all nations scintillate in complete harmony'   

A Rose by any other Name - by Maria Williams

ROSE OF SHARON

Voyage of repatriated petals, dipped in silver and gold,
continental drifting through coagulating clouds...

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Life felt light,
Once I removed the grudge
That had grown in my heart,
Growing healthily to such an extent
That it had become a carnivorous monster
Ready to gobble myself up in its huge cavity!

Life felt light,
So much that...

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Not for naught is laughter called,
the right medication, for the soul,
Laughter plays no prideful role
on ego’s path, or vanities goal,
   For laughter is the sense of joy installed,
That harmonizes with the world. 

Not...

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Rays of light burning its foes
Western meadowlark chirping 
hauntingly mysterious echoes
single small dew drops pennies
fluttering beauty in the swamps
Is it mother nature or a magical aura? 

Astounding wonder veiled by lust forest
Waves awakening  seas...

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Tulips and lilies never emitted their scent
so fragrantly and exhilarating...
by the lake of the descendent moon,that
I intensively sense the affable mystery of the evening!

Remote breezes,unforeseen and redolent,do
capriciuosly caress the brilliant surface
of the silvery lake,softened by...

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“Rosalie, oh Rosalie!
A contrast of beauty, with a saturation of rufescent 
What every heart intercepts when they have reminisces
which never transcends herself when she is mistakened of fluorescences
Rosalie, oh Rosalie!
She harmonizes one's life, with her...

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Tulips and lilies never smelled
so fragrantly inebriating
by the lake of the half-moon,
I sense the ineffable mystery
of an alluring and serene evening;
remote breezes so unforeseen
and unquestionably redolent
slightly touch the motionless surface
of the silvery and bluish lake...

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Shafts of light pierce the gloom inspiration speak Those pictures in the mind paint my private space A well within-images, in the mind dreams and visions and things not known. in visualised expression rivers,rivers stream...

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The bird can bet
on a flight career with the plane
only by affinity...

The fish can teach the ship
how to pass through the detour
without loss of quality...

Just as...

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Through this happy season, when everything is green and blue,
we won't see snow-capped hills, or mountains,
only brooks and rivers bubbling in sun rays;
lay down on their bends and hear their music as children do!

An Australian...

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