Long Hearkened Poems

Misery :
intro:
afta all di wealth and fame im accrued,
afta all di wild parties im threw,
afta all di promiscuous and gypsy women im chewed,
afta all di aba made friends im drew,
and afta all di recreational places...

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oh youth in all its callow shades
               is from our hope, precisely made
        ...

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Let me narrate how Death came ‘pon this Earth, 
Said sage Vyasa to Yudhishthir, shattered
By Abhimanyu’s death, ‘Oh vain my birth 
Should a young dream die and lie scattered’.

A story it is from a Golden...

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How do I find myself here again
On a couch one more time
Another call that I should make
An irony sublime

We split a few weeks ago
A party I've been having
But She just called me so I'd know
What...

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There upon the courtship,
proclaimed, a sorrowful
spirit hearkened upon 
this ballad of misery
and burden.  For her
grief and unrelished
despair, the angels
of Michael, our saintly divine,
answered, whil'st upon 
the hour of marriage royal,
an unwanted surprise,
a battle declared,...

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And it came to pass, when God cause us to wander  (wonder)
Thou shall not kill
It's not it God's will
And if a man also lie with mankind 
As he lie with a woman both of...

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Lighthouse keeper vacancy announced
Envelope delivered; contents read aloud
A smile turned into laughter, then into a shout
Parents and Son hugged before he set off.

Applicants sitting quietly, Into the room strides a man 
Age etched on his...

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I AM THE SON OF A BASTARD SON

I am the son of a bastard son,
He did not’t know his father, never met him or talked to him.
He had no example, he had no man of...

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February 14 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Numbers 21-24

Key Verse– Numbers 21:3 And the LORD hearkened to the voice of Israel, and delivered up the Canaanites; and they utterly destroyed them and their...

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July 15 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Isaiah 42-45

Key Verse – Isaiah 42:6 I the LORD have called thee in righteousness, and will hold thine hand, and will keep thee…

LORD GOD, YOU ARE...

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Jonah's Calling

A vision of Jonah I did not see,
Nor did I hear the Lord speak
(Who pitied the wicked city of Nineveh)
When He said to His servant, Jonah,
“Arise and go to Nineveh for me.”
“Set me free!”...

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I heard the clanging of the gate
As wonder and fear began to reverberate 
The more you opened up, I ran in
Neither of us concerned for where we had been

I had never played without terror
You had...

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"And to those Spirits that beckon 
me, doeth wisdom unto him."

As the night awoke from its 
slumber, 
the moon 
reflected a dull glow.  
The thief's testimony
spoken.

The romance had ended, 
love's glimmer lost, 
like ancient...

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It was Long ago.
From the break of dawn
July 23,2003.
To the plenilune of the moon,
After the bullets have surceased.
The cry of a neonate hearkened through out the waves of the sea.

The gelid breeze alleviated my stress...

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March 23 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Judges 13-15 

Key Verse – Judges 13:9 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as...

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(The Mockery)

Come lie with me,
For none is within the house but me and thee.
I take hold of thine garment,
So draw near to me and kiss me.
No!  I will flee fornication and get me out!
Ha!...

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THE UNKNOWN GOD

Heavy the burden, but light is [the way].
That’s when you put the Lord [in its place].
The sun may not be shining, but your [spirit shows].
That’s your [inner being aglow].
Never a path undefined.
This is...

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On the shores of heaven, where peace and love abide
there lives the old, old story – of the Son who once died,
then, was brought to life, restoring hearts to God’s delight.

On the shores of heaven,...

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February 14 Scripture Meditations Based on Joshua 6-10

Key Verse – Joshua 10:14 And there was no day like that before it or after it, that the LORD hearkened unto the voice of a man: for...

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As to when,
the pen falls eerily.
The sadness of lust,
a perilous dusk
for thee that settles 
upon the many wary.

As Edgar's Lenore,
reminded,
the Crow's greed
and nestle.
There spied the 
Raven,
crying for thee
the more merrily.

When lovers' qualm
exacted by traitor,
the courtships...

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A Lollipop Day

A swing stalls mid swings
kicked dirt strewed a ground
a swing seat goes empty
a boy whacks away at clung dirt
     ~~lawn trails a dusty path,

Blue jeans stand at attention
further treatment...

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Did all the world see the brightest star?
Only a handful knew they could follow it.
The Shepherds leaned in, hearkened to angels.
The wise men seeking, followed the leading.

They had to humble themselves to an infant
 ...

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when you leave home in your childhood,
ne’er returning
until Fall
after childbearing years,
oh the hues kaleidoscopically whorl in your eyes.

i’d nearly forgotten Oz,
dreamlike leaves clipped on trees —
dazzled us in Louisiana.

we wanted to follow its trek
to New...

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April 16 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on 1Kings 12-14

Key Verse – 1Kings 12:24 Thus saith the LORD, Ye shall not go up, nor fight against your brethren the children of Israel: return every...

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February 21 Scripture Meditations Based on Judges 13-16

Key Verses – Judges 13:8-9 Then Manoah intreated the LORD…  And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah…

MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING TO MY ENTREATY
 
Thank...

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