Long Henley Poems

2003 TAMPA FLORIDA I CRIED OUT TO THE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION ARLINGTON HEIGHTS ILLINOIS JAMAICAN THIEVES BROKE INTO MY HOME RIPPING PAGES IN JOURNAL ARSON MURDER DYNAMITE CIRO GARGANO MY EX ABUSIVE HUSBANDS TORCHED...

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As I awakened to the night terrors again it's 3am. I know I'm being monitored in my own home Ciro Gargano installs cameras to watch my every movement in order to know when I write...

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I am the master of my fate - William Ernest  Henley

I once wrote a tribute to my oldest brother who passed on several years ago.         ...

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In 2015…
           —In DMs, he wondered whether Trump “Is America’s Hitler”
 
In 2016…
—“Fellow Christians, everyone is watching us when we apologize for this man. 
...

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18 Stoic Faces
- by Bob Atkinson

eighteen stoic faces
faced four who had come
to read the erudite refrains
of poets both dead and gone

readings were in earnest spoken
for respect for some who had
garnered from the establishment
accolades, awards, well...

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Oh shooting star so far above,
I'm wishing you to bring me love
If you choose to not grant this wish,
I'll settle for a strangers kiss

The Holidays approaching near,
My heart grows fonder, every year.
It's New Years Eve,...

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I'm not sure what it is, it's like that time of the year I'm grumpy a bit moody and every
thing seems unclear,
all year long I fill like I'm on top of the world and I...

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He was the bard from Stratford, and as a teenager
he helped his father in his trade; he married and had children
and became the most popular and admired play writer
in all England...acting was also his other...

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Behold the Pied Piper has tossed his pipe belatedly in the trash
   Having led folks down some garden paths he trousered wads of cash
Dollars, pounds, euros, rolls of wallpaper - the currency didn’t...

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I am the master of my fate - William Ernest Henley


Universe shelters deceit in crimson reflections of hope

Why and what now where to on the star studded path

	I long for orange shade and purple caress

Self-soothing...

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Republican Vice-Presidential nominee JD Vance’s comments about Donald Trump:

In DMs, he wondered whether Trump, “Is America’s Hitler.” (2015)
“Fellow Christians, everyone is watching us when we apologize for this man. Lord help us.” (2016)
“Donald Trump is...

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People see reporters as antagonists
Always seeking the “Dirty Laundry”
But I assure you a different type exists
My tactics left others in a quandary

For I’d found a way to “catch more flies”
By approaching with a gentler demeanor
I...

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Jesse Winchester was a not so known famous Singer and songwriter who wrote many hits.  His songs were recorded by Don Henley, Jimmy Buffet, The Everly brothers, and other famous singers. One of his...

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midnight  hour...
this sky is as full
as my mind 
as  i sit here  
trying to connect stars
like thoughts

i can almost hear you 
in the whisper of winds
filling the voids of loneliness 
in temporary...

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Hold That Thought I've got a
UFO to catch...they wanna
Throw me a party for some
Reason or another but I'm
Sure it'll be a hoot-n-any so
Hold That Thought darlin
I'll be back before you can
Finish your beer and we...

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Compassion Within Us, Placed By Divine Hands

Compassion, weakness or a curse
or expression of mercy's heart,
I denying Love, which is worse
than savagery this world imparts
became blind in my silent pains
an enigma, lost, out of touch
treasuring my...

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I am the master 
        of my fate,
I am the captain 
        of my soul,
Shackled and bound
    ...

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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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*  Inspired in part by Don Henley's song "End of the Innocence"

End of the Innocence

Though many thought the lyrics by Don Henley
Spoke of a woman’s loss of virginity
The former Eagle claimed nature to be
His...

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Why shall I freeze my dreams?
Why can’t I let them flow?
While some maybe hopeless,
But some may tend to grow.

You find me as an ugly rock,
Some think I am a worthy stone,
But do you know who...

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knew him as he walked in
A Port boy by the size of his grin
That went from ear to ear
And we shook hands like old friends dear

There was sea water in his veins
And a story for...

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"Victus"
By M. Taha Effendi

(Didactic)

Amidst the gloom of night's dark shroud,
lurks Death in far corners of the shade.
To vanquish my fears to God I bowed,
And death shall find me... unafraid.

Amidst this vale of tears and pain,
my...

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(a poem in Senryus)

Let’s rerun the play,
take up strings, so the puppets
can start fresh their dance.

Summon the old ghosts—
Shakespeare’s doomed heroes
—pronounce them reborn.

Recall the actors,
lead horses from their pastures,
raise the curtains.

Pay Shylock his pound
of flesh,...

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Dust never settles on my back
Nor does rain on my nose
As the demands of the day persevere
The quietness of the night strengthens my soul

Pain is a stimulus of sorts
A constant reminder of my work still...

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with thanks to Don Henley...

...an echo of her laugh

whispers past

a simple joy, a gentle breeze

of quiet reflection that can never last

the fleeting innocence once drifting along

then disappearing into the notes of that Don Henley song

the...

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