Long Herrera Poems

What ever is fast and cheap you say...
You are so funny -
this is not a fast thing - 
to do a video montage of 5 minutes 
may take me a lifetime
as I move from inspiration...

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Everyone was gone, and the pool beckoned -
          one-piece bathing suit, on your perfect petite form ...
         ...

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a kid in love     in deep adoration-
oh   the worship    the longing affection
I breathed his name

writing it in my notebook   a thousand times
david  ...

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Not so long ago ...
your numbers darkened the west
a noble profile of strength and pride
and the epitome of the innate, free, pioneering spirit
that your country was founded upon ...

It is said that single
groups of your...

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I'd almost forgotten, how fondly this little hamlet
snuggles tight against the purple hills, and how State street
divides the town into two parts, like a pizza, one half a progressive present,
and the other half, the antiquated...

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REGRET:  -verb; to feel sorrow or remorse for an act, fault or disappointment

How do you save someone from taking their own life? She gave up without a thought of the pain I would experience....

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Seeing a wrong and doing very little
           to right it. . . 
I’m sure this happens - at least to some of us -
 ...

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How I Met My Hubby (Summer 1955 ~ using 1950s slang)

I answered the horn—it was my friend, Bobby.
He told me he knows someone I might dig,
and he’d like me to cast an eyeball on him!
He...

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I made a promise, a little visit
A busy day...so much to do..
But, I'm running late, they will be waiting...
I should be going...the clock is ticking
I'll take just a minute for a quick hello
no need to...

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I've made myself a phantom, keeping critical things from you,
          (and perhaps, in truth, more), for the sake of others ... others who
   ...

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Like most of God's human creatures,                             ...

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We'd made a dawn start that day, following in his footsteps, as
apparently Jesus used to get up early.
Our group had gathered for a reading, and to pray, along with
fruit and cereals our first staples of...

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I am greatly annoyed by dismissive people.                            ...

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On entering the afterlife, to be met by my father.
(Hopefully a long way off)

  > Hello Dad, it has been many a year

  < Not for me, time has no meaning here

 ...

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My culture has been taken away,
I am a result of the government;
my hair dark and long
sometimes I wear it in braids,
I am of an era brought up white.
My life happy and I have been loved,
though,...

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AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL

My childhood spent without peers
alone and prey to my fears.

Nights spent face buried in my pillow
my emotions  like a weeping willow.

The school kid disliked and attacked
like a player continuously sacked.

Bruises and scars physical,
cuts deep and salted,...

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The Tree and the Sprite

Spencer the sprite was a very old sprite and a very old sprite was he.
He had lived as long as he could, in the depths of a wood,
In the roots of...

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Sweet and gentle thoughts filled her.
The breeze firmly combing through her curly auburn hair.
She thought of his strong but gentle hands,
how they touched her, caressing her face, her shoulders.
Her thoughts turned to the night before.

His...

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I’ve pondered and wondered on what may be found 
In the depths of my being.
A deep sadness from my yesterdays and maybe a sliver
of hope for my tomorrows. I’ve seen the days of broken
glass under...

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I AM 

A Father.
A Son.
A Brother.

None are just titles. 

I live those titles every day through my actions.
I am successful at those roles every day. 
I possess unconditional unwavering love .

I AM

A Director

My profession as...

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          My brother brought George home one day,
I heard their bikes rumbling and roaring loud;
     and then he was standing in my...

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The sun receded quietly on a relaxing siesta, as 
Calm clouds of the mid-afternoon smiled henced,
The beat of the drums provideth dancing rhythm
As she moved in pure elegance with harmony, to
A style of danced buoyantly...

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 WHEN I WAS A KID, I DID THE USUAL BALLET AND TAP
THEN, I JUST DIDN'T ANYMORE BECAUSE I WAS A TEENAGER SEE . . .

WHEN, I WAS IN MY TWENTIES MY BFF AND I...

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She jolted when she heard the forceful knocking at the door
not sure if when it opened who she'd find,
the same reaction to a knock came several times before
much more and she would go out of...

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What might you find
if you peeled away layers
If the rind of my soul was to be stripped away

I fear what you'd see…..what you'd say…..what you'd think
The feeble of me sinks in fear of your thoughts
that...

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