Long Hijacks Poems

Being in the NOW

This is a simple secret of happiness. It is so simple, that one may wonder, “How something like ‘Being in the NOW’ can guarantee eternal happiness?” But it can. It is a...

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The Protraction of the Epiphany

Complacency in a stilted light of regret
Vagrancy in a jilted sight of neglect 
Emergency in a wilted light of insects
The urgency of a curative substance to inject

Wellsprings of artificial truth and...

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Creativity emerges with two wings,
One aids her flying.
The other like a sting,
That aids her on intuity piercing.
But she looses her wings,
Left with one but nothing.

Music pitch her tent on the mountain,
She travels from dale to...

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Dawn comes swiftly
Eyes shocked awake;
Sunlight dazzles


Weary body
Sleep does not come;
Rest fatigue hijacks


Another day dawns
Celebrate now;
Tomorrow looks vague


Overtime work
Pulse of earthly stuff;
Promises to keep


Old friend calls
Buzz of change;
Friendly reminder


Family reunion
Marriage festival;
Customary rites


Good earth moments
Vivid affairs rush;
Keep...

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We are facing the sunset, in the afternoon light,
while shadows stretch eastward over the hills.
Music selected from the radio waves
has blinded my senses in reverie's glare.
Wind stirs a memory, that hijacks our car,
sifting through windows...

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Festive party
Celebrate something;
Warm humanity

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One by one
People walk pass;
Lonely man waits

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Dog walking fast
Master in tow;
Barks fine command

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Two sparrows
Practice on wood bench;
Gospel of birdsong

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Sea of faces
Hurry takes a break;
Crowded lift hijacks

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Old shop houses
New paintwork shines;
Ancient looks new

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River...

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Rainy weather
Unpredictable;
Drenching everything

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Mother and child
Dance with drizzle;
Laughter and giggles

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Happy lives here
In my house;
A welcome guest

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Chinese ghost festival
Lunar seventh month;
Wandering spirits tour

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Prayers and offerings
For dead ancestors;
Win-win situation

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Church calendar
So much happening;
May lasting peace abide

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Gaza strip conflict
Nobody wins;
Both...

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I fly wide-eyed into the glinting night, 
Along valleys with man-made stars aglow. 
Thrills and sorrows on both sides line my flight, 
Neon rivers flow restless down below. 

Grandiose dreams from serried rooftops crow, 
Million-watt...

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Rest and watch
Bird focus sharp;
Wonder excites

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Wide angle worldview
Venice sojourn;
Latte pit stop

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Sad white wine
Full yet empty;
Story incomplete

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Joy comes again
Hurl of fond fest;
Jest claims wit

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Here and now
Pain transfigured;
Shadow runs away

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Rainy deluge
Wet wet Monday;
Hazy allusions

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Robot at home
Back pain...

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THE HIJACKER WHO WAS HIJACKED

The mission is the pursuit of Caicedo,
the race has been on since the January set-go,
keepin' the paparazzis tongue in closed bridle.
Call Liverpool Big Jax of the Jungle,
and Chelsea, Richie, with cash...

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Paralyzing uncertainty 
Of things we haven't seen
Shadows of unknown origins
That invade our very dreams

Sometimes, it's the sounds
That go bump in the night
It hijacks our minds  
And fills our hearts with fright

Imaginations run wild
As we...

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Corona is grabbing the headlines

Threatening like receding hairline

Attacks the lungs and spreads like a pandemic

Hijacks the cells and multiplies like an epidemic

 

He is called the "invisible enemy"

Keeping mankind in search for remedy

Let’s be on...

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Paralyzing uncertainty 
Of the things not seen
Shadows of unknown origins
That invade our very dreams

Sometimes, it's the sounds
That go bump in the night
It hijacks our minds  
And fills us with fright

Imaginations run wild
As we shiver...

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Paralyzing uncertainty 
Of the things not seen
Shadows of unknown origins
That invade our very dreams

Sometimes, it's the sounds
That go bump in the night
It hijacks our minds  
And fills us with fright

Imaginations run wild
As we shiver...

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Time's admirer hijacks sections
Rips strings of delicious from fattest flesh
Imbibes fibres provided sublimely 
Licks fingers with shameless relish 

Nature's passenger adequately dazzled
Rides intention piloted by passivity
Waterwheel which in turn feeds many 
Delivers ceaseless needed energy

Rise...

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For my skin - hidden blood
Abandons neighbouring feeding forest
Dumping the nearby, friendly gutter

After a heavy washing flood
Hijacks long sleep and short rest
Forcing us to malevolent curses utter

With all manner of men getting into trouble
Who attack...

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The dull drip, drip, drip of thick, blackened blood pours
into the veins that beat a path to my heart,
with each feeble pulse, bit by bit, ripped apart
by a dark beast inside, which rages and roars.
I...

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The in-store music is country-slow,
the vibes twangy.
I pick through the tack and tinsel,
dig for rough diamonds.
Squeezing past other consumers,
sharp showers of oven scourers.
A toilet brush, a candy bar,
a plastic encrusted necklace –
pink or blue, all...

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Doubt inflicts a pain lonely hearts bear,
facing truths you wish would disappear.
You realize fate isn't always fair,
dredging up memories steeped in fear.

Rejection hijacks feelings of hope,
navigating shallows of darkness.
And dreams morph into a safety rope,
as...

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Love's an emotional minefield
where hope hijacks fragile feelings.
And trust cautions hearts not to yield
but bend, like a reed in the wind.

When innocence leads hearts astray,
love's an emotional minefield.
And it's easy to lose your way
if you've...

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Call me in the morning

Preferably 3am

When the world is quiet, your mind cloudy

Your soul is a double agent

He hijacks your body

He tells me all of the secrets you collected that day

Wispy memories float across space

Dreams...

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Tell thrilling tales
Spell sparkling sales


Hate hijacks heart
Ask anxious art


Dreary doom darts
Soul stakes sure start


Charm crimson cheer
Free fleeting fears


Mindset makes mood
Glimpse gracious good


Sense succinct soul
Wonder works whole


Time-treasured tale
Voice vibrant vale


Love lingers long
Sing sacred song 


Plant precious...

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Old vintage
Wise odd stage


Age hijacks
Prompts harsh tact


Droop of face
Age sculpts trace


Slur of voice
Slow trot poise


Wrinkles art
Crinkle cut


Old skin here
Old times cheer


Blur moves slow
White hair glows


A new page
For old age


Grumble more
Fumble shores


Self-talk seeds
Weary needs


Slowing down
Slack wears...

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