Long Hole in the ground Poems

I Felt the Earth

There in the valley reaching for the sun
Our younger days were such fun
Though the struggle to be
Was so much for me?

The valley walls were so tall
That I would fear they would fall
Then...

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'I DEFY YOU STARS! ! ! ! JULIET! ! ! ! JULIET! ! ! ! 
The sun to rise above all others
Gracing Earth with its mere presence
Eclipsing all other beauty to befall my weary eyes
Has...

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COFFEE
       HOUSE 
       BLUES


I am
in the A.M.
Am I ?
I think I am!

It is A.M.
in the coffee house
down on MacDougal
down the stairs
behind closed doors
another...

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In a vision the devil took me to the highest mountain 
from the very top of the mountain he brought me to the very edge
With cold and soft hands he pointed to the land below...

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Everything bonds so quickly I can hardly find a place the move the trigonometry of the earth has placed everything in a cluster beneath the hidden dirt.

 I can get from Helsinki to Copenhagen in...

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I sat in my chair absorbing fresh air, I am feeling a sense of calm and for the first time, and I can see clearly what is above and below me. 
The vast world with...

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See it curled up on the golden chair scratching its conniving beard, piecing together a sordid plan of how to rob the destitute people on the land. 

The streets are bare and empty and the...

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This is the donkey; Alice

                 ... follows the rabbit into a hole in the ground

    ...

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Sitting on a rusted blue bench the sun blew down on me a cool 
     green and yellow as the afternoon tucked me into 
     bed, ...

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When Nature is in Harmony you can feel the balance in your body. When nature is in harmony the universe is happy. The equilibrium is shaking in the sky and the markets will live or...

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How Does it feel?

Being without you is like a wound that won't stop bleeding
An infectious yearning wanting & NEEDING
Like a band aid being ripped off without any warning
Like last call on Sunday night at 2...

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Homeward Bound


Land of mango and avocado 
Sweet , mild and refreshing 
Cassava bread with tea, coffee and hot cocoa 

Fresh meaty young coconut 
It’s water crisp and refreshing
 
Glazed peanut, cashew and coconut for a...

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I didn’t know that it exists until I see an ant crawling out of a disc,  I didn’t know that it exists until I see a beetle from the order of Coleoptera coming out...

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watching silently as the ground is disturbed, unearthed 
the simple act of digging a hole captives my attention
shovelling multitudes of mixed emotions upon my heart
reaching fingers to let the sands flow slowly through them 
life...

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III.

Scott bought the farm and some dairy cows,
and set about building himself up.
He soon made a name for quality milk,
local wholesalers could not get enough!

One summer day he took to the plow,
preparing and old field...

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The Bottle 
Heart aches and pain swallowed up in bottles. Mind aching inside, hard to hide the aftermath of a battered heart, a severed soul, but better alive than dead by your own hands. Take...

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Before reading this one, please read one and two, it will help you make sense of the tale.

I became startled when the car came to an abrupt stop. Ricky reached into the bag and pulled...

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Drop me into the sea of dark.
Where my journey has no certain end.
Out of the atmosphere.
Of what I know was your hands.
You don’t need to cry about it.
I’ve seen this before.
I’ll walk this storm drain...

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Little Fanny McFluff was of eight years and so very bright
She’d take a book and flashlight and read through the night
She would awaken when the sun kissed her high on the brow
And smile for her...

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The Death of my Town 
(for Bradford, West Yorkshire, England)

At first I was self-righteous and held the moral high ground
On approaching the imminent death of my town
Some days I would observe and shake my head
And...

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The owl and the hawk trapped a mouse on the spot.
Both arguing profusely over who got what.
An equal distance dictated the dual,
Each desiring the mouse, for much needed fuel.

‘I got here first’ said the owl...

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one night in the end of October drifting through the woods
 there rose up a demonic creature that would haunt the neighborhood
 one one such occasion it bit this little girl in the neck
 blood...

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DEPRESSION 

                  Depression is like a hole in the ground
        ...

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A pretty oak  sits outside my window pane in the snow and in the rain 
Covered with life, outside the balcony fifty steps away 
Decorating the tree with  flashes of red, black, grey,...

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I've been to the top of the mountain
I've surveyed the valley below.
I've heard the mountaintop call me,
I've felt the icy wind blow.

I came down from the mountain
Feeling exalted and free.
It's when I got to the...

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