Long Hopefuls Poems

They were gambling in front of the house.
Manservants and pages bustled about
Serving Suitors who just curse and carouse.
Few mix wine with water. I heard one shout,
"Clean down the tables with wet sponges! Rouse
Yourselves! And when...

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This is for the Contest - 'Titanic - Fare Thee Well' Sponsored by Tom Woody.
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Too seldom tolerated,
much less explicitly noticed
by Christian theologians,

This historical interplay
at work and play
in Jesus of Nazareth's
recent post-colonization day,

When Jewish Rabbi Elders
were squished inside
Roman WhiteMale Dominant
empire-building denial
of their own win/lose subjugation
defying Judaic empowering culture

Rather recently overwhelmed
by...

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The Bund China Squash Open 2015

The Bund China  Squash Open 2015 was recently played  out in Shanghai…
It was the first squash major as a  season’s opener after a summer break…

The unseeded hopefuls...

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Here in far off Borneo, junior squash players are gathered in numbers...
Young and energetic, these are Malaysia's young hopefuls and contenders...

In the numbing heat within this immense hall, the muted thuds of hard hit balls...
Interrupt...

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Dark matter seems to be
What isn’t there to be seen
In between
What we see.

They dub it dark since you cannot detect it
Nor can they inspect it
With telescopy.

Yet, while it can’t be descried
It cannot be denied
For equations...

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The Ghost Train

North Wind, it was a howling, the sky was black as guilt
Malevolent the sheen, where upon her  moonbeams spilt
Through the murky distance, her belly glowing bright
Roaring down the line, she was roaring...

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An enormous pole 
made of chrome 
A table set 
Steve, knew he was home 

With a tiny leather thong, 
he swung around, 
in a world he did belong, 
with the rythm of the sound 

Around...

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Story of the Broken Hopefuls: 
Part 1: The Doomed Beginning. 



All is well with him
The sky's the limit 
Your heart flutters
And you think it's just the beginning

The door is open but you're afraid to walk...

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I used to be into politics,
I would shout loud, and chant, and march,
believed we could change everything
if only we could be in charge.

Get new blood into hallowed halls,
the old paradigms we’d wreck,
but neither me nor...

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What's so great about Hollywood, California, is that of its stardom and where dreams of
stardom come true. It's considered the "Famous Town" in the L.A. area, especially when one
person is driving on Hollywood Boulevard. Hollywood...

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I had my place
Down at the bottom with all the 
other mongrel mutts
Always there but never better
Waste of space
I belonged down there
With all the other ones like me

Dust particles swept away
Wretched rodents, roads ran 
potent...

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You were my longest journey ... and I never left home
The terminus changed, ever - roads twisting to fit your desires
And in those passages, the courses and quests that measured ... us
I, the ONLY I,...

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*Image of A Fallen Smirk by DG.

Brace For Impact

Pillar of society, creme de la creme, important person,
   one to be reckoned by indeed.
One who's untouched by palls, frails near a radiant ray
 ...

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Much of my life has been in the environs of church activities,
some of which found me in the presence of 'faith healing evangelists'.
I do not mean to be, but I tend to be a natural...

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I'm going for an alley-oop, dunking on your head like "Shaq"
Home court advantage here on the soup, and I'm ducking and dodging your wack 
attack!
I'm spraying you with a "fade-away jumper," kinda like "Kobe."
You are...

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Political Celebrity
By Franklin Price
8/19/2015

Political celebrity, lets you have your way.
All the networks want you, it really helps their day.
Increases all their ratings, just to show your face.
The others, politicians, are not even in the race.

To...

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I am deeply honored to have been visited by more than three million people.
For more than one hundred years I have stood on Liberty Island facing the Atlantic. With glee and gladness, I have welcomed...

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Tommy Atkins was a good boy
grew to be a good man, good soldier,
packed up his troubles in an old kit bag and smiled
as his entrails blew out with aplomb;
he died as the black rain struck...

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I notice more drinks are being sold warm these days 
If I took a sip of one, I would puke, so keep them away 
I don't want alcohol, just a soothing drink 
Nothing exotic, with...

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Who else in this inhumane edifice
can dance while the suspecting eyes stare 
at his moistened armpit?
Pathetically unknowing music uplifts not just the soul but the intellect.

Who else got the fire in imparting?

or …

did theirs even...

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Timeless hearts are borne amid a myriad of collectives colourful arrays ~

Yet sometimes I do not whisper soft enough although, when I should 

While being dipped in these many different hues; a world which paints...

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In a dream the Almighty said, “You have a gift – go and prophesy.” 
Like the celebrated prophets of long ago, I thought, “Oh gee, oh my!” 

Political messages came fast and furious over the...

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I remember the night I first saw you
I was watching a news program 'til you barged in the screen
The sweetest smile I instantly noticed
Among you, hopefuls, in the center stage
Not sure if I did hear...

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Inspired by the Bridal painting of the Empress Elisabeth of the 19th century Austro-Hungarian Empire -

Elegance, strength as elegance,
elegance of spirit personified as if this extraordinary elegance
was born to be, beyond the devestation of mortals,
so...

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