Long Iger Poems

Had I never known the heat of sensual fire 
From a woman consumed with sexual need
Whose object of desire in the darkest hours 
For pleasure and gratification - was me 
I would never quite realize...

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Almighty!  Almighty!
Grant us each others love
Grant us Unity

Almighty! Almighty!
We are you, you are we
One commUNITY

Almighty!
Make me an instrument 
Of your will

Almighty!
'Til my prayers for peace 
Are fulfilled

Precious Yahweh!
To the downtrodden 
Lord impart justice

Beloved Jehovah!
We...

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Now that I've got your attention
Here's what I really intend to mention

One of the most vital resources to uplift our nation
Has been warehoused and stored in suspended animation

The wise men and woman who constitute our...

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The day has arrived for me to share, with all who have gathered here, 
what  has flowered in my heart since God brought her into my life.
      
The sweetness...

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Are winners defined by prowess
In business or in sport
Or by intellectual power 
Backed by academic report?

Is losing determined 
By lack of financial wealth
In lieu of big-hearted happiness
Or optimum good health?

Why do moguls and titans
With no...

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Twenty score years ago, and some
The evil merchants crossed the waves
Gleeful as they raped and pillaged
Their cargoes of dark-skinned slaves

En route to the land of Liberty
Where all men are created equal
In their most frightening and...

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While my heart does bleed 
For new life never born

My mind does heed
The pain of a mother torn

The decision to forestall
Life's seed to full bloom 

Is a  powerful anguish
of hellish gloom

How alone mother must...

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It was a Thursday the first time we "met"
Just like today except two score and three
Nearly two years from the time our eyes first beget
Who could have imagined what our lives might be 

The pitter-patter of little feet
The...

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Lonely days fill up my mind
Nighttime comes and stars don't shine
Without you my heartbeat wanes
Time stands still...no joy...
Pain.
It's been too long since we've been close
Too long...only Heaven knows
The days' routine I miss so much
Children, chores,...

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GOLDEN OpportUNITY
KEY TO CommUNITY

Unlocks hearts and minds 
To the beauty of UNITY

Where hate is dead 
Love lives for eternity

And the cloud's silver lining
Beholds a GOLDEN OpportUNITY...

For UNITY.

GOLDEN OpportUNITY...

Where all religions are respected 
Intolerance, injustice, soundly...

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It's hard to imagine
There was ever a time
When we were strangers

Friends?
Not for two spirits who share 
The affinity, admiration and respect
That we share 

Brotherhood!
That's what defines us
Whether it's giving love through tough times
Or giving tough...

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You were there for me...

After the birth of my child
When I needed time
To marvel, and rest, and adjust.

I appreciated the flowers, 
And condolences...
On the passing of my parent.

And the patience and empathy
You expressed after the...

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Because your eyes shine bright…
Even in the darkest times
When uncertainty comes ‘round

Your faith lights our way
We’re one…when confusion clouds
No divisive minds

Strong in the promise
Unified for all time 
Husband and wife

God tests our fidelity…
No weakness abounds

In...

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It is more profound 
Than one might surmise.

Is it fate, karma...is it providence?
What has determined the date and time?...

That very moment
We make our grand entrance...

Into this world? 

And to revisit the date 
A self-imposed holiday...

As...

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War and Peace… 
A dynamic dichotomy 
Though Peacemaker and Warrior 
Require equal audacity 
God bless the Peacemaker 
Whose enlightened vision 
For the preservation of Humanity 
Gives hope to posterity 
And a roadmap to salvation 
And God bless the soldier 
Whose bravery and sacrifice  
Makes peace an alternative  
And battle the...

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As twilight approached I felt her loosening embrace
After a night filled with cuddling her shadowy face

My heart beat with passion as I bathed in her charms
Her elusive caress not quite real in my arms

I thought...

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Strangers meet, merge their lives
Shadows fade...
Time revives the highs of life

Dreams renew, nightmares die
Two hearts may find that life provides...
A refuge from their strife

Old wounds heal, when life reveals
What kindred spirits share

Tears dry up, smiles...

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What mind enlightened of God
Could reconcile a forsaken entrustment...
To guardian the yet unborn?

What eye that sees by Light
Could blind itself this darkest deed?

What hand that prays and gropes in want
Could withhold the need of life...

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Please don’t cry again 
We promised each other 
We wouldn’t do that anymore 
The only promise we’ve ever broken 
Except for the one 
About staying together… 
For all time. 
I don’t believe  
We’ve come...

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My lover's eyes came into mine
Her pain so clear to see

New life inside had chose its time
This day the miracle would be

I invited the Lord to minister us
His presence so much in need

In Him we'd...

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How could I know otherwise 
The beauty of a woman I’ve never seen 
Whose mortality had been claimed by the Reaper
But through the teary eyes of my brother 
Who loved her…

Loves her still
What an amazing...

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In Fairy Tales...
Mother cuddles you at her bosom...
Father bounces you on his knee

In nightmares...called reality
Mommy and daddy
Are antagonists in a stage tragedy

Where their absence or dysfunction
Make it nearly impossible
To imagine happiness...

Or dream dreams.

But thanks to...

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In a loveless patch the seed was sown
A barren field of thorn
Then tears rained down from Heaven's face
Where heavy hearts have scorn

If harvest time is near for us
Why are we afraid?
Fruits of joy were ours...

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It is a fallacy to imagine
I could know your pain
The depth of loss for one we love
And who's loved us
Could never be transposed.

But I do understand...

Your loss is very great
And very distressing
I offer all the...

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