Long Immoveable Poems

...and then just as suddenly, constellations appeared in a daytime sky, framed by white pines crawling with multicolored caterpillars.  So from this day forward, they would search the sky for more star pictures. They...

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In the eye of the hurricane, Translation of Carlos Bousono’s poem : En el ojo del hurracan

(Ninth in the collection : Metafora del Desafuero, published – according to the editor, Alejandro 
Duque Amusco – not...

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Meth Bomb, Homicide Village, 
Diverse Culture Site, Crown Town, 
Kendaltucky and Johnny Appleseed's Homestead; 
Tremendous and Troubling and Tortured, 
Town of the Long Face: 
They say you are explosive, and that is valid; I know...

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Brown
June 25, 2010 at 1:11pm

This is brown…umbre,
It is shadow and that which you think you see there, 
It is a mixture of all colors, and as such, it includes and underlies everything,
It is ancient, born...

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Ing/ed

He was:
timed

lying down
waiting
braving it, the pain, invincible
grimacing
sweating
hedging-his bets
not panicking-yet
pacing
gasping
falling
still
breathless
void
stopped
still
heavy
rock
board
immoveable
stared at
no power
darkness
panic
screaming
doors open 
battery - dead
agog
chaos
not alive
taken
transported
sirens
trolley dash
assessed intubated injected
prodded
pulse
adrenalin- more and more
faint heart:beats
monitors
sounds and uniforms, drinks and heat on the corridor
anticipation, but we all know...

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When things don't go as planned and life seems unfair,
'Tis easy for others to rally about cheering, "Hang in there!"
As you struggle to regain your feet at any reasonable cost,
You'd rather not hear, "Cheer up...

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Inside they know he's been the one
since conception with delusions of grandeur
aside, his introspection gives birth to
prophetic lessons
Those that do, know there are no
shortcuts through this line nor do they
discount these leaps of timelines
His grandiose...

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Overcoming Obstacles

His actions all appeared to be wrangling
Horrible voice wish we could be strangling
Message was becoming both loud and clear
To questions asked, he was no way near.

Bernie had been hop, skipping and jumping
Up all of...

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I saw you.
It wasn’t like the first time I saw you
or maybe, it was?

Nothing much happened (the earth didn’t move).
You appeared no more or less,
than the lump of clay you are;
before you turned on the...

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Remember all the words of the Lord
to receive His healing full of light
be watching with eyes wide open
so you know to push sin out of sight

Faith is so important for every believer
be sure to stand...

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Even Rocks Can Cry



Even rocks wear away with time
and the demands of strength.  These
seemingly immoveable objects,
deflectors of life’s raging torrents,
sun warmed seats of contemplation,
bearers of past high and low water marks.
Unnoticed, they sit as...

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C_ourageous, consistent, constant, constrained by Love.

H_onest, holy, humble, holding fast to the Word of God.

R_ighteous, reborn, regenerated, renewed and restored.

I_nstructed in righteousness, immortality assured.

S_anctified, sincere, submissive, self-controlled, secure, saved by grace through 
faith.

T_ruthful, thankful, thoughtful,...

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My dreams lie past the Windward Islands.
Warm seas clear as azure glass untroubled;
Warm sand soft as baby's breath sound sleeping
In a safe and quiet land...

Warm lips and strong brown arms arms slow gentle
Tender as a...

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