Long In spite of the fact Poems

Achooo!
It begins, almost always, with a sneeze, 
Which, in some cultures, 
Invites blessings, 
But, in some others, a curse,
As it’s held to be ominous!
Blessing or curse, soon the frequency
And the decibels increase—
Incredibly, irritatingly, inconveniently, and...

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We are primates, one and all
And our heritage is not from the fall.
The primate group is where we’re from
And no matter how far we’ve come
We owe our past through ties of time
And that’s the purpose...

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In spite of the fact I'm lonely
In spite of the fact I'm blue
In spite of the fact I'm hurting so much
I'm forever more in love with only you

In spite of the fact I'm heartbroken
In spite...

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So many times by my husband I have been told
that I do too much all at once,
But little does he know
that if not by me the job just would not get done.
No matter how sick...

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So many times by my husband I have been told
that I do too much all at once,
But little does he know
that if not by me the job just would not get done.
No matter how sick...

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America the beautiful, where are your friends?
They have left you to find some other ends;
You who once stood for all that was right,
Are now only seen as a fading light.

You once were the head but...

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This is the Second in a series that I wrote for my son a few years back.  I wrote the first and he asked for more. I think they got a little better with...

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Spreading Happiness 
S - Sunsets and sunrises are all the best that this world can offer
P - Parading of the many opportunities that breathe for us, so like
R - Reasons to shed off our gloomy...

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There are moments
When I find myself wishing
Yearning to be something I am not
Someone who serves Him
With never a doubt or sin
Someone who knows Him
Better than they know themselves

I wish I could say, my friend,
That I...

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His presence made me weary and I often felt frustrated with him in spite of the fact that I was his wife and should have felt more joy being near him. Instead of the marital...

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I know I act annoyed or put out when you call me frequently
during the day in spite of the fact your only doing it because
you miss me. Yet you still place me on a pedestal.

I...

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Some do this because they
are good at it and some do this
simply because they can

And so to have excelled and
both had an affinity and natural 
ability to do it since school

Lucky to posess a high...

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There has been a tragedy in my life,
And no, it’s not, my lovely wife,
And if it was, I would not say,
Because I’m still alive today,
And planning to remain that way.

No the tragedy is, I have...

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The summer has arrived suddenly.

The St.Petersburg White nights

still hug our city gently.

A lilac fog 

Fills the atmosphere around,

In spite of the fact that the lilac has already faded,

And sweet aroma of a jasmine 

Turns our...

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Her name does not matter
She did not use it any way
Preferring to be called Num
Short for numbers which is what she
was all about in spite of the fact
that math terrified her
She was a hanging girl
A...

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You won't be here when the lilacs bloom,
You won't breathe their sweet perfume;
Instead my love, you'll follow your star,
To fight with passion another man’s war.
Skimming the air, the swallows fly low,
Over the battle where patches...

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Here is a story that’s hard to forget
A beauty skin product from an old barnyard pet
He calls it Heal Fast and it’s made from pig lard
From the fat little pigs that he kept in his...

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When I first saw you,
You were playing with your dog
You were tricking and defeating that poor little soul
You broke his heart in spite of the fact that cujo is devoted and loyal
Is this how you...

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Six sick skunks of one stinking litter
get startled by a fox; five of the six sick skunks scamper.
But one of the six sick skunk siblings is no quitter.
In spite of the fact he is the...

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