Long Inconveniences Poems

Escapees: Accommodating Adversities

                    The subjective state of those who are well in
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Hey,come 3rd quarter of each calender year,  it is that time of the year again, 
This phenomenon is headlined in local dailies each day, again and again...

An enviromental situation, all kinds of experts in...

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Overnight the calm was shattered asunder
as lightning, presaging rolls of thunder,	
reverberated across the darkened sky,
flashing warnings heavy rains were nigh.

Next Nature’s pyrotechnics, in awesome display,
turned the black sky of night, into day!
As the deluge began...

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As the day dusked yesterday,
The deflowered sun shone down 
with those eyes of a goldfish

'KATH’, got a light; 'EER’ lit a room;
And ‘AH’ illumined the night

No sound of a thing in your presence.
No bullet whirr,...

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November 7 Scripture Meditations Based on 2Corinthians 1-4

Key Verses – 2Corinthians 1:3-4 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort; Who comforteth...

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ALMOST
I am thinking about growing up – the miracle of aging – appealing
The excitement that exists is chronologically revealing
Addition of a half makes next older age within grasp fulfilling 
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Not many know,
But my heart is
So fragile and pure
And feels so many
Emotions and cares
So deeply about others
And always wants to
Do the right thing
Even if it inconveniences me
And to always do right
By others even if
That means...

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The formality of it stings.
“How are you?” 
Delivered with a self-conscious courtesy and
a poverty of emotion 
calculated to immediately keep 
me at arm’s length, 
fencing herself in.

There was a time when this
same greeting would
have been...

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ONCE  AGAIN 

Fanciful images play gentle on the minds of children young and old.
Anticipation becomes a forever word that compels dreams and expectations 
to struggle with and sometimes overwhelm impatient patience. 

Exotic perfumed scents...

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February 22 Scripture Meditations Based on Judges 17-21

Key Verse – Judges 17:13 …  The LORD will do me good …

MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR DOING ME GOOD

Thank You for doing me good everyday
By Your...

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I knew a cat once named Peaches. He was an all-black cat, but not one of those that could be described like a “shadow”, never be named Bagheera, never moved like a “black bolt” or...

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The mat outside my door says folks are welcome.
How many months will pass before that’s true?
Though some who make predictions have great knowledge,
they've nothing concrete to support their view.

This epidemic spreading through the nations
has changed...

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Would you sacrifice your own life to save your child?
Would you willingly take their place if they were sent to war?
There's no reason to make such an extreme sacrifice.
All you have to do is discontinue...

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Geese are roaming through my neighborhood
Littering every single inch of sidewalk with feathers and poop
Contrast to the perfectly manicured lawns
Of perfectly manicured suburban families 
Too perfect
I feel like I found true happiness on my walk...

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If there's one thing to remember as you travel life's highway

We're all made of the same stuff

Bones, skin, hair, and smashing good looks

Oops sorry, not everyone is blessed with good looks like this dude

Mummy and...

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Assured by the Almighty’s grace abounding…

Yearning for contentment is settled today and yon
Exuding hope, expressing bright future’s expectation
Affirming moving-on pursuits toward aspiration-ascent
Reminding good days ahead with revival replenishment.

Despite threatening dearth causing despair
Whispering angst, obscuring wishes...

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If there's one thing to remember as you travel life's highway
We're all made of the same stuff
Bones, skin, hair, and smashing good looks
Oops sorry, not everyone is blessed with good looks like this dude
Mummy and...

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FRAGILE HEARTS

F alse friends force me to feel fretfully furious, 
  R eason turns to regret as I remember the rejection.
    A m I antagonistic to anybody's approach?
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Door to bliss open wide
In spite of little inconveniences
You suffer when bad blood to my head feeds the pride
You and I strive to stray from conveniences 

We ought to enjoy without regret
Any time we fancy...

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In the calm of evening's hush, a storm descends,
Electric charge in the air, a dance of shadows blend.

As I place my dinner in the microwave's gentle hum,
A flicker, a spark, and darkness comes.
The lights go...

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And 

Goat heads, cockleburs, and cow pies. 
These are the things
we live with, in the country. 
Some you step on, 
some travel in your clothes, 
and some stink. 

Foxtails. 
That sounds so beautiful. 
They are...

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No! Nigeria! Why!

We have always been happy despite the hitches.
We have wept together despite our half-baked unity.
We have laughed together despite our different trinities.

No! Nigeria! Why!

But came OCTOBER the overwhelming independence.
We are free! We are...

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Do you know my friend named Faith?
With trust in God, she treks through inconveniences,
stepping sprightly over them
with supreme optimism.

Smiling with ease, she saunters
along her life’s path, sure-stepping
for always she knows the way to go.
In the...

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We live within a Matrix
Much like the movie suggests
Being held captive by unseen forces
A food source to keep dark ones full and fed
All while we are dormant and fast asleep
?
Don't want us awakening
Because then we...

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I dress like her and listen to music I think she might like just so i don’t feel completely alone. 

She wasn’t even that kind. Or thoughtful. She was just hurt. And I like to...

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