Long Instructive Poems

Explain your historical evolution radically, inclusively, expansively, good-humoredly; 
not carefully, deductively, reductively, sarcastically.

We once had a school of thought
among up and coming geneticists and historians
that the precursor to the regeneration of a species,
or even an...

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I esteem your presence
Glowing with glee 
At times, you do say things without thinking 
I’m the god of distress – 
You’re leaving me breathless 
Cutting me down like I’m some decaying tree
You don’t see how...

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The bar is tacky and unclean. The lighting early modern neon.
dead insects litter glowing tubes.
I found him in the corner nursing an empty glass.

“Are you recording this?”
“Yes.”
“Good, very good”

“Let’s get started then. Are you a...

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*Aphorisms/ Idiomatic expressions*
(Short, pithy, instructive sayings passed down through the years)
Composed: by Tom Wright
7/12/2018

The man who coined the aphorism “Seize the Day”
Didn’t always mean “The Ends Justify the Means” but may.
Many have said “Rules Were...

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In 1994 I was at a crossroads in my life. I felt desperate-desperate for a job and for work that impassioned me; desperate to change my routine and surroundings; desperate for adventure; desperate to do...

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Old sage of the forest



Old sage of the forest, wise inhabitant of Rickmansworth, thy statue and wisdom are true, true and true,

The true existence of the eternal sun, the stone of which is the foundation...

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October 22 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Acts 18-19

Key Verse – Acts 18:9-10 Then spake the Lord to Paul in the night by a vision, Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not...

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**** Would like to preface my return, and many apologies to fellow poets who may have missed my absence. Though I did not have much luck in love this past year, this poem was written...

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at last he knows what
has been kicking his ass all these years
living a slow trauma smelling of empire
guardians of civilization on strike or asleep
concluding that non-conformists are all alike
but wait I am harsh this is...

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Lord, I need the quickening of my soul
…such is divine renascence
only made possible by Your compassion 
for me to be alive with regeneration-touch
while trusting You for my iniquities’ pardon
toward freedom from sin-condemnation
assured with Your eternal...

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I think I'll signal guru Bob that I've had enough
of his implicit stress therapy as he calls it
I've contacted the hunchback sperm banks
for a safe deposit box until the embrace is ended
with the last flood...

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July 6 Scripture Meditations Based on Proverbs 29

Key Verse – Proverbs 29:13 The poor and the deceitful man meet together: the LORD lighteneth both their eyes.

MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR LIGHTENING MY EYES

Thank You for...

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Adorning the walls at Brigham and Women's
Head on his hand quite comfortably resting
The subject distinctive in his smiling position
Inspires the asking who is this physician

Over his shoulder an old time sea captain
And over the other...

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I was waiting for my discussion circle to show up,
about to conclude our reading of "Sacred Instructions"

When I saw a list above the server
in the library of Unitarian-Universalist wisdom,
Ten Things to Remember:

The past can't be...

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"You don't belong here!"
They said. 
They doubted the authenticity 
Of my identity. 
Black night bade me come in, 
Provided I sang a song. 
Paroxysms of regret filled my song; 
The monotonous song from my ektara....

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“ UNSUPPORTED CODE ” ©
Now it’s about time for all to be known
What’s always been there are facts to be shown
Eternal at last it embraces all
And with composure it stands by on call
Time is the...

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I’m marvelous, granting victory in every ministerial engagement
securing joy of salvation full of divine contentment
steadfast for spiritual empowerment
sufficing with ready replenishment...
I trust God, my source, for fruitful work-involvement.
 
I’m matchless, granting heavenly goodness greatly
supplying mercy-kindness...

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Come to see what I have found out on Poetry Soup
I just found out that ‘Categories’ box has been improved
Wherein more interesting stuffs to choose from have now been included
I just found another one
It’s the...

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Social influence that influence ones belief and behavior,
being the sheep idiom in suit of group as inferior identity savior.
Compliances and obedience for the hero or nymph resort,
names and numbers as taste for pleasure of the...

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Fun is explosive, fun is basic
joy springs from many hearts to make pleasure orgasmic.

Moving clothes and flesh accentuate the electrifying scene
flashes of darkness, makes crazy come clean.

Changing colours, flowing rhythms, high spirits, there's always a...

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For I myself,
I sit and watch and wait
as if time were transcendental
as though I can make life’s 
moments move
FAST 
or s l o w.

As if some preconceived and instructive checklist 
were handed to me.
I watch...

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Reading to me is so fascinating
With learning gains, surely liberating
Meeting mind’s search for wonders, never quenched
Enriching heart through counsel, delighting.

Complex process of thinking fortitude
Reading brings me nigh to God’s quietude
As I encamp in His Scriptures,...

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You hated that cycle
Stationary, destructive
You would never ride
You would be instructive
...training behavior

The moment she arrived
You held her in purity
Cuddling and kissing
The absolute assurity 
...I AM GOOD

Less than a year, gone
And you found yourself on
That blackened...

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Over the Middle Passage of Time
(Apropos of Trials and Triumphs)

In the crypt of the ocean’s deep
Lay ivory bones
Of screaming ebony souls
Drowned in due seasoned journeys
Across middle passage sojourns
Of pilgrim’s progress
Yoking labor in the wrinkles of...

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I’m a people watcher 
A thing I instinctively do
Please don’t take offence 
If you see me watching you
Walking, such a common thing
We do every single day
But so many people seem 
To do it in their...

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