Long Intones Poems

“Through me you enter the city of woe
Trough me you enter the eternal pain
Through me you go to people lost below.

Justice inspired my highest factor reign;
I was created by act of divine,
Supreme wisdom and the...

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Mud and leather
dirt and nerve
bloodied laughter
collision to serve,
distance, drive and demolition
battle axe ambition in the wild air
muscle and mind joined in steeled instinct, 
a stitched pigskin ball, the grail of the Fall
to fumble it means...

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“Irish I am,” my mam speaks in hushed tones to the air
She questions still, seeming to her alone
Intones, “Ireland, O Ireland, what are you?
Where do you keep yourself, so I may rediscover you?”
Her speech unknown...

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A Witch must confirm the Powers in her possession
Before performing an anticipated condemnation
The guilty Judge, rendered immobile and speechless
Wets himself, cowering, trussed and helpless
As the Witch intones the Powers’ sacred Creed
That she has sworn to...

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Author's note: This is an epic length poem that will have to be split into parts and will be serialized in successive posts.

Part 3


Dr. D. confers in panic 
with Rex and boys at the Limbo...

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Try mumbo jumbo chicken gumbo soup saith dumbo

Yours truly an unfortunate hostage
within Homo sapien zoo
presenting poetic hodge podge 
and mish mash to you
looking for unwitting subject(s) to woo,
and albeit impossible mission) to free me,
where within...

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EarthMother grows impatient,
despite her curiosity driven
cooperative inviting polyculture
reconnection with SunFather's Great White
monotheistic climate
of Patriarchal-Capitalist classroom activity
RightHand saluting
salutary competitions.

Your historic move,
S/He dissonantly
defiantly intones,
from sacred polytheistic peak experiences,
inherently dipolar co-arising,
not monotheistic judgments
punishing bipolar sick people
for manic/depressive original...

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Within the embrace of a moonlit night's canvas,
the Whispers of Starlit Wonders reveal their solace.
Glimmering stars and celestial lights commence,
unveiling secrets from the universe immense.

Through shimmering constellations and cosmic dust,
the whispers tell stories of galaxies...

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Yours truly an unfortunate hostage
within Homo sapien zoo
looking for unwitting subject(s) to woo,
and albeit impossible mission) to free me,
where within human bondage I stew
more specifically mine personally
custom designed invisible prison self made,
thus wishing to don...

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Anxiety went into overdrive regarding...
"check engine light" being on

I desperately clutched
(the Peanuts stuffed animal) Woodstock
to help me absorb shock.

What invisible agent
provocateur née ghost in the machine
sinister force hell bent
to rob me of every red cent,
whereby...

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Nehanda: The War Prophetess


Nehanda bore the groin
That animated or begot me
With a hardly wrapped loin
Peeping Toms tried to see;
Hanging by the cruel rope
She spun a ghastly surprise;
As she gave up the spirit:
“One Day My Bones...

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by Michaelw1two

 The bard, the muse, the low versifier,
 each the times bemoan;
 stressed by compassion's grasp,
 ingrained word sown life disowns;
 individualist rare, previews minds mood,
 frigid wills he does discern;
 insurrection, a thought...

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I want to run her thoughts
through a carwash, they are not dirty,
just old, the way a classic corvette
needs a rinse occasionally, but never a re-paint 

Not that I think of her as a car, 
more...

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The images and the words
   come so fast, and
   with such urgency,
      that everything
assumes the same importance;
    "With ATand T there is...
Look whacha...

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On a broad street 'neath spreading sycamores sits a stately dwelling.
Its elegance and surrounding grounds are so very compelling.
Gracious gardens and towering pines enhance its wide expanse,
All girded by a charming, yet sturdy, white iron...

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The soft sereneness in their eyes
As they find their spot to lay—
Beside you they choose to lay,
Purity embroidering human flaw

Souls so sweetened by the sun,
Delicate ears pricked and alert,
Their tail curling around you—
There is love...

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Our mind is overburdened, in desperate soothing need.
Words may break one's bones, similar to twigs and stones.
May seem defied, dissatisfied, and forced to recede.

Precious stones, such as the Sapphire, have a deed.
Distress and yearning are...

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Mandela In You


I scanned into your entire writ
I perceived an unremitting wit;
There’s a Mandela in You,
Oozing from your daring script;

Loaded with a spirit of sacrifice
To eradicate mundane malice
There’s a Mandela in You,
That resonates in your...

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An old man, few niceties, some stuttering
and near collapses. "I long to be abducted,"
he intones. Doesn't look up.

The first read through I can only see
his hands and a little white tuft under his lip
quivering. His...

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Night of Fright

Dark intones creeping mists that enshrouds barren trees
Goblin dance on wild wings fear unleashed…shrieking fright
Shadows creep, ghosts arise, full moon shines…mystery
Folklore rules in pale light…smothers all candlelight

Haunted night ghost brides fly…specters float dread...

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Curbside are snapshots of revelation
they invoice the passing 
as stations upon a cross, or rosary beads
from the corners of hard driven eyes.
We count the faces of onlookers like cars
for they count us not,
or may enter...

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Las Animas Returns

Light intones creeping darkness in unfinished overtures 
 Of fallen leaves scraping against a broken path
  Like distant footsteps faintly heard in rising mists
   Of incensed passages leading to a...

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Silence

Life often lives in silence on tippy toes
In the forest who hears the soft snowflakes fall
Dew evaporating – the earth turning slow.

Which ears discern the musical sunlight’s call
Wistful ballads sung in shadows of stars -
Platinum...

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My feet firmly planted below me. My past
Behind me, slowly becoming less real.
And before me, lies a future
A Land I want to enter, but the gate is closed.
So here I stand, My path bright coal-...

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Las Animas

Light intones creeping darkness in unfinished overtures 
 Of fallen leaves scraping against a broken path
  Like distant footsteps faintly heard in rising mists
   Of incensed passages leading to a yard...

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