Long Ivers Poems

Freedom of thought and expression could lead one astray.
Always there exists the temptation to tread on dangerous ground.
Ingrained ideas and habits become lax.
Therefore, ever careful one must be.
Happiness cannot be found only in material things....

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Languishing within seed was a gigantic tree,
interned through genetic code by the almighty,
furtive, stay buried, to withstand time’s vagary,
ever can human tasks equal this mystery?
streams of ants, leaf flags,will not pause till job done!

Moon shines...

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Languishing within seed was a gigantic tree,
interned through genetic code by the almighty,
furtive, stay buried, to withstand time’s vagary,
ever can human tasks equal this mystery?
streams of ants, leaf flags,will not pause till job done!

Moon shines...

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Painting by the Florida Highwaymen
 


Take me home to where joy resides. I am most thankfuL
Here. My gifts bestowed by God are strewn like confettI  
Around me! The salty breeze is like a warm...

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Flowing from sad eyes, weeping while mourning

Rivers of tears caused by words of lewd scorning

Angry insults inflict wounds too painful to abide

Garnering grief that no gentle person could hide

Imagine the suffering vile contentions can start

Lamentable...

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Feeble souls can make poor decisions without thinking
Regretting life altering choices without even blinking
About the time winter came she grew delicate and frail
Growing farther away and ending up in internal jail
Insubstantial hearts can break with...

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B eauteous bewitching botanical gardens in the early morn
R ivers rhythmically running, as we race to adorn
E verlasting earthly echoes, the beauty that is shown
A bundant acoustical atmospheres playing heavens tone
T imeless tall trees that...

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Winter’s snow softly falls, flurries
invite me to a magic kingdom -
naïve of bitterness.  Cold and warmth
tethered together -  in lover’s arms, in hats and coats,
ethereal frozen hands over a chestnut fire.
Rivers made with...

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Girl with those melancholy eyes
Captive now a hundred years or more
Glancing, challenging we who pass by
Gentle child, artless of a nations war 
Moments of calm in your Sabbath clothes 
yet no smile from a child...

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Gaiety kids bubbling laughter in scarlet delighT
Ladened with trophies of sparkling rusted coppeR
Observing the bounteous man who'd vanished long agO
Rivers of innocence flood the abandoned summer camP
Inside his heart only the old man knows the...

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1.  "I carry your heart with me (I carry it in my heart) I am never without it..."  E.E. Cummings

You gave to me your heart when we were young.
On stars we danced, and...

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Oak trees, dark or sunny sky,		
Neighbors waving, passing by,

Music of the buzzing bees,
Young ones playing as they please,

Varied colors seasons bring,
Ecstasy of birds that sing,
Roaming strays, both dogs and cats,
Active squirrels, dancing gnats,
Nature’s grand, diverse...

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R-unning water in the river
I-s a blessing from above; 
T-he graces from the sky
A-re truly the Father's love.

B-lessings never run dry, 
E-ver-flowing without end; 
R-ivers teach the message, 
C-onveying the truth they send.
A-sk the Lord...

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R-enewed light in the morning
E-rases the dark evening cloud; 
N-ight shadows have turned
I-nto a day of shine so proud.
E-ternal spring of hope makes a million promises, 
R-ivers of grace never run dry, overflowing with happiness.

C-all...

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M ystically making magical mountainess memories
Y outhful yielding yachting yawns younder

N ewborn Nightingales nesting nervously near
A mbient animals auditioning against the airwaves
T imorous trees that tirelessly tower throughout time
U niversal uplifting of uproarious undying unions
R...

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