Long Jess Poems

rainfall cascading
		
            quenching the thirsty parched lands
			
                 ...

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Jessica Casey the punters dream- Sequel to Shy Julie 

They came from near - they came from far
Bus ferry and train and some by car
THE GOLDEN EGG GRAND FINAL
One greyhound in mind
Jessica Casey -The Select...

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Abe Lincoln As A democrat
© Ben Burton 8-25-2014

The evil of men being sold
Long past, since Mr. Lincoln's fight
Still, dark suspicion blooms and grows
And loots the cause of civil rights

The North designed a whipping horse
Down in...

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Jessie J


What can I say about the sponge to my head?
Well she is beautiful, even if she will not wear a dress;
That is he Emmeline Pankhurst right I guess,
But like I’ve always said, 
Jess would...

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Blue was feeling melancholy and was far from feeling jolly 
by the window of his quarters on that moonlight night in May. 
The old mate was broken hearted since young Jess and he had parted:...

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"Each experience is locked within my heart and only I hold the key..."



There was a time when Jess was young, that we thought we were going to lose him.
It all started with recurring headaches he...

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If it were all a dream
water would flow through from the sea to the earth
And where earth meets the waters mighty crest a shore would stand

If it were all a dream
time would move unaccountably
Like wind...

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At work 
I slave away
And during the day 
I read, I watch
I plan, I dream
Setting goals 
Making everything seem
That in a few years it will all come together
But in a few years will all of...

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Oooh now then. Oh just wow. A scarlet salivating sentinel sentiment is wafting air at that door. Blowing. Blowing is not bubbling so do not count powder puffs or smoke globules that radiate sideways. It...

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Screaming Guillotines

I.

I sit on the wide veranda of this house called America,
And I can see the Beast Boys coming our jungled way,
Coming like wild torrents of lapping flames over the astonished landscape,
Coming with black eyes...

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There once was a girl named Jessica. Jessica was a shy teenage girl that always kept to herself. Every day at lunch she would do the same routine grab her lunch and sit down and...

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Home

We  gathered all the kids next door to go to Thompson's field and play.
School was out and the sun was too,
We could stay till daylight fades.
But when Jess hit Johnny with his own ball...

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The water fluttered under the glass boiling in envy of itself
Marching to the sleek inner coating along the candid sphere like a band of drums ready for war
bubbling in heavy camaraderie the steam spoke a...

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An Addict's War
By Jess McClintock

We survive in the dark shadows of night

Trying to run from our internal curse

Hiding our pain with the 
smoke that blocks out the light

Falling deeper in darkness feeling better for now...

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She was great with sheep or cattle, and would bound beside the horse,
always full of energy… a border collies best of course.
We’ve never owned another breed, but these collies we address,
we’ve had a few upon...

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useless

useless

useless

uselessness and repetition

albatross is

this loss

submit another poem that can't seem to name me

no one will read it more than once

except me

just to decipher the meaning

what air am i breathing?

it's just a breath

closer to death

crossing the...

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It’s been four (long) years. Yes, long - to my dismay.
Some think it goes quickly; RUBBISH! I say.
When you have a child, the days will drag,
The season crawl, and the years can lag.

But onward we...

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Somewhere in the fight
Like the 1, 2 punch
the 3 and the 4 punch
I throw out the old, the bad, the ugly, a right left combo
jab into your rib cage, right side
You're unfazed
We fight to the...

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Married for eleven years
It began simply, with daily tears

It wasn’t always bad
Yet on most days I felt terribly sad

The good times were great
No indication of our eventual fate

Together we spawn two children
Early in life they...

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This Poem Was Written In Math Class Passing Notes Between My Best Friend Jess (Rain) 
And I...Its Dedicated To John Hauser And Justice Hoffman. The Savages Of Our Hearts. 
It Starts With Her And Goes...

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lizards 

black tar sweats, squabbles, shakes in the glare of the ocean of blue.
white light engulfs the sky. 
stealing the heat we grip the ground with our claws.
scan the black tar with our yellow eyes....

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Sharp eyes dimmed ,a last spark of life  

Looking puzzle and questioning  

Into my soul went his silent plea, 

As if to say whats happening to me. 

 

Breathing laboured gasping for air...

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The world isn't fair, the world isn't right,
and I can't control how I'm feeling tonight;
but I can control how I react to the pain,
how I live my life while dealing with the strain.

More than two...

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godd.
i cant believe you.
how do you live with yourself.
i hate you.
with everything im made of.
the kicking,the yelling,the crying,the hitting,the pain.
its not even me.
its my best friend.
i love her more than anything.
you're going to be beaten.
defeated.
turned...

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Sharp eyes dimmed ,a last spark of life 
Looking puzzle and questioning 
Into my soul went his silent plea,
As if to say whats happening to me.

Breathing laboured gasping for air
Left this life alone and afraid
Peace...

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