Long Jodi Poems

It's a fallacy that writers have to shut themselves up in their ivory towers to write. I have all these interruptions, three of which I gave birth to. If I was thrown for a loop...

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"The Double Secret"




I am skin and bone
wrapped tightly around
an immaculate heart that’s hidden
but known to a fierce soul

Human daughter, sprinkled with holy water

Wherever there is Love
Inside you, there is the Light 
to guide Love Home
a...

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(Inspired mostly by characters performed by Abigail Breslin and Sofia Vassilieva in My sister’s keeper [movie])

And when your time has come;
Death behind you impatiently plodding its enormous foot in lucid glee,
People will tell you all...

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Now, if only, they would cut the damn property tax!
Maybe, the elderly wouln’t have to loose their homes and move to Florida!
Maybe, a God fearin minority member could live here and own a piece of...

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Please read about the poem ~


How can I express my sadness as I turn on CNN .
For the man who was suffering as he left so beautiful inside 

 taken so handsome and young ,...

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God has made us, one and all.
But some seem to answer a special call.
Angels to bring us peace and joy.
Who bring smiles to the faces of every little girl and boy.

Fate is a fickle friend.
Theres...

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Se te yè dimanch
Jou fèt Sen Valanten
Nou wè kap pase anpil fanm chik ki gen
Ranch anfòm, yo abiye an woz e wouj
Kote anpil anmourez kap mache men nan la men
Menm jan ak aktè sou enfrawouj
Yo...

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I went out to the swimming pool in the backyard
quickly and quietly I started to undress down to my underwear
Standing near the edge of the pool,my eyes looked down to see
SUDDENLY-I WAS PUSHED!! and I...

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Jodie Foster is frying peppers and eggs ~ it is late and her legs ache 
as she scrambles the yokes, sautés jalapenos.
Today a jerk again compared her to the movie star ~a life she 
never...

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Jodie Foster is frying peppers and eggs ~ it is late and her legs
ache as she scrambles the yokes, sautés jalapenos.
Today a jerk again compared her to the movie star ~a life she
never wanted keeps...

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Pink in dress with golden flakes.
Pink in shirt with blue suit.
Glowing eyes deep in lakes,
Building something strong in root.
 
It takes two souls to exchange rings,
Binding the two together.
Not as detention or tying of wings
But...

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"Love is the fingerprint of the soul."
~ Jodi Livon ~

Art is an expression of Love.
~ Russell G ~

Our soul wants to sing.
Songs that are not of this nature.
They are fluent in dreams,
And we call them...

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Jodi felt the wind puff up her skirt
And float her down the hill, gently
Placing her upon a giant
Mushroom, waiting for just such
A breeze.  Aloft, the spores fly
Everywhere, planting themselves,
Preparing for a future takeover
Of the...

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Obsessed it seemed with a dream
A mind could slip and slither
Where passions rage and sin is 
played
Two liars settle their bitters
The church the jerk that wouldn't 
work
Made a lie by sinners
In the game called real...

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Jodie Foster is frying peppers and eggs
~ it is late and her legs ache
as she scrambles the yokes, sautés jalapenos.

Today a jerk once again
compared her to the movie star.

Not for the first time
she considers changing...

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Marilyn and Mom and Dad,
Uncle Aaron, Larry;
Helen, Irv, Frank, Jodi, Ruth,
Miriam and Harry.

Elaine, Barbara, Ann and May,
Muriel and Julie;
Nana, Grandma, Grandpas (2),
Rick – we miss them truly.

Folks and cousins of my friends,
Several former teachers;
Pets of...

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