Long June 21 Poems

Suffolk day Wednesday 21st of June 2017
By Stanley Russell Harris
The new mad author
& A Poetry Soup honourably mentioned poet

There is going to be a Suffolk Day, I heard the news I did today!
On BBC radio...

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It was here,
On the heart of Appalachia
Where the moon and stars shimmer
Across the blue gray ridges,
Where the sunlight reflects the whisper
Echoing through the pines and laurels
Struggling to be heard through the stillness
Darkening the whimsical thoughts
Quieting...

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"A Near-Death Experience of A Sweetheart"


Floating through a corridor between two different Worlds
among white fluffy clouds and shimmering stars awhile wind unfurls
racing into darkness: destination to death's door
living in a heavenly kingdom ... forevermore ...

Traveling...

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Happy shiny tummy courtesy...I REM ember in place of stipend

An appetizer, essentially an
out of this world guacamole
quasi Neptune salad,
regarding self taught cook
earning prized counterpart
five Michelin stars,
when the missus artfully, carefully,
cannily, decorously, deftly,
and happily prepared
earlier today...

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“This is the day which the LORD hath made; 
we will rejoice and be glad in it.”*
With that verse from the Holy Scriptures,
I would like to acquaint you fully with myself:
I’m Monday, a God-ordained special...

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I  s l i p p e d  on a teardrop and landed in her arms. She never knew how much I needed her. I  s l i p p e d...

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inalienable, inimitable,
     and inviolable sacrosanct
contentiously debated enshrined Constitution 
     ratified June 21, 1788

     preceding hallmark Bill of Rights 
    ...

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It all started when I took a typing test
I did 95 words per minute and made two errors
The requirement was 50 or more words
Human Resources was impressed and set up the Department interview
It was my...

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you know that you need forgiveness for…

A.	Distrusting (even just a  little)     any person who looks or seems different 
from you in any way.
B.	Wishing someone crazy would use one of those...

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This depression, got me down;
Seems like no one cares, no ones around;

Feeling, sad and so blue;
Seems like, I don't have you;

Lord, I don't have, have you;

I prayed
just prayed
and still
have no way to show for what...

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June 21 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Psalms 40-45
 
Key Verse –  Psalms 40:5  Many, O LORD my God, are thy wonderful works which thou hast done, and thy thoughts which...

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June 21 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Psalms 144-150

Key Verse – Psalm 144:1 Blessed be the LORD my strength, which teacheth my hands to war, and my fingers to fight.

LORD GOD, YOU ARE...

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UNQUOTABLE QUOTES: XLIV

Don’t translate poems if you want yours read.
A pain in the ass is a pain nevertheless.
A « race" in any other language is still the shape of the nose.
Every cloud hides shining gold...

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Youth
I remember you well
The happiness and the perfection
A lifetime in which to dwell
No worries to block my path
Playing make believe with my dolls
Unaware of the passage of time and age
Oblivious to hate and cruelty
Happy...

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He is now a band of sky, 
a bird, a cloud, a stream of blue 
drifting by in midafternoon,
a dragonfly, a butterfly, a ray of light dancing by, 
a sheet of loose paper floating in...

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HIT ME WITH YOUR BEST SHOT

Hello brother and how are you.
I know you been upset because of the things I am doing.
Tomorrow is just another adventurous day. 
My life is an ascertain maze.
Each extreme that...

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He mimicked all who entered the darkened room, 
felt the fear in their eyes when watched with zeal.
He was a performer and his sidekick Sid seemed real.
Was that really him or was he wearing a...

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THE HEART 
BROKEN HEARTS

Many a heart, looks not - at - through the eyes of reason.
Many a heart, in the throes of love, wants not but one season.
Many a heart, is blinded by Love's heat,...

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Written: June 21, 2023
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The days of greatness, sun, and red rays
At one time, I held you dear in the idyllic blaze.
Across the skies, these colors used to be mine.
From dusk to dawn, nature puts on...

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Just which one makes you saddest mate
When you must disappoint a friend
Or when they’ve disappointed you?
I’ve pondered this a lot of late
As more and more friends meet their fate.
I shouldn’t blame them but I do,
Though...

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A parody of Wordsworth's "The World Is Too Much with Us,” which appears under the parody       
            

The...

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June 21 Praises to God Bible Meditations Based on Psalms 48-53

Key Verse – Psalms 48:1 Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his...

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alone, forlorn, lonely
with a heart darkened by sorrows
I felt my thoughts become like arrows
Piercing through my lost happiness

Lost and abandoned by pleasure
My feelings were like tears falling
On the heart that beat gloomily within
Reminding me that...

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June 21 Scripture Meditations Based on Proverbs 14

Key Verse – Proverbs 14:14 The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.

MY GOD, THANK YOU...

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“You’re burlap and satin; you’re leather and lace,”
	the bride-to-be’s mother said. “He’s a disgrace!
	Break up with him. It’s not too late to save face.
	He’s our neighbor’s farmhand. He should know his place.”

	Her dad said, “He’s...

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