Long Kristen Poems

I will sometimes be asked how it came about
that my children have one set of grandparents,
and I know just what you are thinking now,
but hear me out, an all of this will make sense.

I’m explaining...

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I knew this day would come
When the doctor announced
It’s a girl!

I knew this day would come
When the pastor called you by name
I baptize you in the name 
Father, Son and Holy Spirit!

I knew this day...

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(Poem is in the peace symbol, created in 1958 by designer Gerald Holtom, upward V and later chosen by Bertrand Russell. Please read the first oblique downright and the second upright. Then, the last four...

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(I'm really sorry if I left your name off, but I tried to do
 all the premium members I could imagine plus the 
non-premiums with whom I regularly communicate.
 If you are not here, I'm...

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I awakened about midnight in the middle of the day.
I was crawling swiftly toward you as I slowly raced away.
I hummed a merry melody that truly had no tune
As I ate my cup of coffee...

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"Point taken, but we need to draw closer!"
The telepathic words shot right through my body
and I desperately blocked it with my body
armor. Love Armor. It ignites without warning. 

Catching odd linear interferences networking
spirituality towards karma...

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I woke up when the roof caved in, the smoke slithered under my  bedroom door
As I Crawled through my Sin, to that bedroom door, as I slowly Lift Myself off the Floor
I look through...

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The day before Mothers Day in 1983 - My mama my daddy my sister and me - Were on our 
way into town to buy a gift for Mom - Little did we know this...

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Anyone who thought that I follishly picked a rabbit, a cat,
a sheep, a bird or frog as an animal for my impersonating:
must have the wrong assumption...it would be a big insult!


How would anyone see me...

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Upon this monumental door, a sense of gratitude came before my eyes
If stabbed by paths of fear and wrath, new trust came pouring down
For behind the glittering forest, and a pomegrante stained sky
Enhancing was this...

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ODE TO A STORYTELLER

A wise fool once confessed in candour naïve
When asked the question “what are you doing there?”
With insight deep the reply brooked no disbelief. 
His words: “Everyone’s got to be somewhere”

Though we seem...

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You almost have to be from New Orleans to understand
the mixture of the music that wails throughout the city,
It's zydeco, jazz, Cajun, classical, rhythm and blues
any combination from which you can pick and choose. 
...

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They sit in the corner by themselves
They sit and watch the day turn into Darkness
Their eyes glazed over in their head
There is a lifelessness within their eyes
I am heavy with sorrow within my heart
For the...

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Preface: Written to a dear friend who is battling oral cancer.


Her Jackpot

Sometimes you see it coming
but other times you don't
Sometimes it gets you by surprise
still other times it won't

It can stop your world from spinning
It...

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Sounds of children laughing
Singing and having a good time
Is almost like a fairy-tale
But this time, it's mine.
The little ones are laughing and smiling
Almost as hard as the youth do
Together, we know we'll make a difference
One...

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I'm not about to reveal to you anything about my age,
But I grew up when big band music was all the rage -
When romantic tunes were heard while dancing cheek to cheek.
The noise called "music"...

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Twenty eight years and still when I wake
It is my new day he always does make
A cup of coffee he has set there for me
He said this is the way it would always be

He is...

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rainswept morning leaves me
in a soul deep stillness
where my mind wanders the reflections of my heart
the sorrows that held me captive
the dreams that set me free
the hopes that i cling to when darkness threatens
the love...

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Some people feel the need to be unhappy. 
They roam the real world dissatisfied and angry and hateful and vengeful.
Raven visits her fantasy world every evening when death rattles her windows
And she suffocates inside. 
She...

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The day befrore Mother's Day in 1983
My daddy my mama my sister and me
Were on our way into town to buy a gift for mom
Little did we know this day the Lord for us would...

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Every girl dreams about that one guy
the one who sweeps them off their feet
he gives her butterflies and makes her smile
he is kind, romantic, gentle and sweet

He'll shower her in dozens of flowers
and make it...

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Giving some thought as to why write this poem
I did stall for a while then laid hesitation aside
To gaze this mirror; see what others may see
Could be therapy in an introspective way 

A badge of...

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When Harry met Sally
He thought her just a friend
She drove him so so crazy
The car drive to begin

Over the hills and through the woods
They ventured on their way
It started off a lovely trip
With lots of...

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It seems awfully naive to think that you're the only ones
In such a vast universe you know so little about.
There are millions and millions of planets, moons, and suns
That can harbor the possibility of life,...

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Missing Kristen

Bright blue eyes that sparkle;
And gentle chestnut curls.
She dances through my heart strings;
My skinny baby girl.

So proud to be her Grandma;
Even though I'm kind of fat.
I chased her round my garden;
While she shouted, "I...

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