Long Ligon Poems

PASSION

Passion, what is it?
Why do some people have it?
Why don't some people have it?
What is so intriguing about it?

Passion, an intense feeling; a conviction;
a deep interest; a strong desire; a devotion
to an activity, an object,...

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Drove for thirty minutes to Subway Station, 
Took a train for forty minutes, 
Got into another for only ten minutes, 
reached Queen's Park.

Mornings are hectic, 
found a seat beside the window, 
looked at all the...

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My personal favourite

She ran; madly she ran,
asking for mustard seeds,
only some, a little,
a handful of mustard seeds
to cure her son.

She ran; madly she ran
from one house to another,
where none had ever died,
asking for mustard seeds,
from...

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She was lying there, just barely alive
Medically, nothing more could be done for her
So she was sent home to spend her remaining days
Her husband and two teenage children were by her side
Her siblings and friends...

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I

I Slip-
into   a dreamy dream-
and I am falling
into a greenforest

lost   in a    sea of trees

they are sobeautiful
the drums of time cease
clouds sail in the
sky

oh my life is weather-stained-sad

I...

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Cheerfully “showing signs of glory” as her name means clearly
Love of God brightens her compassion-radiance along Christ’s light
Empowered by the Saviour Whom she serves with earnestness
Offering her best to reach-out with the Lord’s grace to...

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What is a square, a shape, container quadraphonics, a traditional rollerskate
What is an atrium, a fireplace, a closet
What is a boxing ring, a gymnasium, blackboard 
What are a checkerboard, deck cards, crossword puzzle, jigsaw puzzle,...

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you ... are the paramour of right angles
the square of a square - complete, quite aware
how two must adore you
for all it sees is itself, reflected
an angular fist - quite the narcissist
and the first number,...

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FIRST NAME

Te  T  tered experiences that stem within our being
Va  R iating interest accordingly links us, implying accomplishment
Br  U sh up of our trades supports us to encourage one another
Ch ...

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Blessed with God’s wondrous goodness
my three siblings and I* were privileged 
to bask in our parents’ graciousness
gladly we indeed acknowledged.

Love prevailed in all corners of our home
may it be North, East, South or West*
securing us...

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a kiss
a touch
an invitation
a warm embrace
a concrete gesture
a kind word
a letter
a gift
a card
a note
a call
you
and
me
  x
   x         
    x  ...

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Three plus one shall arrive one day, 
The Holy Trinity and the Almighty shall prevail- 
When I speak knowing not what to say,
I shall note that my fate is sealed but one way. 
The rising...

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What’s in a number, those two that be together;
To bring two numbers (or things) together;
To make a new total
One and Three, 1 + 3 over…

Merrily, bringing me-Stability;
Invokes me grounds me;
In nature of all things I...

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Go, go my dear butterfly
On to the garden of flowers you go
Don’t ever funk to flutter in wind
'll be watching your funny leaps.

So gracious from flower to flower
Gliding and swimming through the air
Rather than flapping...

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Our Solar System's planets spin like ours-
    but few are 'rocky' ones that share our stars,
        like Venus, Mercury, our Earth, and Mars.

For life to...

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THREE PLUS ONE EQUALS FUN

        Once upon a time, no fairytale,
      there lived three of us kids,
    washing dishes, rolling...

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Joy of the Lord, indeed jubilant
Offered for glad life’s optimization
Yours and mine fully; surely… yes!

Ordered to rejoice evermore* openly
Fervently we do worshipfully as blessings flow…

Triumphantly blissful midst trials
Hoisted are we, blessed by faith's heavenly hope...

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He thinks of dreams he often dreamed
In early morn, while yet it seemed
The young looked up to him with searching eyes
As deep and distant as the western skies,
He weighs again the words he wished to...

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My demons walk in step 
with my aching legs
knowing where my toes are soft
how heavy last night was
where I might choose to stand
when resolution isn’t mine
they beg me to stay, to be wrong
even when I’m...

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Before she was born, I could not conceive,
Every doctor I met said there’s no hope-
An aria of fairies arrived with anticipation
Utterly making a wonderful dream come true.
That day in February my life changed forever-
Idyllic with...

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Snow should be my name in reality, but
this girl was named an old lady name-
everyone says, I have an old soul
and it is true for I am quite vintage;
dedicated to family and faithful to...

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Jonah believed that justice required punishment, not mercy                           ...

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You might shout it on a golf course,
It’s the number of digits in my pin,
In Chinese it’s death but let us not show remorse
Because it’s also the code to let angels in. 

America’s July signifies...

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That Number

It's the number that
        comes after three,
It's the number that
       comes before five,
It's the number that
     ...

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Segmented straight lines configure
pointed glyph of transformed cross.
In numeral sequence from the top
it’s the second smallest even integer.

After three dark days of primal genesis
when the arch of cosmos needed light,
God created sun, moon and all...

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