Long Lola Poems

WHO AM I 

                          I am a woman of abundance,
...

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( A university-life vignette)

It’s Saturday morning. Lisa, Leong and I were in the common area, lazing about. “This is what happened to us (Lisa and I) last night.” I said, beginning to explain last night's...

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act i:
walk down the strip, the neon lights casting a gaudy glow on the fray. i meet my dealer, a facilitator of welcome distraction, and we exchange nods. i take a bump, and the rush...

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Happy birthday, my love….
Today you turn forty-seven years old, dear sister... 
May your wings shine brighter today than ever before.

May my smile bring you joy and laughter. Oh, how your laughter saved me so many...

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I shivered
I quivered
eyes!
cried!
dried!

I puzzled winkled I bled
I muffled tingled I shed

between the greens some shades
beneath the almond tree
I stood I sat  I gazed
I bled shed tears

pale leaves like flames on me
its summer time I...

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The charming Miss Lola dwelt in the small town, at the edge of Red River,
With only her goose, 'Rouge.' She was named after her spot of wet vigor.

Rouge was the darling of Miss Lola, like...

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Foundation.

Does writing letters help purge negative emotional feelings after a breakup?

Title:
Catharsis 

(A man writes a letter to put with many others. He writes one each month to try to calm his mind, regarding breakup advice...

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Now I don’t know if I really learned about love
Or if I got to explore what it’s made of
Is it a warm feeling when you hold hands?
And kiss and laugh at each other’s stance
Are there...

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In a time where innocence should reign,
This little girl faced trials, her heart in pain.
Her upbringing, not necessarily the worst, I’d say,
But love and stability seemed far far away.

Naive to the world, she sought to...

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So why does it end with the love lies?
Now once you got to Jr. High
People were cruel, it was hard to get by
Getting depressed in the circle of life
But now girls are better, more shapely...

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Wibble wibble wobble is a typhoon of trouble in a whirling mist of beautifully arranged but mediocre sand castles. Sand castles are great to live in. They carry the might of the ocean. The deep...

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Stone
By Lola 

I am a stone made with love and demand
I am a place where people wander deaf and blind
The prophesies laid out in journals long time ago
I chose instead to hide away the wrinkles...

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After a year of working in foreign land, Marilyn the eldest daughter wrote to her family about her situation and job. And most especially to express her true feeling to her family.
Dear Mama, 
 
On...

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Where did the time go, who took it from you?
You can't even imagine what we've all been through.

Looking for your yellow that never appeared,
And deep down unforgiveness is what you really feared.

Cuz' fear is tricky...

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It’s coming can’t you feel it
Something, absolutely wrong
They’re preaching greed and hatred
In the lyrics to their song
The precipice we’re perched upon
Hums! like a ticking bomb
As they herald their New Order
Their Future Babylon

Iniquity in every song
They...

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Born on a spring cyclone from Kansas' stormy rain,
awoken now in low growl, slowly reversing.,
down a low ramp, like a movie star rehearsing,
at new shore in sunshine with an exotic name.

Just like a kid in...

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DEEP sleep.  

Look down on your hammer. 
You had it for a short time but your fingers are still thick
Your larynx not as dumb as you’d like it to be
Your tongue is dry and...

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She slipped into the single’s club, 
where an assortment 
of horny guys and lonely hearts had assembled. 
Some were there hoping to find that "special" someone 
and some had come to chase away the blues,
...

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Just Me, Myself, and I
By LoLa

I got a head start on your wandering eyes
I got a hangover paranoia bleeding out the lies
I want the kinda future that you’ll never be
You’ll never be a very pretty...

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Hello to you my old friend
forgive me for I haven't visited
I was busy with life,
and the bills kept coming.
Time flew by... I just don't know

All alone now, brother
you're sister is fine,
she married and has a...

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Wordplay Extravaganza
Sponsor: John Hamilton

Bugs bunny was the silliest hare with such a bright future ahead,
he wanted to give Lola something special, but he gave her a carrot instead.
He pondered on a different surprise, and wrote...

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My Beautiful Bones
By LoLa

I cant ignore this feeling in my mind.  

Words are short in supply and I dont know why

Will I die when i stop to rest a while?  

Will i crumble...

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Christmas is here
The family is gathering at Darrell & Lola's
Bowling alley this year
For a few good laughs
And lots of good beer
Potluck don't have to cook 
Our host this year

First time for everything
It will be like...

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Blind and numb like death 
dispenser of cudinatis, enemy of 
the masses of mascara! 
Made possible by holy 
wizardry not in white Man's land
but within the enclave of black sentiment!
golden fleece released by mental ingenuity
I...

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Rabbit Hole
By Lola

Tattered robe and broken lights
I woke to find the fallen sky
To Heave my heart into the night
The suicidal reasons why 

Sat up to find a sleeping man
Projecting demons from his chair
Fresh razor burns...

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