Long Made a run for it Poems

Premise
The great poem by the italian poet Dante is the DIVINA COMMEDIA
I have tried to translate in english verses of INFERNO (HELL).
It was a very difficult task. 
I expect criticism.

When just the midway of my...

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The difficult translation of first Canto of Divina Commedia is here completed
In the part published before, Dante imagined to find himself in a dark forest where he met three beasts. 
Now he is going to...

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The night is leaving and the morning is coming to life...coming to life...
I wave goodbye to the dark and welcome a brighter day, free from strife...free from strife...
I regret, wasting my hours on watching my...

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When I was just a  little girl, we lived by railroad tracks;
we loved the steamy, smoky stacks, the wheels clickety clack.
On many days we would find, knocking at our door,
a hobo who had jumped...

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The town was all a flutter; Zombie the Musical, was coming to town.
We all signed up as extras… Yes, as Zombies… here we did come.
Bruce Willis was the hero, with the Mad Scientist Z, for...

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"A Beautiful Ending."

I have searched through the depth of my soul and 
never regretted standing alone under the torrential
storm that day awaiting the approach of the ferry 
to anchor i felt the need to be...

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This poem was inspired by the photograph titled, 'Running Legs,' by Lisette Model.


I was an experienced hiker, who had rambled down many famous trails,
Like earth's charming, 365 day tales, of its seasonal, sightseeing avails.

I'd trekked...

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a Pastor isn't only defined by his spiritual resolve
he's also shaped by his flock and how they've spiritually evolved
for a church to be prosperous, powerful and prophetic in life
they need to be faithful, persistent and...

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Underneath the ash and ruins,
I’ve been stumbling upon your guilt, woes and shame
The wild fires of our hearts are aflame by our sins
I’ve been looking all over for you and there’s no one to blame

Shimmering...

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Thank you so much for your honesty friend. I paused and took some time with your
statements to me to ponder on it. Yes I have these problems that are always rising up
within me from time...

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A strange claim
Of a man of passion
Of kindness
He said
Let the children come to me
For what man would refuse the smile
The innocence of a child
He parted his kindness
His wisdom
His love of all tribes
Animal and man, felt...

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We spent Christmas in Camas, Washington
With Aunt Lil and Uncle Carl on this run
Carl owned the town’s only sporting goods store 
He knew local fishing; where to catch more 

Carl said, “Steelhead fishing is very...

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Hello Friends... I suffer from Severe Bi-Polar Disorder and this submission was inspired by 
actual events that occured during one of my especially critical manic episodes. Be sure and 
read Part 1 first so as...

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Supine, his fathomless eyes fixed 
     on clusters of grey clouds suspended above him.
       He's busy licking festering wounds of regret.
    ...

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When I close my eyes and reflect on the past,
Where it was just you and me knowing the choices I made,
At that instant, where it meant spending every day with a hole in my heart.
A...

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Soaked eye dish-dog, working in the morning
Hopping on the bus, now get some sleep
Music was a woman, her men she’s grinding
Get to bottom of that basement leak

Post you a smile, flaunting dress
All my friends are...

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Gutted. Absolutely gutted.
I know fairytale from truth 
I know not all in life has a happily ever after
I know not everything works out
I know all of this
I never knew it could happen to me
I never...

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PIERCING EYES
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Bail


Walking down the street 
Jogging nor leaping 
Our hope is given a little threat
By them entrusted the essence of our being

"...Your friend" is made to be their slogan
Truly it is to romance our purse 
Even...

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What Did I Do?

I trusted you both, but not anymore
you left me behind that big black chained door

This place is so different, I don’t understand
why do they all stare, one came over to hold my...

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You may have become an unstoppable force 
in the lands you have conquered who have lost their resource, 
no longer fighting at this time they evacuate shores, 
so all of the power now ultimately yours,...

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(Argument for the Biblical Account of Creation.)
I don't see why some people try,
without reason, to reach a conclusion.
They must haveconceived an end to be achieved,
through pre-supposition already chosen.

They accentuate the positive, ignore the negative,
and, apparently,...

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I NEVER LEFT YOU

When youthful restless hearts hear defining calls
With volcanic strength they will respond
The impetus for adventure overrides
All rational thoughts, out of window they go
For youth knows no bounds of daring appeal

Twenty I was,...

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I looked beyond and saw that pleasant smile,
So powerful, yet I looked away in a while;
Those low sunk eyes and its lashes long and free,
They looked at me; they looked so deep to see;
There was...

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There's many things in this world that will    
take your breath away. Holding on to what  
we have growing old until our dying days. 
It's just an old face but the...

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