Long Myles Poems

Lost Perspective

Eve said to Adam-let us eat the apple so we become ourselves
So naïve, why should I die first in order to become what I am already
In his image and likeness I was and I...

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I take no Joy in telling my tale but I will tell it if I'm Abel;
so I'll Taylor this story to be Ernest and true,
but to be Frank, if per Chance you see through my...

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Permission From Poetry Soup

What we were trying to do was work out
Quirks of game and players not leaving any out
Of site or be left with too many bills outstanding
Lose site of a lead which was...

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when it comes to baseball
there was one team that we shall
remember from it's past

it's the nineteen twenty seven 
        N.Y Yankees

amidst this legendary collection 
you shall find the...

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Strong willed and always determined to succeed
Always giving one hundred percent to anyone in need
True to her herself and her heart no matter what
Never questioning her values - no ifs ands or buts
Everyone around her...

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IDEA IDEAL TO DIE FOR

As much as we celebrate the organization of liberation
We also celebrate those that birthed the idea 
Heroes come and go but their idea live forever
Life victory is rooted in he who...

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"The Blues Released"



Black velvet 
sits between 
what is read 
yet unseen
crushing sullen passion
across ripe crimson lips
holding tight those
dancing fingers 
seduced
gliding across 
the Player’s 
pristine alabaster 
piano keys

burning 
the bluest blue 

release

(LadyLabyrinth / 2020)





"Black Velvet" /...

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Have One For President

Trump called people's property a piece of swamp
According to circumstantial evidence lacking pomp
And when on each piece of property he had spied
All of America was totally, immensely mortified.

So why should any normal...

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My father and I some time ago 
Visited the inner city
To give food to the needy.
To many that day we gave
The sustenance to maintain 
And save
Their souls.
We met a man quite bewildered 
Why he was...

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" Our Dearest and Beloved sister, now we are assured that you'll at a much " peaceful rest."  " God suddenly called you home, by his (special request), you are now a "Glorious nightingale."...

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