Long Nays Poems

                                  It’s...

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The never ending witching hour or which-thing our.. choices will delude in decisions way... 

Either way, with all of the hocus poke-us and...
Smoke from broken mirrors... 
it's hard to out-cast the true reflection of these,...

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“One can never consent to creep
When one feels an Impulse to soar”, once held by Helen.
When I desire to win Bharat Ratna, I don't want to accept failure without participating
But the politics, class discernment &...

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After all is said and done, cliché style
(Forgive me if this does not rhyme, I'm moving
Past rhyme for the sake of rhyme)
You will have gone away rich and returned for more
Because you thought you knew...

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A day comes with a
morning dew,
For the words, less
to cope all few,
The breezy wave and
tweeting eyes,
Of rising sun, view
the Himalaya highs,
The trancing
eclipses and
faltering trees,
Held me there,
caught me freeze,
And the prevailing
dusky downy haze,
To falling cascade
of ivory...

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November 12 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on 2Corinthians 1-2

Key Verse – 2Corinthians 1:3-4 Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all...

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July 5 Scripture Meditations Based on Proverbs 28

Key Verse – Proverbs 28:5 Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.

MY GOD, THANK YOU FOR GRANTING ME UNDERSTANDING

Thank You for...

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Is she the one? my daughter asks
Of a mom not ready for the tasks
Of always knowing the words to say
Or the one to choose this summer day.
Is this the mare I should buy and ride
Along...

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Afterglow: The pleasant remembrance of a past experience

Afterglow

When I think of afterglow, my cheeks,
my whole body becomes tinted, as
the skies in passionate throes of sunset.
What is this makeup we wear, this blush,
the maddening red dye...

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Rise slowly from eastward, O western setting sun! Blaze
                     Anew!  Get up, swell the...

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You would have known
If you'd had the sense to have lingered long
Enough to have figured out how things worked
And what gave weight to matters of worth
You would have known what was known
And what you didn't...

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Two Words – Redux Three
 
Wax
Wane

Big
Train

Hood
Wood

Tooth
Booth

Gosh
Posh

Purple
Pink

Kitchen
Sink

Ice
Rink

Nays
Ways

Moon
Shine

Vinegar
Brine

Wild
One

Hun
Pun

Smart
Enough

Not
Tough

Prince
Wince

Ping
Pong

Bong
Dong

Real
Thing

Voice
Hoarse

Winning
Horse

Grasshopper
Stridulate

Cosmic
Force

Too
Much

Not
Enough

Poll
Toll

Pool
Tool

Duel
Fool

Bread
Roll

Place
Race

Brawl
Tall

Ace
Chase

Bath
Wrath

Back
Rub

Bone
Daddy

Phone
Mommy

Bingo
Bango

Exciting
Tango

Fango
Jango

Play
Piano

Porky
Pig

Dance
Jig

Hour
Tower

Flower
Power

Witch
Hazel

Nose
Nasal

Eye
Brow

Black
Cow

Bow
Wow

Fat
Man

Diet
Plan

Circus
Politics

Dirty
Sure

Facts
Blur

Sham
Shame

Many
Blame

Propel
Excel

Pain
Contain

All
Same

Total
Insane

Pica
Print

Time
Went

Odor
Vent

Pint
Tint

Rile
Pile

Gomer
Pyle

Vex
Hex

Hey
Tex

Tyrannosaurus
Rex

Flex
Perplex

Flick
Fleck

Bird
Peck

Oh
Heck

Card
Deck

Slick
Wick

Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved
November 2, 2018 (Short-Form Free Verse)...

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One vote by itself seems less than a wonder
for history is a much larger thing – millions
of nays, millions of yeas, to suggest one small 
voice need be heard, to think any little voice could
make...

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Never let me go, my Creator-Saviour…
…now that I’m Your named child, grace-in-need;
Nestle my heart within Your love’s nostril
Nail me in Your nearness as to You I draw nigh.

Never let me go, Omnipotent Lord…
…neither allow me...

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Secret Ballot Impeachment
By Franklin Price
1/28/2020

Trump impeachment now in process
Is on the Senate floor.
The Democrats have said their piece,
Rehashed the House, and not much more.

Republicans now have their turn,
Of course, they will defend.
There may be more...

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Abiding in God’s love, I abound in His grace
Blessed with His salvation of eternal life’s rays
I live for the Lord in His might thru all my days.
Guided by the Holy Spirit for righteous ways
Assured am...

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With a golden circle of life
People swimming in ice
More sheeps than migrants of fife
Supple, jolly faces speaking so nice

A place so safe to reside
Viking's tongue so rich to hide
Lovers of books, elves in skirmish
Folklore of...

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THE PRICE OF ASS WENT UP THIS WEEK

THIS MAN PLANS
GOD NODS
THIS MAN WEEPS
GOD SLEEPS
THIS MAN HOPES
GOD NOPES
THIS MAN WISHES
GOD FISHES
THIS MAN PRAYS
GOD NAYS
THIS MAN CRIES
GOD DENIES
THIS MAN PREPARES     
GOD DARES
THIS MAN...

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My inner voice, is a two-faced bard,
That takes all credit when a win is starred.
But slinks away and hides when the outcome,
Doesn't match what it said, what's to become.

Can I read its doubt in the...

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"Limpid pools of prevarications laid down and to the left.The ayes and nays of what lay between us , belie sweet spoken claims of truth.A Chalice filled with promise is naught but empty if held...

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I’m most in need of a pure dentition
to make each of my flow stay correct
I fall to her hype of perfection
on each of her ten Nays, I resurrect
the ship sail gets bad on navigation
my mast...

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Simply switching to a new phase,
Humbert finds himself in a new maze,
His face a great mask of blank gaze,
To all the asked questions Quick Nays. 

Humbert tries The New Untried Ways 
And it is a...

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Time's gears move trickling
At the speed of sound,
Jotting verbs and urges
To make it sexy selling
Souls for fat drunken minutes
Draping rustic yeas and nays
To the critic, it's his job, you know.
Guys waiting, in line with their...

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Today I feel sublime.
In awe, it's my time!
High emotions, ring ding, chime.

I feel fine, you know!

So happy I'm breathless.
Dawn's elation is endless.
Goodness is honed, sharply in focus.

I feel fine, you know!

I've forsaken the half-life.
Excised the...

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If blackened skies were white at night 
And whitened clouds were blue and bright 
It's dreamer's world

If drips of rain were soft and dry 
And you and I could learn to fly 
It's dreamer's world...

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