Long New lease on life Poems

Harriet Harris née Kuritsky...

Despite being a nineteen year old bride
she wed Boyce Brandon Harris
half a decade her senior,
(where I ranked less than a twinkle in their eyes)
during the month of June 1955, 
not quite half...

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Harriet Harris circa November 13th, 1935 - ~ May 4th, 2005

untimely death sentence ordained 
approximately six months prior 
to mother dearest celebrating 
her seventieth birthday,
though the last three years of her life
impacted courtesy hysterectomy
to remove...

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Harriet Harris née Kuritsky circa November 13th, 
1935 - ~ May 4th, 2005
(untimely death sentence ordained ~ early February 1935)

I trot out a poem acknowledging birthday
of dear ole mom, who succumbed, 
lost lease on life
nearly...

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Poet:  Ken Jordan
Story: Recurring Nightmare
Edited by:  Sparkle Jordan
written:  July/2015 


     A long time ago,  an old medicine 
woman said to me:

     "Young man,...

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Harriet Harris circa November 13th, 1935 - ~ May 4th, 2005
(untimely death sentence ordained ~ early February 1935)

Test teasing prophylactics embarrassing
purchase never made at local drugstore
unsurprisingly, obviously, invariably...
birth control taboo subject, best to ignore
subsequently intercourse...

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Did you go to school and study law?
Why do you feel the need to comment on my every flaw?                ...

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The past is ash, you gotta rise like the phoenix, don’t like it call your mama and ask for a Kleenex. The time is long past due to stop thinkin’ and start doin’, start rootin’...

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Standing in the dark I see my shadow looking at me. 
Standing in the dark I see my shadow reminding me why I am on  this earth. 
Standing in the dark I watch my...

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Fading into the black expanse,
I feel my life as it slowly passes me by,
Flashing before me like one of those picture shows,
Spanning from my childhood,
Up until the day I left home,
And abandoned all that I...

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Cussin', drinking, gambling and smoking dope;
Going through life as if there was no hope.
Reading God's Word, but not living it through.
Let me tell you about the things I used to do.

Disobeying my parents, gonna do...

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I never thought I’d see the day
 Where our love would ebb and go away

I always thought we would be one
 I never thought we’d be undone

I always imagined a storybook ending
 I never knew...

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Everyday I rose
I felt trapped in the worlds confusion,
In a marathon of ' Life '
I got illusions of victory, but I was losin',
So I contemplated with self & my conclusion's,

It's no time for rest, see...

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Honoured is our kin 
fed with a sliver spoon
bred and reared in Elysium.
Swith is he, an ironic typhoean _
(he 'l be)- Our immerse hero..
So will he slump a thousand times
but not like a coward.
 ...

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Like many before me, my Empire began
As but a passionate boy’s dream
They said risks outweigh the reward
Or, at least, so it would seem

I immersed myself in knowledge
Every action and reaction honed
From the classrooms to the...

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Totally abandoned and all alone,
she's left to fend for herself in a world so cruel, so unknown.
Just a few days ago all was fine,
till she fell asleep at the wheel, and crossed that yellow line.

How...

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I have seen pictures of friends on Alaska cruise,
The Denali landscape looked so stark, no hues.
No frozen or floating icebergs, no polar bears catching the fish,
The caribou stood alone, in the waning forest, a solemn...

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New Lease on Life…

I’ve got to prove it to myself
And not to anybody else
I’ve got a new lease on life
Sharper than a razor or any knife

I’m in search of better things
Not the fame and fortune...

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REMEMBER TO BE WHAT YOU WERE MEANT TO BE. A HUMAN BEING HAVING A SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE HERE ON EARTH. A TREE CAN NEVER BE UPROOTED WITHOUT THE OWNERS CONSENT. RELOCALIZE YOUR BODY AND BRING IT...

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I can’t believe they didn’t find me,
those squirrels that were right behind me.
I know they grabbed up all the rest.
I’m special and I have been blessed.

New lease on life brings such elation,
I’m filled with noble...

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Silent stars start to shine in heat like burnished gold-
The weather is quite temperate tonight; a mild tangerine 
eventide setting of the sun has brought a new lease on life. 
Untrimmed cherry blossoms in the...

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i remember you as you once were
cancer is a monster that ultimately changes so many things
you lost your battle, and i miss you ever so badly
however, i felt you smack me upside my head and...

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Allow me to try and fail but not fail to try
Aim high but not yet reach the skyline
Even thou things may not go right, bright days turn into dark night
Il keep growing strong till I...

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The breeze was temperate as we both lay
upon our backs and stared up at blue sky.
Two birds hopped on the grass as if at play,
and buds on untrimmed bushes blushed nearby.

The oak which we reclined...

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at the age of 2, i'm breaking up with you because you're a girl and you've got a disease [ew, cooties!]
at the age of 12, i'm giving you hell because i found out you're nothing...

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Commenting on my poetry soup pals is a great way to share their day!
Comments encourage and uplift my day; comments let me know if I have 
made myself understandable to most. Others will let me...

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