Long News to me Poems

It's peaceful here in my backyard.
The crows sound happy
with warm October sunlight.

I just read about a deadly gathering in Las Vegas.
Absence of sun-drenched peace.
Inconvenient this time of lost loss.
Death is always inconvenient,
even when invited.

A veteran,
about...

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spend your day expressed by grace ordered from a Payton place
cheer each moment from the edge of the setting sun a very well done
climb each pillar of thought and deed to reach forth every bit...

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That morning, I thought I was dreaming
I heard my Dad say it, but I thought my ears were playing tricks on me
I didn't expect for this to happen to you
Well, at least not this soon

My...

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Ok I’m awake 
It’s a new day 
Presidents up to his same old ways 
I don’t know how much Iraq war cries I can take 
Please bring ‘um back the war was a big mistake...

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Kobey is a Diamond, who despite his verbal trials
Got taken to a courthouse, for he baulked at dingos wiles
He lost his rag, he'd grabbed his phone; he swore he'd
Had enough, he rolloked the state premier;...

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The Doubter Me?
by Terry Cooper


The Doubter Me?

 

Here stands one who doubts!

Even though I know the goodness of man,

and of course the other side of humanity.

Though I somehow know God is there for me,

I am...

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Do I not bleed? The words that you read, before you.
Do I not bleed? The blood that runs free, throughout me.
Can I not bleed? For not a scratch scathes the surface.
But deep down inside, 
The...

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When you’re here I am oblivious to the cold, I feel warm.
When you are around, I am oblivious to the raging storm.
It just makes a nice ambiance for us to snuggle you see.
It doesn’t matter...

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How I used to be
Is now old news to me
If I said observation is the only way
Someone should ask did I observe the universe today
Or am I able to observe the observing of all things?
Particulars...

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Tears cannot stop flowing down my face,
You broke the news to me through the computer,
You didn’t even have the guts to say it to my face!

I said it would happen,
You promised it wouldn’t.
 
You try...

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We embraced, 
“I'll see you soon,” she said,
I watched the vehicle leave,
I felt hollow and empty,
It was my first time seeing her,
I have heard so much about her,
I had longed to see her since I...

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He’s got plans to meet his friend,
And he’s putting things in his pockets, his wallet, his keys, a set of dice.
‘I can’t forget these dice’ he says to me.
‘I did not know you had a...

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That sudden insecurity that comes hand in hand with your silence,
That ever familiar silence,
The silence of you thinking of the easiest way to let me down...
And break my heart...
Again.

I think the marks I bare of...

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I got a phone call from the police
saying I was dead
That was news to me,
getting shot four times in the head
Within the hour the rumor had spread,
hey, did you hear about Fred

They thought Freddie was...

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On the subject of an unusual protest in Croydon on Thursday...

I woke up this morning
And had a bright idea
I’ll glue my arse to Debenhams
When I’ve had some beer
Then I’ll give the public
A big piece of...

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A flock of large birds
or a fleet of small small planes
is speeding towards me.
NO! It's worse--mosquitoes!
I failed to use repellent!

I grab my swatter.
They slap it away, laughing--
my baseball bat too.
I’ll need a tub of itch...

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Where are you right now?
Cause you're no where in sight.
You said you'll always be around,
But you turned on me and lied.

Saying anything to cover your butt,
Even if it hurts me too.
I'm so tierd of this...

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A Date With Expiration    
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