Long Nightlight Poems

woo hoo. Donald Duck film at school today.
I'm so happy I'm five, cause now I get to do
all the fun things at school.

Donald showed me what to do if a fire comes to my house
to...

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It begins with a chase, where I jump swerve and run
Always two steps ahead of my frustrated mum
I duck under the table and knock over chairs
rush down the hallway and dash up the stairs

When finally...

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My inner child,                                ...

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I shan’t forget the SKETCH of your silhouette 
          I outlined your curves with charcoal of black-
Come here my love, don’t you ever fret,
  ...

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The elves had been loading Santa’s sleigh for the night.
The reindeer were all prancing about, with delight.

With Santa aboard, a loud, “Ho-Ho”, did ring;
on the crispy, cold air, as the sleigh left with a “zing”.

Their...

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Image: Cloud Fantasy, by Susan Lawrence

On spring's green carpet I repose, revitalizing the soul
passing slow minutes pondering the sky

The lake whispers a morning meditation
as memories abound of cloud fantasies
a thousand ships of condensation dreams

Assorted sizes,...

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Listen, Listen well, but be careful what you hear.
For ivory wind catches mischief in the voice.
It stirs a gale in the beast courthouse.
A valley of snakes in a glib scandal. 
On the hot seat, a...

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Yesterday, I thought I seen the back of your head,
I felt my mind shook as I started to dread,
That you were there,
But then I realized,
It wasn't you.
As I left the airport,
I got into a truck,...

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Girl I am window shopper got 3 or 4 guys I think I wanna try but I aint gonna holla i'm just going 
to keep juggling them and play this game it's kind of fun....

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Tucked into bed,                                ...

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Monsters Inc. 
Big BaBoo.

Big BaBoo is big
Though sightings very rare,
His diet is household dust
He lives below our stairs.

I liked my Big BaBoo
I hear him every night,
All those creaks and bumps
I’m sure he is a sight.

Up...

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Loss (2/11/2014)

It is a stone that cannot be lifted
Planted into the earth of the soul.

Buried under the cat that he drove over 
Pressing it into the ground in the ridges of the tractor tire.
And the...

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What lies beneath the nuptial necropolis?
Sun-glints of memory,
warm rays of kinder days,
tranquil as the soil-sleepers
before they broke the coffin confines
and howled free.
What lies beneath the crying cairns?

The pearling bones, bone-pearls
of scattered skulls and souls.
Draughts of...

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There was an owl that lived in a tree behind his grandma’s house who, during the day, stayed our of sight…but who, when he slept at Grandma’s, loved to wake him up…in the middle of...

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COPYRIGHT 2014 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
POETIC LYRICS BY THOMAS L.H. ANDRESS &
LAPIDIS ANDRESS (KRYPTONIANS)

"DINOS SOARING She is My Nightlight"




Steely-Ships-to...Starships...AND...NIGHTLIGHTS!
Chrome-to-STEEL...and...QUESTION...MARKS/MARKS/MARKS!
Steely-Ships-to...Starships...AND...NIGHTLIGHTS!
Chrome-to-STEEL...and...QUESTION...MARKS/MARKS/MARKS!

When-YOU'RE-SLEEPY...NIGHTLIGHTS...and-STARLIGHT!
When-YOU'RE-SLEEPY...NIGHTLIGHTS...and-STARLIGHT!

Mars-to-ROME...AND...LARS-to-STARS...in-STARLIGHT!
Mars-to-ROME...AND...LARS-to-STARS...in-STARLIGHT!
VENUS...AND-ROSE...STARLIGHTS...STARLIGHTS...STARLIGHTS!
VENUS...AND-ROSE...STARLIGHTS...STARLIGHTS...STARLIGHTS!

In-the-BLACKEST...HOLES...STARLIGHT...STARLIGHTS-in-BLUE-LIGHT!
In-the-BLACKEST...HOLES...STARLIGHT...STARLIGHTS-in-BLUE-LIGHT!

CHOCOLATE-MALTS...AND-BLUE-CREAM-AND-STARLIGHT!
CHOCOLATE-MALTS...AND-BLUE-CREAM-AND-STARLIGHT!
Carved-GODS...AND-LEAVES...OF-PURE/24KARAT...GOLDEN-LEAVES!
Carved-GODS...AND-LEAVES...OF-PURE/24KARAT...GOLDEN-LEAVES!

PURE-GOLD...IN...PLATES...AND-FASHIONS!
PURE-GOLD...IN...PLATES...AND-FASHIONS!

When-YOU'RE-SLEEPY...NIGHTLIGHTS...and-STARLIGHT!
When-YOU'RE-SLEEPY...NIGHTLIGHTS...and-STARLIGHT!

Smooth-LONG-LEGS...IN-SMOKELESS-HAZE...AND-DAZZLING!
Smooth-LONG-LEGS...IN-SMOKELESS-HAZE...AND-DAZZLING!
ORBS-OF-DEE-LIGHT...and-PURE-ORBS...AND-PINK!
ORBS-OF-DEE-LIGHT...and-PURE-ORBS...AND-PINK!

GOD...OH-GOD...PURE-DEE-LIGHT!
GOD...OH-GOD...PURE-DEE-LIGHT!


FINI---FINI---FINI---FINI...

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The child, now sleeping, loudly snores.
The nightlight shines there on the wall.
If you could peer under the door,
The sight awaiting would enthrall:
It seems the toys have come to life!

They are engaged in no mere game:
A...

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Silence.
For over thirty years he longed for a night free from the snoring that her sinuses caused.
Foolishly, he thought he could sleep much better if the grating sound did not echo in his ears.
Now he...

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I replied to a comment on a poem I posted earlier today saying that this site has "become a place that resembles a boneyard or a desert where harsh winds blow." That's not the kind...

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Sometimes people ask me... What's in your purse...
So I tell them the best that I can...
Lipstick, chapstick, matchstick
What’s in your purse?
Billfold, change purse, money counter, and clip?
Aspirin, Tylenol, Tums, coupons and stamps…
Tissue, pressure bandage, Mom...

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Here comes the...
Here comes the birthright to cast out a searchlight. searching for nothing the search keeps us coming...Here....
in-the-search-for-the-something. 
Here comes the lessons to count all the blessings. this is real life, no reset on...

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There is a stillness in nature, a silence before the storm
A hushnesses rush that stirs within the trees, listen
To the echoing whispers carried on the wind,
It speaks to your inner soul.
Gently caressing the leaves on...

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EXECUTION
  Fire! Fire! Fire !
Dreams come and go
In the midst of the thought of a
Dead and the living
Confined in its galley deep inside
A dungeon, waiting to be wasted 
In not a far distance time

I...

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I stood on the step by the unopened door
Far from the meadows that precede the shore
Grasped tight the railing I longed to explore 
Searching for truth in the lies

Looked at the mat as it welcomed...

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I am not the nightlight, nor am I the monster under my bed that my father would tell me to fear. I never feared the unknown, just reality. Daunting, inexplicable reality. Reality was the shadow...

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Amazing Grace in dirge parade.
A coffin carried with great esteem.
Bright and cheery orange sweater,
now enclosed, forever. She’s laid

to rest in an open nest, enclosed
in dour cement. Her body old,
well truthfully dead, for age no longer
matters....

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