Long Off and running Poems

I lived a quiet but active life, packed with brilliant sparkle and warm shine,
Like devoted lovers strolling under the captive moon, sometime after nine.

I was the manager of a jewelry store, with a number of...

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The HR person called me in… I was turning gray… Was he even twenty-one?
I wondered if the interview would go well, as he did fung shui the chairs around.
Offered a caramel expresso mocha late decaf,...

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we gather together, a hundred or so
stetching, warming cold muscles, just waiting to go

nervous anticipation, just wanting to start,
we collect our numbers, have a piss, have a fart

as our tummies stir with butterflies and angst
we...

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It only took about ten minutes for me to warm up,
so, I had time to play catch with a friend on my team.
The line-ups were given to the umpire, the umpire
yelled two of my favorite...

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Off and running sure-footed, fast, and furious. "Under the sun, there's nothing new", says the writer. "Renewal, restoration in the new year", says the reformer.
          ...

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He's a versatile "man of all trades,"
pursues anything new, virtually self-made.
He's a photographer, a minister and a poet,
immerses himself totally but before you know it

he's off and running, tackling something new
He's built homes, cell towers,...

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Pt 1

Far out, they cried
when I stood on cinders,
feet combusting,
like it was clever;
even though water
sprinkled the joint,
coals sizzled,
flesh melted, spat;
chunks of sinew,
popped like corn.
Timbers smoked,
glowed like hell;
arms blackened, curled
crossed over chests.
I’m burning, I told
the voices,
need...

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Draw a straight line shallowly within the beach sand
The world is on the other side but I have your hand.
Step over it and were both off and running
Take a deep breath the wave is coming

The...

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Doug Wilson….    
True Story….NEW YEARS EVE 2012


5 or 6 thugs suckin on dere ciggy drugs,
attacked a paper delivery man,
they robbed him of his mobile phone,
the pack animals weren’t worth their scran, (tucker)
no...

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What looks broken is really whole, and what looks whole is really broken,
There is an irony in this through ignorance and comfort when truth is avoided or remains unspoken,
I have watched love unfold in the...

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Meadows are rich with green grass, little wild flowers softly sway,
On a very small wind drifting gently past on this late summer’s day,
You know I walked these very same fields both as a man and...

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At birth, we all start the very same way
Wet, naked and hungry, looking for someone to love
Our eyes are open, but we cannot see
We cannot talk, much less know what to say
But deep down inside,...

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Whose Case Will Trump

Whose case this time will Trump  jump on?
Can he again cause our money to be gone?
Off and running;
He is out sunning;
On him today  what in the world did dawn?

Or is...

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The birds sing softly alerting the world to wake 
Dewy leaves start to dry with the warmth of the morning sun

Children open their sleepy eyes 
Sounds and smells from the kitchen lure them out of...

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The First Six Months

     January, you remind me to close the door to yesteryear 
     And to welcome the new entry ways you have for me
 ...

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She told it this way.....

He was standing in the corner of the bandstand
'Looking 'bout as cool as any guy can
He made his bass guitar, 'sound like a prairie caught on fire
I wonder if that hunk...

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You're off and running once again
The day has hardly begun
The electronics store, the big box stores
Remember when shopping was fun?

You're out of breath thinking about it
Heart's pumping a mile a minute
You try to check out...

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The Colors In Me

I don’t often talk about how I feel,
 I just go through life trying to keep it real.
Yet you touched me, and I didn’t see it coming,
You showed me attention and I...

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Ah, now for some juice~ a poetry fix!
What will my pen mix, dabble to affix?
Definitely not some Romantic, tear-jerking
Shtick! But maybe, a frozen delight, a 
summer's day treat to ogle and lick –

What will this...

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ICE CREAM IN MY COFFEE
WHY WOULD THAT BE WEIRD.
I'M JUST ADDING CREAM AND
SUGAR.
TO SOMETHING I DEEM DEAR.

YOU MAY WANT TO TRY IT.
BEFORE YOU DISAPPROVE.
IF YOU TRY IT JUST ONE TIME
YOU'LL FIND DELIGHTFUL MOODS.

ADDING FLAVORS TO...

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A new bike,
paved track,
falling leaves rustling about.
The crisp air bites at our cheeks.
Around and around.

Now going to play for a minute.
To slide, jump and run.
Oh, to be six again.

No cares, no worries.
Learning through play.
Making everything...

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He turned off the running water,
soaped his face not glancing at the mirror,
a long night ahead.

He had four shadows
on the four walls of this rental,
not a good sign.

When later he turned the bedside light on,
the...

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The girl got on the imparing , noisy bus
Although She was tired and bit of wuss
Because of  her routinely work and circus
She was getting a rapid pulse

Her pulse got higher as she saw two...

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A beautiful young woman who came from very near,
was off and running with a great acting career.
She starred in a movie with Clark Gable titled "Mogambo".
Later, she was paired with James Stewart in "Rear Window".
A...

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