Long On a soap box Poems

"As other spirits sail on music, mine, oh my love, swim on your perfume." Charles Baudelaire

"Sometimes you find an old bottle from which the soul returns." 
Charles Baudelaire

"Smell is a Word. Perfume is Literature."

"There are...

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The oldest citizen of Soup Creek, Nopaul E. Ticks, posed to show his support for the town council's ban on politicians.

I hear that nasty Trump feller, wants to stump in Soup Creek.
He wrote to Mayor...

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Oh, For The Simpler Times
Y2K is coming
Written: by  Tom Wright
2000 

I eagerly watch,
as darkness gives way to dawn;
as preening birds
begin to stir.
I sip hot coffee, 
stretch and yawn,
and lament that things
aren't as they were.

The...

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(this is just a write and does not reflect my own beliefs. i believe in God and Heaven. however i believe in peace, love and hope. i believe in living as one. i hope this...

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On the day 
that John Lennon died, 
people were just going 
about their business 
as they did every day. 

Mark David Chapman 
was reading 
Catcher In The Rye 
void of his holy self.
 He would have had to 
Imagine there’s no heaven. 

John took the elevator 
down...

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I wonder why some people get offended because you believe differently than they do? I am very happy to give others the latitude to cherish their beliefs and worship (or not) in the manner they...

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Compared with us, the kids today
Too little play and too much weigh.
Alone indoors they snack and sit
And buttons hit, while we stayed fit.

We'd quickly chores and homework do,
Then dash through doors to fun pursue,
To basketballs...

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Was lonely like a man who sits on a throne,
Who has never felt a kiss on a collar bone.
Feeling departed I found myself at a party
Exploring a girl like she was an African Safari. 
She...

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Where there is a petty imitation
There'll be pests, posters of sensation
Grouping of hesitations
Complaints to order, servings of hallucinations
There'll be soap-box amatory slander
About walking coat-hangers slender
It ain't working girl, it's a waling green guile
By his friend...

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when they met
the discussion went as such
a.“do you see yourself having 
children?”
b.”no.  there are far too many things
that i want to do in this life.  a
child would just complicate matters.
besides, the responsibility! ...

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It was a lovely morning and we - that is Marge and me 
decided the kids deserved a treat, so off we went. 
We live in Barking, so we didn't have far to go. 
We...

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I watch the news again with a dubious eye of concern
Another terrorist attack, more animals facing extinctions - I learn
Another natural disaster just occurred - Now that deserves coverage
Should they not be reporting though, more...

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"Put on the dauntless spirit of resolution"   William Shakespeare

My passion arouses the pulsing of my heart.
My identity fearlessly embarks toward the start.

The confidence I muster surges dauntless of fear.
Embracing the boldness with a...

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there is no hidden message
yet you find one
there is nothing inbetween the lines
you just dont get me
this is futile
i retire

There is nothing i could say to you
more clearly
but its easier for someone else to be...

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Undaunted Angelic cries
high pitched frequency
between my eyes
unheard words 
are slowly burned
loving truth forever yearn.....

Dispel the voices in my head
tempting action fall to dread
visions wanting,images haunting
cunning are their tricks come flaunting
arrogant......yet ignorant
into God's hand is where...

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We have no enemies only friends in disguise
tasked with helping us rise to levels
previously unknown
They may know not what they do so have
compassion for those souls
& seek to learn from them as there's wisdom
in their...

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I jumped through hoops 
Landing in your abyss
I heard the snap crackle pop of my inner ear
My ossicular chain breaking in three
As I relinquished the best of me

You stood above me
In silent laughter
Tossing your dagger
Thinking...

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Well, I looked around and people were nodding, 
Yet some looked angry, as if they were plotting, 
So I turned and continued my soap box show, 

"Some of you here today may not understand... 
you...

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The Day Your Child Stabs You
Version 1

In order to weep
I guess I must care; 
At least enough to stress
Over these words, to share. 
To her free mind, half mine
She stares down at me...
But not for...

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if you knew
you would uproot this pain
that has me drowning
in molten anger and fear

You would free me
of my sins
as well as my creators'
only if you knew

Then maybe
you would hear me
when i cry for help
and you...

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On My Soap Box-----Again!!
Written; by Tom Wright
3/3/2014 

Nothing like awaking to a fresh blanket of snow,
When it’s toasty inside and no needed place to go;

But many in life are much less fortunate than I,
Some existing...

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The sky will stay up there and meet the horizon
time will continue, and  the tide that smoothes  the shore
gulls will be searching for some food that washed up
we had our bed and breakfast...

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There was laughter through the solace as the world had come to grieve
Over arrogance and pestilence from all
But the rains fall down as innocence when rainbows start to weave
Telling all to keep on laughing through...

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the truth never told me a lie; if one writes a thousand poems one has a thousand poems written; everyone sees the sky as blue; Chicken Little is the only one the poet knows to...

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this life I live breaks my heart a little more each day
the maladies and tragedies consume my dreams
and wear away all my strength
sorrow is my constant companion as
the moments' crawl, seconds feel endless 
days feel...

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