Long On the make Poems

 Continued from Part 2 

5. MIDNIGHT DREAMS 
At night the soldiers sometimes dream
of many things which make them scream,
like
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they disturb, deep behind my sleeping eyes
  ......
  retune my tautened strings, replay my frets
  vignette movies spin reels of dreams discovering
  fresh slants on shadowy delight
  the foreboding, ominous,...

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A tramp steamer plies an ocean of fog. 
The Chief Bos’n makes a note in the log while the helmsman 
Strains to see beyond the wheel. 
The ship’s Captain leaves the bridge with a groan....

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children are dying, mothers are crying, fathers are in despair
many are wondering does God answer prayers?
sexual immorality, global terrorism, cops too quick to kill
brothers on the down low, politicians on the make, C.E.O.s too eager...

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Hockey is a game played on ice,
men (assumption) in thick pads,
swaking a 'puck' with sticks.
Tricky thing hockey can be see,
thick pads, icy playing fields...
but best of all, it's the goalie
that's feared the most.
Looking like a...

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Jesus Alone Is Enough



 Jesus Alone Is Enough

 Through barrowed pews we get the news
 A choice word spoken in the dark has come to the light
 We walk on egg shells filtered through the...

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A Fair Maiden


A Fair Maiden 
 We look inside the wool sack left dangling in the wind
 To light the flame of what we have been searching for within
 She dances in a ring of...

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u play the part of death so well
The drama queen - welcome to home sweet hell
Ring a bell
Yeah I know your tell
Succubus nocturnal always on the make
Far too nefarious to suffer a mistake
Dressed to thrill,...

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It’s quiet now the world is sleeping,
The passing traffic has slowly died.
In the distance church clock striking,
Loved one snoring softly by my side.
House creaking,tap dripping.
A dog howls,tom cats are on the make.
The rest of the...

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I read a journalist’s quotes
Telling a new theory
That depression is good for you -
At least, good for the species.

All that rumination -
some scientist on the make
reckons in his latest piece –
Sets us free.

Most remarkable of...

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Conspiracy theories are nothing new
 I'm sure you know a few
 But they can take you down a dark maze
 And used by politicians to manipulate you

 The moon landing was said to be fake
...

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Now hear this tale of Planet Earth
And how it was robbed of its worth.

From a species of quadruped
There evolved a novel biped,
A new species with arms and hands
And versatile for new demands.
The biped learnt to...

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Villanelle : Trust no one even wife/husband with personal secrets

Trust no one even wife/husband with personal secrets
Some day shame will stalk as flames at villain stake
A reticent tongue policy ensures a pact of no regrets

Today’s...

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it was always one  cloud away 
what do you do when everyway is the right way
what do you do when everyway is the wrong way 
i used to know 
now i don't know which...

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SOUTHERN LIFE
 If you want a glimpse of Southern life,
 Come close and walk with me;
 I'll tell you all the simple things,
 That you are sure to see.
 You'll see mockingbirds and bumblebees,
 Magnolia...

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How does a man meet a gorgeous woman
So it doesn't seem he's out on the make
If she smiles, that gets the the old ball rolling
Take it slow with each step you take

Start with talking about...

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pile on the make up, no let's tone it down 
let's stay here at home, come on paint the town 

let's try to be good, I forgot guess I’m bad 
let's say we’re sorry, I...

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How does a man meet a gorgeous woman
So it doesn't seem you're out on the make
If she smiles, that gets the the old ball rolling
Take it slow with each step you take

Start with talking about...

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The Mayan calendar of ancient times ends
When December 12 of this year rolls around
Old prophesy: or nothing but a clerical error?

Trembling Earth and volcanic fire raining down
Hurricanes sweeping paths of utter destruction
Outer space invading our...

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Sea of Pearls
By Laura D
December 15, 2016

The anger courses through my pulsing veins
This body isnt mine.  am I going insane?
Am I sick in the brain, or are we simply all the same?
Take your brittle...

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It's time to clear the highway wrecks
 for the route my parade will take.
I ain't some dead dino,
  I am Tyrant Rex, always on the make.
No more instinct t'extinction,
 listen to "Zarathustra Thus Spake."
I...

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take, take, who’s on the make? and do some
	
people have a vested stake?

now tax is surely a painless way, to right

whole countries  and save the day,

if medals are struck as some time they may

in...

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Gone is this planet's golden day,
        when all of life in harmony.
Gone are the years when all pristine,
        with earth and...

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Toying a glass of wine
Sitting alone in a chair with a broken leg
On the make-believe balcony
Of my log-cabin in the middle of a forest
On the slope of a hill called destiny
Tonight I remember you mother
When...

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They were counting the bullets and bodies.
The severed limbs were twitching. Sometimes to go back
to their owners,
but the faceless torso selects a bush to hide the remains.
The leaves are falling on the make shift home...

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