Long Ona Poems

Smile & nod
Actin like my attention spans top notch
Steady glancin at the clock
Checkin my wrist with no watch 
Don't take  offense 
This probably won't make sense 
Sht got me all jittery & tense 
I...

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she sits in the corner, not wanting to move
because her body is in shock from this horrible news
the news she just heard of her so-called "dad"
the life he showed them was not the only one...

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HANUKKAH
Festival of Lights/ Feast of Dedication,

As a kid, Hanukkah
was the Jewish replacement for Christmas,
But even better!
We celebrated for eight nights,
Which meant eight presents!
It was the festival of lights

We ate latkes or potato pancakes, 
We Played...

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Days fly by
We've created our own version of time
Foggy memories seep through our brains
Been known the definition of insane
But still playing the same old game
Just because reality is sometimes too lame
Problems just seem to appear
An...

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A moment of silence
Becomes eternity
The emptiness is deafening
My eyes have lost all color
For grey skies is all I see

Her touch ignited me
Her voice was my comfort
When she laughed, my soul did dance
When she cried, I...

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The Choctaw Indians
From the southern states
This Muskogean group
Like others, their future waits
 
The American Revolution
Supporting the thirteen states
But history would tell them
As they learn-ed their fate
 
They were the first Native Americans
To march The Trail...

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#ONE#

The region that makes my blood grow green
Where are you in this pastoral's den?

Your vivid eyes is now poor like muddy hut
What has really come over you?

Behold our pebbles of gold and our planting grown
Ona,...

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The thing about drawers,
they hide clutter.
If company's coming,
do a bit of “stuff it” cleaning; 
throw stuff in a drawer, and close it. 
Neatness counts.

The problem evolves -
how to remember - what went where.

“Where’s the thermometer?”

“I...

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S pectacular smiles worn by schoolgirls.
P owerful and poetic when the answer is right.
E ngraved-in-anger in case of a fight.
C oward smiles on home-work not done.
T ight-lipped smile is just for fun.
A n annoyed smile...

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My first fairytale
        For Katie.

I believe it was Cinderella,
Or maybe was it Sleeping Beauty,
Perhaps Snow White.

Oh how excitement filled me!
Waiting for that sweet prince to come save that...

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Each day I'm learning,
Turning my back on sin. I know this angers
satan when his darts peirce not this soul. 
I have a shield that's strong and true,
not even my sin can pierce.

Each day I'm growing,
eating...

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Ezi enyi amaka na uwa
Ezi enyi ka nwanne ojo
Lezie enyi gi anya oge nile
Ahabula ya ka onwu na nsogbu.


Owere enyi ka nwanne ma
Obu ikwu na ibe gi na uwa 
Mgbe nsogbu di ono ya,
Na oganihu...

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