Long Open and shut Poems

Loaded like a gun, about to fire away and I’ve become numb inside
Sugarcoated in lullabies and lies today…in the shadows, I simply hide
Wish I wasn’t so sober, but I cherish my progress quite well
The dungeons...

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Why should both writers and/or poets just keep their writings and/or their
poetry just plain and simply easy to understand? What if you try to be so
creative and poetic but your readers do not understand a...

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It’s skin deep evident,
being black is an inherent crime

It doesn’t matter whether we
peacefully
stand our ground,
or be siren subservient — 
Hands in the air, 
knees bent

We get shot seven times,
by a six-shooter

In the back of our...

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In my little village, Nkporo,
We celebrate the Iza Afa Festival
And the Most Magnificent Igboto Nma Festival.
The two are more than four hundred years old,
Our forebears told us that it began with
Their ancestors who immigrated from...

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Nutty grandpa president
is talking crazy uncle Donald again
His little Chucky thumbs
is tapping epithet tweet nonsense
Batty grandpa’s been 
grumpily sucking 
on the hate hot sauce bottle
stashed in his KKK closet
Now he’s sporting a Commander-in-Chief cap,
dressed in...

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“Peach”



What have I done,
To deserve this peach?
The Lord only knows,
How many they’ll reach.


You know the media,
And how they preach.
Abuse of their right,
To Freedom of Speech.


My name is Donald Trump,
And I’m here to say,
Watch how the...

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With beautiful brown eyes peering to see the outside 
With a bobble head so cute to be cuddled and kissed
Why would you considered locking such a poor thing
Eyes that want to be free, with glee...

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Car gliding gently, whirling down 
Mountain engine idling fine 
Tall pines flying in circles
Going on for a circumnavigatingly long time
Around the world, no houses
Around the trees, no world
Buzzcut for a boy
Frizz for a girl

Reaching the...

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Skinny girls go back to school
Waiters wait in process lines
Tears fall faster
I want to start smoking
It’s getting bad
I will slice myself
I will rip me apart
And fall
The bag I am holding is none 
Of your business....

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FEELS LIKE A LIFETIME AGO

                     January feels like a lifetime ago,
breathing freely in a hearty...

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sausages mash and peas

Slowly climb the leaning tree and learn about leaves
Count them
Count the corners
The points
The colours
And when you have completed this climb back down but quickly this time
For this is a process of professionalism...

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The family had just moved into an old castle in Scotland; 
mother, father and their only daughter, Emmie, that they loved so deeply. 
Emmie was only 12 years old, and so innocent and beautiful. 
One...

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The family had just moved into an old castle in Scotland; 
mother, father and their only daughter, Emmie, that they loved so deeply. 
Emmie was only 12 years old, and so innocent and beautiful. 
One...

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The bra strap drops,

it clings to my shoulder.

Each inhalation makes the fabric vibrate. 

My hair drips water on my chest.

It penetrates the skin and within.

Me sitting on the edge of the bath tub, 

pondering, 

wondering,...

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Once more, I failed the truth.
The truth of this life, of my life
The path, the journey
The whole purpose of me being here.

I became to complaisant,
Too sure of myself
I thought that I was invincible to the
Petty...

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I understand that we’ve just met,
I understand that we don’t quite know each other yet,
I understand that you’re not alone,
And that you have a place to call home.

I understand that you are the same,
In so...

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This planet whereon we reside
gave nature’s bounty far and wide.
We’ve seen our Mother Earth from space
who barely shows her fragile face
as Pale Blue Dot, sunbeam enshrined,
and still we humans are so blind.

The cosmic reaches hugely...

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Don’t the minutes seem like hours as we run the office maze?
Then we wonder where the time went; time seduces, time betrays,
Till we’ve got to pause between midnight and dawn 
To recover from the strain....

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ONE word,
Two people,
Multiple Meanings.
Love.
The eyes to one’s heart open and shut,
Opening to the wrong person leaves a slice, a cut.
Making the roller coaster of life reality,
As the days linger it’s harder to trust someone besides...

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Scripture meets this dilemma strongly
if you don't judge others then you're safe
so you won't get judged yourself
fall to this sin then you're it's slave

Remember what you measure upon others
will be slide ruled to what becomes...

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Now I know where my heart resides,
It has taken me forever to change my sight,
But in the midst of it all, God had a plan,
I sat down through the chaos to understand,
Alone was lonely, and...

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Up on the Housetop

  1. Up on the housetop reindeer pause,
      Out jumps Good Old Santa Claus
      Down through the chimney with lots of...

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here there is  sorrow and fear after there is great peace 		                
here some madness sadness day and night...

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CURTAINS

Setting:  A couple in their bedroom.

Characters:
Wife:  Innocent and simpering. Dressed to kill.
Husband: Severe. Soberly dressed.

Dialogue:

Husband:	What is that you are wearing my dear?
		It looks like your mother’s curtains I fear.

Wife:	The boutique was closed; a...

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