Long Ordinaire Poems

Thru a paroxysm of tears...

I inconsolably wept a river of sorrow
starkly aware alienated daughter(s)
implacable woe sundered fatherhood
yesterday, today and tomorrow.

A series of unfortunate events
(move over Lemony Snicket)
set in motion since my birth
unleashed impotent scrawny infant
registering...

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Open Closed





 Open letter addressed by me to myself as  

               as though I am in any way complicit in...

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Take 1:
Too much beauty is a problem,
So the pretty women say,
Many women can be threatened,
Mood swings like a pendulum
Never trusting in ‘fair play.’

So it hurts when they dismiss you
Best to not give you a chance,
You...

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Written By Marcel Ike Okonkwo


Under the sound of the Ekwe Nimo
In ancestral groove
One hears the dale and might
And songs of our ancestors
In a land of rich cultural heritage.

Nimo, the land of great heroes where star...

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There's magic
In the air
See how the scenery is changing before our 
Eyes. It has a silvery, shimmering, and a 
Beach wave flow as if it is coming on to
Shore. If you watch it it's hypnotic.
It's...

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Clint's an iffy fellow, tis prestige vs the ordinaire, my dear plain Jane--hmm, partially accommodating. 

Methinks you're a drop-off, my dear, picture a car dropping you off curbside while he goes looking for a fictitious...

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A Golden Calf came through our old town for people to worship whether deft or daft.

If anyone impedes this Olympian flame in disporting procession coming from this flawed 

home (like all ours) of demos kratos...

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*Image of Compasses by Pixabay.

I

I layeth within walled morals of enduring convictions to coexist and be,
          
         ...

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Two holidays extraordinary
    bookend a day - simple, ordinary
  How is that unfortunate day viewed
    sandwiched between the other two

  Well, strange as it may seem
 ...

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