Long Orlando Poems

I have travelled through the cluttered corridors of my tired mind countless times. 
I have reached deep into the dark abyss of my captive soul and in that profoundly disturbing darkness, I went searching to...

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How could this possibly be a anything fake 
For that would be true if you were Rod 
Or Todd 
Or Harry 
Or drake ...
But no, you seem to arrive at just the right pace
Perhaps anyone...

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Modus Operandi of psychopaths and sociopaths

They are all around us, seeking to destroy us,
if not to kill us, to maim us, for life
physically, mentally, emotionally
morally, financially.

They are the psychopaths and sociopaths!

Now psychopaths are rare indeed,...

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The Florida of My Youth – Highways and Byways
By Franklin Price
10/17/2019

The highways and the byways of Brevard when I was young
Were void of any four lanes, no interstates among
Highway 50, was the only road that...

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Decided not to give up  yesterday                            ...

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UNSUPPORTED CODE  UNSUPPORTED CODE Election Year UNSUPPORTED CODE 

They all gathered at the Tower,
They faked their cheers for about an hour;
A king in his castle,
on the very first day,
All of the actors,
He would pay;
He...

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(an archived interview with Orlando City Beat Magazine)
{q & a with Matthew J. Palm}
Q.)  
" J.S., WHEN DID YOU KNOW YOU WERE A WRITER?"
A.)
"No one knows when they are a writer. Everyone thinks they...

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Pray for the day...of deliverance

Verse 1
She shares a piece...of meager bread,
with her three children, at her side

She stares in disbelief, and dread,
with no future, coming into sight

She prays she'll see...another day,
and, find the will, to...

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The policy of hate and date,
You may not like but it’s the truth,
The bitter truth mate!
Was it a lone wolf terror or was it a coordinated fight?

Who cares since it targeted souls
Despised by night.
But you...

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You’ll never know but you’re all I can think about.
You’ll never know but I love you with all my heart.
You’ll never know that the safest place in the world is in your arms.
You’ll never know...

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This Poem is dedicated to all those who have lost their
lives in Orlando Carnage in the hands of hatred and violence.

HOW LONG THE GUNS

How long the Guns 
Would continue to excrete
Their stream of hatred and...

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I'm not even sure how I should start this
This is a lot different than writing about my own hardships
I'm not writing about relationship breakups or being in love with a girl
I'm writing about the pain...

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When she first introduced herself....
she was quite the shy one.
She approached him in the street that day....
She had a black hoodie on,
that said "Answer to No One,"
keeping her emotions at bay.

Upon meeting this man,
who had...

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THE BANDANA AND THE HAT

R.I.P Big Poppa,
Biggie Smallz Junior mafia,
One & only shot-stopper.
R.I.P Pac the Makavelli,
Amaru Shakur the legendary.
The two were a force, others secondary.
Notorious B.I.G was riding high 94,
Tracks rolling in and more in...

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Dawn, Angie, Glori and Dale —
model citizens led the way
to their stage, all the rage
for seconds in time.

cool of Dawn Dolls —
icons of the seventies,
for teeny-tiny bills
a girl could own a million.

smaller in stature,
much harder...

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Marietta was a happy little girl when she had lived at home
For the first six years, until she was stolen by a lonely crone.
The old woman’s food was strange at first, drinks all had foam.
But...

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Hit Me with Your Best Shot - We are Orlando

A rainbow of all the droplets of color, 
begins to run with a red that bleeds. 
And from the sky it can mix any palette,
instead of...

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I love classical music, for it reminds me of
Walt Disney's musical full-length featured comics.
Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty,
And when I was older, Fantasia, my favorite.

I love Willy Nelson, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn,
Reba, and her daughter-in-law,...

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Midst sullen storm and winter's grip,
Secure and warm I toddies sip.
By fireside glow my thoughts take wing.
While watching snow, I dream of spring.

Spring's swimming pools, azalea shrubs,
And garden tools and hiking clubs.
It's daffodils and meadows...

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Well, darling, in matters so delicate as this,
What with ever so many variables 
And determinants, permutations 
And combinations,
It’s hardly ever possible 
To tell the turn of events.

I just keep wondering: 
Is it something always asked...

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as Las Vegas blood pours on Manchester in droplets the shape of poker chips scattered, dropped by a God laughing all the way to the bank

when the lattice streets, corners and cobbles and bridges of...

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The Jihadi’s got an entire hour to kill
Hundreds of helpless patrons shocked and awed
An eon of murderous rage until
The long awaited reward from his “god”

Like schools, this Orlando bar predictably
Missing the one thing mass shootings...

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There are days that take you back in time,
While other days, hold tomorrow’s promise.  
The city of Orlando will be my world today,
And I confess being, at my core, a city soul, 
At home...

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'Wherever Love conquers men go bonkers.
this is a fact well known.'
'Ariosto' - 'Arry Oo? - 'Oh no, it's not you!
Didn't I give you the slip?
He was a great poet. It's high time you know it,
and...

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we left 
without thinking
of the end
and after awhile
forgot where we 
began
in between
there was a moment
and a moment
and a moment
it went on like that
until time collapsed
into pearls of
water
falling from the
stone roof
of heaven
finding their way
to your
third eye
and...

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