Long Ort Poems

For Paula Swanson's "Beseech" contest:
Prose Poetry Verse:



God has given the moon the stars.
He remains a God beyond the stars!!!
A year or two ago, "Ort" was discovered in space and is where stars are formed -...

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continents apart
unique souls filled with blessings
bless one another
make the globe a better place
encourage love peace joy hope


Turkish

kitalar ayri
Kutsamalarla dolu benzersiz ruhlar
Birbirini korusun
Dünyayi daha iyi bir yer haline getirin
Sevgi baris sevinç umut tesvik


Arabic
alqarrat almubaraka
alqarrat biaistithna'
alnnufus faridat...

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The hunger

Horrendous afternoon, breeze chose to be still
Dilapidated hut in the midst of the hill
Frail and fragile sat she at the threshold
Crying baby in lap about an year old
Both wrapped in rags covering their bony...

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A rare good sou-L
            at Mote-L Six 
         who smel-Led different.
     ...

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Im stillen Kornfeld dort,
wo sie verborgen lag,
des Schnitters Sense,
da liegt jetzt sein Grab.
Und nur der Wind
verweht das letzte Wort,
das niemand mehr vernehmen mag.

Bezwinge deine Seele
und stiehl dich heimlich fort.
Damit nicht Angst dich quäle 
an jenem...

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Residents of a Fevered Mind
By Sy Roth

I took the road more traveled--my mistake
Thought I could hide among the masses
Fully expecting that someone might pluck me out, 
And I would endure in their sunlight forever.

Waesucks, to...

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               Circle in the sand could tell a story 
of a lost world, where celestials and machines 
were one.
A crafty place...

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GREATNESS

A term few truly understand
And the scarce few that comprehend
See in its stead an ephemeral belief
More a fantasy than a reality
Laughing at the audacity a being would possess
To even spend time to think such possibility

A...

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A simple golden band that he wore upon his hand
Didn't seem to matter much to him.
He had a rovin' eye and it settled by and by
On a woman at her best when lights are dim.

The...

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His name's John, but they call him Jack.
The boy's got gamblin' in his veins.
He cowboys and don't give no slack,
But he plays poker when it rains.

The other thing that's on his mind
Is women, whether tall...

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His name’s John, but they call him Jack
Got gamblin’ in his veins
He cowboys for the Lazy D
An’ plays cards when it rains

The other thing that’s in his blood
Is women tall or short
He loves ‘em either...

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her face was A golden eclipse that needed a change
she was fulfilled with inspiration
he was intelligent and business wise
they were well on their way

forever was their love was to do you good
limitless were their souls...

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I heard a sound
lilting like reed pipes
wending through air
grown heavy in dusklight
sultry and organic
rising from behind
a pasture heavy with
coarse hairs and droppings
horses and their liquid eyes
shedding winter coats
(and masticated oats)
even they know
they're only scenery
with withers...

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When Old Mother Hubbard
Examined her cupboard
And found not a scrap there to munch on,
Not one morsel that clung
To an ort or a crumb,
She felt foolish and dumb
And stood sucking her thumb
While her dog, Butch, got...

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N otice me when I am in a mood to
   E valuate my every move!
V oice your opinion to
   E scape the wrongdoing.
R eality is never given to you.
  
A...

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Eine andere Art
Es ist eine andere Art
der Schönheit, 
wenn mein Finger
über den Bogen deiner Braue fährt.

Dein Ellenbogen zeigt 
mir das versteckte Glück,
das ich schon so oft verloren habe.
Wie ist das Sein in dem Moment, 
wenn...

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This is the tempature
of what we live like today
feeling the distcomf
ort
and feeling the pain
oh I feel so strange 

rearrange the letters
and believe in faith
live life to others
my hand is hurting 
my head is burning
red and...

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I'm Leaving (eventually)

I'm going to leave the planet 
never coming back
wave you all a quick goodbye 
as I vanish into black

Traverse the great elliptic 
skipping the asteroid belt
on past the rings of Saturn before 
you'll...

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dear god or whatever
you can begin me now
begin me on a whiteboard
a blackboard
anything that can be erased

my cookie was baked with bad blood
begin me again
as if I were a fish
on an alien shore
gulping impossible air

i...

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her face was empty
she was empty
he was nothing
they were empty

empty was their love
nothing were their souls

nothing would take it all away
empty it all away
and find nothing there but what is yours


His voice was nothing
her hands...

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