Long Outstretching Poems

You.
Reading this.
Right now.
Proof you have descended
from an unbroken powerful line 
of politically and economically successful
Elders.

If we define “powerful Elder”
as those who have had political and economic authority over another,
responsibility for at least one or more...

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The range in its majesty gives way to open thoughts of the wild things in taming, I have eaten hard pan and dust as my regular meal to be had.

I to the constant trail beaten...

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Many-colored and candle-lights; high beyond the soft trees a fresh country leans heavily toward the night, far beyond the sea’s shady shore.

Beams, o’er wide fields like a white star, \till from the earth’s crown drops...

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*Image of Pala au & Nanahoa by Historic Hawaii
AUDIO: Couplet read
VIDEO: Unique Okala Island Off Monumental Cliffs of Moloka'i


Cliff

Cliff's supply the bemused aback.
Amassed jaws sink as all stand back,
tourist gawks, at paired land splendors.
First; mountain...

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In the still waters of the morning’s glow, I’ve watched the
Frozen silence as the moon quietly melts away, into the chilling
Warmth of the rising run rays, that slowly spills across the lake shore!
Ever gently the...

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To Know She Still Loves Me

Was years ago meant to be an introduction
To thread a line; between, to one day reconnect
Was it chance that she and I had such affection
That all these years later, I...

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with ravenous intentions, their clothes getting tossed about
before retreating to seclusion under virgin white sheets
chests heaving, bodies writhing, lips locked and never parting
frolicking over and spent, he on his back, her on his chest
a few...

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guileless in my green days i climbed to the tip of my toes
to hear a tree and the wind
clap a rat-a-tat code outside my casement window

i was a follower then of minuscule choirs
small voices not...

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When there's absolute silence in the creaking hut,
something spooky is bound to happen again,
and the haunting feeling seems to no avail; 
any ghost's appearance makes my hair stand up!
There he stands laughing and frightening me......

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Little Birdie

        At early dawn solitude surrounds
     Sun is about to cross the horizon 
      Shortly it will glow...

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winter-world enveloped with sparkling snow
                   rose branches bare, blithe tulips disappeared
      ...

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She’d been depressed at seeing how her parents had aged in just a couple of years. She hadn’t really contemplated time much before, it had seemed an endless resource.

Seeing her lying listlessly in bed, he...

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I abandon my struggle, withdraw myself totally,
     into the bottomless abyssal waters of the ocean;
Floating, borne along the currents, alone and adrift,
         ...

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We exist for each other

You can describe pain
Once you’re out of its
Singular bout.

In pursuit of outstretching its arms
Time swooped away a soul
Leaving behind in its swingeing saunter
Crumpled shadow of vulnerability
In a pair of avian eyes
Swooning...

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A soul of abundance
On path of life
Thriving on blessings from God
Hallowed havens 
A salvation for the mind
Mother Nature
A light to the heart
Enthralled by beauty
A Goddess of Life
A gem in flowing streams
Igniting Divine Love
Rekindling spiritual insight
An...

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My Lord the end is near, gone within have I to thee…..
multitudes of bright, lemon drop, sweet tarts pave our way. 
Choosing now to remain, linger, going deep with in the ocean free.

Forms incorporeal above...

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under a carnelian sky, sand massaging the soles of adorned feet
the romantic warrior observes the heavens
everything must be in alignment, total peace

dressed in breast plate bone, draped with jewels
sacred beads resonate

observing the horizon he is...

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Beneath the tall and sparkling Christmas Tree,
are presents wrapped and stacked in neat array-
a picture-perfect holiday bouquet,
with graceful boughs outstretching equally.
Yet, here among the gifts, placed centrally,
the largest one stands out in full display-
red satin...

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O Dearest One, Please Forgive
These hands ...
Once traced your most innermost person
These vile hands!
Have exploited you, tearing to pieces that trusting heart.

O Beloved One, Please Forgive
These eyes ...
Which discovered each buried desire
These wicked eyes!
Now blind...

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Hourly moment.
Outstretching forth,
Catching another breath,
My jaded soul lost the strength to reach.
Atmosphere of expectant living,
Comes gently my direction,
"Need help old friend."
Giving all I can,
Teardrop of one conflict passes weariness,
"Honestly, I do."
Airflow knows the pathway entirely...

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Memories worth remembering
Faded pictures worth keeping
Events in life recollecting
In black and white protruding
Eyes' captured moments encircling
Stolen moments not forgetting
Sailing clouds scribbling, sketching
Like mountains and trees eye-catching
Moon with jumbled stars scintillating
Sun in blue skies smiling
Segments of...

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