Long Overran Poems

The day was going off, and the brown air
To the terrestrial animals gave rest
For their labors; and only me was there

Just ready to withstand the war at best
Both of the journey and of the torment,
Which...

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TRENCH  CURSE 1918
BY
JOHN M. ARRIBAS

	
Patriotic songs give us reason to cheer
Except when “ over there” becomes over here
Mounting casualties are easy to explain
Men on foot crossing open terrain
Synchronized whistles signal the attack
Rise out of...

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Impossible dreams that give rise to miracles do happen in real life,
How else can one explain  as riotous celebrations burst into life,
There in Leicester City when her football team confirmed their supremacy,
With a final...

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If only the hateful blind could see
All the vistas of felicity

Found in here, and found in there
Found everywhere at every stare

Found in the sea which marine adore
It's placidly waves pours colors azure

Found in the night...

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Five thousand years or more ago
A man, in peace, lived with his wife
But then, her father passed away
And thus began the days of strife.

They built a room and moved her in;
She quickly overran their space.
He,...

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"We're all comfortable under the cloak of night,
and have many miles to cover.
We must head North and then,"said Owl, 
"my plan you will discover."

"There's a stream to the North of the cereal field,
that's home to...

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Refrain:

Beware ye netizens
of the internet troll
dare not feed it.
just sigh and past it scroll

I
There dwell within the internet
A vile creature with a rash wreath
Who spews their venom
From between their buck teeth

II

"Just ignore it!"
Can we get...

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At this time in my life 
I am sure of nothing
I earn zilch in the town of nothingville 
but still have to pay taxes

I cannot forget the horror
Of that weekend
But for my own sanity I...

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Burning, gleaming effulgent golden daystar - mirrored, reflected, pictured
Drawing up the facsimile of faith, ardour and iridescence
Trees oscillate and dance together with the rhythmic, dulcet gust of breeze
Air - blowing and puffing, zephyr cooled ,...

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When the mind became numb I didn’t have to feel the rest.
Feelings they say, I laugh, I never felt the blame.

When the mind became numb I didn’t know about the real.
A foreign concept that was...

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*^* take the vivacious steps of my world's elated lilt *^*

Burning effulgent golden daystar - mirrored, reflected
Drawing up the facsimile of faith and luminescence
Trees oscillate and dance together with the rhythmic gust of breeze
Air -...

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Burning effulgent golden daystar - mirrored, reflected
Drawing up the facsimile of faith and luminescence
Trees oscillate and dance together with the rhythmic gust of breeze
Air - blowing and puffing, zephyr cooled by the brook
Turfs overran the...

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Sometimes as a child you ran.
Sometimes you ran as fast as you can.
Sometimes you ran to kick the can.
Sometimes you ran.
Sometimes you ran from the man.
Not 1970’s “The Man”.
You ran from the man with the...

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Moving as prescribed, holding bodies correct,
is life denied and confined within limits.	
Our souls course divine life and truth through our blood -
we all thirst for spirit’s flood to seek a burst.
Even the first primitive man’s...

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To those who keep the seas free

They place themselves board tiny boats at sea,
floating alone, hoping for savior's mast.
Their homes overran by threshing V.C.
We approached, fearful faces were made fast.

Their hungry eyes looking upward for...

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The rumbling and shovelling 
Pandemonium  and desecration
The killings and maiming of souls
Boko harambee, the harem of 
 murderers
The genie let loose, murder 
  incorporated,
Unlicensed to kill
It's the wild! wild!! North on
  the...

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FLU - DAY 1
Just when it came to me I cannot say
nor did I think that something was amiss
as rising from a restless sleep one day
but won't admit it coming from a kiss;

I pulled my...

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