Long Owhere Poems

My penchant for writing was showing
The comments I received were ‘glowing’
But at the end of the day
I get another N/A
My success in contests is slowing!

WRITTEN BY JAN ALLISON ON 1st September 2016

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Fashioned by Your hand,
			for You I stand,
Out of  Your nostrils You blew
			the living breath that made me new
Right well my soul knows,
			marvellous Your work shows
Even deep down in the sea,
			Your right hand will hold...

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M.isconstrued moments, doubts, and fears.
I.solated guilt built out of tears.
S.adly aware of lifes mundane, but unable to comfort your own pain!
U.ncomfortable with your own frame of mind, and what people may find unexplainable and a...

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Only on his veranda does he feel like the king of his castle
No better place to put up his feet and take stock
 
Much gratitude swells when he sits back with contentment
Years of dedication behind...

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F orever dreaming of mountains
E verest towering them all
E ven in daydreams I picture
L ong legged eager strides as I climb
I mpressive trails that are winding
N owhere to go but up and up
G ear in...

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Craving to be back where I belong
Only place my heart breaks into song
Memories come flooding through my mind
Imitating days I left behind.
Nowhere in the world I'd rather be
Guess that's why you're always home to me.

Been...

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Homesickness


Homesickness has me
Ogling old photographs of yesteryear,
Missing all the things that make a home.
Echoes of an innocent time long ago, 
Still ring silently in my heart and
I long to return to my roots and
Come home...

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K-ind weather stays the same, 
R-aindrops shall never fall; 
I-n the sky the sun shines, 
S-o does the fireball.
T-hirteenth morn in April
I-s truly in good view; 
N-ight cold chill is over, 
E-ven the dusk is...

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V-ile weather has turned
I-nto a warm sunny day; 
L-ightness from the sky
M-akes the haze fade
A-way.

L-et the early morn break
E-ighth day of February; 
G-ood news I have for you, 
A-nother fun I guarantee.
S-weet rhyme of verse
P-romises...

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L ight of evening arrives on its accord
O pening a mantle for spring’s preview…
V ast the earth toned in rose-white, and though
E ver cold, I roam the garden to admire
L ittle buds waking on dewy...

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N ow I’m not one to complain.
O ther people think I’m insane,
W hen I tell them where I’m from.
H earing their laughter thumps like a drum.
E ach and every man jack or two,
R eally hates...

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