Long Paige Poems

Being sick with a snotty nose
A cough, fatigue, one of those colds???
For goodness sake's everyone knows
Grandmothers are too sophicated 
To wear anything but fancy clothes
Surely not a Kleenex box attached
To their chair, and looking unkempt
And...

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ADAPTABILITY:  God seemed to have programmed life, in general, to be indiscriminate, allowing all of its good, bad, and ugly to rain upon His creation. God is an equal opportunity employer. Some entities receive...

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I have attempted to capture my favorite major league baseball players in this little shape poem of home plate. Included are (in no particular order):

Say Hey Willie Mays       ...

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I guess that there is only hope to rely upon, to judge by, or plan our futures. Love 
is such a word to not be taken lightly, or to be taken advantage of. Life as...

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"til the end"


Dear Lord can you hear me when I'm lonely,
I met someone that's totally opposite of me,
She's struggling through the same test you sent upon me,
Coincidence that I'll learn it before her now she's...

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One day, Brad felt overwhelmingly sad
The next day Brad was raging mad
Following this day, Brad was feeling glad
This was the best day that Brad had had

One day, Suzy had been crying all day long
The next...

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It’s been four (long) years. Yes, long - to my dismay.
Some think it goes quickly; RUBBISH! I say.
When you have a child, the days will drag,
The season crawl, and the years can lag.

But onward we...

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How could he be so disloyal, they had always been so close, and that was why to seek
revenge she took an overdose.
He was supposed to call and see her, it was timed so she'd be...

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The weekend is here again
And if I have my way
I'm going to spend my spare time
Watching films starring Doris Day

In nineteen forty nine
Ten years before I was born
Doris starred with Kirk Douglas and Lauren Bacall
In...

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"Poetry Souper Heroes:  The Sequel"
by:  Eric L. Boddie

As we last saw, Anita Sharma was coming in
What's that Melody Thomas, I had to ask my friend
It's called Falling Raindrops, Kim Patrice Nunez is the...

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MY MOST EMBARRASSING MOMENT - Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Cindi Rockwell


I was barely seventeen working at my first job,
I was young so I was still in the “nice” stage,
I had this manager who bugged me named Rob,
He...

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A hand touched upon her shoulder, as she turned around in shock, she saw her  deceased
Grandma standing there, in her favourite gingham frock.
"I'm here for you, it's time my dear" her grandma softly said,...

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The medic said lie on the couch
She swabbed my cervix , I said OUCH
It's checking for cancer
So I can’t be a chancer
For cervical smears I can vouch

I lay there with my legs akimbo
Butt naked I...

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My heart is still beating a steady rhythm.
	Even when my body feels dead, empty.
I’m alive.
	I’m dead.
I’m falling apart,
	With ten thousand voices screwing with my head.
Voice #1: Is Kyle really worth all this pain?
	Voice #2: Magician…Poof...Disappearing...

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Anida Mann & Baron Ready
April Showers & Wade Rivers
Bertha Saylor & Abel Crews
Bunny Bunns & Wilt Dailey
Burl E Pecker & Phyllis Upman
Candy Cane & Hedon Succor
Chastity B. Lowe & Noah Hoare
Crystal Clear & Robin Blind
Demi...

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Dear Anna,

I
       Left you in order to save you from me.
Didn’t
       I warn you that I was poisonous? 
Want
    ...

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Cynosure Contest
Sponsor: Nayda Ivette Negron

Her birth began the moments of cherishing my sweet girl, 
her worth finds atonement through perishing my world.
She stands alone in the brilliance of the sky with pink hues,
tiny hands condone...

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What'll Do to You?
Choices, forks in the less traveled road,
Fighting for ideals abroad,
Boldly opposing status quo,
Sweating, planting, straining hoe,
Beads run down brow trading,
A drift downstream for upstream wading,
Blisters arise, bruises blue imbue,
Reaching deeper to sacrifice...

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Strobe lights loud music
silver glitter balls
reflective tiny stars
dot the dance floor hall.

She was grinding and pumping
body toned tight and fast
she was the centre of attention
her choice her last dance.

She expertly glided
up and down the polished...

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Scars on your arms and legs
Like permanent tattoos
They never fade away
Long live the memories
You wish would disappear
Sink away into the past 
Turn into shadows
Follows you around
In the corner of your mind
Pushing you deeper into depression
It...

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I'm infinitely more 
than just words 
on a blank paige
         I am...
 tenderness
a beautiful art form
        a cry
  ...

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Could you imagine how mad the devil would be if we feared God as much as covid-19
When his lies no one  believes and his confusion only confirms our faith
Would he be dismayed at the...

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Oh Kate
You never told me
It a grey feeling
Just a dismal hunch
Pretty Kate
Sweet Kate
Always there

Yes Kate
A gift for thee

There for Bram Flakes
There for schmear
There for ersatz food
Yes Kate

You taught me how
To enjoy ersatz food
Without grimacing

You were...

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There are birds that leave the nest too soon
You are like that
All fumbling feathers and heartbreak with sternum kissing ground
You grew up early, Paige
I don't think you ever learned to fly correctly
No one was your...

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A poem to a man aired briefly on the Skype cam
Ignore the fliss and the flam
If you were here I would hold your sweaty hand
Untill I could hear the words you breath
Now relax a minute...

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