Long Palmer Poems

I cannot believe that I used to have a crush on you,
You are cold, heartless, and MEAN!
I never talked about you, never did anything to you,
I never deserved that, you had no need to be...

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Martha was rudely awaken on Monday morning
With the phone call we all dread
“Mrs Palmer we regret to inform you
That your husband Edward is dead”
She thought that it was tactless
The way she had been told
Couldn’t they...

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Saved By A Wizard

It was beginning to get dusk,
the crimson red moon was out.
Eerie sounds, you could hear
while we were out and about.

Deep in the mist, 
Eyes glowed of red.
We heard a dark voice, 
This...

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It was beginning to get dusk,
the crimson red moon was out.
Eerie sounds, you could hear
while we were out and about.

Deep in the mist, 
Eyes glowed of red.
We heard a dark voice, 
This is what it said,

"You're both...

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To know just where your're going

You must know where you've been

You must respect the history

The things others have seen

It's true in all things relative

Be it music, sports or life

If you don't know where you came...

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   An anti-resolvent-fume-
of-infest-chokes-out-integral-yield of humanity. 
Thick as molasses, blackstrap morass of emnity.

Blight is apathy, and apathy is blight. 
A Void, a claim farming the abyss. 
Marketing it's lie, on sale. 
Though it has...

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A Comrade like Ben

A statesman like Mandela diplomatically
suspended the necessary struggle of opposites,
gummed his fragmented land together with reconciliation….
exploiters to exploited , murderers to martyrs
imperialist to invisibled indigenes  
lives in Sandton and councils Bill...

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Reduce Strife 
Ancestors, ancestors long gone but closer u get.  A great deal of young women is left with the check.  No charge, says the Lord!
…but we regret our sons are being taken...

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The Ring On My Pinky Finger 

     Confidence was her attire until she was raped at twelve years old. A bit before menstruation pain entered her confidence and tore away her...

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Five Or More

What is normal when I lie in bed at night wishing I had a man. Not just any man but the man I have prayed for repeatedly.  An associate of mine approached...

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Three Pigs
by Melanie D Palmer

There were three pigs.
One was rich and had common sense.
The middle one was poor and dense,
Youngest one was book smart with a bit o scense (common sense & cents).

Smart pig built...

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I received a cookie cutter form letter of rejection from the editor for someone else's poem in my SASE. That someone else sent me the acceptance letter she received for my poem in her SASE....

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All types of music appeals to me
Bohemian Rhapsody was one of the first records I brought
Can’t specify one style over another, I will listen to anything
Depends on my mood as to what type of music...

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It felt so good to feel young again, felt just like a kid. I began to run through the beautiful green meadow. The elegant sun sent out radiant rays that lit up the entire sky....

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I'm sorry for all the horrible things I have said,
I'm sorry for all the bad things I have done,
I'm glad to havve you as my best friend again,
I was sad, depressed, and desperate to hear...

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I miss you oh so much,
Why did you have to you go away,
Why can't you see we all miss you, 
But I miss you the most.
I can't even tell you what it's doing to me,
I...

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INFINITE ATHLETEAMVIEWER
 
In a tale of twists & turns of rare fight, 
Mason left the Blues in hinge sight,
And now, a TeamViewer in flight.
Cole Palmer departed City in dead night, 
Becoming an Infinite Athlete so...

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P.S. IT’S POETRY WRITE ON WRITE ON CONGRATS TO MY FELLOW POETRY SOUPERS PART 4
Many thanks to you selected poets;
Of sharing your whispers from God, tho you didn’t know it;
Each letters and each word;
Reads so...

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It’s cool and the dusk is young yet,
The sun is taking its time to set beyond the mountain tops
I try to enjoy my fourth legal beer in the backyard
Also known as The Upper Room,
Where I...

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BLUE LIONS & RED DEVILS
 
Against the Blues, they never lost for many seasons,
Red Devils came to the Bridge 4_3 reasons:
They came, they saw, they suffered.
Tho' they bottled it, sarcasm isn't inferred.4

In Stamford's grand arena,...

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What would you do if you knew this was my last day to live??
Would you try and save or let me go?
Would you even care for my soul?
What would you do if I was a...

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I had a disagreement the other day
with my pal Floyd who passed my way

He brought his new sculpture for me to see
Floyd's a fine artist, on that we agree

"Wow" said I, "It's an Iron Butterfly"
"He'll...

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A waning aura no longer flamed enough to flicker a surrender. Decomposes, decompresses like mummification wrap.

An anti-resolvent-fume-
of-infest-chokes-out-integral-yield. 
Thick as molasses, blackstrap.

Blight is apathy, and apathy is blight. 
A Void, a claim farming the abyss. 
Marketing...

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R- richness beauty,             
prevails;
I- in love, we are, have we;
C- charisma n' sass', *yes we 
do*, pon dis:
H- holy ground, before The 
A-...

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Oh what a mess you have created,
Spread rumors about me, and stabbed me in the back,
Then was nice to me in my face,
You know I hate people like that, and friends
They don't do that, maybe...

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