Long Perking Poems

I have been reluctant to pen this verse 
Because I don't understand what it was all about
I have been reluctant to pen this verse
Because I don't want anyone to  get hurt
Morning comes and evening...

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(A both serious and fanciful encounter with God)          

1. There are so many questions that I have for God, 
Oh my love, don't you feel the...

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I followed your voice…
I followed your voice…
With a bouquet of stars in hand
I followed your voice
I followed it with all of my heart
You approve of the gift,
I knew you’d understand

I followed His distinct voice…
It sounds...

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Of late I find myself talking at length 
to my dog – just “puppy talk” at first.
Then with a familiar grown-up vocabulary
 
most doting dog-owners use – and nothing 
beyond a dog’s mental grasp, depending...

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Pet Poems, First Dog, Blake

No matter, of course, how many times I asked,
The answer came, “No!”  Thus,
At age 9, at the start of summer, I searched
Our not especially well-kept house and yard
For every scrap...

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“I heard a note once,.”  Charles said with conviction and bass from his gut.
Every night with chuck we reached this point ,
Existential storytelling, usually after four drinks or eight drinks.
Talking about government and it’s...

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(cont..) He removed his Stetson cowboy hat and placed it gently on the bowling ball he 
had mounted just for that purpose over the heater by the door. He probably didn’t take that 
good care...

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OUR LIBRARIAN

I once remember the
Librarian in my college  
Meticulous ,and savvy
His love for knowledge 
Knows no bound.  

I once remember the 
Librarian in my University
A man with a large heart for others 
His...

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Devil In My Kitchen



Eyes wide open staring at the ceiling

Body aching, heart breaking

The voice in my head 

Is telling me to stay in bed



First on my knees, thanking you

For another day light

Lord please strengthen me...

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Lost by the Lake

It is early and the dawn has not yet come. 
The water is very still, and reflects the trees on the far side. 
Every now and again, a fish kisses the surface,...

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I saw a little birdy - listening
The wind it stops - dawn it breaks
Silence is golden - I do not say a word
The limbs - the clatter against life
The trees stand tall - roots it...

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YOU, THE SUN, THE POWER

The sun rushes quickly over trees and boulders 
across rivers and fields of different blooming flowers
it knows not shadows or shade 
it comes to my doorstep and halts

The sun, the beast,...

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By ears and whiskers, ain't no more
A sadder thing that being in the dog house,
On a rainy day.
Make no bones about it, when momma's
Mad I'm hanging my head low.
Jo dirt has nothing on how bad...

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First heard the call when three.
Pet store said come and see
and mommy did agree,
every child should have a puppy.

Wanted to get you all the toys,
while blue still ok for boys,
even got us perking and tilting...

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Interesting regarding a walnut. Pacing perking perching. Wow. In a hooped skirt hopping. Hoping shell just keeps safe. Much leaping many leaves. And chiming is neither timing nor temperature gauge. A Guatemalan flying multi coloured...

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The leaves crunch under my feet as I walk.
Admiring my forest for the hundredth time.
Loving it that deer bound away flashing me with their tails.
Sometimes white, sometimes black.

The red berries are coming out full force.
Sun...

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Will I see a new born day?
A new born day soaring at its best from dawn’s wake,
Perking up the obverse of summer’s gravid clouds,
And as much as necessary bring light to the world…

Will I see...

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…MORNING TIME

Every morning at four, I hear the slamming of the woodshed door.
The rattle of the poker and the smell of wood smoke, wafting  through the air.
It rolls its way up the stair to...

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Kelogb 10 (6-7-6)

For Emmanuel Adédayò Òjéládé. 



When for all the long lines,  
Eyes don't catch up the design 
Of all I had combined

And in little shy glance, 
The eyes travel in spry trance;
For few...

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In the Early Morning Hours
By Franklin Price
5/16/2015

In the early morning hours
No one else awake but me
The birds are not yet singing 
From their perches in the trees

The glow of coming sunrise
Has not lit the eastern...

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Zerk was a lurking berserk
who lived in the murky-murk of the cirque 
by the smirking Turk 
Zerk was irking a-jerkin’ and a draught of perkin
Zerk was a-joying his shirker’s approach towards work
Zerk was a-starking, a-barking,...

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January is the incunabula of the year
I embrace hugely like my huggable teddy bear
With my new life’s portmanteau inexorably handed over
On that last starry night of a very cold and joyful December

A new portmanteau of...

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The  one that perches on prey
Her target remains afraid
As her prey donate money into her trey
She sucks with all power and fray

Ostrich the undying lover of Osprey
Walking . . Flaunting her curvature spree
Hitting her...

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Sprinkling scented  sachets of cheer
Perking grim faces afar and near
Ringing out gloom and despair
It is  again that time of year
Nimble footed, treads with care
Glides in dispelling mists of fear

Ink out each dreary day
Sunny...

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Today some of us have been,
Allowed to work from home!
While this is a power with you,
To self manage on your own!

While kiddos at home will be happy,
To see mommies and daddies working!
And elders will be...

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