Long Persevered Poems

“I thought about the former days, the years of long ago.” * 

If you saw something beautiful in a people, a place, a thing;
If you heard about something captivating and fantastic;
If you felt something soothing...

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“I thought about the former days, the years of long ago.” Psalms 77:5 NIV

If you saw something beautiful in a people, a place, a thing;
If you heard about something captivating and fantastic;
If you felt something...

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Nelson Mandela, crossed my spirited mind today, a visionary legend of peace, love, equality, and unity of all people.

As a prevailer of great affliction, he was like a Greek God fighting for the—"Common man!”

I had...

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Angles of Mercy
By
Kevin L Fairbrother

There is not to many of us that can say that the owe their existence on this earth to a Native in a Foreign country, in my case I can say...

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"Dandylion" 

The guy was a 
Dandylion 
there was 
no denying it

full of promises
and making wishes
residing over 
this new world

poetically 
speaking, he
shone like 
the Sun

he sat on his throne
for all to see
the mane man
roaring non-garrulous

declaring 
to...

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Far beyond the horizon we gazed at sunlit skies 
glowing from gigantic mountains, thick blue clouds
hang peacefully over our heads, painting hopes and 
aspirations as we journey relentlessly to recapture
our dreams.

We have been climbing this...

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Thank You!...

It's Black history month, so we come to celebrate, 
all the hues of brown that made our nation great! 

From Fredrick and Harriet to Mandela, and Muhammad Ali, because of the stance they took,...

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Surely Sang A Song

We wanted to know what was wrong,
About wearing a barbed wire thong;
Not too swell;
So she did yell;
Should have heard her sing a song. 

Jim Horn

James 5 New International Version (NIV)
Warning to Rich...

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When I was just a teenage lad, and growing up out west
I never wore a cowboy hat or fancy leather vests,
never put on cowboy boots or western shirts with snaps,
never wore tooled leather belts, much...

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As swift assaults endeavored to prevail,
the magnitude of death was asinine.
‘Twas such a toll above a measured scale
that no explicit value could define.
As battles raged, no exploit could surmount
the endless waves that fell within the...

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In College not knowing what to do
Dreamt of getting Associate degree
When tragic car accident happened
Wish it was just a nightmare
*
People from Church was always identified as family
Woke up seeing people’s faces
Tried to return to College
Persevered...

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Memories of a bleak childhood haunted him ever and anon.
Whenever he thinks of that dark day, a thousand blades cut through him.
Shocked by the ferocity of that memory, his mind still goes insane.
Old wounds are...

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You are my love
My sweet protector
My guardian in the night
The one who persevered to convince me
Who taught me how to fight

You are power
You are struggle
You are weakness
You are light
You are everything inside
That makes me come...

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Beowulf Excerpts
anonymous Old English/Anglo-Saxon poem, circa 8th-10th century AD
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

LO, praise the prowess of the Spear-Danes
whose clan-thanes ruled in days bygone,
possessed of dauntless courage and valor.

All have heard the honors the...

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He was born a bouncing baby boy in the year 1975 in Hampton Virginia.

To two loving parents Ann Iverson and Allen Broughton.


While growing up in Hampton, the nick name "Bubba Chuck" was given to this...

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~ Ode To Helen Steiner Rice~ 
 (1900- 1980 )
( Blood Quill )



Lovely lady she shine
She persevered through life
Wrote thousands verses of  Love, Faith, Hope
Ambassador Sunshine
Daughter, sister and wife
She fought hard all thru her...

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~ Ode To Helen Steiner Rice~ 
 (1900- 1980 )
( Blood Quill )


Lovely lady she shine
She persevered through life
Wrote thousands verses of Faith, Love, Hope
Ambassador Sunshine
Daughter, sister, writer, wife
She fought hard all thru her life...

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~Ode To Helen Steiner Rice~
(1900-1981 
(Monchielle) 


Lovely lady, she shines 
Ambass'dor of Sunshine 
Daughter, sister and wife 
Upliftin' poems she wrote 
She persevered through strife 

Lovely lady, she shines 
She's famous poetess 
Wrote verses of...

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I need others to understand the reason for all this writing.  I need to explain to others that this writing of poems and short stories is not about me. I feel compelled to write,...

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Looking at an old photo of myself at age 13,
I see a girl, rail-thin, but on the verge of womanhood.
Her hair hangs in long pigtails and she wears a modest top with shorts
as she sits...

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Trudging through thorny and rocky paths,
His feet often got cracked and torn.
Yet he persevered, for he had a lovely family.
His dear one stood by his side as a pillar of support,
Sharing the joys and hardships...

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Growing up in a middle class suburb of Chicago, is it any wonder that Polly learned the art of political malarkey.  Watching the City Council was probably the
place where she learned to see women...

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In the stillness of the night,
Amidst the glow of the stars,
There was a girl who found delight,
In the beauty of the moon afar.

She gazed upon its beaming face,
With wonder and adoration,
And felt a sense of...

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Cindy
By Franklin Price
03/04/2022

When I first met you Cindy, you were another person's spouse
You became a friend to Barb and me, were always welcome in our house.
People always stopped and stared, your beauty was in bloom
You...

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FOR GOD’S SAKE

When living "...of the world" despair unfurled.
I lost sight of heaven’s glorious pearl.
Truths shouted out from the depths of my mind.
God’s loving whispers to me stayed entwined.

Higher education became my goal.
Scientific teachings soon...

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