Long Petitioned Poems

Kids of today, we here them say, no respect, what do you expect
Always hanging around on the streets, doing nothing and nothing to do
Is it their fault in this decaying society or should the blame...

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There was a time when I was so young
I was uncertain, didn’t know which road
Was the right one, the way for me to go
The place where I’d discover wisdom and more…
	…. Peace and love, grace...

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…Said the Mind to the Heart, we do not work together to run this place all we do is argue and fight.  This place use to run so simple and sweet then you came...

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THE SCORPION KING-A FABLE BY GWENDOLEN RIX

ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A VERY DARK AND DANGEROUS KINGDOM
ITS GOVERNING PRINCIPLES WERE HATRED AND GLOOM
ITS GOVERNMENT WAS ESTABLISHED BY AN EVIL DICTATOR
AND DROVES OF HIS EVIL...

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Once upon a mountaintop a she-monster named Mazy 
was searching for a man.  
She wanted a young, honest alien man. Not a nutty old 
tooth-jagged Monster like Bill or Dan.
We were horrified. Inner-galaxy dating...

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The memories of the Elders had grown weak as time and seasons past.  Like old pastures remembering only faint hoof marks.

	Twelve villages shared the lands from the river to the vast horizon.  All...

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you think I'm simple minded because I'm nice
when all I said was never fear knowledge
after assassinating my inner constable
to no on stage ill effect whatsoever
jury selection being finally recognized 
as a ghost in the compulsory...

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you think I'm simple minded because I'm nice
when all I said was never fear knowledge
after assassinating my inner constable
to no on stage ill effect whatsoever
jury selection being finally recognized
as a ghost in the compulsory banquet...

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On The Road To Damascus Part Two
By Roy Merritt
(A humorous take on the life of the Apostle Paul)

That was my first journey on my second Peter became a friend
And with him I debated the Gentiles...

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Wistful is the heart, silent the walls
    where the gambols of youth echoed.
A return tale’s sentimental journey
  inside the gates of Sweet Briar Road

Long it behoves me my thanksgiving 
 ...

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              "I open the door...

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To: All who believe in the cross.

After supper, in the garden, Jesus agonized over 
His destiny. Mark, says He petitioned the Father
asking Him to 'take this cup away from me.' Luke 
describes further how, after...

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My mind and heart will never be friends.
Sworn enemies, they wrestle and box
for control of me, the battle never ends
like the tick tocking pendulums of clocks

I ask my mind when it keeps me awake,
"Tell me,...

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Shay was her best friend whom she wanted to save
Because she saw a horrible purple bruise.
Felt there was something wrong since she married Dave.
Went to her friend’s family; thought it would be news.

They told her...

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(Inspired by: Mother Liniel Ambrose)


The sadist sings no songs to God
They dance to bells they ring
'Till one mightier within them sing
They'll sit in the land of nod.

Sad people's songs affords them might
They see the hands...

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BORN IN THE MIDDLE EAST
By Eddie Egbelo Ntebri

Alas thy has been born; from thy dark mother’s womb
To inhale the venomous air from thy bleeding ambiances
What a conclave; concealed by dusty decisions 
Dejection and pity shelters...

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A big blue marble, floating in the middle of nowhere like a tiny attractive spark.
Its shimmering light penetrates the darkness of space like a candle in the dark. 
How perfectly it has been placed in...

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A Poor Man’s Tale

I wasn’t born handsome, or into affluence.
But I inherited my orchard trees.
In their shade I petitioned my prayers and pleas.
Off the vine, I lived in opulence.

Before long, the orchard wasn’t enough for...

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A contracted seafarer...concerning no servile rank, 
kept e'er involved watch...away from menial daily tasks top deck,
while steadfast wary of...the diligent taskmaster's whip.

A dawn swift gust...brushes the ship from a rocky pillar, 
duly rallies from rest...aids...

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Gods and Devils

And on the saddest day,
“Men” created “Gods”
bestowing upon them
the power to terrorize “men”,
reduce them to subservience, servitude.

“Men” worshipped these “Gods”,
begged them for fulfillment, forgiveness,
petitioned them for mercy.
Blamed the “Gods” for all things
good and...

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Another dead statistic dawns today, 
Contempt dissolved foundations love astray. 
   Malicious memories of miscarried mirth, 
   Repetitious resolving rends rebirth. 

Too far, too strange, oh we have now become. 
Decisions...

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I petitioned God in prayer 
With angry words ... I cried out
He bowed down His ear to me
Then, in one single touch He sent me
Falling prostrate on the floor

He reached down from on high
And took...

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Can’t you see what’s running down my face?
Are you going to tell me you don’t know what that means?
How can you blame me for being wary?
Can’t you see that I’m almost helpless?
   ...

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Meribah means” quarreling”
Messah “testing”
Istraelites grumbled a lot
It was about the lack of water
Moses responded by scolding them for testing Eternal God

It only incited the people more
Threatened to kill him
Moses petitioned to Eternal God
Who supplies the...

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Tom’s Surprise 80th Birthday Party
Haskell F.W.B. Church
12-5-2018

My spring of life contained pregnant clouds,
Almost as if suspended by parachute shrouds;
Now, winter has painted it with shades of grey,
But then, eighty years, has been a lengthy stay.
Now,...

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