Long Poetry month Poems

(A lone voice writes)

Some whisper and will
In secret occult circles 

About these sad days of 2025

That Humanity will fall into unruly petulant desire

Consumed and devoured by a blazing war lit infectious fire 

But what happens...

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Your words, which seem to be my words,
are but footprints on the fen floor of
the white page, echoes of wand'ring lyric loping.

And if, perhaps, the P's that B have blessed,
they click, they crunch, they sweetly...

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April arrives on a whispering breeze,
An artist’s touch upon the trees.
Violets and tulips paint fields in bloom,
Their colors chase away winter's gloom.

For its Spring's grand stage, her radiant hour,
When the earth awakens in petals and...

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674 Santa Rosa 

my childhood home
for almost 10 years
was 674 Santa Rosa 
Berkeley California

A five bedroom 
adobe California home
on the side of a hill
at the bottom of the Berkeley hills

you entered on the top floor
across...

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Words Used 
Ghost, Heart. (Nouns)
Shiver, Deliver, (Verb)
Wicked, Viscous, (adjectives)

I had a friend- jovial and sweet, in my college days.
The same room, we had shared at the hostel.
I noticed, by and by, she was losing her...

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The sparkling dawn lights up my onyx heart,        
spreads the sunburst spectrum of yearning
in the fervent garden of feeling, blooming with my love, 
designs the facsimile of your...

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APril 1 is ONe  

 April Fools Day time for National Poetry Month to begin the beguine

APril 1 is ONe

 

Lieberry Dissertation

 

APril 1 2014 NPM National POetry MOnth

 

Lettuce make a large important...

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   T~ This is for all the great master poets of art.
   H~ Having the skills, the words, and the smarts.
   E~ Emotions you've captured, the thoughts you provoked.

...

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DAY 3 of national poetry month
DAY 3 of national poetry month
Morris WEst The Navigator
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All of us at one time or another dream of escaping from todays threatening world
deaf dumb and blind
OR
a non friend
But here he...

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Nouns:(choose two)
River
Heart

Verbs: (choose two)
Shiver
Gaze

Adjectives:(choose two)
Lush
Tender

Words pour from my pores, a river of light
	erasing the shadows of a melancholy
		my thoughts tremble, shiver like dew
whose tender trail across each petal, murmuring
	expressions reflecting off the melody
		lush voice of...

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GALAXY   YOKE    BOMBARD   MASTICATE   LUSH   VISCOUS

Some say our galaxy’s a feeble joke,
and I’m not one to beat about the bush:
two stellar oxen, fastened by...

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Happy National Poetry Month, Poetry Soup...


Poetry should not be considered a luxury
Only to be enjoyed by the privileged few…
The cultural and cerebral elite.
Poetry need not be weighed down
By deeply ponderous metaphysical messages
To be worth one's...

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Some more of my poems for poetry month.

Grant Us Immunity

God from Trump grant us immunity
Causes trouble with every opportunity
And what we really want to propose
His eroticism and incompetence expose;
Impeach and sooner the better will be.

Praises Himself

Himself is...

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Your Central Figure

(Future Poem of the Day)

Even though I may be inept and wept,
What all God said must readily accept
As time has past by and slowly crept
Few days in my flimsy life are now left.

Why...

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Ghost, River, Shiver, Gaze, Wicked, Cold


Someone stood by the river,
I was glad I wasn’t going to be the only one,
I was to come with my grandfather,
But he had been unwell.

I greeted the man,
He only nodded...

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ghost, river, shiver, gaze, tender, cold

Ghost River

Ghost river runs without a shrink.
Little known in polite circles.
With cupped hands, the shameless down drink.
Suspended place, not inked in journals.

A decisive shiver up spine.
Why’d a boat wait at...

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Just read someone else's poem and wrote 
this one in response to the other. Also, it
is written about other sings as you will start 
to tell as you read my poem. Have at it.

Of All...

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Latest Lasting Rage

What we all need to do is make a decision;
If we were without computers and a television,
With whole life, what would we have to do
Which could promote success for me and you.

Maybe I...

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What I Always Wanted

 

What I always wanted to do one day

Was being a nice poet in every way;

Not worry about poems I will write

I enjoy doing it with so much delight.

 

In poems, appear...

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Wednesday April 1  Hope Springs Eternal in our Winter of our Discontent   writer’s digest prompt Posted

Hope springs eternal in the winter of our discontent

On the daily news that fills us with dread
Perfect storm of hatred,...

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Hope Springs Eternal in our Winter of our Discontent  
Poem for April 2020 Poetry Month Day 1  based writer’s digest prompt posted on all poetry and my web page the world according to...

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Peace and Being Equal

Hate either being late or having to wait;
Maybe would be best if we both negotiate;
Give me some of this in exchange for that
And then we all may avoid mortal combat.

Will not start...

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I
English showcases Joseph Conrad, Dickens, James Joyce, Tagore
Conrad, once a Pole, Joyce may be Irish, Tagore -Indian of course
In political terms, England rocketed after 1558, besting the Spanish
Our 'lingua franca' changed from Spanish to the...

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Ghost/Box, Shiver/Gaze, Cold/Wicked

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The Spectre of a Bride

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It looked just like a quiet place
Though *cold and dark inside
I’d scorned all the haunting tales 
Of a *ghostly spirit  bride

I saw it hanging in the room
A cob...

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Words chosen 

   River  Heart.     Shiver  Gaze.    Lush  Tender

   Mr. and Miss meet at river strand,
    when spectacular...

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