Long Potentate Poems

if you have taken the time to browse through this eclectic collection of self-indulgent foolishness, I hope you’ve been entertained by the quirkiness of its content, or at the very least, annoyed by the pervasiveness...

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"The Forgotten Legion of Rose Thorns"



Reversing roll calls
the Anti-Hero 
jumps through 
burning hoops
instinctively

bathed in the magnum glow
designed to fire cartridges
with a kick like a field gun
a bloody victory 
is eventually won

lacking conventionality
novel and picaresque
placing bad...

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"The New Perseus"



Lambs sacrificed daily
fresh and calculated
blood riddles the 3 fates
of the new Perseus 
son of Zeus
wrists held and 
genuflection tongues out 
searching for 
good mannas 

the weak States 
pretend to lead
they’re just 
Babylon bent...

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I knelt amidst the mountain's rise
        beneath the weeping opal skies
            there to measure Io's swoon
 ...

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Quiet thunder
Sovereign prince crowned head
First Father Righteousness lead
Nazareth a place in Israel
Blessed named NaZaire
Name NaZaire from Latin Nazareus derived from
Run NaZaire Run
 
The Earth is your ball


Calm man, stille 'calm, silent, still
Populace wonders, Quiet thunder
Can’t...

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In the New Testament we see that Paul sent a recommendation
with instructions to Timothy on how to preserve his salvation
Paul had written epistles to many of the churches
letters full of spirituality and on how to...

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THIRUK-KURAL on not offending the Great*: Periyaaraip Pilaiyaamai - Canto 90 K895 and K897

[* The "Great" here are indifferently the King or other learned and wise people whom the King ought to respect and fear....

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When empty bubbles of stillness brimmed the place
Upon an emerald carpet of meads, she genuflected with gathered grace
Of languished bones and reverence plucked from nunhood hearts.
Mighty potentate dear, the wonted beseeching starts. 

Oh! May the...

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On this Jesus Christ Son of Living God you have erected                        ...

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* A bit of sci-fi what-if?, about a lone man on Ganymede, witnessing the destruction of Io by the natural forces of Jupiter *

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I knelt amidst the mountain's...

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Charcoal tar and gold brown tobacco
are both packed into a paper stick pressed
firm and trusting to the lips of a modern shaman
inhaling a cloud of harsh, strong, bold, and bitter barbs
that caress the tongue and...

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When You Really Discern… 
‘Why The Drama?’ Pattern
and Pending-Adoration,
 Pertains-Peroration
When You Perceive… 
Who Demands and Why?...  Proceed… 
… to Ply and Pry to Ascertain…
’ He Deserves This Portion-Acclaim’
  and Drumming-Heart, Soulful-Desire…
and Defer-Strength to...

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Adam from and by his side Eve blessed to replenish                         ...

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We studied history and what we found
millennias in which war oppression tyranny abound
wars of religions politics and conquering men
violence destruction to Lord over their kin
 
Murder was rampant by all priests and kings
formidable weapons firearms...

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Spoiler Forewarning Alert!

This averred title announced straight
away so lingering fans
(hoop fully letting me abbreviate)
a short cut so ye
can up and evacuate,
while metered time,

not yet foregone and not to late
hence best heed mine caution
which can protect...

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Born in Cincinnati that buckeye state 
January 13th 1959 – 57+ years to date
A tangle of arms & legs testing lungs, which sounded great
He kind of resembled a misshapen octopus with oval pate
Glowering inxs of...

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"The Elemental’s Confession as a Peace Offering"



In the moment I lost my head
my hands tied without voice 
I wasn’t crucified

I was looking for some kind of 
release from the solitary confines
of a confessional habit that...

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Uncertainty, 'grand potentate', 
swathes my lure
For renewed insight. I dropp 
upon
My groove, primed, to settle my 
lot. Help! 

Modest citizen. Our battles, 
girthed
For selfish intent, lunges at your 
faceless sense.
We have rasped our own 
reasons...

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A diminutive girl, born in a colossal world.
Originate as a weed, no one like to plant this seed.
All and sundry cried and swept, feeling depressed
the outcome of their sleepless nights was not perfect, 
the girl...

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The Founders' fear of tyranny 
informed their choice of polity.
They chose a form of government,
founded on the people’s power.

They acknowledged the hand of God,
in battles fought and victories won.
And knew the nation’s future state,
depended on...

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SOUL OF THE DESTITUTE


     The soul bawls with the time
     The soul bawls with the season
     It's muteness comes from the countenance
 ...

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SOUL OF THE DESTITUTE

     The soul bawls with the time
     The soul bawls with the season
     It's muteness comes from the countenance
 ...

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The sight of this bourgeois, career politician/businessman

(A so-called liberal, no less)

Seated high on the dais at the all candidates meeting,

Looking down on his constituents.


Trying to look as human as possible,

He's wearing his best crocodile smile...

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Regaining a confident spirit, as positivity blossoms within.
The utter sense of a rut has vanished, the charismatic advanceman is
back in control.
Waiting to tackle any and every obstacle with urgency and admirable
aggressiveness.
Feening for opportunity to make...

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