Long Purlieu Poems

I searched for you through the endless expanse of night’s long blackness, 
The shimmering light from a crescent moon offered little help in my quest for your elusive form. The pale light dimly lit inconspicuous...

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Pushed to the edge by reality, yes, these verses will stifle.

A revolving door always present; New York City....Vicious Cycle.

This is a poem about the hardships, and monotony of this age

The world unchanging in its essence....many...

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oh …

imagine the hues …
the shades and shapes and colors -
the breadth of light and exquisite beauty
that blind people …
SEE …
think of the music, untranscribed and emotive,
that those without hearing spin
within their minds …
for though...

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All newborns move from womb to crib;
and toddlers leave the floor to play in yards.
Most youngsters go from home to school,
learning a new milieu some with ease.

Our kids both young and old contend with space.
While...

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Day's finishing gloss glimmers on horizon's purlieu
Rich orange truffles filter into milky fondue
Fiery sun's last gasps bleed through ethereal flue
With dusk's graying mantle, at steeples' crest 
rendezvous
A suspended bridge; Day's beams, Night's seams to glue
A...

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Live not for tomorrow but for today,
Dream to fly beyond the purlieu!
Drive through the sunset like today's the end,
Inspire one with your glorious masquerade,
Be a ghostwriter and write beyond yonder.

Be it by sunlight or by...

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Mirror, Mirror on the wall..
Secrets told, to enthrall.

If walls could talk of stories foretold.
The truth and lies, of the young and the old.

Creaky floors, heave a sigh.
In the purlieu, where feet danced spry. 

Doors held...

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                                if mine duke's...

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