Long Rafting Poems

I have known:
   of wise detectives catching crooks
   of "Thought Police" revising books
   a shipwrecked family named Robinson
   of lion, witch, and wardrobe magic
   Heathcliff's...

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curt hissy Matthew Scott Harris
who wishes ewe well
to make $cents of the following
mumbo jumbo lettered gumbo.

Hip puck crease see
(ad hoc) key hide dee claim
haint how my noggin 
comports itself to take aim,
cuz ear lee aire...

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"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."~ Rumi

Dear Diary,

I’m a hopeless romantic, 
a sentimental sonnet
  scribbled...

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The release of the naked sword of marine oil spills 
From the window and door of offshore platforms drilling rigs,
From the arena of natural oil sips to execute our living meals.

Petroleum hydrocarbon spreading its tentacle...

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Beautiful land in the distance,
Heading there in consistence,
Mountains far but so close,
Leading us to a touch of prose.
Hear me for our worlds at peace,
Bend the map; make a crease.
Here we arrive,
After that 12 hour drive.
Colorado...

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don't be afraid to be foolish and stupid    (Heroditus)

When I first met her
     I knew there was something
     she gave me

   ...

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Ottawa the beautiful-
                in the province of Ontario . . .   in Canada
    at night...

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An old picture shared on Facebook…stirred my heart, my soul…by brain
and immediately sent me on a trip…a trip down memory lane.

We were all so much younger…the six of us standing there.
Our children were still children…and...

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This is the tale of two little black kittens.
One has a white chest; the other, white mittens.

A boy cat, a girl cat, they have simple names:
These two, Bat and Gat, are of Hero Cat fame.

Though...

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Just because you broke my wings,
Just because you threw thorns in my path,
Just because you cut my throat with your ego,
Just because you gave your best to put me down, 

Does it mean you accomplished...

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I rip the cloth off 
Rip the clothes 
I am stripped 
Down to who knows
Who knows me 
Without  digging deep 
Who hears my voice 
When I speak 
Do I whisper 
Do I soar
Do I...

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I am water, precious water, the most important source 
of life on earth. Master of all shape shifters, I am ever
moving and changing my appearance. When temperatures
dip low enough, I show my freezing solid state...

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The first big family vacation, it was all so new
Mom found a dream ranch, a so-called “dude”

The kids were so young, a daughter not yet two
Our son only four, wanting to ride with the crew

Rafting,...

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One’s Time
Upon this little blue planet
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One’s time could be as beautiful as a sunset !
One’s time could be as desolate as a desert !
One’s time could be as colourful as a rainbow !
One’s time could...

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Doesn't the mountainness of a mountain remains the same,
Though it holds hiking, rafting, golfing, and many a game?
Don't flowers maintain their floweness or seeds their seedness,
Having fulfilled their given works in absolute meekness...?

Humanness stays humanness...

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Generally, the flow of the river
Is engaging, wonderful, inviting
My LOVE wanted to take me rafting
So that I could learn what humanity is fighting

To the left, I see an abandoned child
Sleeping on the thorny bank
Suddenly, a...

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To fully celebrate your birthday you must click your phone to off.
So you can have the whole day to do whatever your heart desires.
Oh, did I forget to let you know the phone needs to...

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Take My Hand in yours,
Lets Run in Green  lushed Fields,
Lets go canooing ,rafting in Rivers,
lets swim naked in  Crystalline Streams,
Lets walk in Gold Fairy forests,Pen poetry,
Write a Love Story,called 'The Poet and Me'.
Lets...

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We reach Jukkasjarvi midday, and I am determined to have Swedish pancakes.
Oh, yes, there is a café, and she is open! They arrive hot with berry compote.
I lick the powdered sugar off the top, and...

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You reach out..
No one is there..
You awaken in the morning..
Filled with hope..
Hoping and praying..
Seeking someone 
To lend a helping hand..

As you reach out your hand..
No one is there..

Disappointments and tears..
You carry on with your face...

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You are a super hero

Affectionate, witty and brilliant,
Joys and humour much rampant,
Muscular and macho for the bad,
You are a super hero my dear dad !

Deeply disguised one day as I sat,
You read my face and...

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l.  it was seven octobers of knowing you
through refrains of musk earth and rosette skies ,
we lay with hands outstretched 
under a family of flowering trees
riddled with moonlit pearls
feasting on legs entwined, laughing at...

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I currently attend a childhood cancer support group, they serve us a meal and while the parents talk about their children's stories, the kids get to have fun and play. 

In June 2017 I went...

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WHILE THE OTHERS………….


People are traversing Kilimanjaro 
Others have important things to borrow
Still others are rafting in Colorado
And all of them looking forward to tomorrow

There are groups of people going down the Grand Canyon on mules
They...

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