Long Rain cloud Poems

These two lived through a devastating hurricane -


The morning started out like any other standard day. The sky was partly cloudy and the breeze was soft and warm. 
An empty little rain cloud drifted by...

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Drain, drain, drain that is the name of the game
Drain drain , drain I have borne the pains and the shame
A burst of laughter is spilling all over the floor
And the arrrogant man is breaking...

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Keep moving when times are tough, keep moving when you are out of luck, keep moving when the days are dark, keep moving when you hear the sound of the lark. Keep moving if you...

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I'm the roving reporter on the move again
(despite having a cold I had to take the children to gymnastics and because I'm disorganised I'm crossing several lanes of traffic on foot whilst they are in...

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II.
Now Reg was good at pressing flesh,
always had a gift for the gab,
in twenty minutes the locals
treated him like the best friend they had.

He bought some drinks, but not too much,
did not want to raise...

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It was raining and all were feeling blue. Writer’s block wasn’t helping…
What was I to do? Suddenly… in popped the Possum of Possibilities!
Then a most peculiar thing, my mind had lots of ideas. Boy it...

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Hope is flying like rocket in the air and I have nothing to fear, 
hope has walked straight into my hand
And I am singing a new song.
Hope has sign a new decree and it has...

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Written: May 21, 2024, For Edward Ibeh Contest

“If you look closely you can see that they are all interconnected, symbolic of a never-ending circle in which it is simply impossible for the dog to catch...

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I think it was Aristotle who said reality= mass +stuff 
One of my favorite lines from one of brightest of anytime 
See I believe there are all these little formalities in realities 
That makes life...

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I hear silent whispers in the wind
“Take my hand and walk with me
And maybe one day
You can come 
To see what 
I see”
What nonsense is this
All I know is what I will come to see
Will...

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Heavy steel balls chained to both her legs.
Dragging herself each day as though she has a wooden peg.
A rain cloud over her head, she sees only black and white
Belittled every day, she lost her strength...

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I hear the cars as they pass
I can’t help but dream to jump in one 
And just make the ride last 
Ride until the roads blur
And I don’t know the street names 
Or where I...

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When, Where & how does it all start...?

These feelings that tore my soul apart...

Wanting so much to be found, but lost somewhere under ground... 

Everyone screaming I can hear the sound, judging & mocking & putting...

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Sad mother   ...   no son
Went off to war, never come home
No phone call, no letter come
Flowers planted in the garden,
came spring never sprung
Sad, sad mother   ...   misses...

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I married Jane sister of Glen
His my best imaginary friend
And now we have a son
When it came to children we wanted only to have one

Anyway, here is a true story of something that happened when...

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If I were a comedian in this life,
Today would have been my worst nightmare,
With nothing funny happening on my way to writing this.

The pigeons left me with an unmarked suit,
My bus was on time, 
And...

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Do I remember correctly
how to conduct a love story
I must admit
it's been a little longer than a fortnight
it's been a little longer than a month
Can I still tell the tale of roses at my feet
Is...

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I breathe in the infused
Essence of my ancestral lands
My heart is as one with its beauty

I long for the feel 
Of natural grass -- beneath my feet
And the sweet floral blends

How--Enticing to the eye’s 
I...

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This is my love letter 2 u
Devan I feel u like words from heaven
I love your smile this 
I know cause I have travel 
miles 2 see u smile
U make me feel like a child...

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Gonna miss the days
of those scathing diatribe rants
Gonna miss duh daze
of that diss-gruntled miscreant

Ask me 
what is my most fond
memory, silly

Waxing poetically
‘bout the wretched fall
of genteel civility

Ask me do I believe
what my repressed heart
pain edit...

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Her late husband, badly missing
Possibly last week, still kissing
On his account, all companies shunning,
Their jokes she once loved, stunning.
Her meals eating with unhygienic cutlery,
Sometimes with none, as though lost to burglary.

In the nearest cupboard imprisoning...

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Make me a flower delicate and sweet, 
spewing fragrance into the blowing breeze .
Make me a violin from whose strings 
melody flows to soothe the ailing nerves .
Make me a rain cloud sailing over the...

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The night grew ears suddenly
As the sound emerged horrified,
It was frightening to the night.
The moon was hidden in by the
Dark rain cloud of the night.
There was a momentary hush,
Lightening flashed acrossed the sky.
The thunder clapping...

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Wispy clouds of white
surround me and hold me
tenderly as I float 
effortlessly through the sky
on this day of days
filled with sunshine
warm breezes and
the scent of lilacs mixed
with new mown hay

Over streams and valleys
I journey caressing...

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It will rain today and NEPA will seize the light
The firmament is dark, the cloud is enormous
The singing birds have fled
Everyone to its home

It will rain today, I’m worried
I have neither roof enough for storage
Nor...

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