Long Rally round Poems

As a boy I walked the town, near knowing everyone
The Sun it shone all Summer long I revelled in the fun
With relatives and friends we'd play, 'til darkness sought us out
Then caring aunts would hunt...

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1861

Dust rises from the rutted road.  Cannon laden caissons rumble slowly forward.  A red sun competing with the campfires glow. Weary troops break camp, joining the ranks of
colleagues on the move. An enemy,...

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written by Mpho Leteng (Botswana) and Donald Kuutsi (Zimbabwe) 

When the sunrise, 
My undying spirit of determination rise, 
Curiosity knock on the doors of my chest, 
Demanding for tomorrow's answers, 
A puzzle that needs to...

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We were all blissfully unaware
Of what was about to occur
Covid 19 came onto the scene 
And the rest is just a blur
The virus spreads its fury
Through the darkness we survive
Doing all we can right now
To...

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Are their twenty pilots?? In Australia now.? Un-jabbed
Heros.? Well anyhow.! Give me the lenght of a winfield
Ciggie..? To elbourate on what could be a pretty biggie..Good
Move? Or deal..So to put it..' For my homeland i...

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Let me tell you a story……..
Nothing new under the sun really.
Happened many times.

Autumn flourished and Christmas was near.
Hark, the bells tolled.
The womanizer discovered love.
Too late.
For now she died much too quick.

Friends rally round.
Especially Lisa, his...

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How easily forgotten those souls
 of wars and battles of ten, twenty, sixty years ago,
when lives were given freely in belief and hope
  for the dreams of freedom and democracy we spoke.

One more hero...

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I DONT NEED ENEMIES WITH THE FRIENDS I GOT,
WHAT A FINE BUNCH TO RELY ON WHEN I AM IN A STICKY SPOT,
I PULL A BIT OF PORRIDGE AND THINK I WILL BE ALRIGHT,
THE BOYS WILL...

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Such anniversaries 
I dread... 
Such memories, 
of remembering the dead 

The lifes' path 
Births ,deaths and more 
knocking on my door 

I must open the door, 
these things must come 
I cannot avoid, 
part of...

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In New Orleans for some highjinks.
Here to rally ‘round the flag.
She’ll be open to suggestion
When I’ve got her bound and gagged.
I won’t need to solve the riddle 
Of the chicken or the egg
To distinguish first...

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Always expect the unexpected. 
Don't be shocked by a surprise. 
Sometimes our nonchalant complacency 
presents a new gift in disguise. 

The future we had planned for 
isn't always whats in store, 
but for each lost...

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Children are seized at the border,
their parents led away in cuffs.
Under Presidential order
ICE morphed into a gang of toughs.

The United States has no shame
they sold their soul to the devil.
Asylum seekers weren't to blame
for Trump...

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You don't miss a slice off a cut loaf
At least that's what most cheaters would say. 
But they're not talking about their wives
Because in their minds they have surmised
That their wives would never view life...

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People running for their lives,
Buildings falling,
The earth roars and splits,
Car’s turn over,
The earth is angry,
Gaping holes,
Collapsed roads,
Terror and death,
Devastation as disaster attack,
Before the stillness comes,
But wait! 
It’s not safe yet!
Here it comes again,
The aftershock,
Rumbling and...

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An acquaintance of mine
(More the friend of a friend)
Was just told that her life
May be nearing its end.

She is ready for hospice,
Her doctor suggested;
She cannot go home,
Which is what she requested.

Her husband bailed out
When she...

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The monster rose out of the sea,
Intent on devastation.
The wreckage it left in its wake--
Beyond imagination!

The world looks dark and dismal, now.
Heartbreak, on every hand.
A world of rubble and debris,
Where once was sun and sand.

But...

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God didn't send a warrior bold
With drawn sword and shield
To face the evil of this world
And make old Satan yield.
Instead he sent His newborn Son
Wrapped in His Father's love
To captivate the world of men
With message...

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