Long Reacquainted Poems

Date:  October   2051

Back at the main house Polly became reacquainted with everybody. Mama Lucinda entered from the path door. Recall their
Cool relationship Polly played her hand carefully. 
"Hello Misses Hakim. So happy...

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Serrated swathes of overwhelming savage gusts without compassion,
directionless dilatory daydreamer that  I am  ostensibly vulnerable,
to the serendipitous intrusion at a wispy sapphire cloud flaccid noon,
the minimal load  burdensome midpoint idle tranquil saunter,
meteorological...

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Today, I'm thinking about a man name Zack.
When he was young, Zack thought a lot about 'tomorrow'.
He tried hard to put 'today' behind him and forget about it.
'Yesterday' seemed inconsequential and of no interest to...

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  Oh, to be in Trinidad
when the hot scented currents flow,
  from East Dry River to Nariva 
samaan and silk cotton tree grow.
  Where whisperin’ palms reach
across island reef and coconut lagoon,
...

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I miss the nuances of daily life
while weeks are frozen in this quarantine.
I miss the lost normalcy of my days
in all aspects, obvious and unseen.
I miss turning my head to read the spines
of the novels...

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Monday night is my weekly Bible Study
An evening spent delving into God's word.
A night devoted to knowing Christ as my Savior
To not attend would be simply absurd.

Tuesday night is spent at the county prison
Sharing God's...

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A random chapter is being written on history’s page 
Of the greatest war being fought in this age
This unique war isn’t against anyone 
This battle is for survival of every person 
Humanity has waged this...

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Although I hardly gave it a thought
I didn't really doubt
our miniature juniper, a bonsai,
would survive our desert vacation.
                 ...

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I am a woman.
I may be small, but I stand tall.
I am not a little girl. 
Yes, I've been squashed, and quashed, and messed and bossed about. 
I've bowed down trying to hold my ground,...

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SHENIKA SIMS

i guess i am on a pathway to light
i put on my contentment perfume and just run and jump
i do not know that i am free
i only know that i notice that i am...

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I began a quest 15 years ago when I was more
than 2,000 miles away from the sites of inquiry.
I suspect that the expeditions of most people
do not look anything like my current expedition.
Theirs will most...

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A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to old Age
By Franklin Price
2/1/2015

A funny thing happened on the way to old age
Book opened at birth headed for the last page
Interesting chapters some short and some long
Most...

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I will see you Thursday, she says, all settled, without my answer.
Not needing it. She sells insurance. She is pushily confident.
I cringe, want to bail, but do not want her to stay another hour or...

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What insidious appearance have you once again made, when I thought I had sent you to the bottom of Hades’ world?

But I see you’ve resurfaced, this time as a ghost occupying the mind’s house, as...

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I'm happy here
Curled up at the end 
Of my smallest daughter's bed
My head on a spare Squishmallow
If I want 
I can look at her beautiful
Little face
To leave, I'll step over
Possibly 100 toys
Plus our new books
From...

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: adventure, beach, cry, deep, imagery, ocean, power,

BEACHED BARE FOOT PRINTS

My foot prints gladly set to the whetted sands as I stand and whiff the seashore
Missed since last year’s southern holiday visit and just as...

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Listen, They cry,
Voters beat the bullies,
Check out the latest shock jock,
Red eyes, pub snacks,
Dodgy hair and drunkenness,
Infected crime and spared avoiding Spam, 
Busy wallowing in profundity.
Debating taunt,
Dancing the winnable extreme super yacht,
Having a dreadful across,’...

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I Could Not Care Less

Now you say your love for me
has somehow reached its end.
You don't want to be my lover
but you'd love to be my friend.

There's just one thing I must say
one thing I...

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The moon was on its wane
Men enjoying killing animals in sport
Gallery floated by nymphs
Followed by princess and her mates

Hitherto hope sustained,
Anguishes over ruled,
Staggered by sickening quality
Merely were they impeded by malign? 
What instinctively I loathed...

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In the distance beyond the mirror.
What reflections will appear?
When the fog does dissipate.
We can only hope we're not too late.

Will we find our selves in memory's lost?
Or we can't afford yesterday's cost.
The heart sometimes, never...

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Marigold Oger grew up without a mama, this pretty girl with eyes of greenish blue.
Because her mama died unexpectedly in the middle of a dark wet night when she was two.
We met in middle school...

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the ocean is unfamiliar
i see the aging in the seaweed's expressionism
oh how i love getting reacquainted with an old favorite
change is inevitable despite my imagination's best efforts

the ocean is unfamiliar
i went broke and left broken...

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To myself I say this. 
Oh I do wish. 
Everything was the same. 
We are both the blame. 

Where have you been?it has been so long. 
So much has changed. 
You did me wrong ...

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