Long Reassessed Poems

The day was going off, and the brown air
To the terrestrial animals gave rest
For their labors; and only me was there

Just ready to withstand the war at best
Both of the journey and of the torment,
Which...

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We launched our search for choice antiques in 1972, with lofty plans to resurrect a huge Victorian house,
Doing a combination restoration and upgrading, unprepared for what would come along to quickly douse 

The mutually raging...

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There was a time in my life when I was Self-assured
and I experienced the Esteem of my fellow man.
I could walk into a roomful of strangers and have no qualms
about the dangers of a slip...

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Like East and West you rose when I fell,
was that all we ever were?
Two poles that tried our best to,
with smiles like puddles, fit together right. 
As gum does under a wooden table,
We dried up...

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The seeds of self-destructive strife
Were sown soon after drums and fifes
Extolled success from breaking free
From Britain's aristocracy.

The Constitution's writ accedes
Peculiar Institution's needs:
Proportional House seats would be
Increased counting slave property.

Cross purposes within the cloth
Of nationhood revealed...

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I’m E coming at you from the darkness
No light can penetrate the blackness my mind indulges in
Like smock from the refer ill seep into your brains through your earlobes
Spreading rotting thoughts no sanity can over...

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Someone asked me what it meant to be eternally happy
I closed my eyes and thought of you
I pictured your smile, your laugh, your grace, and your style
All the things that drew me to you in...

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Where is the secret of the rainbow?
At the edge of one's own life?
Whence does it come, with those lovely pastel colours?
     Is it a heavenly art or a mere human illusion?
...

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Where is the secret of the rainbow?
At the edge of one's own life?
Whence does it come, with those lovely pastel colours?
Is it a heavenly art or a mere human illusion?
Some form of an ancient creative...

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"The Writer Within"
by:  Eric L. Boddie

It is my thoughts that I wish to share
Many nights I have fallen asleep with the pen right there
As if it's glued to my fingers, half empty glass on...

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It is easy to determine something is wrong.
I get that feeling each time I hear your song.
You admitted that you are but a fool.
You love Carol, but she treats you cruel.
There is a bit of...

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Turning fifty was a watershed.
I reassessed my life.
I was no longer content
to remain a dutiful wife.

I saw the years ahead of me
Stretch in an unhappy line.
What would I do without
those beautiful girls of mine?

The party...

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Happy New Year

H ope, fresh,  is what it is all about
A s the current year is on its way out
P eace  too is sincerely sought after
P rayers  for new year full of...

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