Long Recognises Poems

Senate legal and constitutinal affairs reference committie convened
March 2022 one Senator presiding and two witnessing'
The room echoes as the warriors enter.! Almost equivelent to
The booming endorsements of the preceeding years yet ghostly 
Sounding echies now.....

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That godless sound
His head explodes at 6:01am
Same as every day
He falls out of bed
Steps on the cat
Slides into his slippers
Shuffles to the kitchen
Puts the coffee on
Bumps his head on the cupboard door
Again
Sits down and looks...

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"You walk away from this disaster unscathed, whilst I
stand next to the wincing tulips that battle Apollo's snapping frost.
Beneath the tweeting birds, unaware of the destruction below,
I stand still. Like a statue. In the spot...

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You were born in Clermont, Queensland on December, twenty-four, 
Away back circa eighteen sevn'ty-two. 
Edward Jones now had a fifth child, whom his dear wife Anna bore, 
Their second son and both were proud of...

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A  story   absurd   today  I  count,  hope  you  appreciate.
An  admirable   old   man  lives  in  a  blue...

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15.6
“Realize Self in All and All in Self
Be free of personal identity
and the sense of “mine.”
Be happy”


Our consciousness in all and all in us as interconnectedness
The one in all and the all in one as...

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All round the ring of Kerry’s highways, people point and cry
It’s 4 o’clock on the very dot and Mick’s rig is passing by,
It has glistening sheens of yellow, with cinnabar spots in red
Rich lozenges of...

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One day, I will write many words that
Shall not be uttered by many men but
Those in the tribe of poetry and painters.
My dance shall be flowered with words
And my eyes will establish a boundary
That connect...

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I am looking in my mirror and a stranger looks back at me. 
 When did this happen, have I lost memory?
 There's a pain in my eyes and a fear on my brow
 My...

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(Eliza paces restlessly finding herself back at the door)

Eliza: Martha, I'm going through...and I want you to come with me.

Martha: I like it here, I...

Eliza: I know. I know you like it, but it''s not...

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When you get to Africa,
Say me well to my mother, Nigeria;
The blood that birthed my braveness.
Let her know that I have not forgotten her,
I have made my mouth a talking drum here 
To talk until...

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I call this
 Suicide Note
By RebelpJones 

Drastic measures dismantle your mind,
Theres only one way out,
These are thoughts of only your kind,
You see different shades of goodbye,  in disfigured designs,
Youe tired of the worlds sick...

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Declared an outcast,
shunned by society -
but she's the same
as you and me,
but You can't see her pain
hidden behind her coy smile.
You can't wipe away those tears,
invisible to your shallow eyes.

In fear she stares at the...

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we’ve been told, God is love 
and so it is 
the clear truth undisguised

for mind, love is a concept
ego may adopt it as a practice
because it is fashionable to do so
generating within a feel good...

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There are certain colours in the world that dogs can't see.
There's a dog in my neighbourhood,
Always alone,
Always sitting patiently,
As if he's waiting for something, or someone.
They say he ran away from his home on his...

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Words slice the core of my heart,
Catch my breath.
Breathless.
The pit of my stomach screams with anguish.
Teeth clench so hard, they shake in revulsion.

A sudden heat wave of nausea,
Sweeps the periphery.
Weak and weaker the knees collapse...

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19.3
“Where is past and future,
or even present?
Where is space, or even eternity? 
I abide in the glory of Self”

Verse revisited on 23-April-2022
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Sans thought flow that marks time
With stillness blurring boundaries of space
All that remains is...

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When I got it I wore it only once on a special day

That time seemed good to display, showing understanding, respect, solidarity

But I confess I don’t really know what it means to me, no pride

Over...

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Impulse conjured by heart's emote vibrates
Distilled in the cauldron of love, thoughts stir
Playfully shaping a ripple in space
Creating a portal for desire’s door
Manifesting a dream world magical
Wherein presence plunges, immersed in trance

Shifting goalposts bring forth...

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After a week of treatment, a pill each day, combined with messages “ you have completely humiliated me and made me look an idiot in front of a whole lot of people, inside and outside...

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African child
Born into a struggle
From the young age 
He recognises trouble in his community
Growing up into a man 
Realising how isolation
Can make him different from 
Some people 
The colour of his skin
Sometimes create an enemies
He...

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19.6
“Where is close or far,
in or out,
gross or subtle?
I abide in the glory of Self”

Verse revisited on 02-July-2022

Manifestation of space and time
Within yet apart from cosmic chime
Screens the play of seeming separation
In an enigmatic dance...

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Listen, I declare she's prominent
At least to me but her love is eminent
In her world she has me titled as her president
She's my first lady, there's no other, she set a precedent

Her advice exceeds any,...

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My dearest one
I wish I knew
Which of your secret wishes
to give to you.

For only the ones
deep in our hearts,
mean the most
In our darkest hours.

I could give you peace,
love, happiness, a new job,
a new man, money...

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The psalmist speaks to His God
asking that they would have learned
to count their days on earth
so wisdom be able to be discerned

He recognises the evil there is
on the earth all around
that hastens on to the...

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