Long Reet Poems

- Let’s start from the very beginning!
- Ok, I know, it’s a very good place to start.
- If you want to know how to read
you have to learn the alphabet.
As far as we are not...

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Hear the clip-clop of iambic beats
Sounds like Shelley with a side of Keats
Is that the scritchity-scratch of a goose quill flickin’
Or just the tippity-tap of some mouse you clickin’..?

So you a prophet poet, regular Marley...

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A-wait the break of day, 
L-ong night shall pass by; 
L-et the beacon rise early
I-n the blue eastern sky.
A-wait the break of day, cold chill shall disappear; 
H-azy evening will vanish, yielding to the crimson...

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J-oin the celebration, 
H-ave to go to your party; 
A-ugust tenth early morn, 
N-ew dawn brings ecstasy.
N-ice occasion carries
E-ndless happiness to feel; 
L-et the event endorse pure warmth without chill.

O-pen my eyes to the view,...

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Spring is coming
Prepare the earth ahead
Raise the flowerbeds tall
Inch in the sun high and bright
Niche the shadows on the wall
Greet the morning light.

Image a garden of flowered opulence
Saturated with blooming rainbow beauty confidence

Crocus come first,...

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J-ust enjoy the great day, 
O-ne occasion of cheers; 
Y-our birth brings much mirth, 
C-reating a sweet sound into my
E-ars.

F-un, joy and laughter
L-et the day filled with color; 
O-n July twenty-eighth morn, 
R-ed or brown,...

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J-ust open your life to new start, 
A-fter the night goes away; 
S-imply begin with a prayer, 
M-aking it a beautiful day. 
I-t's time to open your life to a brand new beginning; 
N-either eye...

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P-lease God with obedience
A-llow your feet to walk in His ways; 
M-ake His words your priority, 
E-ven if you're in a wrong place.
L-et the Lord be glorified by following His will; 
A-lways wear a humble...

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D-ay second March morn,
E-ventide loses its gray; 
L-ong and lonely night
I-s just fading
A-way.

M-idnight moon passes by; 
E-arly dawn shares the light; 
R-ain and haze have ended, 
C-oal clouds become white.
A-fter the twilight is gone, 
D-ark...

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Reet peteet
go the feet
in Silk Shiny Stockings
toe tapping
knee slapping
Dizzy's beat with Hendricks' words ...
the Poet Laureate of Jazz, dear Jon.

Feel the funk
laid down by Monk
sway with Bird's Just Friends,
those sounds that sear
through time and heart...

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S unlight caresses, 
P erennials bloom,
R ising new buds,
I ssue fragrant perfume,
N ectars' aromas,
G reet breezes that sway,
I nsects delight,
S ipping sweetness each day,
C ocoons are dangling,
O n many leafs - green,
M etamorphic change,
I s...

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C-heerful birth deserves a nod, 
A-pproving the big celebration; 
M-aking you feel the joy
I-n jubilating the occasion.
L-ively birth deserves a nod, 
L-etting the huge event happen; 
E-ighteenth September morn, the mirth brings fun in the...

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I-'ll let you hear the wind whispers 
S-oftly beneath the white clouds in the sky, 
M-inding the joy on your birthday; 
A-ccept my warm wishes and greetings 
E-specially wrapped for you, 
L-osing not these lines...

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