Long Rekindles Poems

What would the rich do without the poor?
If there was no poor to clean the floor
What would the rich do without the poor?
If there was no one to guard the door
What would the rich do...

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I
At the marketplace
by sunrise
when the serenity of the dawn is ravished by unknown
voices…

When the Sun passes through the merry-go-round
beyond the horizon
when the turbulent wind is silenced,
and the voice of the cicadas
is no longer heard…

From a...

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So many leaders leading astray on course for what and why
                    Luring monsters and devils in...

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I Held Mary’s Hand 

I held Mary’s hand as John covered his face,
So still,
At Peace,
Faded are the slapping sounds of the whip against his flesh,
Gone now are the shrieks as his crown was pegged into...

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In the weeping crack of dawn, a battleground unfurls,
Reflected in the mirror’s gaze, a storm behind two girls
One, a wisp of tattered light, eyes shimmering with tears
The other, a vicious shadow, barbed smile and pointed...

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Roller coaster by ian munywe
 
Shuffling of many a feet in the street, sighing reluctantly in this awful road.
As we draw closer to alien things, what we saw before not in sync,
Far so far we have...

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In the passage of time, my love has grown old without you,
A fragile flower, aching for the touch of morning dew.
Once, our dreams interlaced, and we painted sunsets bold,
Casting vibrant hues across the sky, a...

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I preach love
to hearts sterilized by hatred.
No joy,
only trauma in these grieving souls.
My dignity has never worn chains.
I appreciate my life
by watching all its dramas unfold.
To be a free and just man
is not a crime.

No...

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Your feelings become turmoil,
Everything you care about is gone.
Buried eight feet in the soil,
You cannot help but feel alone.

Everyone tries to comfort you,
Saying their words of kindness.
Yet tears cover your face like dew,
Your thoughts very...

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My Black Is Beautiful       



My Black is beautiful because I belong to a people that shows its beauty 
through a wide spectrum of rich shades of brown, vanilla, walnut,...

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certainly it only takes putting the hand on the burner 
once
to figure out how stupid a relationship at the work place can be
to figure out how it will effect your coworkers
to figure out how it...

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My greatest fear is not the fall,
But failing myself, the deepest dread.
A Queen I sought through toil and call,
Now stands before me, love’s thread.

She rekindles spring's warm embrace, 
Her beauty in each quiet glance, 
Her...

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Compilations of songs,
beats, rhythms, pleasant melodious sounds
the tonic solfas
the oooooohsss and aaaaaaahhhsss
of music running through my mind & head



Humming notes
playing chords unimaginable
magnified sounds with pleasant rhythms
almost unexplainable and unbelievable
turning me on and almost musically insane,
musically...

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Xmas tide, 
a time for familial gatherings,
The golden chain of friendship 
…and companions
Sweet on each other,
parading arm in arm
Together to share a feast and gift giving

...Nativity scenes, red, gold, green
bells ringing
Garlands, wreaths, and holly
Holiday romance...

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The crowd pushes as your soul pulls,
You along your path to obscurity,
Where the light is engulfed,
By the clouds of eternity...

Timidly you lag behind,
Lost in the eddies of time,
And slowly you trudge,
To the same old grind...

But...

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THE UNICORN 
 Her giggles tickles me
Her eyes sparkles blooms of roses, if wishes were horses I would clone a dozen of her
She has an aura of elegance and poise 
Her charismatic and charming smile...

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As we’ve aged (tried retirement), sleep-patterns have changed.
I am staying up later! Sleep gravitates, ebbs
less from forces that rule in a drive to work job
(where one must leave home’s relative bliss for eight hours)!
You do...

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I love this time of year…when the cooler weather sneaks back in…
when the leaves begin to change…and fall
It’s campfire time again.

I’ve always loved a campfire…watching the colors mix and mingle within the flames…how, just like...

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Written: January 28, 2024
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Under a shivery midday embrace
In a shade of algid sun's rays
a hung flamboyant,...

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Happy 31st birthday
Thirty flew by very first
But not fast enough to leave unwanted baggage’s in the past
Promises made to self were broken repeatedly
But still I will smile I’ve made it another year

 Happiness so far...

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Written: January 19, 2024
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Wondrous cymbals
in choral harmony
enraged scarlet wing beats
in a fierce rhapsody!
Countless moments
strung together.
Echoes pelt,
of unfulfilled desires
a...

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Do not give me words of wisdom
Give me of yourself
in gentle flow . . .
When I am mute
be not my voice
Let me wander the shores of your silence . . .

Take not my anger on...

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In the Sistine chapel where frescos peep,
away from watchful devote eyes that weep,
a conclave gathers in reflection deep,
to choose a shepherd for gospels to keep.

Amidst partisan whispers, day and night,
behind closed doors, their sacred task...

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Metaphorically speaking, we all lost our virginity at birth
Born free, infused with ego poison, stifling innate mirth
Reality of pristine dreams replaced by myriad illusions
Conscience deadened, conditioned to trust delusion
We became akin to a dead man...

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by Michaelw1two

 Heart fire is fueled by truth not lie,
 thus gifts all minds serene;
 permutes a consciousness confused,
 result a soul of facet sheen;
 perverse lapse, irresolute trait,
 venal view rebuked by mien;
 synteresis...

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