Long Renege Poems

In hell is called Malebolge a site
Completely made of ferrous color stones  
As almost all the rim around looks quite.

Of the malignant field the middle zones
Are the seat for a well much wide and...

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Saturday, September 23, 2023  

Coincides with first day of fall
and Autumnal equinox for said year,
where colorful splash kindled like tinder.

After I riff flecked about thee August
Autumn Equinox 2023,
this seasonal polymath teached you 
fall Equinox...

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And I begin my own steep climb into 
The Chalkland Downs                        ...

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Autumnal equinox 2022 - 
Thursday, September 22
in Northern Hemisphere 9:03 PM
Eastern Daylight Time

Empyrean découpage citadel
betokens (bespeaks) autumnal arrival
nine oh three post meridian
chariot of fire emblazons telltale signature,
one humble human doth 
bid summer and his squandered...

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Autumnal equinox 2020 - Tuesday, September 22
(at 9:31 AM Eastern Daylight Time)

Empyrean découpage citadel
betokens (bespeaks) autumnal arrival
nine thirty one ante meridian
chariot of fire emblazons telltale signature,
one humble human doth 
bid summer and his squandered life...

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“And you call yourself a bloody cook”, this mongrel shearer said.
“I oughta ram this rubbish down yer’ throat, it’ll kill a bloke stone dead.”
He’s talking ‘bout the stew I burnt, which I hoped he couldn’t...

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Dear god, she prays, an unfamiliar sensation, 
The words tripping clumsily off her tongue: 
Dear God, I know I don’t talk to you as often as I should 
And I know I sin like it’s...

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I have opened my soul and my heart to you
 My mind has ingested every part of you
 I have allowed you to feast upon my body
 I have enjoyed you like you were my...

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Keeping One's Word is a rare find today,
Since VERY few follow, do what they say.
Words are so easy to dispense and spew,
But require investment to follow them through.

When in confidence to someone you speak,
Can you...

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Does the feeling left linger on the tip of your tongue?
Looking for sense in these empty-full strokes
To overstep bounds missed in the rush
Begging to see behind the puppeteer’s eyes
      Too...

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TOO LONG LORD


Too long Lord,
Too long to repair your estate;
For how long shall you wait 
Watching your morning sweat going
Down the drain? Your inertia worries me.

When the seas run over their beaches,
Why Lord ? Why...

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I spent too long in the sand, 
the day has ran,

I am a dam,

the waters run cold, 
and that is bad,

turn around and grab,
because the air of the wind isn't fun,

teeter totter with the band-
let...

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WHEN I WAS LITTLE
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS

				

When I was little everyone was old or tall
An innocence that spiraled into free fall
Most everything then was black or white
Most everything then was wrong or right

I trusted anything that...

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It is love’s conquering and unavoidable call—
The enveloping aura, like veil, I feel.
What a rare creature, wonderful girl—
What a gem you’re, my damsel;

You’re my heart-throb, out of trouble—
A soothing balm deep in my soul;
In my...

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Happy birthday and thank you Theodor Geisel…for it’s so easy to deduce
all the things you helped to teach us…not as Theodor…but Dr. Seuss.

You taught us how to count…at least to the number two
and in the...

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A Little Phone Call Malcolm and Donald
   by Bob Moore

Hello Donald
That Afro-American President,  lived there just before you
agreed to take these Middle Eastern fellers from Naru
they are a bloody handful, getting worser...

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The game is over, you win; I willingly throw in my hand
The cards have been stacked in your favor, exactly as you planned
I know the stakes were high and maybe I folded way too fast
But...

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Can I have your attention please;
Just a moment of your time.
In life we have no guarantees;
We must live with our begrime.

No do overs where it matters most;
No chance to sit idly by.
To sulk within our...

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(This is a fictional poem)

My wife and I have always loved KISS.
Something happened yesterday that really got me pissed.
My friend had two KISS concert tickets but he couldn't go.
When I asked him if I could...

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With a nod to Macbeth's three weird sisters...


Midst rats, black cats, and screeching bats,
Cackling crones in pointy hats
Add a rag, a bone, a hank of hair
To a bubbling pot in their witches' lair.
Next a drop...

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I heard her cackling, wicked with delight
Looked up to find her evil silhouette
Against the amber moon Halloween night
Seeing me below, she made a dire threat

“At midnight your teeth will fall from your head
Your thick, lustrous...

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Who are you,
To image wrath or smile
To render ‘tween of sun to dusk
To remind of plans thought a must
To match my attire to living’s cue
I ask again,
Who are you?

Who are you,
To command my hour
To cheer...

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Bumble bee, bumble bee,
Who told you you can't be
Among the others flying?
I tell you someone's lying.
If they look at how you look
Judging the cover of the book
Without knowing what is true,
They are foolish, who are...

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Dealers sell drugs not far from your door,
patiently waiting there in the dark.
And with cash in hand, you leave once more,
to troll back alleys, daunting and stark.

A storm-soaked sky spits pieces of gray,
hammering the ground...

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August 

The massive heat which paralyzed any thought of going 
outside during the day, the heat was as a huge military 
blanket glued to the body like skin of grief, wars fought 
for no gain...

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