Long Retuned Poems

I was a professional, melodic dance instructor, at the flowery prime of the art,
And I taught its various, elegant styles, sweet joy of valuable living to impart.

The noble old classic styles will never die, like...

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     Searing pain shot through 
my body like a wave of heat. I 
raised my arm to feel my 
cheek, but he grabbed my 
wrist, forcing it back to my 
side....

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(Background:  After I retired from the college some years ago, I decided to take a 
temporary sales job at J.C. Penney in the mens’ wear department.  The pay was 
laughable, but I had...

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Do you remember that city by the bay?
With streets that shined like gold
even on a cold wind day?
although some would not recall or be so bold 

Do you remember that city by the bay?
the sea...

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There is a river nearby
A black green mystery of water
That standing at one end
One can hardly see the dim
Outline of trees on the other side.
The river is deep
And in the stillness 
Of early morning
A mist...

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Since early childhood I was aware of my sorroundings;
looking around with the interest of a grown-up man,
waiting for the golden sunrise with rosy streaks
to rise from beyond the Paterno Mountain...
to dazzle a southern boy with...

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Hand me forgiveness for all your evil
Hands can hold this head above the water
These hands held me through tough times
When I could not breathe, could not see they guided
These hands now hold me under the...

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Love in a mutiny

It was the May of 1857
There was a great clash in the north
Here two souls were loving each
by forgetting everything around them

He was Vadivel a soldier and
She was Muthammai in a teen...

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tears roll down your cheeks like pyramids of deflation
i never know how to fix it, so i choose to listen
what i discover are emotions that are oftentimes stranded in the rain of routine
we need to...

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You may not know, all that I owe,
To all the glorious heavens up above--
That through your eyes, no longer in disguise,
Can not make me ever forget our love.

And what was torn, on that wretched morn,
Would...

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Day 36a

Dear dairy sorry i milked this

some of the voices in my head are telling me i am crazy
but one of them is humming a tune i don't recognise

don't you hate it when someone answers...

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Dark skis over head 
The fiery pit underneath 

When she walks into the room
All light is pushed from me

Striding up to me she opens her mouth
And from it flies the insults and curses
That turns me...

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The frame declared unsafe, Bridgerule's bells fell
silent; no longer heard over the hills.
The loss was felt by all. Not to hear a bell
for Sunday worship or at weddings, stills
all joy; and for those who mourn...

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love?



Love is a door not always open to u alone
as the heart allows others to enter
love is pure but not as sunlight
as the scorching heat can be unkind
love is a smile but not always radiant
as...

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I found a beautiful shattered heart
Floating out in space
I gathered all the pieces
It's sadness to erase

Each piece was filled with love
That was the glue I used
How could this thing of beauty
Have been so abused

Once it...

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