Long Rivera Poems

A pure Hawaiian of rare birth,
living a life somewhat carefree,
fed farm animals by this squirt,
sticks and stones were real toys indeed,
set trash ablaze, be on alert,
a barefoot country kid, that's me,
a runner on trails made...

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Preface:
Earlier today May 28th, 2021,
the 12-member jury unanimously
found Cristhian Bahena Rivera guilty
of first-degree murder in brutal stabbing death
sentenced to life in prison 
without the possibility of parole
of Mollie Tibbetts remembered as then friendly
20-year-old who was...

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Where would I live if I were richest, and had all the money in the world?
Outside the square box, where no doors exist, and locks will never block
My entrance or exit, without four walls or...

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I cannot forget Trayvon Martin - slain teen

no matter manifold more young people
unthinkingly killed, who spirits aspire
to ascend higher than a steeple.

revisited and slightly revised today
March 14th, 2021.

One deliberate shameful death,
whose demise linkedin
violent cessation of...

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I have attempted to capture my favorite major league baseball players in this little shape poem of home plate. Included are (in no particular order):

Say Hey Willie Mays       ...

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Help needed? Go fry none available here.
Even if you are very ill and disabled we do not care.
Look all we care about is your money!!
Loot to the bank for us, always another sucker down the...

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153 Street Station is clean
Down sturdy metal steps through 
old Yankee Stadium field
where Ruth and Gehrig ran.

Pungent in the nostrils piss follows me
Up the hill where supers sweep trash 
from yesterday’s deals and conferences
Broom bucket...

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Jenni Rivera was her name. She came from  a family
of singers. She was born in California. She came 
from humble beginings. She was a young woman,
that reached stardom, fame and fortune, beauty
she already had.

She...

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Who’s pitching tonight?
Him? – Oh he’ll do alright
His curveball’s so tight
Yankee Fan

Be it Clemens, Mussina or Meyers
Pettitte, Rivera, Villone
He’s willing to bet on his pitcher
Especially if pitching at home

Jeater – now he’s really something
And A...

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You brighten my day 
Showin' me my direction 
You're comin' to me 
And givin' me inspiration 
How can i ask for more 
From you my dear 
Maybe just a smile in your 
(maybe just a...

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Dedicated to Savon Rivera and Ray Rivera
Dear Mr. Ray


Was it you Mr. Ray
Did you tell me I my sleep
Was the voice I heard afar?
Your sweet echo so I plead


I really hope it’s yours I heard
Because...

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Cinque Terre 
     by Edmund Siejka

We were in the Italian Rivera
A once in a lifetime trip
Hiking along the remote cliffs of Cinque Terre
Along narrow rock strewn paths
Barely wide enough
For goats.
 
We...

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I have fallen in love with a winged dragon alebrijes,
Have to buy it of course, is it signed?
What artisian created this piece of bright gorgeousness?
I look for a signature.
This phantasmagorical creature has none.
No matter.
She is...

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I walked on the line that one faithful day.
Wondering what had happened that I must pay.
I caught a glimpse of the one beyond the clouds.
He said hear me, bow down and worship now.
I fell to...

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Bay area's crown jewel, The Claremont,
Where age 24 Steve Jobs and I talked,
Well, him--as to the future--I was shocked,
The guy aimed high, humble, who want for naught.

An unscheduled stop by a young Prince Charles,
That shook...

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There once was a way that i knew so well
That when I walked it I never fell
But how dear to me was that old familiar road
there it was day  after day as I carried...

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If I were to frenchify myself
I would walk more often
Maybe to work. 
It is only twenty-seven miles.

But how would I get over the river?
Would I want to walk on 
Interstate bridges?

If I were to frenchify...

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while I'm with you I'm strong  within  and without you I'll  fall right  in I feel like an angel  whose wings been torn apart come  to figure  out...

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The frayed thread that rips from our body,
 unravels us.
This is my condition with existence,
but, this isn't me,
I am a dream!





"Artist Frida Kahlo was considered one of Mexico's greatest artists who began painting mostly self-portraits...

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