Long Rn Poems

NAME: Phil Latio.

QUALIFICATIONS: LLB (Law) PhD (Medicine) & FSC (Federation Starfleet    
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On my get acquainted interview when Mr. Rivers told me he wanted the other counselor, not me, and he had invited her to help him say this I suspected he was a hate-everybody-and-especially-you guy.
Everything I...

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My wife Judith opened my eyes
into the world of adoption for pets
with special needs.

   It takes a special person to give
an animal a second chance at life
by adopting a special needs dog,
or cat.
...

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My best friend left me this morning. He wasn't just a best friend he was everything in the world to me. He loved me just as I am, and protected
me just the same. . Booboo...

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A story of Faith..
How does anyone explain why they believe the Faith they have .
I can only tell you through the eyes of a 5yr old child .
That child being myself 

so let me rewind...

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My Dad was Chicagoan.
He would light up a room just like my Mom. 
He loved to fish ! He loved his beer .
He also designed a Octagon home in the 70's 
Built custom by hand...

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W?rdz sp?ld k?'r?kt 'v?rs?s f?'n?t?k'sp?l??

alternately titled fun with phonics
'?lt?rn?tli 'ta?t?ld f?n w?ð 'f?n?ks
analogous when like first learning how to spell American English words

?'næl?g?s w?n la?k f?rst 'l?rn?? ha? tu sp?l ?'m?r?k?n '??gl?? w?rdz

I thought to...

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life is full of treasures
sitting looking out at the courtyard
she is not comely
but has the most precious smile
it radiates in the brightest sunny day
her little wave of the hand
acknowledging my existence
as she passes on the...

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War came. How could it not? Bringing many things especially death. They wanted to knock Turkey out of the war. One ally less for Germany. 
Many events happened. Some were firsts. All included death. It...

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In retrospect, I should have paused this poetic video.
Were I a musician, I would put this moment to music.
Had I done so, there would have been permeating and heart
felt words flowing from the deepest portals...

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/? fju? ???rs g?n/
/? fju? m??r ?u?rs/
/ænd ?n?ð?r wi?k g?n/
/?u?r ju?? iz slipin ?wei in ju?slesn?s/
/wi m?ust t?im kænt st?p k?mpleinin ?v ?u?r fi?rs/
/mi?nw?il, ?u?r ?il?nd ?r in?ndeit wi? k?mpleint fr?m lis?n?rs/
/d??st ?z si? levls...

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I feel so freaking, God-like good;
     I feel My chest-expanding heart
and the mad frenzy in My blood,
     which tear My mind and soul apart!

These urgent voices in...

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I Dreamt I was lying in Heavens Hospital. 
I had been crying , for that very day it was my Mother In law 
whom said with all her knowledge ,of being a RN . 

You...

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With a disorderly, syringe-induced slap,
dark thoughts welcomed 
a groggy passenger to the padded wall madness

Foggy-eyed from the spinal needle tap,
involuntary entrance
was the court-ordered cure for a mental regress

It’s a downright straight-up
bedlam orientation
Dr. Jekyll told me...

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Mr Wilby
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire

Mr Wilby Mr Wilby..contemporary
Our teacher so A extraordinary
Upholding and guarding discipline
Buffed our learning to a shining

Class
Discamus .. paratus es ?
Wilby Wilby say

Gently He said good morning
Let us learn .. are you ready ?
Told...

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Are we going to be pruned now like limbs left exposed naked to the elements?*

He is just a simple man
born and raised in middle America,
loves God, country, family and apple pie,
but raising his voice in...

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In 1971 my wife, a nursing aid at the time,
                        working in...

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Thyroid Awareness Month September

Heard that they have removed my thyroid;
And at first really became quite annoyed;
Doctor took care;
No longer there;
Never do need any more and I can avoid.

James Thesarious Hilarious Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet
Bolivia, NC

My...

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0n th1s br1ght early m0rn1ng, 1 s00n see
h0w l1fe's gr1m gl0w can s1gh such gl00m 1n me,
Th0ugh catb1rds s1ng w1th a s0ft ch1m1ng fl0w,
n0 t1m1d m00n w1ll 0utsh1ne my tableau.

N0 stark wh1n1ng s0unds 1n small...

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w?rdz sp?ld k?'r?kt 'v?rs?s f?'n?t?k 'sp?l??

Ð?s na? b?'g?nz 'fib?l ?'t?mpt
tu 'r?nd?r ra?m f?r no? 'riz?n
?'p?nd?d w?ð f?'n?t?k træn'zle???n
'me?nli æz 'ple?f?l tiz z?n
s?'n?n?m?s ?'mæ??n?? 'ti???
s?d '?ks?r?sa?z tu 'ig?r '??ldr?n

ri'ma?nd?? 'rid?rz ðæt j??
ænd 'r?stl?s w?ð 'sp?ti ?'t?n??n
hir...

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BEWARE !!!


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dead ends and crop circles
split ends and dark circles
everyone thinks i'm a mirror
i'm not the mirror, you are

lock me in your basement
i've got a strange, sick craving
in the painting, the heads are above me
but it's...

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Well now, isn’t that just dandy?!
Isn’t this some fun?!
Another Christmas cancelled. 
Another party undone.

I’m double vaxed and boosted.
Short on TP, but not of stress.
I stay masked and mostly distant,
Amidst a supply chain mess.

I’m stocked up...

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Below are 14 footles, separate and distinct, with their own titles in bold font.  A footle fest!

Sympathetic
Ben-Hur
Been her

Paving the Way
Guitar
Get tar

Muliebral Outlook
Female
Email

Origin
Sin's source
Seine's source

Borgana Interior
Driver
Dry fur

RN A Cappella
Nursing
Nurse sing

Comic Vowel
Funny
Fun "E"

Blarney Stone
Irish
I wish

Out of...

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Silently, I view your eyes.
Marbles, moving towards judgement.
So easy for you to surmise.
Where they came, where they went. 
Haughty, you ignore my report.
They sadly sit in abject failure.
Icily, you give sharp retort.
Treatment of trash, forced...

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