Long Rouses Poems

A born lioness my untamed heart? ha! 
a mouse, this pulsing token ruled by unruly wants
at times given, traded or stolen - sometimes
thrown down on a dare to be won or lost 
till it became...

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What You Are, What You Mean To Me...

Oh Wife! You are my life, 
around which I spin my daily axis -
My work, dealings, obligations, routine is as a nexus,
Interacting connecting life with gratified emotional plexus...
You...

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In her shadow,
I knew the meaning of comfort
The whisper of grace
The joy of acceptance
The miracle of a place
Where silence knew deliverance
And kindness knew the way
To make my heart beat with hope,
Breathing light into the safety
I...

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Hope came to life inside my soul
When I realized I’d been saved to the uttermost
By the One who lived then died on a tree
So that I could know Him as the light of love
Who shines...

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Crackling leaves, amber and gold
Crunch beneath my feet, silencing the cold
Vibrant hues in grace arising, twisting
My thoughts, reflecting each memory, each
Blessing… 

Crisp laughter – oaks chuckling, pines whispering
Amused by the hilarity of a cool September...

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snuggled up to the gentle fire
under the moon and stars 
he rests his head
and nestles into
a long lingering
swig of whiskey 
that drifts his mind
on the night breeze
like the billowy puff
slowly eclipsing
the moon 
a sparkling stream...

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I’m seeking God’s will
For everything, each idea, every dream
I’m pursuing the Prince of peace,
The King of kings, the Wonder of wonders
Who created me and gave to me
The sweetest grace, the beauty of faith
Forgiveness and mercy,...

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I
Far beyond the horizon
When the rooster sang
A song of dawn coming
Beauty of the dawn
Sign of the day to come
Tears the thin sheet of my sound sleep apart
Waking me up
My beloved lady pours
In the cup of...

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*Image of Child Sad Suffering provided by Pixabay.

Not Of This Earth
Poetic Form: Narrative

Asymmetric mistrals warp speckled vaporous pallidness toward rhythmless voids. Obviates an evacuating azure as a midday star pivots to a twilight qualm. Numinous...

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Gradually the crystalizing dawn -- more hardened  
    Than folded steel --- more sharper than 
  The blade that cuts! 
   Wisps of thin vapour, once loitering insidiously...

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Like the autumn weaves warmth
With hope and grace, 
Inspirations in temptations of laughing scarlet,
Blazing tangerine and glorious gold,
Soothing away the darkness as beautiful
Casts its shadow over my spirit,
A dream reflecting peace that rouses me to...

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It’s always a surprise to me
That people are so deeply anxious
Worried beyond what I could believe
Would ever frighten any of our beliefs
Horrible feelings that seem so miserable
Potently searing our dreams and visions

It’s always a shock...

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What attracts you to someone?

Is it just the physical beauty
That smile that stretches for miles
The eyes
The body
The hair 
The way they can just sit there 
And fascinate you with every little thing that they do
Is...

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Impatient floodwaters at dams
Waiting for shutters to open, 
A hodgepodge of puppets
Excited to perform: at deep slumber, 
Waiting for my eyes to close, 
The naughty byproducts of my brain!

I fly, glide: liberating!
I sing with a...

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""Entirely you know 
I cannot change 
the whole of the 
World all on my 
own." - 


"Or can I?"  

"I mean whom 
better to start 
with?"" 


""Yes, finding I 
am; Humility 
raises no 
defense...

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Midnight strikes, the world is sleeping; hours until the dawn starts creeping,
Over hills and trees and rivers, bringing in another day.
In the darkness safe and hidden, a visitor somewhat unbidden,
Makes their way across the landing,...

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I am not hardened by your strong sense of will 
And i am not weakened by any fragility of spirit
I am not stood still, awaiting my becoming – i am flowing
And no longer do i fear...

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In thoughts, blessings
Arise, through the soft skies
Smiling delight, suggesting
That the soul, sanctified
By love so alive – it inspires

In words, blessings
Caress the heart, the soul
With beauty and grace,
Peacefulness that is like praise
Warming the spirit – it...

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I relish sparring repartee of clever quips...

Particularly, when voicing and/or
writing bon mots doth betake
chuckling clownlike me 
rumbled stilled skin,
and e'en rouses 
this mummified corpse
(asleep for bajillion years) 
among sleepers awake,
where mine inside belly 
doth pleasantly...

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"Be like a flower ... gentle, quiet and humble" Quote _ Constance La France


Gentle 
Like the breath of hope
That stirs inside the heart
Who believes, beyond a doubt
That hope heals the sorrows,
Nurses the feelings, the believing
Cures...

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A dopamine-drenched frontal lobe drowns in an amphetamine's amine receptors,
Exciting the neurotransmission of the cognitive euphoria in its grandiose risen scepter. 

Motivation awakens alongside focus and patience in the stimulated ADHD brain,
Which, without a pill,...

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I look for the perfect word
To tell God how I feel
The love I hold within, adoration
Just for Him

I look for the just right way
To explain to Him my faith
How much I long to simply say
You...

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He knows about my very worst sins
He sees my heart – my wretchedness
He knows the depths of my spirit
He sees the darkness within me
And, still, He gives me a second chance
When I can’t even understand...

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Spring appears in waves of magenta, ochre, and kelly green 

Prisms dance across hallways and ceilings 

Raucous laughter rolls over fields of clover 

Each child spreads their arms and runs, tumbles, 
and blows bubbles 

Afternoon...

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(for: Those who go by New Tarzan) 

We have heard many of those lofty tales; 
Of her toying with our golden rule: 
Of her flying strength across the roads, 
When some fawning dogs of buses...

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