Long Runneth Poems

Impossible mission to captcha infinitesimal moment

alternately titled: tick tock runneth amuck
seconds elapse imperceptibly 
leaving me dumbstruck,
how quickly fleeting tempus fugit; 
ofttimes imagined as time thief.

Hence following vignette: quiet as a mouse lurks the time thief...

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"The Call of the Grimoire" 


when Exalibur was retrieved 

from the rock, then foolishly 
and irretrievably lost 
in that dreadful battle most worthless

the imps encouraged 
the once good Poesie folk 
to jeer and throw pebbles

the...

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THE LONGEST DAWN PART 3 H.C.SONNETS

There is nothing, everything, pain and joy
We can’t go back, struggle on for their sakes 
A blank sheet to fill, take heed of the ploy
Think twice move once keep an...

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Dear Seven Emotions
 Help me to speak your truth to bring the good news glad tiding just what a Master of all masters said to do speak to the flesh in understanding my desires my...

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"The Strict Machine"




Take a note 
pick up your sharpened quill
tap dance your screen
your mind like 
a Magpie's beak 
a Silent Epiphany
One, 
Two and
Three
a Silent Jackhammer 
pneumatic drill 
Blackbirds fly off the page
they're swooping for the...

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(alternately titled: tick tock runneth amuck)

Ever since the advent of civilization
contrivances crafted to measure
days, weeks, months...
analytical “gifted” anonymous minds
wrought ever more sophisticated inventions
to divide existence into manageable units.

Now twenty first century Homo sapiens
technological atomic clock...

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Atheistic beneficent credo,
dogmatically evokes fundamental
gnostic humanistic invocations,
joyously kickstarting literary

métier, native oeuvre
pulsating quintessentially,
rudimentary schema
traversing utilitarian vectors,
winsomely xing yore zen.
*     *     *     *  ...

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In the night the wolves howl in the distance,
As the spring lambs bay, with the first stirrings of life,
Close lies the pack of humanity, those for whom hunger for the
Fresh taste of the blooding’s first...

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from birth until this moment with your family as supporting team
the journey within your space/ time continuum stream
found trials and tribulations comprising the spool o yar existential ream

some incidents assessed in retrospect might now appear
as...

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There’s thousands of puzzles that have never been solved and never will be 
Please excuse my OCD as it floods my brain completely 
I’m a man of cold hard evidence 
As I’ll be sure to...

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Here I sit,  on an examination table
bored, swinging my feet to and fro
waiting for a doctor who will be able
to diagnose the reason why I feel low

I study the body posters while I wait
in...

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Today, I am grateful for the little things,                           ...

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Cup does runneth 
over, rhyme inside'a 
me at last, was 
barren and so 
empty til inside 
there drops a 
splash,

of rich poetic 
potions mixed with 
collard greens and 
hash, let's picture 
hours after the 
economy...

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~It's Only Through Jesus~ 
(Rhyme) 


It's only through Jesus that we can come to that wonderful place 
So filled of love, and peace and supplied of eternal grace 
It's only through Jesus that we can...

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*Image of The Lord is My Shepherd by Our Daily Bread

My Shepherd Lord

*Line 1, 3x repeat scales; Larghetto/Largo 60 tempo.               ...

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God gave me a beautiful, quiet, shy, 
Thumbsucking, 
And blanket carrying
Gentle child to raise.
Through every phrase
Of her life I did try
To give her everything I thought would 
Apply
To get her by
In her life on the...

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Along with the sounds of helicopters hovering overhead are the bombs exploding on every side. Overwhelmed by the horrid aromas of gun fire, ashes, and decaying flesh. Within the battlefields brothers, sisters, mothers, and fathers...

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When I was only nine,                              ...

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I spit this on the mic to flow oh so prolific 
What's the since in believing in Christ 
If ur just gonna take him out of Christmas...
Dish the wish list...u can't re gift this...
Can't unwish...

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All good things must come to an end
And when that happens, you find your true friends
They’re there with you through ups and downs
They’re there with you through smiles and frowns
But in my life, I don’t...

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I said I was my own man, but I was really just a kid. Living my life not really caring
what I did. I said I had my own plans, but I didn't have a clue...

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Since advent of Homo sapiens
objection overruled against immortality
all across millenniums humans
generated, amplified, and

idly reverberated (Billy me) rebel yell,
when finality 'twixt consciousness
eternal existence doth die as well
grievous news laudable hospice staff did tell

us (meaning yours truly...

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I established a rapport 
with the Sacred Cow
and it stepped all over my toes
the oil of anointment in my crankcase
I was limping worthy of an asterisk
an army of monks couldn't keep me pure
laughing all the...

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Thou magic which my heart conceived 
upon thy tender chest,
the beat of heart
thy memory kept
as twinge of pain did start.

Though skies be fair or sunny bright
timeless the memory of your eyes,
melting the fabric of my...

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Patron mixed with Hennessy and coke with heartbreak for a chaser.

Moscato on the rocks is my drink of choice when memories drudge up of “I used to date her.”

Vodka tears from too many shots, shots...

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