Long Savouring Poems

This is for the Contest - 'Titanic - Fare Thee Well' Sponsored by Tom Woody.
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The Story so far continued from 'Visitor'…
An attractive extra-terrestrial female researcher sent to a remote island to observe earth and beam back her findings is struggling with unfamiliar, alien romantic emotions. Even though she is...

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("The Visit", Part II)

How can she not know I'm standing so near?
Perhaps, she's expecting the same to reappear
Like before after her being to me kind and sweet,
Because of fear, I made a quick and hasty...

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This Current Life of Mine
          Created by the Supreme Almighty for His pleasure, I bear His image with body, soul, and spirit --- fashioned through His...

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Earth dwelling mongeese are neither toys nor coins and pedalling backwards then forward is not considered the primary way of jet propulsion off a very high hill. So one two ping means fried rice coming?...

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Doubt is anonymous.
It's (more) synonymous,
to the fairer sex.
It's a, in built feature,
of possessiveness.
A default setting,
of mother nature.
Selfish at times,
devoid of broader vision.

Natural defense mechanism;
that activates when love
is not reciprocated.
Just a shadow of affection,
towards another.
Can cast...

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Achingly, I watch as you frequently fall
For the idyllic notion of unconditional love
The dream, the desire, the fantasy
Drawn, inexplicably, to the potent flame
Of one who ignites the spark
You learn from her, confide in her
Losing yourself
As...

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Sheer poetry in motion with a picnic basket in hand 
Laughing brandishing a bottle as he lopes along the sand
His handsome features completely wreathed in smiles
Lifts and twirls me round - my squeal must be...

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Some place somewhere,in nowhere
Oh! come dearly wind,come to the place and everywhere
Were it not bad of you to bend and bypass us in your haste
Eternal it would be-had love been bethrothe'
To the valley,slummed with valour...

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(This is about the same lovely young lady and best friend that I wrote about in "A Pink Rose." I always think about her when I think about roses. Especially pink and lavender ones.)

The very...

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This was inspired by Georgette Johnson’s poem “Savouring Another Day”
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One cold day whilst I was out in the snow 
I went into a cafe for a Joe
I slipped across floor 
And got an encore
Me and...

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Love, Hate And War

Somehow, I felt unnaturally at peace at heart
Accepting all there is whether in reality or in dreams
I felt changed in finality from a past torn apart
Yet, I’m unable to realize what is...

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178 months, 129940 hours,
now only 10 minutes remain.
Sitting in cold eerie darkness,
he observes the rhythm of water drops, 
slowly wipes away streams of sweat
with his withered trembling hands.

That aching fear, gnawing in his fevered brain,
spasms...

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July 31 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Jeremiah 43-47

Key Verse – Jeremiah 46:28 Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD: for I am with thee; for I will make a...

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Soul, slow down your flight
A kindred soul dare to delight
In  your tryst when you hold her tight
 
Savouring every breath, every moment
Shunting aside pain and torment
Shutting out a callous comment
 
When your priorities say...

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It stood magnificently in front of our Churchyard,
Like the sacred fig tree before any temple-yard;
My going to church, as a boy, had no other reason,
Than picking all bird-dropped fruits, as a mission;
Collecting as many as...

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It was a lovely morning and we - that is Marge and me 
decided the kids deserved a treat, so off we went. 
We live in Barking, so we didn't have far to go. 
We...

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September 27 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Luke 14-15

Key Verse – Luke 14:15 …Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY BLESSEDNESS’ BENEFACTOR			

Lord God, You...

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Firstly, one has to take into account their scientific peers’ remarks,
As to the likely cause of how an Earthquake starts.
Some forums say it is caused by the shift in tectonic plates,
Others seem to doubt, seem...

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If they like let petrol be one 
thousand naira at the station,
It is not my business not at all
I will still have my tea taken 
Every morning with Agege bread.


If they like let them find...

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"Life teaches many lessons along the way 
If you are aware of them you can make life better in every way"

I lost my mother when I was 10
Learned first lesson of my life
Acquire skills from...

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I can recall vivid memories of my life, which is beautifully woven & treasured in the locket of my heart:

I can recall my school life where there were lots of fun & learning..
~No disrespect for...

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She dances through the winter snow, 
The sky is overcast, threatens to fall below, 
She's a beauty with a dream, 
With a doggy for a friend, 
I see her from a distance, 
Can't believe she's...

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I’m no longer that 
Who like to talk 
It’s not my business
With the affairs of the wind 
Who look like breeze 
In it absence
Fill the hearts of the soil
With lies - & succeeds.

What business of...

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Intertwined from deep inside
Adam and Eve lay side by side
Intent to live unto God's will
knowing nothing then, nothing still
One day their Lord said unto thee
"Eat forever from these trees
But beware that upon which apples grow
Doomed...

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