Long Secures Poems

Suddenly, two Indian boys throw themselves into the water like meteors
swiming towards camp chatty as prarie dogs,
they hail from a Teton encampment of 74 lodges a few miles up river
most of the men are feeling...

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{"To the ones who want to love me first, I don’t deserve you, and you don’t deserve me. It is vivid, enduring to every human, alluring at any foul play you want to scream what...

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Picturebook Princess

for Keira

We had a special visitor.
Our world became suddenly brighter.
She was such a charmer!
Such a delighter! 

With her sparkly diamond slippers
and the way her whole being glows,
Keira’s a picturebook princess
from the points of her...

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Sophistication of sinister online skulduggery...

lurks within the outer limits of cyberspace,
where dark shadows eclipse edge of night
indistinguishable from the twilight zone.

Within the Internet binary size weavers loom
shuttlecock whizzes (analogous to a bad mitten)
at speed of...

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Ruminating vagaries of life May 2nd, 2021

(conceived while in utero
which loosely summarization in toto
of this ordinary Joe Schmoe,
who did wade nine months for a roe
at mercy of obstetricians status quo,

giving me a jump start to...

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Gentlemen,  behold, the wild yet curious Laurentia, an unexplored beauty,
Welcome to Utica, Latifundium Africanus Magnus
I am Titus, the overseer of this plantation wherein sweat will pay and you will stay
learn your tasks as a...

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Ephesians 2:8 (KJV) “For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God:”

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It’s grace…

that leaves footprints in the skies,
more than just the shimmer of stars,
more than...

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POEMS ABOUT SCIENCE 3: EVOLUTION



Peers
by Michael R. Burch

These thoughts are alien, as through green slime
smeared on some lab tech’s brilliant slide, I grope,
positioning my bright oscilloscope
for better vantage, though I cannot see,
but only peer, as...

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These are poems about animals by Michael R. Burch

Double Limerick: The Platypus
by Michael R. Burch

The platypus, myopic,
is ungainly, not erotic.
His feet for bed
are over-webbed,
and what of his proboscis?

The platypus, though, is eager
although his means are...

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Legend Of The Black Dove 
                           (Part 3) ...

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He silences the vulgar roar
Of loneliness and fear
He gentles all the stormy wars
Between sin and my spirit
He christens my heart’s kiss
With inspiration so tender
He sprinkles kindness, humility
All around my soul’s belief

He lingers on my spirit’s...

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They’re cute, little opossums; riding on Mama’s back; 
her tail rail, secures precious brood.  
They’ll grow to be lethal rats; 
they’ll try to eat your dog or cat and they will probably win their...

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January 24 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Exodus 19-21

Key Verse – Exodus 19:3-4  And Moses went up unto God, and the LORD called unto him out of the mountain, saying, Thus shalt...

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July 26 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Jeremiah 23-26

Key Verse – Jeremiah 23:6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall...

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From now on, I depend on God* for my salvation
Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven’s mansion
He, thru His blood, paid for my redemption
As He reached down to me with His compassion.
Thus, I possess...

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Niitthaar Perumai: The Fundamental Role of the Ascetic, Canto 3 of the Thirukkural-K27 and 28. Translations and Commentary.

K27: kunamenung kunreeri ninraar veguli
         kanameeyung kaatthal larithu.
The wrath 'tis...

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April 29 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Ezra 1-4

Key Verse – Ezra 1: Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of...

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January 31 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Exodus 39-40

Key Verse – Exodus 39:30 And they made the plate of the holy crown of pure gold, and wrote upon it a writing, like to...

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The Lamb to the slaughter*
submitted freely to sovereign will
fulfilling heavenly role to die in my stead – 
with priceless holy sacrifice and precious blood to pay 
for my ransom, as a sinner condemned for everlasting...

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October 18 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Acts 10-11

Key Verse – Acts 10:15 And the voice spake unto him again the second time, What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common.

LORD GOD,...

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He Loves Her? He Loves Her Not?  – An Echo Poem
By Darren White and Brian Johnston

Darren White’s Original Poem – WHAT LOVE LOOKS LIKE
PoetrySoup.com - Reprinted with permission

“If anyone asks you
how the perfect satisfaction
of...

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An affair is like the jolt received when you touch an electric wire.

It slams you with its energy, and makes of you a liar.

It fills your mind with hopes, and dreams, and makes you think...

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*Theresa's Quote:**
"To the black hairstylist: Again, I will say that you are a blessing to these women and a blessing to this hair. Black hair is a heaven-sent gift that helps black women keep their...

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April 12 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on 1Chronicles 6-9

Key Verse –1Chronicles 9:11  And Azariah the son of Hilkiah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Zadok, the son of Meraioth, the son...

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March 20 Faith in God Bible Meditations Based on Judges 6-7 

Key Verse – Judges 6:10 And I said unto you, I am the LORD your God; fear not the gods of the Amorites, in...

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