Long Self pride Poems

~The Book~
 ( Narrative / Short Story)


 Shhh...Be quiet! please...or you'll wake up everyone...

 Did you see what that young man did all this evening at the table while taking some of his notes?
 Yes,...

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Shhh...Be quiet! please...or you'll wake up everybody... 

Did you see what that young man did all this evening at the table while taking  some of his notes? 
Yes, sure we did, and so what?...

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Mine own son
God, did bless me
sunshine that's mind
mine own heart's petals bloom 
joy i did shed while i did see thee
in mine arms wast w'rthwhile

lullabies sung as thee didst lie in thy crib 
meaningful mem'ries...

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My people love marching!
Attending rain dancing parades,
doing a bunch of fire-breathing talking
Little drummer boys and girls
playing foot soldier pretend grown up
Just defending the truth,
those marionette walkers will yell at you
in designer protest fashion
Motion activate the...

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Grim reaper forever guaranteed eternal plentiful harvest

the following written 
for no particular rhyme nor reason
quite aware the exit (stage door left)
allows, enables, to provide every season
with a bumper crop of dead souls.

many mortals beseechingly 
lift...

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I love to survive several situations then explain the type of pain or shame that I may feel.  If any shame the only shame would be not sharing my thoughts.
I do my best to...

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And the rockets red glare, bombs bursting in air; gave proof through the night that 
our flag was still there.  
             ...

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In the early days of March, at the very start of spring
I saw people plant roses, and praise the love they would bring
Well, at that point I had been saving a special sort of seed
And...

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Miss Franklin once said RESPECT find out what it means to me 
And when  I first heard it as a little girl, how powerful that was I didn’t see  
But as I experience...

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Oh, God how patient is your outstretched hand
Giving one a way to come to know you
From leading one out of captivity
Giving an escape from the enemy
Only that one shall return to be held captive
In gaining...

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Hopefully someday, I'll be a happy camper
If I can just undo everything, I'd be much happier
Some say one day, we'll both be prosperous and wealthy
If I only had the willpower to be a genius...we'll see...

I'm...

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Time to heal 
By Lady Arabella 

They say with time the pain becomes less
In a world full of chaos , hurt and lies  it became  such a mess
Sometimes you don’t want to give...

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It is for sure, not springtime here
Shorter days now how bare His trees.
And looking back draws eyes to tear
For waste and loss of all my greed.

To sail the seas and not return
My ship sinks in...

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Upon a time once there was a heart, a soul overthrown by fear itself, he wept
His past stood up and drew his breath from his very soul, leaving him almost dead
Challenging time to preserve the...

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Please don't touch me, is what she said
As his large hands went up her leg
tears steadily rolling down her face 
wishing she was in some other place
he whispered, you smell so good
she held in the...

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Author Note:  Anapestic tetrameter: two unstressed syllables followed by a 
stressed syllable.


So I queried some poets who dance 'cross our pages,
With such lightness and patterns and passion-filled phrases.
"When your guidance is sought by one...

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Tippy toeing across the desert sand cracked Cement stepping stone road

We venture towards The blooming onion bonfire that Rises like a medusa’s hair in a galaxy fueled by the heat of a dying star

The raindrops...

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Apparently I bring out the best in you
But you only see the best in me
And I can’t help but wonder what you would do
If you could see the worst in me

Would you
Run and hide or
Jump...

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Shut down all doors
Close all windows
And sit down when i narrate

When i narrate the hurts of my heart
The troubles of a desire
A desire with no bearing and no guilt

I went to mountains because I believe
I...

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She yawns as she takes out each dart sharpens the tip and adds them back to pile.
This game has been going on for quite awhile.
She stretches as still she refuses to play.
Come what may.
Again he...

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Ferry me furiously further 
from the furnace of self chaste 
and river of man -hope,
The island of feigned wellness,
The high-horse of self-pride;
 hangman of pure-heart. 


What's the shame in weakness?
What's the shame in weeping?
What's the fault in falling?
The...

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When the friendly Devil asks you to dance,
step back...don't grab His inviting hand;
He's very good at the art of deception:
His ways are very charming and tempting that only a perceptive person can tell, 
and He's...

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I realized that I so often write on the beauty of love
The wonderful joy that it brings into our lives
But as we all know, there is also the other side
The side when two people disagree...

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Deep inside that dreadful shadow

Desperate longings come about

As I was falling out

Of a world so deep inside

What is this feeling of self-pride

Never felt so incomplete

Down in this shadow so deep

As I weep

My eyes away

Wishing I...

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I know you are in pain, 
it's clear to see, 
that remain feel beat, 
you insult leave hard, 
you insult leave whole, 
and when acceptance comes, 
you'll insult no more, 
just don't tell me, I...

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