Long Setters Poems

This is in reference to fraternities and sororities who participate and initiates hazing.
Recently a young, black male was killed during a hazing incident while trying to become a member of a fraternity. This young man...

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Why is ANYone surprised by this violence?!?
Our icons, and heroes, and mentors, and 
Example-setters, many of them with visibility
And fame given to them ONLY by the money

WE give them to perform, play, or ply their
Craft,...

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SURSUM CORDA 

(for Ruth and Clement Mc Cormack, 
Bridgton, Maine)

“Come see us, we’ll talk about the job."

you were convalescent, generous, 
and anxious to get your hands moving
into the garden among the buds and birdsong 
ready...

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I'm not a 
preacher; 
I'm just another believer.
I believe in the future of my 
generation, 
because we are the solution 
generation.

My generation...
Flourishing in righteousness
Walking in holiness
Nourishing in goodness
Connecting to grace yet 
wireless
Overflowing amidst 
emptiness 
Shining...

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1908
Last day at school for me
Some thirteen years Ive had
And Im going to be a farm hand
Just like me dear old Dad

Here now its Mr Peters
A silence falls over the class
'Registration' he says as he...

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Boohoo is bidding for Boo-Boo
But Yogi’s not seeking a deal,
He’s scanning the park for a picnic
Looking forward to his evening meal.

Warner Brothers deny their involvement
So investors are kept in the dark,
But rumours are spreading ’round...

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Once upon a time…

Waking up at four, the princesses dress, then adorn their crowns with fascinators.  Princess Marie of Dutchess County courts her majesty,
with a lovely rose steep.

we bless our mother
she’s giddy with royalty
dad...

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Grave of silence,
Death on meter,
Consequence of disobedience remarks its keeper,
Smiles on our face,
Brute speeders ready aim!
Up above is a sky,what's up is a fame,
Benovelent subjects awhile,throwing crab speeches into ear,
Down from the hill,down on gear,
Through...

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I have Geritol at half price
The tamper proof has only been breached twice
Viagra for you real go getters
B12 for Telemarketers aka appointment setters
Come on kids, help me out with my supply
Raid Grandpa and Grandma's medicine...

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At five foot four and seven stone,
Steve was all skin and bone,
At six foot two and twenty stone,
Brenda was all muscle and tone.

A love story of strange proportions,
Their bonding needed no potions,
It was a pure...

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Vertically they have gone to see the horizon
dividing into two parallel paths of iron and stone
nor to return or to encounter
sometimes, only crease cross
to pass trains and trams with passengers and goods
ever absurd they are;

On...

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Little Miracles
Boys and girls fighting the hard fight
Some born into the battle others thrust into it later in life
Living one day at a time
Some only a moment at a time
Poked and prodded 
Tired and sick
Talking...

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They tell you what's hot,
They tell you what's not,
They'll tell you who's who.

They tell you what to wear,
They tell you what to share,
They'll tell you what to do.

They tell you what to say,
They tell you...

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Before we play, let's preamble with the entree,
Enjoy the soft shoe shuffle, before the souffle.
Dancing tipsy, on tippy-toes, to belay and delay the mainstay.
It's a wily whisper of words, a teaser to savor in foreplay.

To...

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We danced violet nights into day,
And walked the sunny bay.
We dined champagne and caviar,
And drove far in your beautiful car!

Everyone noticed when we hit the scene,
Like actors on a movie screen.
Each hot party sent invitations.
Had...

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The room is filled with an aroma
They are love letters
Their sweetness tastes like honey
Their anger is like a lion roaring

They are game changers
They are trend setters
They are opportunists
They are risk takers

Their love is hard all...

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I claimed ---and passionately---
that I'd never have a small dog, 
much less one with "poo" in its name.
Not for me yappy Yorkies, shivering Chihuahuas,
shaky Shih Tzus, or terrible terriers.
Give me a wolfhound, a Dane, a...

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Once again it is February,
glittering like our Anniversary.

Roses everywhere in red;
sweet fragrance has spread!

Teenagers scribble love letters;
girls well-dressed in their trend setters.

Old couples hold each other in bliss;
extra joyful days God has blessed without lease.

Chocolate...

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Snow Falls
Crisp air in the night
Sky full of moonlight
The snow gently falling like diamond dust
Covering the earth with sparkling gems
Soft and pure in its beauty leaving the world in silence
I stand letting the blanket of...

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