Long Shortens Poems

The blind man waited, 
at the intersection, for someone
to help him cross the busy boulevard...
and he was accustomed to live in twilight,
fumbling for a hand on his right;
and he finally found mine!


Judge humanly...not pettily,
you could...

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Yukon just coon sitter me a copacetic, energetic, ironic language lover (English is ma lingua franca late mother tongue), who waxes poetic, but tall so one babbling, creaking, and dabbling dis arming marine naval (gazing)...

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(first you must Read Out of the Shadows - P1 and Out of the Shadow - Hit Man)

You wont be disappointed!!!!!
 

As his wife resigned from the garden pool that summers morning
Joe smiled then left...

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Life is too short
Life is too short, not to say love you
I’ve lived life beside you everyday
But I could never get enough of you
Life is short
So short
To stand by and hate your sister or brother
I...

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You say that a good person
should never know anger,
that hatred serves no purpose,
tis a plague upon the world.
I think you are missing
a very salient fact:
anger and hate tell you when
you have to watch your back.
When...

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*An International Friendship*

Tears may trickle down my face
whenever encumbered by life’s trials.
Comfort comes from a friend who can’t be replaced.
Even though we’re separated by many miles,
Sandra has a way of creating smiles.

A call to Canada...

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Susan 
	Susan Hayes is the awkward high school freshman. Susan has a problem. Not like any other problem that an ordinary teenager has in high school. Rather, Susan has a disease that shortens her life.	
The...

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"Just take this chalk," (so went his talk, 
to servants sent before): 
"And do not balk. When you uncork 
good liquor, mark the door." 

This way, the churchman planned to pass, 
when pausing for a...

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Here’s something about Christmas our parents never told us…but something we’ve come to know…our Christmas list gets shorter and shorter the more and more we grow.

‘Dear Santa’ we wrote when we were young, ‘I’ve been...

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“Of time you would make a stream upon whose
bank you would sit and watch its flowing…”
From On Time, by Kahlil Gibran


If you could imagine time as a beauteous spring
Blossoming your life, charming euphoric dreams
I am...

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The ethereal glow only dims to get brighter
The day only darkens to later get lighter
The burden only shrinks to increase my strength
Time only shortens to extend its length

Sometimes we must bleed to know we're alive
Sometimes...

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you ever heard of a Lao party?
might be one going on right now…
we Lao folks love that celebratin’
sifting through sunrise and slipping
through sunset we sing our favorite
songs in our heads
it shortens time at work
cuz we...

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It's A Pleasure to Really KNOW Jesus!

Often people get in trouble for deviant activity.
This often shortens their life's longevity!

As people strive or pleasure in so many things...
They don't think of the heartache this often brings!

Many...

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When Darkness Reigns, Depths Of Sorrow Increase

Lo, with sad heart I write, "This soul in tears
With burning pains spread throughout,
Too oft now sleeps with dreadful fears."
Tho' this mind seeks to find joy yet again
To quell...

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Matthew 25:31-46

So if God’s here or there
At a place to be found
Outside limits of space
Past the boundaries of time
Is the One that I seek
Worth the effort to look?

For the farther I look
Toward the vastness out...

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Birth is the beginning of a quest
which is unseen to human eyes,
sadly ending on our unpredictable death,
but not living another day shortens that distance.


Who decides our fate in ways so drastic,
unfolding events happy or tragic?
Who...

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Spring holds a special place within my heart;
She's in full bloom there,
dispelling despair.
I'm anxiously waiting for Spring to start;
I miss Her so much;
I crave her warm touch.
And long for the sensual perfume she'll wear,
a blend...

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Dim out press the button, no more at a time was fun now ride, they was all coo, more fun with jewels, learn real fast, rocks and brawns, keep your head up, unload to load,...

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[an aria] 

Anticipation's keened
    And desire's as sharp as a knife;
But longing is a fiend 
    Who both lengthens and shortens life.

       ...

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The lust of Summer now smokes a cigarette,
replete, exhausted and spent.
Beach bums and young mums chunter and sigh,
wondering where the sun went.
As the first pinch of Autumn disturbs the dark rooks
and the seagulls follow the...

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What is poetry? Perhaps it’s in the eye of the beholder,
Or a vehicle to vent and ease weight’s from ones shoulder.
Poetry is expressing feelings within the limits of scarce,
Then writing sentences down but arranged in...

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Its a dark night prince charming
It hits me like a bullet to the chest
Every time I think of you 
My heart pitters and patters and 
I can’t seem to find rest
Every breath I breathe shortens...

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I'll raise on Ode for you
Oh struggling strength of prime
In the far southside of Asia
In the bustling crowd of your kind
In the midst of social rivalry
Your neck sticks out well up high


I'll sing an ode...

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Distinguish my words from my mind
Better to sit silent inside
Because to linger on what I will say
Can destroy or create a lie

I never found the strength to reply
I grow powerless as I try
You’ll just never...

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Grumpy old men do exist 
Ladies, I’m afraid to say it’s true
Though never in a million years 
Did I think it would happen to you!

So relaxed and easy going
Chill ,no worries or concerns
Since you have...

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