Long Siedlecki Poems

An Empire of Dirt


The whispers of fate
On life’s boulevard
Of yesterdays dreams
Once broken and barred
Talk of the journey
So painfully hard
That everyone on it
Was emotionally scarred

The tale of a man
Who had not a care
But screamed up to...

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All I Want for Christmas is a Miracle

it was late one night
december twenty-third
when a little boys wish
was overheard
she walked by his door
to hear the prayer
as he asked god
why life wasn't fair
she heard him say
Iv'e been...

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From Daughter to Mother

I believe you really love him
But there's something I must say
So please listen closely to me
While I'm trying to explain
That you are only fifteen
But you think the time has come
To make all...

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The Owl of Insignificance

It happened on the eve of May
From a dream awoken so tense
As the pounding of his lonely heart
Brought rhythmic relief to the silence
As he listened to the beating thoughts
Ideas began to make...

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When My Son Became a Man

Now that you're twelve I would just like to say
Your whole future my son will be forged from today
I would really like you to be prepared for tomorrow
So you never...

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Uniqually Yours


Einstein said the definition of insanity
is doing the same thing repeatedly
and expecting different results.
I really love how people run around
quoting this without the understanding
that repetition is the road to
advancement. That doing something over
and over...

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We’ll Be Alright

In Dedication To:
Joseph D. Miller

It sure seems to me lately
That I screw up everything
My life is like a circus
And I’m in the center ring
All day long they watch me
Till the tent comes crashing...

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Chasing Rainbows

In a distant memory
Beneath a lonely maple tree
I sat upon my thinking rock
And listened to the voices talk
I asked them what was meant to be
And this is what they said to me

Listen close as...

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Endless Skies

he sits beneath an endless sky
where children laugh and play
all alone his head hung low
just wallowing in shame
he's thinking about yesterday
the things he said and did
lost in thoughts about himself
wondering if he's the only...

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Sharing Saturday

Sometimes I sit down and without any warning
I think about cartoons back on Saturday morning
How my siblings and I gathered around the T.V.
And then argued and bickered about what we'd see
Mom and dad would...

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Dear God

I thought I could see beyond the
horizons of yesterday
but all I really see is darkness
it seems that I lost my way
and I know that hell is out there waiting
no matter how much I pray
but...

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Beneath the Maple

Her smile lit the autumn scene
With leaves of rust and gold
Which fell beneath the maple tree
Left standing in the cold
Each leaf a little lie he told
To hide his inner pain
And now they fall...

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The Cowboy

one day I met a cowboy
he had no saddle boots or hat
but he showed me the reasons
why a cowboy's more than that
the first thing that he showed me
that no cowboy would forget
is how to...

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Waiting for Love

Standing in my backyard
There's an old oak tree
Our names are still engraved in it 
Wish you were here with me
I remember when we fell in love 
And all the fun we had
The summer...

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Back in the Light

From the silhouette of silence
His screams will fill the air
Before the dawn of morning light
He's lost in darkness and unaware
He looks around but he can't see
If there's even anybody there
His laugh does...

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In the Words of an Eagle

It seems that my whole life
I’ve looked toward the sky
I know you’re up there somewhere
But I just don’t know why
You never seem to see me
No matter how I try

If I...

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why the willow weeps

please tell me why the willow weeps
why does he hide the secret he keeps
why is he standing there so all alone
why did the sparrow make him her home
the sparrow stopped by and...

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Love Me True Blue

she saw his shadow linger on the wall
the faintest whisper she heard him call
but when the excitement opened up her eyes
it seemed like all she really had left
were the tears sobs and...

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Footprints in the Snow

I have followed all the footprints
Left by turkeys in the snow
All I wanted was to fit in
With the flock of them I know
But they’ve set a bad example
Which has made it hard...

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She Said

Sometimes life gets so hard
You stand so long that you get tired
It’s not about giving in
But knowing you just can’t win

It’s about the rules and the hypocrites
The tighter you hold the harder it gets
Parents...

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The Difference Between us

mother told me hurry up
you don't want to be late
father said to slow down
you will only have to wait
since I was going nowhere
I just kept a steady gait

mother said be tidy
there's peace...

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One More Time

If only one more time
I could feel her embrace
And hear her say I love you
And that nothing could erase
The hunger that she had for me
Way deep down inside her soul
And that all she...

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am I an artist or a Writer

writing.... the ability to arrange words in order
to express a thought. a skill taught to almost
every person. one in which some people excel.
writing is bound by the dictionary and...

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I've included my prose for this entry, it started as a haiku,but i converted it to a 
haibun

THE (lake) STARS

the spring sun has started thawing the frozen countryside. I spend the afternoon 
gliding
across a sheet...

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All I Ever Wanted

All I ever wanted
Was to see you smile
Hold you in my arms
Love you for a while

All I ever wanted
Was for you to get a break
Have a lucky outcome
For the choices that you...

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