Long Solver Poems

"The Formidable Gambit"



Silence 
calculated and distinct

conspiring with rules
plays within the 
confined squares

of a strict and
ruthless mind
preying on all moves

untraceable 
unpredictable 
irretrievable 

in the opening move
the long-legged fly
is caught in the web

silvery and slippery 
life remains...

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Cauliflower- A translation from Ashif Entaz Robi
Men may get possessed with ghosts, mine was a scope to cope with cauliflower. For an uncertain grief, I tried to brief with a rhyme that day
On a winter...

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The character trait I'm portraying is not those mentioned. It's the running narrative anxiety causes.

The secondary comments are lifted from things my friends say. So somewhere in-between is maybe the more accurate picture.

I'm not sure...

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Braver … Than All The Mighty Lions Can Roar
Braver … Than All The Spirited-Wings, That Soar
Braver … Than All The Explorers, Who Explored     ( Philippians 2: 7, 8 )
Braver … Than...

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I just see you in school
Then saw you outside
i rode your car.
and took me for a ride

It was not the first time.
But i suddenly felt my heart beat.
i never thought of it this way,
The way...

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Mild dystopian cracks open 
cobwebbed laden figurative door 
to my super charged 
subconscious shrouded self - 
portal carelessly left ajar
steeped in dark shadows, 

wherein spooky monsters creep 
along edge of night, 
outer limits of twilight...

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Assertions of the Lord for awakening aspirations
Book of the Law*, the Bible is for my being’s beauty
Compass for existence with points of compassion
Direction of soul toward fulfillment driving
Eternity-expounder expressing my very essence…

Faith source with Jesus...

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All the little bunnies were lined up for a race. Why, you may ask?
Because the dear old Leader Bunny was stepping down with grace.
He had led the others for years without disgrace, in all pursuits.
He...

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Alpha male
No doubt about it
It's in the way he walks
It's in the way he talks
Self confidence and presence
He knows he's in a powerful position
When women at work call him Mc Dreamy
I always ask "Who's That??"
They...

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I am...

a lamb of the Good Shepherd; seeking to love and follow him more faithfully

the husband of my college sweetheart; with her, I hold a winning lottery ticket

a family man; seeking to make my clan...

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The snow falls outside
All the ash levitates
Im not concerned with dates
From this i cant hide

I throw on my jacket
Which raises a commotion
Its warmth and i lack it
Im like the deep cold ocean

So shoot me down
Shoot...

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Heavens gates won't open up for me.
All the sin in my past life.
All the deceit I put my family through.
Heavens gates won't open up for me.

I tried to connect with my mother.
She pushed me off...

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America has been GREAT, great for the last two centuries.
All right, America has been the greatest among all countries,
For a long time. MAGA is a cheap pleonasm, which just
Won the most contentious election in American...

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By happenstance a mansion appeared
within the car’s peripheral view;
They should have seen so subtle a clue
the moment the moonlight disappeared;

Walking right into a planned sequence 
the scarlet phrase had to stay hidden;
Committing murder is forbidden,
this...

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Its in me 
Loveable and desirable
Beautiful and inspirable
are all traits ,that I carry 
one of a kind , and I varie
unique another characteristic
problem solver I know I can fix it 
I'm optimistic, 
perfecting every part...

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I'm looking back again over my shoulder
And parts of my history are still unsolved
And even though that I am now allot older
Still it remains a mystery have I evolved

Perhaps a case for scully and moulder
Got...

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Nail fools when I bang this hammer, construction worker

I use my tool, that's my chick, I love to work her

Ain't putting her on the strip, no prostitution

She's my problem solver, always got a solution

Put haters...

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A problem solver,
That's what i was
But then came this cube
That i have to pass.

It was there in my hand
I dont have any clue
I had to do some turns
and see what i can do

It was harder...

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Love, a four letter word that has unforeseen effects 
   Speak it now mean it later but its power you have to respect.

Love, take it seriously cause it can take you, seriously
Reap it...

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In one sterile theater where whispers flow,
A healer walks with steps that glow,
His touch as soft as falling snow,
Yet keen as dawn's first piercing light.

Through quiet eyes, so deep, so wise,
He sees the storms within...

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NOTE: Sedoka syllable count is interchangeable
Ichikatauta: 
5-7-5
Nikatauta: 
5-7-5
Sedokada: 
5-7-7
5-7-7
SETUP: I was THE baby ~~0~~ They were MY babies
   The Passed             ...

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Awakened after years of dormancy.
Arrival of the time to be who I'm supposed to be.
   A father, a husband, a leader, a king!
Sacrifice everything for the family, the queen.
   With strength...

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The Father sent His son
Down 42 generations
To save me of all of
The misery you placed
On me.

You conceived me at 42
And had nothing ready
For me, no funds,
No room, no voice,
Or any choice,
Other than the ones you...

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I have mapped the perimeter
of what's not there, 
measured the night
and calculated the weight 
of a dream as it floats 
across the surface 
of a sleeping mind.
I have calibrated silence
and formulated an equation
to calculate the...

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Who I never wanted to be…
a cynic,
an instigator,
an attacker,
defeated,
afraid,
mean,
primitive,
self-destructive,
a terrorist,
a killer,
a destroyer, 
brainwashed,
a victim,
abused,
damaged goods,
abandoned,
disrespected,
ashamed,
superwoman,
an actress,
a tragedy,
poisoned,
neglected,
attacked,
used,
manipulated,
a weapon,
a recluse,
hated,
an interpreter,
confused,
a broken spirit,
broken hearted, 
bitter,
a threat.

Who I am meant to be…
a Child,
a Servant,
a Mother,
a Student,
a Teacher,
a...

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