Long Sounded out Poems

Hordes of screams sounded out all around and masses of slashed bloody villagers staggered into our village.  Grownups started running to finding stuff to clean them     They kept saying “Janjaweed,...

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Ode to a Generous Friend

I’ve a long time friend
That loves to go fishin’
Where you throw out some bait
While doin' 'strong wishin'

That something down under
Will be there just waiting
That you’ve made the right guess
When pickin’ you...

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CHAPTER 6 (continued, c)

Several of the primate children 
Sat together in the branches 
Of a tree; they did not notice 
Danger silently approaching 
 
Through the leaves a brown and yellow 
Shiny scaly serpent slithered
Closer to the young gorillas 
Eyes unblinking glimmered...

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Treasure this
I think I have found it
I have found you and sounded out the meaning
I have seen the gold
I have touched it too
I have not forsaken
not ever, no not you

You are so much more beautiful...

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LONESOME
SOUND 
			
Old man said he could hear that whistle blow a hundred miles 
and they could write a song about that. 
Said he could tell how many cars a train freighted 
just by how sad...

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Their story had been written, 
The book to be read,
Engagement announced,
In marriage he said,
Kneeling to the floor, 
This chapter and more
Dance with me darling 
This verse to the floor,
Come my darling, 
Champagne I shall pour,
Their...

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Words drift, pounding – a heartbeat,
Memorized by my dreams,
Sometimes painful – sometimes weak,
Sometimes fading – sometimes sweet.
Words flow through the rivers of my soul,
Soft and gentle, reflecting the secrets,
My heart’s breath in blushing blues, 
Sometimes...

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Missing that Shinning Sea
 
Often starring at ocean waves,
just blocks from its sea gulls and sandy shores.

Daily visits never grew old; the water was always cold.
And the gulls fly low, enjoying their favorite spots.

Arrested with...

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I wrote a letter to God and I had to ask why,
He allowed so much suffering and little people had to die?
One’s that had never caused trouble or done anybody harm,
Taken before they experienced life,...

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In his dying words, Papa said of all Kofi Awoonor’s Poems taught in school
One which still lingers in the chambers of his heart is ‘the Sonnet of our world’
He stuttered, “Son-my son in today’s world...

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Do you care for others, the wounded all around?
Do you care that many have fallen to the ground?
Are you always ready for rescuing the Lost?
Have you spent some time with God counting all the cost?
Are...

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The streak of cloud sounded out loud, "I shall be", the night, an unsung nuance, "shalom"
The ocean assured, "Landed indeed! Reverie, I'm no more and them!"
Sorrow they say,"Speechless we,all, Our may befall the muddy constellation...

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Cup o Coffee oPeNs my eyes OO*
dArK rOaStEd full-bodied besides
Love the grind of those coffee beans
the way the filtered liquid warms me
makes me steady, ready for the day
Soothing repose, relaxing, pondering
The day’s steaming aroma –...

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