Long Sounding off Poems

[Just a little note to help maintain the peace on Soup.          
To cause no animosity among our friendly group
I myself am partial to some tasty asian...

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Spring equinox arrives March 20th, 2023 at 5:24 PM

Despite what outside temperature registers
(even absolute zero), the official arrival
of spring occurs, when thee eel hip tic
of coe phish hunt holy Mackerel
becomes tangential to barenaked ladies 
barren...

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On a cobblestone street,
cracked and ill-repaired, 
I rifle antique shops 
  for a jeweled music box 
     to cradle my empty locket. 
I wish to drop it 
  ...

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I was so hypnotized by traditional masked religion
Then I listened to the reason of the doubt of my misunderstanding

Realizing that even life is given with a gift
The essence of it was given unto man as...

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SILENCE, Translation of Pierre Emmanuel's poem: Silence by T. Wignesan


The silence PRIOR to silence
	Silence anterior to the ineffable SYLLABLE where silence is born where it’s accomplished in advance
	PERCEPTIBLE syllable distanced by far from pure silence...

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Resolutions each January I feel I must do.                           ...

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I heard a crackling 
                     fire, flashing  
      ...

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Every once a while, we should let loose and let all out...
Letting off steam, it cleanses and refreshes inside out...

But in unloading our sorrows and giving off heated steam..
We might sound overly dejected and advised...

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Terror...terror from a loud crash, a loud crash through the door
the door no one thought would creak open tonight
Fueled by rage, by drugs, by frustration
mixed in with repetitive loneliness to where it's gotten sickening
And there,...

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we strolled midtown for awhile
hints of sun followed us beneath the 
bavarian alps i was taken by 
the snow capped mountains creating 
a brilliant show of diamond crystals 
calmly reflecting from storefront windows 
holiday displays...

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ANIMALS TALKINGS

In the manger, away word manger
The animals were also worshipping

In the manger, away word in the manger
The animals were also worshipping
They to were praising HIM, JESUS
The cow says moo and he's talking
and he to...

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Help! Help me! 
I've committed a crime so stupid
Why didn't I listen to the signs
They held 'Forbidden' written in blood
yet I was too intrigued by curiosity 
to tuck tail turn away
The fruit so sweet, so...

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Saying all these things really make things right.
Acting just the same, on a different night.
Moving close to you, makes me feel so right.
A kiss on the cheek, really turns me on.
A touch on the lips,...

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Yes , got the writing bug back

Can do this in spades all day and night

Without even taking a break

None of which makes any sense

Barely less worth reading or writing down

But matter's not as on and...

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A December Sunday Morning
By Franklin Price
12/4/2016

A December Sunday Morning
A little rain is falling down
It puts a smile upon my face
Not much future in a frown

God knows we need the welcome rain
Been in drought for quite...

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~...A mutilated body comes down the hall victim of a crime. Someone pushing the gurnee down under the florescent lights erratically flickering beams. Exiting off the elevator wheeling downward still. Sheet covered body of a...

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I am adamant hi cringe at the thought of dirty feet
I am biased and subconscious of crimson vegetable beets
No longer nowhere do you find coconut treats
Chocolate covered crimson beige grasshopper leaves
While ants are scrimmaging laterally...

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is a mass hysteria
induced by the sound 
of Indies short-tailed crickets mating, 
not, as conspiracy would have it,
the result of a sonic weapon,
a microwave attack,
or malfunctioning eavesdropping equipment.

Likewise, the Sausalito Hum 
was not a snooping...

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I can't sleep, never could sleep with a heavy heart, where do I start. Should I even voice my opinion, worries, or concerns. Just take it as a lesson learned. This is where I go...

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‘From grey and black to a broken spectrum of light.’

With a crackle the tide just turns. Without a warning. Sounding off with a loud yell. Inhibition melts with the leftover ice sparkling all over a...

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With no computer tying me down
I'm at a loss just what to do.
I've tried reading, crosswords, gardening
writing poems and stories too.

I've done woodwork, painting and cleaning things
the home shines like a new pin.
I've swept the...

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Today's pain 
is tomorrow's gain 
My Hustle 
is yesterday's struggle 
High rates of death 
increasing like inflation 
This is a dedication 
for those who died for our nation 
This goes out for that father 
who...

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Just imagine...
Flowers of possibilities blooming
In the garden of your imagination.
Fun travel on nostalgia's time machine,
The sheer magic of moments
As if sand turning into gold dust.
Quiet thoughts gliding
Like rows of swans on a placid stream.
Endless pleasure...

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“Foaming at the mouth,” in this context is to be excited, passionate for.
Jeopardy is an American television game. There was a home version.
The answer was given in the form of a question.

LOVE LANGUAGE

Clickers sounding off...

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Lessons are learned with each step in time
 Each moment and as each day goes by. 
Sometimes they're hard And hit us at the core Sometimes their simple As the unlocking of a door However...

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