Long Special friend Poems

Slowly he opened the drawer and looked inside.  Some time had passed since he last gazed upon the cloth that lay there.  Years perhaps.  Yes definitely years.  The blotched rusty brown...

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...cont

His sleep was tormented,
each sound he heard playing upon his dreams,
until the sweet notes he remembered
floated into his ears like the gentleness of down.
Following the sound he was surprised
to see his lovely companion sitting quite...

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“I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but Erlenkönig passed from our world nearly fifty years ago.”
     “Fifty years?”  He could see the sadness envelope his face as the...

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ALPHA TO OMEGA 

A is for Arturo and Alexis two great Poets,
Who make us all cry and laugh
B is for Besma a great philosopher
And soul sister On Poetry Soup’s graph,
And Beata,and Gordon who 
With their...

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Come and open the space around me and set my spirit free; come and open the space around and let me breathe some dignity; courage has a cookbook and wisdom has the recipe to make...

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I have to put you away again
My Dear and Special Friend
Deep inside of my folly, a
Pleasure having you visit 
My Irish melancholia

You’re here, I am not sure why
I think it’s not locking up
These months you...

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June 1992 seated with special agent Leroy Heimbach his rookie Kevin Dreary I was just settling in after being held hostage for a week brutally beaten by my abusive husband my children and I was...

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EXFOLIATION, I AM      
 
In my advanced age am I but 
       The castoff--remnants 
Of a vitality that once was and has  been...

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I have heard about a village by the sea where everyone has a master and doctorate degree, the population is about ten thousand and they all have unique qualities that you can use when you...

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If we start we may not end
but, here it goes for a special friend.
In no particular order or rank,
too many people to mention and thank.

So lets move on to other things,
like a package waiting when...

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A HELPING HAND
By Curtis Johnson

As I came out of the men’s room I spotted her walking down the hallway.  I knew her by sight but had not become well acquainted.  As I entered...

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You have caught the withered section of my soul just in time before it grows old, you have caught the beauty of my heart just before it begins to get dark. 

You have been chasing...

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I would prefer an enemy to be my friend
Than having a friend who is only pretend
You’ve been caught in several lies
From what I’ve seen with my own eyes 
Please don’t keep being a pretend friend...

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For You (Bianka’s song)


Some loving things You said
I will never ever forget.
How, with a word or a glance
You could shoo me right out of my head.
The precious moments as we danced,
Your hands so fine, resting...

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Stella Williams was eight years old, living with her widowed mother-
Happily, though a bit lonely, like powder blue skies, sans sunset color.

The Williams lived in a rural area, with no child Stella's age, nearby.
A farmer...

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Season of death plays her melancholic tune,
tragedy portrayed through a chorus of birds.
In regret, I ponder why you left so soon,
still mourning the impact of your last words.

Demons hid some pieces of your jigsaw brain,
lost...

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I see a box in the tree with something waiting for thee; I wonder what is in there? Do you have something to share? Christmas is drawing near and boxes of every size are waiting...

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We started out together, dear Friend
Hours on wearied knees we’d spend
‘til from hour glass more time we’d lend
But now I wander, what might have happened?
According to you, it seems late for your soul to mend
For...

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RISE ABOVE IT CONTEST
SPONSOR: BECCA TEAGEN


"RISE ABOVE THE INFLUENCE"

I held compassion for a very special friend with
high hopes of being friends forever. First grade
came and I met girl with long blonde hair, and 
skin so...

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Don’t know what to write today

Sitting here with my note book
Twirling around my pen
What to write today
... Already write about love, ice cream. And my friend

How about brad and kareema
Meet at a wedding 
Feel in...

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Into my heart, you stirred
Beauty and grace, hope so alive
Breathing in color, inspiring
Music that arises from the flames
Burning with compassion, erasing
Every doubt, disgrace and darkness
With the wonder of a light
Fulfillment in hues of a sigh,...

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Mary spent her final days
Inside a nursing home
Tended to by well trained staff
But still so all alone

They gave her everything of need
Bathed and fed and groomed
Exercise and social time
A clean and friendly room

But everybody knew...

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How does one pick a single soul in a field of Flowers?
God would find it rather hard with all of his powers

There are so many beautiful people as we all know
I’m finding it rather impossible...

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A WALK IN THE WOODS
Ode to a Beloved Pet


I go for a walk through the woods today and Jack is by my side
We find a place of calm and peace – he is the perfect...

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Once upon a time, there was a little girl who did not speak,
      she had seen something terrible and just stopped talking;
her parents took her to doctors and many tests...

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