Long Splint Poems

Sensing the atmosphere for omens.
Signs of impending, cusp and verge.
I ping and curl, scrape to drudge up-
internal program and hit send 
and hope for good vibes return "not the end."

I have become a lightless diode.
A...

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Aristotle, who once said, “A flatterer is a friend,
Who is your inferior, or pretends to be so.”
Magician or not, the appraisal we try to defend,
Veneer covered ready, prepare for the overthrow.

And a splint named psychology...

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Journey Of  Heavens Solider On Earth 
Am a Solider stranger here in town?
Walking am so lonely
Just another soldier man-without guns
Yes am really lonely

I sojourn from a land 
Destiny quest I find
On this path my...

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Today I found a bird with a broken wing,
From whence it came, I know not where.
His delicate body shuddered in fear,
The pain he felt was much to endure.

Left to die without help to survive,
This little...

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A hornet’s nest buzzes within her head,
nails her down with stings of poison,
head reels, gyrates and spins.
Hated, reviled and bitterly denounced,
cruelly slandered and abused,
at the scaffold, she stands!

A vast sea of people before her;
flooding out...

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Looking all around me and becoming more aware,
Of the people and surroundings at which many children stare.

I come to terms and realize the acts of hate I see,
And now I fear that this same scene...

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"Amid the jagged shadows of mossy leafless boughs; "
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He was a midnight black stallion with little white spots;
Who only let me ride him, but others could not.
He had a temperament unstable, make no mistake;
His looks, not his personality, earned him the name of...

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He took my hand gently
his skin soft velveteen
i think he smiled
or at least the corner of his mouth arched
in synchronicity with his perfectly lined eyebrow
as his fingers entwined them selves in mine
and he pulled me...

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feeling to well known
can't hide the hurt 
travel far and wide 
to uncover the splint in my heart
the day after you broke it
i play the morning over 
in my head remembering
what you said 
not that...

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Had Heard Church Comment Horn Haiku

had heard church comment
commandments contained in cement
we always knew what they meant
stop Southern accent
all your sins admit
Bible for a beatnik
prepare for advent
go to church should be hell bent
spent down to...

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1. All I want is an increase in bonding
and on that smile to be a shareholder
watching the growth of your guts silently
to tenderly tame a curious filly
and put our hearts to a lovely feast

Chorus
I’m trying...

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Spark forgotten birthday candles
Brittle kindling of bike less handles
Kiss less shins that need a splint
Graduation's a lonely stint 
Cover up, cover up, skin is showing
Guilt you’re here, big and glowing

Heartfelt softness never seen
All adults are...

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Culminated cloud cluster promotes ghost apparition 
Robed in purity unearthly, portrayed as only option 
Virgin white vision given blindly adopted approbation 
Vulnerable youngsters succumb to scare doctrine


Commanding loyalty to solitary living love, avoidance
Real application sways...

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Your love created assets to my soul, taking away my liabilities, balancing it with the goodness of
your hearts equity
You gave me your all, even when you had nothing to gain. You blessed me with joy...

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I am invited to a posh do
But I don’t want to go
I don’t have any shoes
There’s not many people know

Shoes and me, do not mix
My only pair is ten years old
And now I am in...

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Planetary percussion:
the sphere reels through black space
with cries of,  Help!  Help!
We need Help!
"Just go shopping," speaks the Poobah Bush.

Just take this pill but look out for the headache,
the chronic constipation of promises to...

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The next time we meet, I may be someone else.
 
Extra thick, light in weight.
Resourced to fit purpose.
 
The next time we meet, 
I may be a splint. Easy to light.
The next time we meet.
Would silence truly...

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Mint, peppermint, Cool Mint, badminton. . . . 
But that's not what I meant. 
You still don't know what I meant? 
Then I'll give you a hint. 
There's a famous guy named Clint. 
Yes, his...

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caught beneath a nautilus
rudders spinning, cutting my breath
into bubbles that pop on the surface
i never thought i'd get my wish
when i asked to taste the dead sea

salt and spit and sweat and piss
i'm drowning in...

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“Please sir wont you help me?”
Said the beggar to the thief.
As he inches along the tightrope,
With no safety net beneath.

Deep breath shakily held,
As he dives the murky deeps.
No soul for the Devil,
No peace of which...

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Written: Apri 26, 2024 For Joseph May Contest

2. Tangerine sunsets composing chrysanthemum hymns

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brittle stained jagged fingernails
scratch against the splint hairs
of a cold weathered wooden elbow

an impatient clock had sapped
a once supple leather coat

now requiring constant mending
as homeless unraveling posed an inevitable ending

torn pockets spilled over
with a plethora...

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I, as a child, loved fairy tales
But did not believe them still
And playing at the Great Wall
Heard a giant sleeping
Felt the earth quaking
But not one stone would fall
China hunts where the eagle thrills
The sky, and...

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Today was a good day

Today he walked on legs unbent
And erect spine of a man intent

On stilling the cacaphony of monotony
And smoothing the callouses of convalescence

For today, we both forgot
The wasting rate this cancer's wrought

Today,...

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