Long Standout Poems

British Blues Explosion Live, a five-show tribute to Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, and Jimmy Page, records 14 songs.
The 2016 recording took place at Greenwich Music Time at the Old Royal Naval College in London.
Joe Bonamassa,...

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"You will own nothing and be perfectly happy by 2030,"
The Great Global Reset/ The Global Elites of The
World Economic Forum. However, that will not
apply to world's economic, political and economic
ruling class.

Would you like to actually...

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It is the most selfish gene
The one that make us distinguishable
Our uniqueness and special abilities
We owe it all to its infinite mutations

It is the most abundant and the most taken for granted,
Paradoxically, it can be...

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Cindy
By Franklin Price
03/04/2022

When I first met you Cindy, you were another person's spouse
You became a friend to Barb and me, were always welcome in our house.
People always stopped and stared, your beauty was in bloom
You...

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TS Eliot said, “Paris is a strong stimulant.”
It is - but it has nothing on Manhattan.
If Paris is a Café Crème espresso at a café-en-terrasse under the stars.
Manhattan is a ‘Black Tie Bawls’ cocktail at...

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My heart goes weary; shrinking, 
I can't think right. 
My thoughts float sinking, 
It won't go filming delight. 
When all we build for all, 
Break into pieces and flew in dust. 
We wish but it...

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Miscommunication, is fabrication of reality
When actually it’s a matter of perspective.
She was a standout, with a name similar to yours
With pure intentions, painful convictions but losing to her own dispositions.
Deprivation of her moral mentality structure...

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A smorgasboard of wonderful poets grace Poetry Soup's pages.
There is always something to enchant, stimulate and entertain for ages.
An easy choice for my taste, to pick the standout one, very special.
To pick a favorite there...

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ONE:
At three in the morning the Internet calls out.
Come to the computer; visit friends round about.
All of a sudden, soon pulling hair out,
The lights go off, a total blackout…shutout!

TWO:
Dressed for the country, a total knockout,
In...

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there was a little girl 
who saw me and came up to me
and said, 'you are that unseen guy 
who writes poems' 
i nodded my head yes with a smile
and asked her how she knew
she...

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The CRY OF A KENYAN. 
Rihanna talks of The New America
American Oxygen
It seems same for poor Kenya
Our one and only treasure
Drowning in the dark
Driven by cartels of no concern
No care for the next generation. 
And...

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Just lately politicians noses have got stuck on playing God,
as they debate a law for all of us that I consider odd.
What business is it of ours, to choose and vote who marries who -
it’s...

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i wake up every morning
 questioning my entire existence
 they say i must be persistent 
 but i ask myself is god really present or absent
 you folks say to make it i have to...

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"Other Worlds"



Drifting through 
my mind once 
Apollonian 
 
I am enticed 
by the larger 
Dionysus 

I am 
a very small creature
twee, so

point.on.the.delivery

irrelevant 
a novel conundrum
where? the exact position to place?

like a hummingbird with 
fast beating...

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The Rooster

He strutted ‘cross the barnyard tall and proud,
away from all the bustle of the crowd;
the other roosters in the yard felt cowed,
to him they meekly stepped aside and bowed.

Rhode Island Red to others he...

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Written: May 20, 2024

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Siren stunningly sprung a sanguine sway
sailboat sheaths spread, and storms swell 
splendid summer shorelines spike
summertime spousal...

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Though Santa never responded to pleas
There was just one gift on my list each year
A horse that could run at the speed of light
A bold little gal; I never had fear

With two high school friends...

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Why is it when you go out of your way
To help someone brighten their day
Or solve a problem that has things in disarray
They want to play you as if to say
You owe them in some...

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Me im who i am not who u want me to be
You wont break my spirit cuz I let the Streets flow through me
I look like im 18 but im bout to bust 22
Im tryna...

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I think deep down most of us know,
There have been times in our life,
That we have failed,
To grasp success by the hand, 
Because we were afraid, 
Of where it may lead us, 
And that we...

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My reaper came calling at twenty to seven
And now I stand here in what might just be heaven 
The passage before me so long and so bright
And voices that whisper, ‘come into the light’

I pondered...

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WHEN TWO OR MORE GATHER TOGETHER  (GOD IS IN THE MIDST OF THEM)

When two or more are gather together
When two or more are gather together
It is said, it is said, God is, God with...

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THE  FAIRYTALE  ESTATE.
These  wooden  slate  of  grace
Written  inside  the  Egyptian
Cave,
The  symbols  of  every
Name,
Is  a  stranger  to  decide
His  faith.
The...

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The striking strawberry-colored roses refused to give up,
Resisted the snow as valiantly as any dragon-slayer
They standout artistically against the sparkly white backdrop 
The first thing you notice, symbolizing courage and resilience

A lone blueberry dangles from...

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OCEAN BOTTOM VIEWED-

On that day my soul grew midstream, midstream;
 I threw my Antarctic upon the floor; 
They are perfumed from unseen sunken breams;
 There Venusians underscored treasures;
 Act all that’s from out my heart...

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