Long Steeper Poems

Of new pains new verses must be composed 
To give matter for the canto twenty
Of the canticle first, treating sunk posed.

I just was inclined with desires many
To thoroughly look at the open deep,
Which was moisten...

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Richard Mcgeehan Poem

Poetic license I employ
to match inventive
wisdom and witticism
regarding (brother in law of mine 
husband of eldest sister of same)
interspersing, initiating, incorporating
fabrication whenever possible,
and only the subject himself
can discern fact from fiction
and get a...

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In the early part of the novel year 
When in Aquarium sun anneals hair
And nights already at noon disappear,

When the hoarfrost makes  ground a cover wear
Creating image of her sister white,
But it then short...

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I logged on to Face Book and, when my memories came came up, I saw this poem that I wrote January 2, 2020. I am editing it for January 2, 2022 as I see it.

Oh...

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Through April and May not a single Indian has been noticed
along all the serpentine bends of this rambunctious river,
however I feel we are being espied by a jealous warparty
immortal in it's protection of this pristine...

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Forgive me
for all the apologies I didn't write,
for all the times
I didn't get it right,
for all the times
all I did was lie,
and for every time I made you cry.
The guilt eats me alive,
it makes me...

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It's Hard for me to say, but even harder to realize,
That everything I see is laced in pretty lies,
It's hard for me to be, as confused as I am about it.
I try to turn blind...

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Bleak, totally bleak said the man with the tall round hat
Then we looked and saw a large green and yellow cat
Slowly stealing through the tall brown lemon grass
Come on, come on, said Clarissa quite aghast

Then...

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I’m slowly going
On a downward spiral
I’m making impulsive decisions
I need a revival
I can’t live under these conditions

Everything is making me
Feel worse
This darkness is truly
A curse

It infects every part of my life
It plagues the life of...

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a walker, I.


A walker fancying himself
a hiker, on a walk, self-narrated as
an expedition.

The incline is gentle, consistent,
insistent and yet i insist,
as i am inclined to do,
to think it steeper.
In fact, to think deeper,
about most things.

a...

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I awoke to find 
that Jack Frost had paid a visit 
to my bedroom windows
for the very first time 
this Winter.

If only I had seen him at work
I would have thanked him
for decorating 
my otherwise...

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The demons are calling me
So, I will completely see
The how the darkness is so deep
And so very steep, I'm so ing up
Completely stuck, in the deep muck
Without the ing luck, I need to survive
The dark,...

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The water rushed by pulling at me as I struggled to hold onto the moss covered
rocks, but they were slippery and my hands to not grasp them.  I was getting
tired and the water was...

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I often see you falling into the depths of that silly word, made to torment and pleasure,
catching us and squeezing until there is nothing left, the snake with its prey
Love how deceiving it can be....

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after having cut off
everyone s/he loved or
having them made that decision
for him/her,
s/he was alone in 
training for months,
with a minimal diet
reducing
reducing
reducing,
with the workouts from twice a
day to a full time, 24/7,
mental & physical
pure dedication,
where all...

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A droplet that falls in the ocean 
You are the reason I move in this crazed motion
Dry the broken eyes 
And I will be here to listen as your heart cries 
Sigh to me and...

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Mother; Before you do it-
Won’t you give me an ear?
I know I wasn’t part of the plan
And uncertainty is all I bring-
To a being who’s too young to take on steeper responsibilities
To a being who...

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Beer, Bar, drink in town
two cases in my trunk
on road to rez', a place called home
so help me G - - I'm drunk!

The curves are getting steeper
but really know the way,
driven so much ~ a...

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I reflect on the way you treated me 
the way you used and abused
left me young, dumb, and confused
At that tender age i could never choose
 and i thank my sister for bringing out the...

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Calling oneself a poet takes unmitigated gall and guts  
And he or she should be prepared 
To throw oneself off a high cliff
Or under the proverbial bus
Whenever the expression of innermost thoughts,
Emotions, ideas or...

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Everybody has a one time & one time only beginnin in dey life

Weather it starts with yo first word or makin a pretty lady your wife

It starts out nice because your going in knowing its...

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I've managed to master the art of self destruction, no need for the applause, no need for an introduction
When the curtains rise, the free spirit falls
Pain paints your face and blood crawls down the walls
The...

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I thought of one of my nephews before I wrote this, God bless him please

He's from a western land where the hustla's real,
And the thugs'll steal,
Brothers'll kill for the love o' bills,
Tryin' to get a...

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Once I gave my heart to a careless love,
I never stopped to think of the debt I'd owe,
The thrill outweighed the fear of the breaking hearts
of the ones waiting back at home that loved me...

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At first there's little wrong as it's just sort of innocent
Something for which you long but iit just wasn't meant
But as it lingers it begins gaining more and more control
Like glue stuck to your fingers...

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