Long Stifling Poems
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An Uppercut I RememberDad hit me only once, an upper cut to the solar plexus. It nearly lifted me off my feet. I was 17 then and already fairly tall, 6’1.” He was 48 and of medium height,...
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Categories:
stifling, father son,
Form:
Blank verse
UnleashedI got up this morning in a good mood
searching for solitude in the distant skies
And watching the clouds rolling by
I stopped and listened to the sounds around me
While contemplating my sacred destiny
Barking dogs and...
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Categories:
stifling, appreciation, confidence, future, happy, loneliness, love, places,
Form:
Narrative
Hold the PhoneHold the phone, hold the freakin’ phone. Lisa’s got a boyfriend!
I’ve never seen Lisa with a boyfriend. Lisa draws men like fireworks on a dark night, but I’ve never seen her keep one. I mean,...
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Categories:
stifling, boyfriend, fashion, humor, money, student,
Form:
Free verse
Cocoons Hibernating In SummerI made a U turn at dusk as dark night creeps upon me
I tried to catch my breath from the horrible smell that was stifling me inside
I did not know which way to turn...
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Categories:
stifling, america, angel, christian, community, environment, insect, truth,
Form:
Narrative
A Penny For a Poets Thoughts IStanding up for the kids standing up to sleep in overbearing heat clothes damp from their pee, God made night separate from day, but with lights bright all night as well as all day, the...
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Categories:
stifling, abuse, anger,
Form:
Political Verse
Bible StudyHello, there. Rise and shine. I think I’ll call you Adam/
Who are you? Your creator. The maker of all you fathom/
You can call me God. This place is the Garden of Eden/
Why’d you make me?...
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Categories:
stifling, angel, bible, christian, creation, eve, rap, religious,
Form:
Rhyme
Afflictions and Perspectivesfoisted upon her was the merry go round crystal chandelier
it stuck in her beautiful mind like a beacon of flaming desire
of clouds fried by a cuckoo with an indestructible socket
her eyes wide upon pupils dilated...
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Categories:
stifling, addiction,
Form:
Free verse
I Am Me, Set Me FreeI am given to you by Creator Himself
My Limbs long to grow straight and tall
Bathed in sunlight from above, paying homage
Fulfilling my God given task
From the dawn of creation, in the Holy Books I’m told
A...
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Categories:
stifling, cancer, creation, environment, health, inspirational, nature, planet,
Form:
Ode
The Hidden LaneThe sun burst out from underneath the clouds
Ploughing through the merry crowd
The impact of nature is closing in
sucking the joy from within
Trucks and cars littered the streets
Adding more pain to the...
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Categories:
stifling, adventure, america, character, community, corruption, pain, sorrow,
Form:
Narrative
Who Am I
recognition of our true constitution reveals
we are not merely limited mind-body combine
our soul being encased in five sheaths or coverings
of which the first and grossest is the material organism
the second our pranic energy field, which...
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Categories:
stifling, muse, spiritual,
Form:
Free verse
The Salesman - Both Audio and TextA couple weeks ago today, while I was sleeping in,
And lay so very unprepared to have the day begin,
I thought I heard the doorbell ring and slightly twitched my head…
I hoped I had imagined it,...
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Categories:
stifling, inspirational, uplifting,
Form:
Narrative
Darkness Elementary 226If out of darkness comes light, then my life must be one ginormous ray of sunshine right about now. Coming out of a 14-year classroom coma, I am now awake, yet I continue to slumber...
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Categories:
stifling, abuse, children, corruption, dark, dream, education, goodbye,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Chains That Bind Me: Letting Go of EdChains, so heavy. Binding every body part.
A cell: its cold metal bars blocking out light.
A wall, originally meant to protect, now a barricade nothing penetrates.
A net, once safety, now entangling,...
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Categories:
stifling, christian, freedom, hope, life, recovery from,
Form:
Blank verse
Categories:
stifling, courage, fear, leaving, sorrow, suicide,
Form:
Free verse
Changing SystemsI'm reading this book called
"Systems Thinking for Social Change"
by David Stroh.
Although this is not his paradigm of systemic choice,
He talks about WinWin strategizing
for optimal outcomes
Rather than WinLose compromises
for suboptimal conservation
of the miserably under-performing status quo.
Future:
A....
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Categories:
stifling, change, earth, health, peace, race, usa, violence,
Form:
Political Verse
Ohiopyle, Pennsylvania Circa Early 1970'sOhiopyle, Pennsylvania circa early 1970'S
(just in time for end of summer reading...
recounting emotionally disastrous campy turbulence)
intended food for thought indulgence.
A boys' life aborted
miscarried golden opportunity
for adolescent romance to be courted.
Amidst a raft of fellow...
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Categories:
stifling, 7th grade, 8th grade, adventure, age, america,
Form:
Rhyme
Unmasking the ScriptIn borrowed plumes, a masquerade we stage,
Thoughts echo doctrines, passions preordained.
From broken families, where fractured spirits weep,
Mothers of sorrow,
With eyes that never sleep.
We inherit canvases, pre-primed with societal skews,
But the brush trembles in our...
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Categories:
stifling, journey, life, philosophy, psychological,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Last Train To AuschwitzIn nineteen forty four on the third of September
Is a date in my mind that I'll always remember
It was the date of the last train to Auschwitz in Poland
From Westerbork transit camp in the Nederland.
The...
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Categories:
stifling, abuse, death, evil, jewish, world war ii,
Form:
Narrative
The Secret PactMy eyes open with the morning to witness the break of dawn and we waited quietly in the room for the signal to begin our journey at noon.
The instructions were clear and everyone was briefed...
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Categories:
stifling, adventure, business, change, character, culture, endurance, environment,
Form:
Narrative
From Palimpsest to Glory: The Music of Florence PriceIn Ouachita's murmurs, where pine needles sigh,
I trace the mountains' ancient, weathered crown.
Silvered river forgotten secrets float by,
And fills my heart, a sonorous chamber now.
A flame ignites, dispelling shadows deep,
A beacon for lost souls on...
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Categories:
stifling, black african american, courage, discrimination, music, racism,
Form:
Narrative
Regretting Cake Takes TwoRegretting Cake Takes Two
Rachael looked sheepishly like a hawk in disguise claws clenched meticulous sharpened
yet hidden her sullen face pressing wrinkled no motion frosted lips the icing on the cake
It had meant to be such...
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Categories:
stifling, freedom,
Form:
Free verse
The Land ContinuedWhen I was a youth the earth was our friend, as it was our means of escape. We would run and chase each other across great distances, far away from the confines of home...
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Categories:
stifling, age, childhood, earth, growing up, imagination, loss,
Form:
Narrative
The 42 Inch HallwayThe 42 Inch Hallway
We’re stepping along the musty hallway now.
I am taking us on a fast-moving memory ride;
A mind-bending groovy slide to 1965,
When Dylan music was seeping loudly like a germ,
Down the green-carpeted hallway of...
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Categories:
stifling, memory,
Form:
Free verse
Awaking From Stupor
When the enchanted
jailors of life,
siezed my soul
and those
sepals unfurling
manipulative
manuscripts
ceased to
script a twinkle
above screams,
I became a
slave to my
own silence,
chained by
granite wings of
masked butterflies,
who...
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Categories:
stifling, angst, dark, deep, emotions, judgement, light, loneliness,
Form:
Free verse
Fragrance of LifeFragrance of Life ©
Cool rain drums on blistering
asphalt, the scent streams into
the nostrils--hot, grassy smell of
summer, freshly cut-smoky
cedar lingers on the air
Fresh popcorn drenched in
butter, I sit in...
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Categories:
stifling, life, senses,
Form:
Free verse