Long Summer(a) Poems

Socially retarded and somewhat aloof I never knew what a true friendship was.
Not knowing how to play well with others growing into a young man.
I was 18 years old, washing dishes in that Chinese Restaurant,...

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Born in Autumn, a buffer season
Not Summer with days of sun
Fields of green with life abounding
And sparkling clear springs.
Not Winter with her majestic wonderland
Of brisk cold winds which kiss the skin
Of gentle snowflakes that fall...

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Looking at an old photo of myself at age 13,
I see a girl, rail-thin, but on the verge of womanhood.
Her hair hangs in long pigtails and she wears a modest top with shorts
as she sits...

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        An overwhelming sadness
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Still...

...the sun rises and sets with each new day.
...the moon surfaces and goes into hiding each night.
...the stars orbit the galaxy giving the earth a beautiful display of wonder.

Still...

...the seasons come and go with each...

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Whether Evolution or the Spoken Word,
From time immemorial, seasons revolve
And cosmetic changes take place.
The Creator in an awesome way,
Fashioned this universe of air, land and sea.
From season to season all creation knows,
When it's the right...

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I hear the drums of my heart, loudly singing for my dreams to execute. I remember when I was little; ‘the greatest writer’ was my cadence. No, I haven’t forgotten my rhymes; I have just...

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GUN VIOLENCE BLUES - corrected

They built a gun-violence memorial 
in a god-forsaken corner of my 
struggling city
A collaborative effort of a few academics, 
a handful of neighbors, a preacher or two, 
and some interested parties...

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GUN VIOLENCE BLUES

They built a gun-violence memorial 
in a god-forsaken corner of my 
struggling city
A collaborative effort of a few academics, 
a handful of neighbors, a preacher or two, 
and some interested parties with a...

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Written: August 10, 2023
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In the late summer's embrace, I find solace.
Bathing in the sun's warmth—nature's grace
The world apricates, as I do in kind,
A symbiotic peace, an eternal bind

Two silhouettes tested harsh jazz,
Waltzing in the field,...

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Chapter Eight8ball 
Chapter Eight8ball 
CHEPH111: Stranded on Mars 
 
MarYlin the STOKKER is driving the SHIP? 
NO relax CharlaX it's just I am letting him play with the controls to get him ready 
for his...

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Deborah’s parents believed people should life their lives at a kind and gentle pace
so when they’re gone just the thought of them would bring a smile to our face.

I’d like to tell you about this...

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Immanent, at the heart of blood of the One who made     
Me, I am part of the great I am, the flesh and bone of His  
Magnificent creation.  As...

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I see the foot petal shaped like a bare foot and I remember.
Summer of 1971, white jeans, pink shirt, driving to beaches.
I smell the fish in the water, memories flood back instantly.
Your hazel eyes, and...

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Heat creeps across unsuspecting December 
Screech of insects' pitch is matched to previous years 
Mirror humidity shimmer doesn't remember 
Last Summer a virus spread, inducing freshened fears
Wuhan's worst nightmare went worldwide, disease severe


Several thousand consecutive...

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Just some scribbles of thoughts - the mentally ill, the elderly, children, homeless pets, and even we can be - sometimes even in a crowd...

He was always dancing, no matter the time,
a smile and a...

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Summer Hit Parade

Here comes summer -
In the good old summertime –
In those lazy, hazy, crazy days -
A summer breeze blows through my mind –
The scent of jasmine – summer mood
On summer nights –
“Oh – oh...

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Let’s go to the beach. Grab your suit. When? After work. Okay! Let’s do!
We lie in the sand, listening to the waves. The bonfire lights the night.
So much more energy we have in the summer!...

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Written: June 20, 2023
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As the blaze of August fades into the Fall,
Horizons newly-arisen burned and turned to ash,
And textures of alteration of seasons clash,
As the plague of frost becomes a rose’s pall.

The sun retreats; its...

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Looking for your summer

The spring of you turned into a winter from you; of you, frozen soul with love following you
Going through a painful life, after you, hmm, after of you, end of summer go....

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Summer sight


Ripples of the river, in addition, current of the slope
And canoe's shake, ahead lover's smiley face
Foam like milky run, sprinkles of icy flakes
Scatters of cold drops, and sprinters of river's
Funniest on earth I was...

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Noise arose from past my window
And I looked to find the reason,
Yet, nothing did I see, nothing heard
Darn, my mind is 'changing season'

I rather have the Summer

Then, my vision went to work
As I took seat...

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I DANCE TO THE JOY OF NATURE SINGING

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oh, i dance to the joy of nature,
i dance to the joy of spring,
new life, a new adventure,
 i dance to the joy of spring.

oh, i dance to...

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Shark is an outdoor cat, haughty, wears a killer crown.
He has a kill room around the corner, under a bunch of bushes.
In the summer a variety of carcasses are unbearably smelly.
I have to dispose of...

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The feather beds are a string of mountains near where I live, famous for its raised bog lands, where my father and his brothers cut turf for many years. In spring / summer a wild...

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