Long Superfluity Poems

Potawatomi language,
says Robin Wall Kimmerer,
does not verbally divide us into masculine and feminine.
However, unlike most English verbs,
Potawatomi verbs distinguish between animate and inanimate objects.

For example,
we use sit down
when speaking to an unruly son
and set down
when...

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Vexation at self - regarding avoidable altercation...

Today May 12th, 2021
at Royersford (Pennsylvania) LIDL,
when spouse stepped into checkout line
(minus her horse drawn grocery cart -
pushed courtesy yours truly).

While passively standing stock still
I (think Stonewall Jackson)
let scenario...

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Hmm...What Discursive Poetic Theme Shall I Write About...

Today (a rather brisk, chilly,
and otherwise sat
tiss factory twirly delightful
December 18th, 2018) matte
her of fact quite
refreshing noontime, while this fat

tend plot of Earthen surveyed terrain
situated over scat
herd modest...

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February 6 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Leviticus 19-21

Key Verse – Leviticus 19:2 Speak unto all the congregation of the children of Israel, and say unto them, Ye shall be holy: for I...

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The structure, or plot, of a poem is, in my opinion, like the melody in music. It's what holds the words together and keeps us reading...

A present's not a gift until someone sends or brings...

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There sailed the good ship vanity,
Named after the gentle dame,
And everything to board her deck,
Was indeed, most vain.
From the captain to the cook,
And all those they took,
From England to fair, sunny Spain.
The Captain was sir...

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GREATNESS

A term few truly understand
And the scarce few that comprehend
See in its stead an ephemeral belief
More a fantasy than a reality
Laughing at the audacity a being would possess
To even spend time to think such possibility

A...

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Posthumous Limelight

My boy, a young lad, died fighting the Iraq war. 
It could be any war, could be my son,
Your son or anyone's son, what does it matter?
All wars are same, all sons are same.
A...

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The production of godly living
means to put filth and sin away
this is done by being meek
receive the implanted word to stay

Having this word for your souls good
so do what God’s words clearly says
but not just...

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THE PEN, THE POET & THE POEM

Perfect picture painting a Poets palava,
And divisible dimensional dilemma:
Like a child surrounded by teddys & toys
To make a confusing costly choice;
Loose the pen & play the pipper,
Or choose between...

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Once long ago there was a clear blue sky
Where roamed free bird and butterfly
That’s when came the idea to super citify
And to pollution creators deify
All put their brain power to diversify

Silenced anyone who dared go...

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Settled in the Saviour’s steadfastness... 
...satisfied am I within His security. 

Saved by God from sin’s wages...
...sure is my soul toward heaven's serenity. 

Sealed with the Holy Spirit*...
...set am I to shine forth with Christian...

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plush cars
five course dinners
wine and women
fat wallets
superfluity and loss of appetite
celebration of life

non cognizant with 
the other side of life:

faded hues
muffled voices
slime and dirt
growling bowels
search for morsels in the refuse
disease and death

hues fuse into each...

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