Long Take stock of Poems

Part 5

They continued to fry under a blistering sky
    With little water to stifle the heat.
When the Hippo put forth, "Considering our course,
    We have entered the waters of...

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The Book

How good the night that darkens so
To guide me to my rest.
Where a favored Book lights up my eyes
As I nestle to my nest.

A few pages turned to praise the Lord
Seems too little price...

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Do plans take stock of what you’d give to be a better man,
and somehow you have trust it’s true that human dream’s a gift,
that life’s a blessing on bad days? The world sees Grace (or...

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Part One

Now as I account for myself
I know the fight is over
   You made me feel if I was worth saving
I was worth having
And I knew as the man flattered to grow
 ...

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I feel it to a small extent - a little tinge of it -
those times I hear about
friends going on vacations to fun exotic places;
friends of mine receiving special presents from their husbands;
women I have...

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Each Season of Living 
By Michelle Morris 
29/09/2024

The wind picks up 
Changes to the season 
From Summer to Autumn
The raining of leaves 

Gold and orange
Yellow and red
Release what's unneeded 
Trees teach us this lesson 

The...

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Birthday feelings
Another year is back no longer can leapfrog this day
Where my body squeals on me from time to time
Melanin, flawless, caramel skin transparent
for you to view my friends,
Face ageless, mind intone to my compose...

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Amid the chaos of the world outside  
The young boy's heart beat with a restless tide  
Aspiring for greatness beyond the norm  
But his path to purpose was often forlorn  

He...

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W- When clouds gather more each day, we know winter is here to stay.
       I-  In our houses we preparing, while nature had already.
    ...

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As Thanksgiving Day rolls around again,
I take stock of my life and I’d like to say,
That every experience I have ever had,
Has helped shape who I am today.
Life is a balance of highs and lows.
I...

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In the crowd the anxious feeling was contagious.
There was a general feeling of disquiet.
A foreboding loomed, that something pending, might happen.
Cornered eyes darted around fleeting expectant.
Then, someone yelled: "Fire!", "Fire!"
The crowd panicked, instant stampede for...

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Almost forty and I feel as if I'm in my prime. I look up to the ones I love and admire, and see their downward decline.  Granddad, who's done more than his share of...

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The New Year begins with hopes and dreams:
with regrets for past deeds, and failed schemes!
Though full of promise, and sincere resolutions,
some think one day, will provide needed solutions,
but alas, it never can, and never will...

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Even if it feels like your world is crashing down, you can get through this. 

You can overcome
By Michelle Morris
05/09/2021

When your world is crashing down,
And you feel like you're imploding,
Stop and take a moment to...

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Autumn is a time to take stock of all that you have accomplisehd 
It is a time to put away your summer wardrobe and switch to sweaters 
Close your water taps and shut your windows...

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How easy it is to get wrapped up
In our own little universe
The cocoon of the daily grind
Of going about our business
Trying to protect our turf
‘Cause we’re more fragile than we let on
We live in fear...

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To know you is to love you.
You brighten my whole day.
Just what I'd do without you,
I really couldn't say.

Without you to guide me,
I'd not know what to do.
I'd prob'ly think I was okay,
I'm lucky I've...

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Are you our sort of writer?
Do you write
Stories or poems
Memoirs or nonfiction
Or some other form?

Blank pages wait for something new, do you
Put something on it before you walk away?
Stop waiting.
Open your notebook,
Empty, empty, do you...

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True happiness has to come from inside
Don’t pretend my friend
It won’t last
And it only hurts you in a long run
Try to be happy with yourself first
If you are not happy with yourself 
No matter what...

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Why is that you still want to control me

Don't you want to see me happy and free

Why is your stronghold such a hard thing to break

Why do you put more on me than I can...

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On the old scale of one to ten

Today has been bout a four

Won't explain, just one of those days

Had 'em many times before

To expect every day to be a ten

You're dreaming, it ain't gonna be

Ups...

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Why are some religions so full of judgmental hate?
Certain groups claim they are right, then point their fingers and negate.
A certain few must go to heaven, and the rest will burn in hell.
I think many...

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we set the alarm to go off hourly
to take stock of emotions patiently
compelling us to make note of stupor
wherein instincts determine our stature
far cry from watching our thoughts mindfully

gently thus shifting consciousness fulcrum 
there remains...

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No sailor of seas on a long journey,
Nor gold coffers, just words of poetry,
Yet, precious nuggets from the depths of sea.

Gone to explore as a graying old man,
O rudderless with no more than a pen,
And...

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