Long Taken for a ride Poems

Written 23 November 2023
Placed 1st in :
Stoicism as  Way of Life Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Sotto Poet

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NEWS Item AP: TOGO
LOME – In an effort to topple a government set up to end a 24 year dictatorship rebellious army troops seized the state broadcasting station yesterday, then left the building but returned...

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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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from antiquity of the Peruvian Inca mountains
'til today's unsheathed bladed Java buttons clicking
the numbers add up to incessant discounting counting
to sacrifice our own graven image sown sickening

if she floats - she's a witch and frankly...

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I know a man who’s not adverse
To helping others slim of purse
He’s more than willing to help out,
If self-improvement floats your boat,
For teaching men to fish for trout,
Is poverty’s best antidote.

But wealthy men have certain...

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He holds my hands so gently and tells me I’ll be fine
Says he will always love me – he is a lying swine
Tenderly wipes away my tears and holds me in his arms
I can’t believe...

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You're so distant
And yet so near.
Sometimes I wish
I could change my year.
I want to be with you
I wish you were mine.
But here in the real world
Friends is fine.

I've stood on a mountain
I've swallowed the sea.
So...

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On the San Francisco waterfront the sun is going down 
Upon a well-heeled journeyman fresh in from out of town. 
The sky's been drained of color to a somber shade of gray
As a new day...

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The Headless Warrior



The creation of a civil war and a people that is not set free
Is like the blind leading the blind
And the person at the helm cannot see
That he has no vision and is...

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Overwhelming
By Franklin Price
02/11/2023

While I was in Vietnam, received a “Dear John” from my wife.
Said, she had found another, was no longer in my life.
Thought it would be forever, when I said the wedding vows.
Now was...

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I am sick of all the darn righteousness that is heaped upon my plate
Then made to swallow each righteous morsel; until I was full of hate

Reared up against the establishment as they sit and made...

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Points to Ponder
Thanks to Buckshot for the thought
By Franklin Price
9/25/2018

Here are some points to ponder
About who should have a say
About our lives, and how we live them,
The how, the why, the way

Those for whom we...

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THE HOLY GHOST TRAIN
through Covid terrain

Groping in the present with fogged up view
I look for a lead, for someone to guide.
Are we together? Does Covid divide?
Who do I trust to discern what is true?

Who would...

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As I dusted off an old jazz LP
A musical genie appeared to me
With seven notes in his hand
And a  wish for each one
So I  wished  to see some singers and bands

Then I...

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Harry Dingle had a dog
He took him everywhere
They lived near a swampy bog
That cast a stench in the air

He hunted in the morning
His dog always by his side
One day without warning
He was taken for a...

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Luck I haven't but skills I do.
If you play my game I'll bury you.
Using my head and not my heart,
I control the game from the start.

I use my mind to chart a course
so, rest assured,...

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Are You a Contributor?
By Franklin Price
8/5/2019

Are you a contributor, in this world in which we live?
Are you doing good or bad, with what you have to give?
Not all about the money, but also the attitude
When...

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The pretty girl with green cat's eyes
is skinnier than Johnny the hot-dog vender,
they chat and smoke grass
on their coffee break mindless of lonely Cher!

Once she was her true friend, they drank together
at the Happy Bar...

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Left Right Left Right Left Right
Life went on a lot of years 
no one did a thing
Along comes one man, Donald Trump 
they all begin to sing

Send them back? And that's taboo? 
Billions would be...

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How Often
By Franklin Price
8/6/2019

How often did we dwell on things
Before the internet
Before it was as fast as now 
Not very much, I'd bet 

And what about the TV
Thousands of channels now to view
Internet is now...

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Flipping Through the Channels
By Franklin Price
3/11/2018

Flipping through the channels
On this, time changed, Sunday morn
The network commentators
Politically committing porn

Presenting their agenda
Spouting their one sided view
To degrade  the opposition
To see who they can screw

We participate as...

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Hats of to cats,
They have no trouble smelling rats,
All they can eat for free,
Always someone to pay the vet fee,
Sleep anytime, anywhere,
Never working in the midday sun,
Nine lives full of fun,
Always places to hide,
Not often...

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She sits in the corner
Hair over her face
Strumming her guitar
At such an easy pace

He comes out and joins her
She begins to hum
He sits on the ground
And beats on his drum

Then she starts to sing
And I...

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I was taken for a ride
by another poets desire
to take my love
and warp it from above
but I got wise
to love in desguise
and I became stronger
my intuitions longing
for flying friendly skies
buying the ticket
waiting in line
the thrill...

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Saville row suit with lots of loot
You start to talk - his jokes are a hoot
No wedding ring upon his finger
You hold his gaze and let it linger

You leave together in his fancy car
Passionate kisses...

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