Long Taken for a ride Poems
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Stoicism as a Way of LifeWritten 23 November 2023
Placed 1st in :
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Categories:
taken for a ride, humanity, inspirational, life, men, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
Revolution In TogoNEWS 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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Categories:
taken for a ride, christian, humor, humorous, political, war,
Form:
Rhyme
What Discursive Poetic Theme Shall I Write AboutHmm...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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Categories:
taken for a ride, abuse, allusion, america, analogy, destiny, history, imagination,
Form:
Bio
Sacrificefrom 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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Categories:
taken for a ride, brother, faith, fear, history, hope, peace, religion,
Form:
Quatrain
Slim PurseI 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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Categories:
taken for a ride, life,
Form:
Rhyme
BetrayalHe 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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Categories:
taken for a ride, betrayal, break up, hurt,
Form:
Rhyme
Running On EmptyYou'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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Categories:
taken for a ride, adventure, faith, forgiveness, hope, political, time, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Half a World AwayOn 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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Categories:
taken for a ride, allegory, angst, corruption, dark,
Form:
Lyric
View From the BackseatView from the Back Seat
I watch, entranced this time by the lightest blue eyes,
Transfixed by the struggle, the dedication, the pain, the triumph,
The sickness, the determination, the ever constant need to create.
I forget my own...
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Categories:
taken for a ride, appreciation, character,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The Headless WarriorThe 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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Categories:
taken for a ride, war, people, people,
Form:
Rhyme
OverwhelmingOverwhelming
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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Categories:
taken for a ride, love, marriage,
Form:
Couplet
Forever a Part of Me"FOREVER A PART OF ME"
(poem #6 written by Michelle L LeBlanc on 01/18/2023 in memory of my son Jayden Donald Leblanc ??)
.
Oh, to awake one day to find you here by my side
I miss you...
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Categories:
taken for a ride, death, grief,
Form:
Rhyme
Points To PonderPoints 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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Categories:
taken for a ride, celebrity, family, friendship, life, marriage, perspective, rights,
Form:
Rhyme
The Holy Ghost TrainTHE 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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Categories:
taken for a ride, blessing, christian, god, spiritual,
Form:
Verse
Old LpAs 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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Categories:
taken for a ride, music,
Form:
Free verse
No More VictimYou’re too late to say it
You’ve missed the last boat
Your “I love you’s” don’t work
They just catch in your throat
You can’t play the victim this time
No not this time
I won’t take the blame for this...
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Categories:
taken for a ride, hope, life, loss, lost love, love, hope,
Form:
Rhyme
Dingle's DogHarry 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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Categories:
taken for a ride, death, dog,
Form:
Rhyme
Bad Luck RapLuck 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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Categories:
taken for a ride, games, money, rap,
Form:
Lyric
Are You a ContributorAre 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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Categories:
taken for a ride, conflict, discrimination, education, emotions, judgement, political,
Form:
Couplet
Running ScaredLeft 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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Categories:
taken for a ride, conflict, corruption, patriotic, political, trust, truth, usa,
Form:
Narrative
"leaned On a Heart"I glared out from my window and found a different place...
Where I once ran too before I fell from grace...
My eyes saw something that blinded my decisions...
I leaned on a heart that was not purely...
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Categories:
taken for a ride, heart, heart,
Form:
Free verse
How OftenHow 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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Categories:
taken for a ride, addiction, fantasy, internet,
Form:
Rhyme
Flipping Through the ChannelsFlipping 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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Categories:
taken for a ride, perspective, political,
Form:
Rhyme
Hats Off To CatsHats 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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Categories:
taken for a ride, analogy, cat, change, character, chocolate, cool, culture,
Form:
Light Verse
The MusiciansShe 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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Categories:
taken for a ride, appreciation, feelings, guitar,
Form:
Rhyme