Long Talk over Poems

I Felt the Earth

There in the valley reaching for the sun
Our younger days were such fun
Though the struggle to be
Was so much for me?

The valley walls were so tall
That I would fear they would fall
Then...

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After two more hours of watching 
When the night was at its deepest 
Han roused Kwona for her vigil
Till the first light of the morning 

But a mood of laughter took them
By some magic of...

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Monday night is my weekly Bible Study
An evening spent delving into God's word.
A night devoted to knowing Christ as my Savior
To not attend would be simply absurd.

Tuesday night is spent at the county prison
Sharing God's...

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Suddenly there was a cold draft 
It was chilly reminiscent of a wintry shower bath 
Making the body freeze 
With a tundra tease 

It came from up there 
Screaming icy air 
Was it a duct?...

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Trying to get one's point across...
                   With a raised voice,
       ...

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Why do we not listen? Why do we not hear the sound in the distance? Why do we feel we have to talk over a whisper? Why can't we hear a voice a little more...

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The teacher was trying to figure it out
She was brand new, and optimistic
Fresh and ready to educate her first graders.
She had prepared all summer and was organized.

They came in and sat down, all sparkly
With clean...

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To return home that was at a walking distance.
She used to stop at a bar to freshen up a bit
One day she noticed a man staring at her.
As days passed, he befriended and bonded her.
It...

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Do you want to talk or keep quiet?
I always have a problem with this
I talk too much
And I like to share
I always like to blobber my mouth
and sometimes I say more things than I should...

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loves interlude
The story of love
it's why I ask myself
we are best together
seems i don't want no one else
people see things differently
it's different in every eye
we say hello just to say
goodbye
why oh why
tell me why oh...

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Stumbling into this smokey run down dive bar
I just drove six hours in that old cramped car
The dancers rush to hit me up, I say leave me alone
I just came in to use the telephone

I...

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SEEING FROM THE OTHER SIDE

For years, one has entertained the notion
That nations and cultures can always mix
There are customs and appearances, true
Some might close their eyes, as many do
Also their ears, as language can play...

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We are just machines
This is now known
And this processing we skip
Causes glitches and faults 
We can go back and fix it
But it takes forever
So we are pushing on
Getting only to the point of fault
Then failing...

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Just imagine..
Sitting in your cushioned chair
Comfortable as you can be
You close your eyes and begin to rest
Everything is so calm..

. . .

The timer rings insanely!
The microwave beeps!
Your alarm goes off!
Subs pulsating outside!
The radio is screaming!
Children...

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He had no teeth and neither did his girlfriend.
We’d sit in his apartment in the dark drinking margaritas and watch Jeopardy.
He’d answer every question correctly and his girlfriend would cackle.
He’d shoot at the mice with...

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The cockroaches come out at night.
They come out of the sewers and run about on the sidewalks above like little machines with antennas.
Many humans hate them. Especially human women.
Some humans eat them.
They are colored the...

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in defense of Donald Trump

What is enduring is Trump's popularity 
of the working class, who live on truncated
income and has not reserved cash
at the end of the week
Is it because he speaks the language of us
uneducated...

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Whenever if you should ever find
yourself in desperate need of a 
2nd parties independent council
or friendly ear

And when you are willing to lay your
soul bare place your woes at their feet 
and they should dare...

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There is a field called Compromise;
I will meet you there.
To talk over our differences;
A feather of friendship, I wear.

I will listen to all;
That you have to say.
You listen the same to me;
We talk in a...

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I think you learn from a 
Bridge when you see it
Burning when you are on it

I think you experience the burns
From the sun when you hug
It like a little baby in your hands 

I think...

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Joyce Johnson has something common with me
She and I share similiar grief confess
When on that airplane I finally see
Compassionate face I will love no less

Then I will see a person who understood
All heartaches, just to...

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Can you hear the rumbling rising from the east?
Words of tectonic proportions are pressing, persisting
moving the masses, a bundled behemoth
desperate for change.

As "party" heads talk over one another all around
spouting clever promises, like ticker tape
an...

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How, could I compare this generation, 
whom have been given access to reap,
 what they have not sown for.
To think in church in this time ,
 one could play audio Bible to learn,
 from the...

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Do you want to try something new?
Let’s talk over a cup of cold brew;

Brimming with determination    
I won’t stop I’m incredibly driven;

Getting it done alone for so long    
there’s...

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To walk the talk over burning hot coal
Tests the mettle of God-bestowed free will
Debate ensues between ego and soul
By hammer and tongs, shaped on the anvil

Hesitation signals we’re not ready
Looking at how to better our...

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