Long Thank your lucky stars Poems

I want to reach out to you, but a part of me is scared, what if you don’t remember me? My heart couldn’t take that pain, that despair
What if all these years I have only...

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Incessant flagellation no longer torments nor assails psyche of mine...

until courtesy amazing grace interceded
in the doggone guise 
of Canis lupus familiaris
unwittingly timely deliverance
videre licet as an unconditionally loving 
emotional support animal.

Emotional and financial crucifixion
synonymous with...

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She has a look of yearning in her beautiful, gray eyes, and many have witnessed the look in them and describe it as being almost hypnotized 
She has an hourglass figure and oh does she...

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It's early morning and a message just came in...
Reached out for my phone without a pause to think...

Turns out to be a video clip of a white family saloon car..
Somewhere, some place on some undetermined...

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Celestina Prior fell in love
with a man named Melon O’Neil,
and did thank those lucky stars above
for the way that this man made her feel,
she did not first think it could be real,
she was unmarried at...

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Title: Lucky Stars


(Verse 1)
If tomorrow all the things were gone,
The dreams I built, the paths I’ve drawn,
I’d gather up what really matters,
The love that shines when the world just shatters.
With my children’s laughter echoing bright,
And...

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Each day that I go to work,
I feel like I’m a zombie…
The smiling faces I put on are all just an act.

At the end of the day my jaw hurts from putting on these fake...

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I brought it for one thousand pounds in 1982
                          ...

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Poetry Soup Is…

A place to post words and be heard
a platform for prose, a poet’s eatery
A sonneteer’s palace, for the sagacious or the absurd 
A silver chalice that pours golden poetry
Rhymed and skillfully quilled 
Artful...

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Now Santa"s elves are busy 
they"re making lots of toys 
and other pretty things 
for all you girls and boys. 

    But the bloody truth is! 

Their hours are long and hard,...

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One thing I’ve learned about life…in all the memories I’ve collected…is hot to embrace the unanticipated…the unforeseen…the unexpected

Oh, I still believe in planing trips with forethought, caution and care…but I’ve found unplanned moments can lead...

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Stupid damn cat   


Attempting sleep on the balcony, a railing at my back,
twisted iron creating stripes on my flesh.
Crisscrossing as I slide atop a Craigslist mattress
collecting in folds of faded striped fabric.

slightly used...

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Love confetti balloons with tickle wars and a pillow fight
My favorite way to end a chaotic crazy night
When the world has grown so cold and nothing turns out right
I thank my lucky stars for those...

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Eco-Friendly Vehicles
By Rick Rucker

As an infant, when I went outside,
In a stroller, with circular wheels, I would ride,

As I became restive, and wanted to roam,
My parents bought me a trike, so I could leave home,

It...

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A simple life is all I am wanting,
But the past can sometimes be painfully haunting.
Mistakes we make as we take life’s stroll,
Can later on be a stumbling block as we struggle to reach our goal.

With...

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I met a lonely man,
While riding on the train.
He spoke of many things,
From happiness to pain.

He shared his views on life,
And people that he met.
But when he brought up love,
His words I can't forget.

At first...

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So Broke It Hurts!


O' debt where is thy wicked and terrible sting
 sold already are my watch and gold ring
Creditors waiting so patiently at my front door 
 hopes of making a truly great score!

Fridge...

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If I weren't afraid I'd never have made
   The decision that changed my life's direction
An absolute gut-check, no options carefully weighed
   My path took an abrupt mid-course correction

Raised with a bare...

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Even though I specify a hundred mile radius on Christian Mingle,
I get replies from all over from men that are lonely and single.
I am not really interested in a long distance romance.
How do you know...

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Thomas Hood said he recalled the house where he was born
He would not recognise it now, its structure is long gone
But as for me, and where I’m from, the house still stands today
Although my family...

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What’s the meaning of dawn without Night
You need Darkness to see the light
What’s success without Impossibilities
Hardships always bring out abilities

Life does not have a meaning
When you know you cannot die
Death is always necessary
To give Life...

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It's getting close to beddy-byes time

And as I think back on the day

It wasn't my best day ever but certainly not my worst

But however I classify it, good bad or somewhere in between

My worst day...

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Verse 1

I’m so lucky to have you in 
my life,
When I was lost and feeling 
alone,you brought friendship 
and comfort my way.

Chorus 

You my most amazing friend 
were just one click away.
It puzzles me to...

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REQUIEM FOR  A ROMANCE

You know, we could......... 
we could laugh every day the way we promised we would
you know, we could, 
if we chose to, 
choose to never argue
when you want or need to...

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REQUIEM FOR  A ROMANCE

You know, we could......... 
we could laugh every day the way we promised we would
you know, we could, 
if we chose to, 
choose to never argue
when you want or need to...

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