Long That is to say Poems
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Where Do We Come InWhere do we come in
in medias res not knowing nor caring when
doesn’t everybody pine being number one we leave behind our lives in pages pictures or else make for images of what...
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Categories:
that is to say, caregiving, character, humanity, leadership, people, rights, sports,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
8 Little EgyptsSomething strange
and unexplainable comes this way,
this way, it comes to us sly and fast,
some say, perhaps,
it has already arrived,
it walks unseen, in the midst of all, of us
we go about our...
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Categories:
that is to say, easter, humanity, words,
Form:
Narrative
Rosalia - the Evil Black Witch of the Harz, Part TwoRosalia - The Evil Black Witch of the Harz, Part Two
Rosalia’s Instruments of Evil and Debauchery
Rosalia needed certain tools or instruments of evil and debauchery to successfully pursue her nefandous plans of bringing the people...
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Categories:
that is to say, allegory, evil, halloween, horror, magic, mythology, scary,
Form:
Narrative
The Game of HockeyThe Game of Hockey
By Government decree, lacrosse
Is Canada’s national sport,
But in the hearts and minds of Canadians,
Hockey rules supreme.
Hockey is a winter sport enjoyed by Canadians since 1875,
When the game was first played, on...
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Categories:
that is to say, hockey, sports,
Form:
Verse
Kaleidoscope
"Kaleidoscope"
They say another
wrote the story, not I.
that I, mere I,
having little experience, shy
and far removed from
such an alien world,
would not possess the knowledge
of such terrible and ruthless, lusty
characters of strong will;...
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Categories:
that is to say, muse, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
How I Got Rich and What Happened ThenWritten in summer of 1976.
I used to eat my lunch with groups
of businessmen from Campbell Soups.
We drank a drink at lunch each day
Of Coca-Cola mixed with hay
And talked of pending corporate plans
And willow-haired orangutans.
I spent...
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Categories:
that is to say, business, humor, humorous, money, nonsense, satire,
Form:
Couplet
Tardigrades Aka Water Bears Or Moss PigletsTardigrades aka Water Bears, Moss Piglets
Before T-Rex appeared and the Dodo bird disappeared,
Leading to modern-day scientific knowledge increasement,
Creatures of infinitesimal size called ‘Tardigrades’ endure,
Were and are living and thriving, just about anywhere on earth.
From mountain...
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Categories:
that is to say, animal, education, nature,
Form:
Verse
Peace Rings TrueSpeak gently when you offer criticism,
but don't be so soft as to sacrifice the truth.
...
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Categories:
that is to say, beauty, community, culture, inspiration, peace, violence, war,
Form:
Free verse
And I Was Caught Up In the Spirit.... And I was walking in a field of golden wheat and just then,
I was caught up in the spirit, that is the holy ghost of God,
and it carried me through the clouds, up...
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Categories:
that is to say, bible, faith, god, religion,
Form:
Verse
How I Got RichHow I Got Rich and What Happened Then
I used to eat my lunch with groups
of businessman from Campbell's Soups.
We drank a drink at lunch each day
Of Coca-Cola mixed with hay
And talked of pending corporate plans
And...
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Categories:
that is to say, business, humor, humorous, money, satire,
Form:
Couplet
Dark Matter MattersDark matter seems to be
What isn’t there to be seen
In between
What we see.
They dub it dark since you cannot detect it
Nor can they inspect it
With telescopy.
Yet, while it can’t be descried
It cannot be denied
For equations...
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Categories:
that is to say, creation, dark, deep, earth, science, space, stars,
Form:
Rhyme
Antimatter Chitter-ChatterWhy are we matter and not antimatter, or are we the latter and think that we're not?
Brought into contact the one with the other the two would annihilate right on the spot.
Opposites attract— some do—
but...
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Categories:
that is to say, allegory, allusion, animal, science, stars, word play,
Form:
Verse
Saddest Lines (Inspired By Tonight I Can Write... By Pablo Neruda)The saddest lines begin tonight, with a lone soul
Bare but for the thin veil of a pale white moonlight,
Beside myself, and taxed upon deep reflection,
For the night is starry, and my empty cup has...
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Categories:
that is to say, introspection, loss, lost love, love, nostalgiame, write,
Form:
Free verse
The Idiot and the Oddity Part 3Page 7
We’ll build a wooden structure ...
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Categories:
that is to say, humorous,
Form:
Epic
Heavenly AdventureAt conception, the point of his earthly beginning inside his mother's womb, there was a light, the likes of which he had not seen until now at the point of his death. He shared...
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Categories:
that is to say, christian, heaven, jesus, light,
Form:
Narrative
Easter 2018My childhood memory of Easter confronts me with three very pleasant reflections. Perhaps my first experience with the idea of Easter came with the way our parents would sacrifice so much for us to look...
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Categories:
that is to say, christian, easter, family,
Form:
Narrative
God's Special EffectsI accidentally let one loose. That is to say that each time it occurred, with no assistance from me, there flowed from my innermost being a sense of reverence and a quick flash of wonderment...
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Categories:
that is to say, anxiety, childhood, emotions, fear, god, rain, storm,
Form:
Rhyme
OriginsOrigins
In a Planck second ‘The Big Bang,’
And the arrow of time of entropy erupted.
Based on this premise the theorists conclude;
Out of nothing, something
Engulfed in dark energy and matter;—
That is to say; ‘Where motion ceased to...
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Categories:
that is to say, education, perspective, science, space, universe,
Form:
Verse
Requiem for Elmer
*After my last post I thought it would be nice to lighten up a bit with some warm, happy (well, not so happy for Elmer) pest poetry. Who doesn't love bug humor? This one actually...
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Categories:
that is to say, humor, murder,
Form:
Narrative
Happy Father's DayHappy Father’s Day
By Curtis Johnson
Good morning dad and happy father’s day. You have been gone for a very long time now; some 55 years to be exact. When you were still with us,...
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Categories:
that is to say, father,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Leap of FaithNot long after The Beginning,
There were Animals and there was Man.
A great chasm lay between, that legend said
Only a Leap of Faith could span.
Animals seemed happy on their side;
For, after all, such a leap could...
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Categories:
that is to say, adventure, animal, best friend, cat, character, creation,
Form:
Rhyme
I'M Seeing GreenI'm thinking green and waving goodbye to Winter's brown. I'm hearing green like sweet sounds of resurrection. I'm tasting green and digesting its nutrients. ...
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Categories:
that is to say, life, spring,
Form:
Prose Poetry
New CovenantGiving thanks unto the eternal inheritance
Brought forth by the sacrifice of Christ
The consuming fire to burn away weeds and thorns
Separating the wheat from the chaff
That one might be a dwelling place
For the promised spirit to...
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Categories:
that is to say, fate,
Form:
I do not know?
Free Cee a Complicatd Fate D CompliA COMPLICATED FATE D' COMPLI
Your bedroom closet is larger than this room
Where fears father plays the part of Lady Sorrow's groom
Your master bath is three times larger than the one I enter using a key...
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Categories:
that is to say, angst, heart, heart, , fate,
Form:
Quatrain
ImaginationI know of a very good-sounding song.
I heard it first when I was very young.
Its theme reminds me of a lovely nursery
rhyme. It speaks of and longs for peace, harmony,
and togetherness. The song and the...
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Categories:
that is to say, dream, imagination, song,
Form:
Rhyme