Long Togethers Poems

Happy Fourth Of July, Or Happy Independence Day

On this day we celebrate and commemorate the birth of our nation, The United States of America's Independence from Great Britain's monarchical hold and liberty's triumph
Congress voting in...

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Already I reached the place where heard the sound
Of falling water in the circle next
Suchlike the rumble done by hives around,

When three spirits together changed their treks,
Running, out of  an horde just passing there
Under...

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It was jazzy June and green butterflies, filled the air with magic.
Then butterscotch days were long, until the purple sunset panic.

Sunny June, when music festivals, were staged in shady parks;
While in treetops purple martins, warbled...

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Joy and I have been to Melbourne and we’re coming home at last,
From a family get together that I’m glad has come and passed,
It was good to catch up with the rellies who we haven’t...

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“…Let the sunshine (and let the sun shine on in)
Let the sunshine in (You got to open up your heart)…"
-- From Aquarius, by The 5th Dimension


The times they were a-changing,
an age of great unrest.
A Ball...

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I first met Ed’s wife when he moved in next door,
it was hard not to see such a beauty,
nearly six feet, with long, honey-blonde hair,
and skin as perfect as any movie.

Now I did not say...

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Polly Astley loved to have visitors, for she loved piquant, plum people;
Like counting stars when we were young, in milky moonlight, peaceful.

Her days were spent teaching children, with faces perky as sunflowers,
When redbirds danced in...

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I feel like I lost my essence, and lost the reason to be.
That cold February night that the wife walked out on me.
I try to pull out of self-pity, I've never been one for loathing.
I...

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the first move made was the worst move
played---making like the sky had parted &
somebody was watching over, somebody
was lighting a candle for the struggle, as if
it was over by a long shot---for getting things
back in...

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The golden hour for rising has arrived, and there are violet roses in the sky,
So, I bid hello to you, my robust friend, as the vibrant, cerise birds float by.

The obsidian night, it was very...

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Poet to poetry hide me from society melt me in the fervor of sullen brevity !
 there are lines being drawn in the sand let the reader understand in the furtherance of the plan...
 A...

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I remember you holding me in your arms
Rocking me gently while singing lullabies

I remember when you lived a short walk away
Relatives were local and get-togethers were the norm
I remember your amazing purple mohair sweater
You knit...

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Smile Is Contagious

let's love one another brother stop all the hate going around
 be proud of who you are on the inside & choose
 to become a beacon of light to a hurting world in...

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No peace in life, so much rat race around,
In a world of tension we are drowned,
No time to relax, deadlines surround,
All smiles are replaced by frowns.
 
Future of the country dangles, politics is in a...

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IMAGINE

Imagine a world for no and everyone
Where we all are here to be as one and to save the world
Where we have no differences at heart despite the differences at hand
and our nations can all...

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I’m from the piano in my living room,
from the music and melody.
I’m from the old, shabby couches,
(Placed proportionally,
opposite side from the TV)
I’m from the mirror, 
the clear reflection
whose face I remember 
staring at in the...

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Whether I whisper or shout, no one listens, for my words and cries fall in vain.
Like a dried leaf from a tree, no one cares if it lands at the bottom of the sea.
Everyone reacts...

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The older we get the more our family spreads out…that’s the way it’s supposed to be
for that is the nature of family…its fate…its destiny.

Time and space make it more difficult to get together…now get togethers...

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Christmas is great bonding time for family members
Enjoying love’s warmth of glowing relationship embers…
Yet with Mom’s absence… as each of us remembers
There were anticipated “sad Decembers.”

Such painful reality was my personal struggle
Compounded with work and...

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I am from day old make up, from hand me down clothes and sharpie covered arms.

I am from a dirt filled well and barefoot on gravel

I am from black and brown caterpillars to the landlord’s...

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I am a creature of habit…which fundamentally means…
I find comfort in the way my life follows certain customs and routines.

At the same time I am not averse to change…which fundamentally means…
I also find comfort when...

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I reminisce, I miss . . . the past
     all the joy ... the sadness and grief 
      I reminisce and look back on my life
...

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I only wish that I had known
You'd take an early flight to the
moon; that you would die so soon. 
I never imagined not growing old together
nor even remotely that you would be gone
so suddenly. ...

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It all started in kindergarten with cowboys on them
Next came Smokey and the Bandit's Trans Am
Collected a pair Doris Day once wore
Took a pair from the garbage at the curb next door
While most people are...

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The heat built up on our walkabout, 
And ol’ sol put me into distress. 
With no chance of seeing anyone on this route 
I decided to put on Sam’s sister’s dress.
 
Now I am as...

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