Long Tole Poems

Lament of My Life Contest
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~My Bereaving Eulogy~ 


Time seemed to pass so much faster than I expected,
All the love, loss, passion and things I have neglected.

How many times have I lost a...

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Then I heard the voice of the LORD saying,"Whom shall I send? And who will
go for us?" And I said,"Here I am. Send me!" He said go and tell this people:
"'Be ever hearing, but never...

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The location of the Spring Creek School was on a flat, nestled 
between the cliff on the north and the Little White River on the south.  The river 
flowed in from the northwest, circled...

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a broken soul hidden in an empty home
wanted to leave, but there was no where to go
a mother's heart broken into two
wanted to stop the pain, but there was nothing anyone could do
a cold presence...

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The Halloween Party was in full swing
Witches, wizards and an alien thing
with tentacles and one huge eye
Flourishing a laser gun shouting "Die".

Alison and her friends Ada and Jo
Were all dressed as feline kittens "meow"
Carl and...

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“Women are evil creatures boy. Evil. Every Go**amn last one of ‘em,”
Thunk- the shovel smacks on it’s target. 
“Do ya hear me BOY? Every one of ‘em.”
Thunk. 
“Yes Daddy.” the eight year old agreed with...

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I sit in my corner watching the world go by
Tears roll down my cheeks as I cry and cry
Each new thing that enters my mind does not last

Life is like a giant puzzle, each piece...

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I shook my hips down at Heart Break Hotel...
My ghost now supposedly wanders to where, I just
will not tell.
I had a twin brother that died at birth...
My mother i dearly loved had died and i...

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Stubbed my toe

Here I stand a little over two-thousand years later.
The worlds are not the same, coming from the creator.
One ritually set to hold fast,
the other has forgotten the laws of the past.

I look about...

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I'm not sure
just what tomarow will bring
because yesterday you gave me heart ache,misery & pain
today gave me the chance to see you'r face again
to make you smile & laugh once or twice 
oh you know...

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Don’ wanna bee roun ewe noh moh.
Don’ wanna see da trajuhdee dats heded,
At yah doh.
Ewe wuz vary ahful tah mi,
God’s chile. Eye didden doyah nuttin.
’
Yah ‘sposed,  tah bee ah liter rite?
Butt ya playin’ roun...

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Written: October 23, 2023
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In an expanse full of vibrant marvels, I roam.
A restless poet soul, aiming for...

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>>>>>>>>>Have you ever seen the look in a little girls eyes
                    When she looks up at...

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Bait ready, line in the water,
it is in the waiting that taught her...
its all in the way you put out the tease,
chumming the water for fishing the seas...

as the schools begin to near
easy meals entice...

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The bombs they fell on Christmas night,
Both sides entrenched in a bitter fight.

And as Christmas day drew near,
There was no thought of Christmas cheer.

The soldiers noticed in the night,
A star that shone far too bright.

Then...

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Notta easy grasper – days back I cross ole Jasper
neath the olden ground’s crooket pine tree
and, oh, bless be, things he tole there to me!

He wanna’d me to hear all bout watz truth –
he say...

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Bet youse cain't guesses 
Whats I's done taday,
I's saddles up ma ol' roan
Un we's set off'n the trail
Whar tha doggies likes ta play.

Thay war tha fattest critters
Tha grass ut war belly high
Thay's maws war so...

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On a crisp blue morning
Like any other day
Abruptly evolving
Into a horrific display

Few words describe
This event of destruction
Automatically you blame
Political corruption

Who else are you to blame
But our elected chief?
In all actuality
Labeled in fictional belief

The cards are...

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Black Ice
Hobbes

Her love is a gamble true,
Just like driving on black ice.
Be careful or else she'll scorn you,
So take a chance and roll the dice.
Should you fail, your soul will suffice,
But victory will taste so...

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You came into my life, before I was born.
How could I know, our relationship was to be forlorn?

I knew in my heart, I should just walk away.
Time I was thirteen, you were here to stay.

I...

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My grandaddy done went 'n tole me
Son ain't no reason ta gits skeered
Hosses air jist a little bigger
Thin what pets youse had back thar.

Now my Ma 'n Pa got married
'N off to a big town...

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Lonely Screams

seen the promising throw away hopes and dreams 
witnessed parents loose children heard their lonely screams.
seen a friend give up and quit.
said im out suicide to much guilt and regret.
friends lost families destroyed.
once with...

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Lonely Screams

seen the promising throw away hopes and dreams 
witnessed parents loose children heard their lonely screams.
seen a friend give up and quit.
said im out suicide to much guilt and regret.
friends lost families destroyed.
once with...

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Lonely Screams

seen the promising throw away hopes and dreams 
witnessed parents loose children heard their lonely screams.
seen a friend give up and quit.
said im out suicide to much guilt and regret.
friends lost families destroyed.
once with...

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on confessional summer streets of city
the heat scums in like a churlish treacle
in back of the five and dime bodies drift by
cotton barely captures their hides of leather
mock they come feasting their eyes the uninspired...

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