Long Tolerates Poems

 

The Untold story of a Sitar Part 3 Concluded

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A soothing musical note
Was coming out and floating 
In the air 
In that White coated 
Old auditorium  
Of a different era
Which was so alive before...

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On this morning after the dogs have been fed and run       around the yard barking at the crows and squirrels as they find the morning treats I have left...

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A Tao (0)Mega Tipping Point Zen-Christ
could become no better or worse than your own spiritual experiences
of your own bicameral mindbody of Christianity.
These Christ-icons are all made of the same LeftBrain yeast
becoming fully diastatic bread
becoming RightBrain's...

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Coward, are those
Who are afraid of change
For change might deprive them
Their Freedom, their Democracy
The liberty to choose
The liberty to live
The liberty not to do such duties and obligations
The liberty to stir the law
The liberty to...

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The News and Politicians do all of the above.

Causing fear by reporting what the Government 
thinks about Parents attending 
school board meetings.
That they could be * inciting violence. 
(If it is unfounded then it is...

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                      He never complains about its
        ...

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VERSE 1
We were young and strong, We were only kids when we started striving
At 8 I left my parents for friends, together we voiced the streets paving ways for a future we know nothing about
Endangering...

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I don’t want to talk about it
How you broke my virgin heart
How you trampled on me
Gave up on me in the middle
Of a dirty mess, a hopeless tunnel!
I don’t want to talk about it
How you...

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Her smile is unfit, as it illuminates beyond the masses,
a misfit in a world of hollow and half-hearted expressions,
The connection to comeliness, its source, not here –in there, away from the 
world, but evident to...

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“A dying people tolerates the present, rejects the future, and finds its satisfactions in past greatness and half-remembered glory.”

“A strong man makes a weak people. A strong people don’t need a strong man.”
John Steinbeck (Nobel...

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The early morning fog bathes the green slime and trees in a gray hue as birds flutter to and fro and squirrels scurry from their beds, playing a tag game of “You're it.” and an...

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In a city of shadows and flickering lights,
Where the lines between dream and reality are written in mist,
I wander through streets paved with unknown hopes,
With heavy steps of melancholy and thoughts drifting like clouds.
Here, in...

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My husband looks tough, and I am sure he could be if he wanted to be.
But he is such a nice guy, I cannot imagine him ever thinking this was okay.
We have been together for...

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Let me reveal to you the real meaning of love: 
Love is without sin, blemish & impurities 
Love is not blind, love can see 
Love is beautiful, original, adorable, amazing, attractive, undemanding, genuine, patient,
un-pretending, enduring...

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Freedom asserted, freedom elevated
At the price of abandoning trivia
Jettisoning frills in the context of flights coveted
When whites and nights turn cold and Sylvia

Despite her brown complexion tolerates ebony skin
Rating it high, far above the artificial...

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Refusal To Be Bamboozled

Immersed insecure among the books,
Hides the anti-Christ naturalist.
The bamboozled crowd awe in unison
And look impressed (something new) to witness.
As members of the mob mentality,
Unable to comprehend originality,
The artist’s intentions of creativity
In the...

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Happy is the man, who finds a true friend, 
who is always there during ups and downs,
who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success,
who help you get through the tough times,
who keep your secrets, share...

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Can you imagine God that laughs?
Well I feel sure I can!
When “Christians” flock to Church in droves
Though sinful to a man.
A God who tolerates the gaffs
That we plunge in his side,
Though we may pray for...

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Hindi lines of the Verse given here in English
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Tp nahin kewal jeevan satya
Karun yah shanik deen avasaad
Taral aakaanshaa se bharaa
So rahaa aashaa kaa  aalhaad.01
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English version as translated by me
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"Tenacity is not the only truth...

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Hold your fire
Let your sharp tongue retire
When to the fore sneaks your ire

Increasing carelessness danger
Thinking in your mind you’re an indomitable ranger
Although in your own skin you turn into a total stranger

Body somehow cut off...

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A very dear man of the cloth used to sing a song most precious.
The song was entitled,  'Christ Is The Answer", and the line that
most spoke out to me was, 'Life is so uncertain....

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My half thought thoughts right now are of how funny nonsense is
It's so delightful - the joyfulest joy
You don't have to be knowledgeable to play
It's like you start by having a lucky dip into your...

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A high rise leafless tree,with vast branches,
                    looks courageous, bears bad and good,
   ...

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he looks like a Picasso, come to life
in charcoal and white,
pink skin showing through
he was hard to woo
but i wore him down 
with warm milk and an old down comforter
i was sick with pneumonia
but every...

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THE FORTRESS OF LOVE


Every marriage has its bumps in the road
And they can pop up at any time.
We must learn to navigate them safely 
With fairness, faith and open mind.

No matter how far in your...

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