Long Tramples Poems

I May Be Mistaken
By Franklin Price
9/19/2018

I may be mistaken but, in watching all the raves,
 I believe our founding fathers are rolling over in their graves.
We're not acting patriotic when the parties have their say.
They're...

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Consonant Like A Vow (el)

Now ma nada twirly (to early) twittering 
condolences to the esprit de corps, qua 
(just recently) late John McCain, and his 
surviving family suddenly damning original 
way word odd did see,...

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So as we claim some other fates decree
and rewritten history executes us by delete 
what call has come to the life within us
what have we left incomplete

The world turns from love
as it tramples over peace
no...

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“I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life.” (Spoken by Jesus) -John 8.12, NIV 
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      ...

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I recite your name in              the whispers of the wind
for bonded to my heart        ...

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The midnight hour,a lonely road
She walks alone
A ping she hears- it's from her phone:
"Where are you?"Mum asks in a worried tone.

"Almost there",she texts, moving fast,
Not caring how much time has passed. 
Soft music hums within...

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You are the dusk that masquerades as first light.
In the stillness of descending twilight,
your spellbinder's expectorant 
opens the passageways of the feeble, 
weevles like...

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True generosity isn’t measured by what we give with ease,
but by what we sacrifice in silence, unseen,
when the help we offer strips something from us.
It’s easy to be generous when nothing is lost—
almost comfortable.
But reaching...

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My 29th birthday 
it was set up to be a miserable experience
without many friends or family
I was left to smile through the half-created festivities
Until...
my best friend showed up with a box
and sat it on my...

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Let’s pester Uncle Fester

After dafter Luxon 

Pushed the button

Welcomed every glutton

To the isles of mutton


Theme of the meme

Team New Zealand 

It does seem

No longer a

Stronger eclectic sceptic


Spanked by the rank 

Septic tank stream

Peptic Pyramid scheme

Thank...

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Shattered glass
Awakes the scars on my back
Splitting the seams it seems-
I’m falling out of line.

I was there for you
Through thick and through thin
No matter how big the mess
I was always there 
But was it enough?

You’ve...

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January 27 Scripture Meditations Based on Leviticus 21-24

Key Verse – Leviticus 21:1 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto the priests the sons of Aaron, and say unto them, There shall none be defiled...

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Splitting open the rough rocky ledge of my garden,
a sapling grows at the edge of the broken pathway. 
A lone bud blooms unnoticed with the color of spring  
within my heart with the alluring...

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Each of us is given a mission by God that's deemed essential 
one is protecting the rights of the most vulnerable in society 
when society socially tramples on these virtues removing values 
we have the...

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What is the wind?        
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What if I said I couldn't see my way
Through the day?
Would you convince me of my worth?

What if life passes me by and
And all I have is today?
Would you remind me of what I did...

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It's a part of me, 
A burgeoning hole in my heart, 
Whose cause I know not. 
A special kind of misery
Made especially for me. 
Is life truly a worth of my time? 
Or is it...

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How far we seem to climb
Just to fall down the other side
But we will climb the next mountain
Trying to find where we belong

How deep we dive down
Before we realise we can't breathe
But we will continue...

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IN THE NEVER OF HER MIND
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her face hangs on two hallways of her mind
one overlooking the essentials and joy of life
and those half-blind  fingers  ask her what she sees 
is it that ghost...

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The dying day lies beautiful in the tender glow of the evening,
Her skin is black and glows with angelic beauty,
But a glacial pang of pain like the stab of a dagger of ice frozen from...

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The fairest creature I, in the garden of the blossoms,
My scarlet visage overweighs the evil of thorny vesture,
In my dwelling, an unheard hymn the sparrows sing of,
Melodies of praise stacked up like hay in the...

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Staircase appears to enable due climb 
          Transforms smooth as scales of snake
          Sordid exposed inhibits intent...

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March 17, 2016                                ...

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The morn of this lovely day, so bright and brilliant with the glory of God.
I dress for church reluctantly, not knowing the real reason for feeling this way on this glorious Sunday.
Could it be that...

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THE LIFE CHAMPION

To take
Use up 
And run 
Is the aim of the life champion

A conscience?
Sadly the man on top 
Seems bred with none

He wants it all 
And of course it must be free
To work for...

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