Long Tread lightly Poems

"transference"


transference 
in a narcissistic world
propaganda for the 
unsuspecting
validation 
for the damaged

writers 
soldiers 
victims 
survivors
war fought daily
in shallow trenches

buckling at the knees
stand up 
brave comedians 
salute compatriots and cowards 
caught in their camouflaged net
all the crumbling...

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IV
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My time on the shore
Along the edge of the shore there are no footprints
nor are there bits of driftwood from lost voyages
just the dunes behind and the horizon bedding down
It’s been this way now since...

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I may not be
The highest mountain
The deepest ocean
The most desired emotion
Or the youthful fountain
But I expected more than this decree

I see you walk off from me
Ignore me completely
As soon as you no longer need me
As...

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Dollies, doilies and daisies are not akin to a painting in a suitcase

Turtle trumpeters. The chopping capabilities of the large carnivorous cheese plant. Their leaves dripped with blood. Why run of two live jet streams...

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We have mentally drained our emotions into the world around us 
Causing our own commotions then get mad with what surrounds us. 
We lack to feel for those that we see have less. 
We slack...

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His threats weren't fake, like she thought
He tried to take his life.... 
He said that he would, she just laughed it off.
Then he swallowed the poison, and let
it eat away at his insides......

She didn't believe...

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Not your last name, not even your age,
You set the scene, I cleared the stage,
And you did give the act of a lifetime,
Twisting matters of the heart, and of the mind,

Telling me lies, never the...

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Mr. Officer, Mrs. Officer, here’s a message from my heart that my mind can’t halt.

This is the first and last time I plan to chat with you, please pay attention no talking Sir... Just listening.

Every...

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But now, I wonder "Will I have the bravery to follow?"
Demise shall follow if I am to attain redemption and cleanness of my sins that tarnish my soul.
Sometimes, I cling to yes, sometimes I cling...

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The schedules on the walls,
The clock hands never stopping,
The shadows falling over the room
Fading from simmering scarlet, orange
Fading to sapphire blue and diamonds in the sky
can't you see
The dishes in the sink
The dust beneath the...

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4% mnm
Mountainous syllables can never really tread lightly across a rope bridge. But living in a cabbage house is fantastic fun for many leaves make many rooms and many rooms make much rubbish. Don't trip...

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4% mnm
Mountainous syllables can never really tread lightly across a rope bridge. But living in a cabbage house is fantastic fun for many leaves make many rooms and many rooms make much rubbish. Don't trip...

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Hello there, do please come inside- no need to wipe your feet
excuse the mess, I fear you'll find it isn't very neat.
This place is always untidy, victim of my disorder
from old hang-ups to memories, I'll...

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So Malcolm has been flirting,
like a player with next to no faith                  
he gets wet when it is...

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The Goddess of Nature, A Visit

The depth of the journey ventured!
Across the vast plains I glide: the sky beaming down upon my back.
This my trek-- sends tingles into my hardened soul.
A feast! A galactic flight...

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The Musk deer searches the forest,
For the fragrance so dear,
She does not know, the musk lies in her navel,
Inviting us to look for virtues within ourselves.

With the eyes like that of deer,
Body slim as leaping...

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My soul's legacies 
(I am endless like the Universe)
By Michelle Morris
18/11/2023

When I was young
They tried to silence me
They tried to tame me
They tried to break me in

Like a wild, passionate stallion
I was bold and majestic...

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UNDERSTANDING POETRY

A poem is more,
Than rhythm and rhyme.
The words must have balance,
With tempo and time.

Free Verse is like that,
The words have a blend,
That helps it to flow,
From beginning to end;

Sometimes like honey,
From a sweet honey...

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When the journey and adventure of life crashes into life , so to be conquered, so to admired , then a fork in the road 

Be spry like fleeting imp or follow in the footsteps...

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Life is a Janus-faced Siren--
Willfully whimsical, 
Childishly headstrong.
It is death’s nemesis,
The soul’s swan song,
A black widow, a mirage,
A wily enchantress,
An elusive chimera.

Not everybody
get to realize their dreams,
Their fondest wishes, 
Their most fanciful whims.

Some days you’ll...

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WALK IN THE PARK

a lovely late afternoon
sun and shade at eighty
perfect degrees

my toes curl up inside
my sneakers, not
in shape for this season
of walking

surprised to see
a baby bump
bopping along
with expectant runner

i walk steadily toward the wooden...

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We Dearly Love Our Children
By Franklin Price
1/2/2016

We dearly love our children
And Our children's children too
Our lives should be enriched by them
And by everything they do

If we think they're doing well
We should always give a cheer
And...

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Life is a Janus-faced Siren—
willfully whimsical, childishly adamant,
It is death’s nemesis, the soul’s swan song
a black widow, a scheming enchantress,
a mirage, an elusive chimera!

Not everybody gets to realize their dreams,
their fondest wishes, their most fanciful...

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I was seated in an unknown place 
Every corner I was greeted with was something new 
The last 3 years of my life may as well have been erased 
nobody wanted to talk to me,...

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