Long Tritina Poems

The Wind and Sea


The mighty wind unleashed its gusty song 
     across the tranquil, undulating sea,
and stirred her body with his breath-filled kiss.

Set out to resurrect the dormant wave,
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The elves were busy, packing up Santa’s red sleigh for his annual trip.
The year had been busy, as usual, for the residents of the North Pole.
With the last load on the sleigh; reindeer hitched and...

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MELANCHOLIA

     Had he left putting me
     in reverie of melancholia?
   Rather I left him
    and since then peace had left me forever
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Riding the rails was memorable they say; in the days of the old iron horse.
Those old steam trains make a good mystery; all sorts of things could happen, while riding across the plains.
To see the...

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Morning wakes me up by God’s light* so radiant
Cheering my heart with love that’s triumphant
Blest am I to spend the day, blissfully vibrant.

In the afternoon, my soul cheerfully stays vibrant
While to others reaching-out, optimistically radiant
Sharing...

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He walked slowly, taking in the sight and smell of the field.
The memories of games gone by, filled his heart with joy as he recalled his many turns at bat.
Baseball was his first love and...

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Esau was firstborn, but Jacob soon followed
For all of his young life, seems Jacob deceived
Esau, the loser whenever they struggled

Jacob did not trust God, constantly struggled
Esau at his heels, now Jacob was followed
Dividing his camp...

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If I could wave a magic wand to bring her back to us again
A time before a monster came and slowly took her brain away
Malevolence incarnate an unwelcome guest on a sunny day

Secretly arriving, silently...

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It is calm in the woods and on the pond,
where mother swan and her baby glide in peace;
my camera has captured this amazing love.

The woods, meadows and trees are full of love,
I am entranced by...

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You illuminate our hearts as you brightly smile
A splendid feeling for us lovers in the night
We’re completely snuggled  under your light.

Sitting beside each other at the park with your light
We look at one another...

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The lost little Angel was fell into the urban slums
Walking aimlessly with nothing but her broken wings
Blossom into granules of dusts, intangible as a vagabond

Her heaven plucked as the moonlight stolen, the intangible vagabond
Her sanctity...

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Life is strong and fragile. It’s a paradox… it’s both things, like quantum physics: It’s a particle and a wave at the same time. It all exists all together. —Joan Jett

Connotations of Life

Night birds and...

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Madame Bovary is the première novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. It tells the melancholy story of the entitled marriage into a lackluster middle-class lifestyle that ends in tragedy.


Docteur Bovary: Blessed Are...

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Once there were billions of them; dotting our night skies; stars.
So few are seen today; thanks to smog and city lights.
Back then, I thought they were Gods eyes; not heavenly bodies.

There are many constellations; formed...

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She cast her silken shadow in the moonlight

                    To trace her cursive odes on tiptoes, tender

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Listen to the tap…tap…tapping; the music of falling rain.
Sky rinses out it’s watering cans; It’s sprinklers are the clouds.
Gaia’s children are thirsty; roots stretch and heartily drink.


Gardeners collect water for the drier days; the children...

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God be praised and thanked for His wondrous grace
Surely awesome with His marvelous love
Always available to match His might.

Upon Him do I brace up my work’s might
While excelling as steward of His grace
Faithful in sharing...

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The glass of wine drinks a murmur of light,
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The fairies harbor secrets; many humans should not know.
Some will give one away for a price; that trade is very rare.
Make a deal with a fairy and it’s for life.

No self-respecting fairy, would take less...

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Day has sunk and the old fisherman, like a well-trained athlete, rows his rugged boat.
Defying starry night's turbulent waves,
It cruises seaward, smooth and swift, like an agile proud fish.

Then, into his net a shooting star...

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What soul soiled spotted endowed esteemed
 My lady common bestows dearest
Chance mine heart soul covers  Beloved

Men lust and desire you Beloved
Oh!  That mine prayers covering esteemed
No one on this world shall be dearest

Capture...

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~They Sing~
(The Tritina)


This morn I seem to hear the warblers sing
And it is one of the loveliest things
To think they build their nests among the trees

Then you can hear them singing from the trees
And with...

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Oh, where is my star trapped beneath the earth, my pearl?
Oh, how can I see even a twinkle of myself without light?
Oh, when will the only-begotten moon shine the way, that bright child?

Think, recall the...

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The wait has been too long but now it’s time
To hold with love what she yearned for
No words for joy but grateful tears.

The radiant face aglow with sparkling tears
Cradling her child for the first time
She...

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God has taken a paintbrush and created the most beautiful painting
Except what is a painting to the Lord,
Is the night sky to us 

A painting created with the finest blues, blacks, and silvers just for...

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