Long Twinkling Poems
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Childhood Dreams Part 1When I was a child
Everything was magical
Full of mystery and the unknown
I read hundreds of books
The library my haven
My home
Hours upon hours
Night and day
I read and got lost in text
They supplied me with adventures
Secret journeys
Fun...
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Categories:
twinkling, childhood, cinderella, dream, fairy,
Form:
Free verse
I Have Labored Sore TranslationI Have Labored Sore
anonymous medieval lyric (circa the fifteenth century)
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch
I have labored sore / and suffered death,
so now I rest / and catch my breath.
But I shall come /...
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Categories:
twinkling, christian, death, earth, heaven, sorrow, sorry, soulmate,
Form:
Rhyme
Nottingham Girl At The Goose Fair Prt 1Every year In Robin Hood Country Nottingham
There in October, they hold. What is known, as the Goose Fair. It's huge. and goes back centuries, straining the Middle Ages, perhaps even longer.
My pals and I back...
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Categories:
twinkling, history, longing,
Form:
Free verse
A Day On the Farm
"You really wanna know? Cause I'll tell ya if you really wanna know. You'll be thinkin' I'm crazy before I'm done, but I'll tell ya... ifn' you really wanna know."
The day started like any other,...
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Categories:
twinkling, farm, myth,
Form:
Prose
Fading Away the Mark of MiseryI must admit
You left me broken…
I am shattered shards,
Spread out on your hands…
Your sweaty palms of uncertainty at hand
But, we will land in a land of I-understand…
Make a stand and things won’t get out of...
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Categories:
twinkling, angst, emotions, endurance, hope, strength, sympathy, wisdom,
Form:
Free verse
Living With Uncertainty, Chaos and CorruptionThe world is constantly changing
People are steadily rearranging
Life seems to be a gigantic nightmare
Keep moving, but never getting there
This country was built on the backs of slaves
Our ancestors buried in...
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Categories:
twinkling, confusion, corruption, spoken word,
Form:
Free verse
Couples CounselingMy early 20s Eldest Black Lives Matter Son
wears his disabling ADHD label uncomfortably,
impatiently,
like a possibly self-redeeming crown
but with unfortunate MessiahComplex thorns
as the Great WhiteMan's sacrificial lamb.
His First, and hopefully last, Girl
is an ADHD Latina,
with sparkling...
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Categories:
twinkling, earth, games, health, humor, integrity, mental illness,
Form:
Political Verse
CECYL, SON OF OUR SOIL : CONSUMMATE REVOLUTIONARY{Poet’s Note : I wrote this poem for the passing of my very dear friend & comrade, Cecyl Esau, Umkhonto we Sizwe Commander in 2021, as a contribution to his memorial service. Cecyl was given...
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Categories:
twinkling, africa, allegory, character, death of a friend,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Saul Grills Marilyn At a Seedy New Orleans Jazz DiveSaul’s twinkling eyes took it all in – the platinum hair framing a first-class face, the silvery sheath dress wrapped around a figure that was out of sight, but in plain view. She was definitely...
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Categories:
twinkling, humor, murder, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
Kidnapped By AliensThey had kept me imprisoned there for three full days,
In that sparse, solitary room, of scarce sunshine rays.
Having good food to eat, had never been a problem;
They brought hot meals, but the problem was...
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Categories:
twinkling, adventure, earth, fantasy, imagery, space, stars,
Form:
Couplet
Jean-Louis Barrault As I Lay DyingHeavy storm was sweeping dark Paris streets
Lit with dim lights that dreary November night
With ghostly shadows lurking in the corners
Cold wind dancing with dirty wet leaves fallen
In the water pools in the middle...
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Categories:
twinkling, allusion, art, death, french, imagery, life, philosophy,
Form:
Ballad
Old Glory Has Something to SayOld Glory has Something He Wants to Say
By – Roger White
The dawn’s first sunlight crests over the eastern horizon. A midnight dark sky leisurely changes tinctures: blue becomes purple, bright azure and...
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Categories:
twinkling, 12th grade, discrimination, freedom, patriotic,
Form:
Free verse
My Brother--Nelson Mandela, Umtata, South Africa--Tribute PoemNelson Mandela, crossed my spirited mind today, a visionary legend of peace, love, equality, and unity of all people.
As a prevailer of great affliction, he was like a Greek God fighting for the—"Common man!”
I had...
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Categories:
twinkling, brother, confidence, dedication, discrimination, inspiration, motivation, strength,
Form:
Couplet
In the Islands Far, Far AwayMission Control, this is Flight Z924693744, do you read?
We're having some technical trouble. How should we proceed?
We have spotted a planet, that appears to be suitable to abort;
But, to return to earth, we will need...
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Categories:
twinkling, adventure, fantasy, friendship love, planet, space, stars,
Form:
Couplet
A Place Not Meant To Be: Part IA Place Not Meant To Be
PART: I (810 of 1487 words)
#1: A Day...
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Categories:
twinkling, analogy,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
Inspirational Blessings and Greetings For the New YearGreetings to each of you my dearly beloved brothers and sisters. Please read these seventeen blessings rendered for you in God's grace:
I. May God’s love for the new year grant you joy and inspiration overcoming...
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Categories:
twinkling, bible, blessing, devotion, inspirational, jesus, love, wisdom,
Form:
Pastoral
Desert RoseI was driving to Utah, because I had gotten a promotion;
And chose the scenic route, so as to put things in motion.
I had been traveling from Los Angeles, to Salt Lake City;
And the scenery along...
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Categories:
twinkling, beauty, faith, fantasy, inspiration, lost, purple, rose,
Form:
Couplet
Grandma's GiftsWhen Grandma died, I found some things
Gifts midst tears that...
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Categories:
twinkling, christmas,
Form:
Rhyme
The Calming of Her Storm
"The Calming of Her Storm"
My mother gave me solace
I fell into her deep hollows
to kiss the wisdom of her
breath chanting quietly
I still hear her
nightingale birdsong caressing
the soft fluttering
of her tireless...
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Categories:
twinkling, love, mirror, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Three Tribute Poems, Composed By Me, For Longfellow BlogThree Tribute poems-- composed by me,
For Longfellow blog….
(1.)
Glory Of Faith's Triumphant Golden Crowns
The rays of morn took their first golden breath
Dispersing powers of night's darkling mists
First gleams romancing sweet the earthen shores
Beating back dark...
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Categories:
twinkling, art, creation, dedication, deep, humanity, life, philosophy,
Form:
Rhyme
What Is Christmas
What is Christmas?
Written: By Tom Wright
1999
A time of many sights to see,
Of tinsel, garland and wreath's so fair.
Of hundreds of bulbs upon a tree,
With...
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Categories:
twinkling, christmas, god, how i feel, jesus,
Form:
Lyric
Lord of Long Shadows, Master Poe and ILord Of Long Shadows, Master Poe And I
Lord of long shadows had invaded hearth and home
sauntered in amidst cracklings of hot fireplace flames
Saying, " I like this sad place, may I freely roam
you know...
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Categories:
twinkling, art, fantasy, imagination, judgement, surreal, symbolism, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
My Dear Sweet Lost Child Daughter of My Wasted Youth a ConfessionMy Dear, Sweet, lost Child ?
Daughter of my wasted youth !
A confession
I am truly sorry Gail, for all that I was
- that selfish, inconsiderate, thoughtless man -
I am truly sorry Gail, for all...
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Categories:
twinkling, daughter, planet,
Form:
Free verse
Nervana - You Got the Nerve*warning: sexual theme*
My mind and heart of gold...
Never once...growing mold as we both grow old
Nervana sells out
I'm without a doubt
That I will love you till I die
That I will love you as long as...
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Categories:
twinkling, deep, drug,
Form:
Free verse
When It Struck 12It will be wintertime very soon
Here comes the evening moon
Gradually, we'll be shining like the sun
Eventually, you and I will be made as one
Tick Tock Tick Tock
The clock is taunting me...
Tock tick tock tick
The time...
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Categories:
twinkling, angst, confusion, emotions, time, winter, word play,
Form:
Free verse