Long Unclasped Poems

Going through box after box
Memories floating around
Then I stumble upon parts of you
Items showing me the true cost
  Reluctantly I sift through our broken dreams
Things I thought would never end
Our past-time of smiles has...

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She was caged in his mystery.
Just a glimpse into his soul;
And she saw the anger flow freely.

A father’s blood tainted
And with it came sorrow;
And with it came unspeakable torment.

There was not a person,
That felt the...

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Part Two

From that moment onwards
Not when the fingerless muscles unclasped
    the indented bones
But from that moment of knowing
   from that very moment of sustenance
That day of human unbelief died unsung
And...

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I hold three magic rocks, in my hand
Rolling them over and over and over
Leaving this reality behind, far behind...
 
I know not where I'm headed to,
the sage's advice, my only clue :
"Enlightenment is now in...

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To have a fulfilled life, verily triumphant
Revolving around God with grace so radiant
Though not perfect with my obvious flaws and weakness
His holy magnificence purges filthiness.

Refrain: Such is my heart’s infrangible resolve indeed
The Lord is my...

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T'was there in the twilight I heard my dear Lord
He's calling, yes calling to me
He bids me come close and to sit by His side
This Teacher from Old Galilee

His voice is so gentle, his eyes...

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I saw her once on a summer's eve with the breeze softly blowing
She was clad in silken white with her long lush hair freely flowing
She seemed to tiptoe through the air and twinkle as the...

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“Embrace and Release”

In the quiet of night, I pondered—
the art of severing ties, like pruning a tree.
The weakest links, once tightly bound,
now set free, like a maiden’s unclasped bra.

2024 dawns, a canvas for transformation.
Covid’s grip...

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Their intimacy is gloved,
moments dovetail
in a tea-room.
I color-in implied gestures,
listen to the ambience
of undertones.

They enter a confessional space
lips linger over shared visions,
oracles only they can read.

Lipstick on China cups,
the twirled edge of a napkin,
the unclasped...

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One day this Ruuk left his tree,
some thought this unnecessary
A tiny Ruuk unclasped his hook
dropped nervously into the brook
Swiftly picked by the glassy water
tumbled one way, then tumbled the other
Hurray, at last, he could see...

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Curious Indeed 

A tiny Ruuk unclasped his hook
dropped, nay, plopped into the brook
Swiftly picked by glassy water
tumbling one way tumbling the other
Hurrah at last he could see the sky
as trees and branches sped on by
they...

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Unclasped my pearl necklace
and loosened my long, straight hair,
opened the buttons of my dress and let it fall,
took off my lingerie,
tearing the delicate silk,
and left me naked.
After that, with his finger-scalpel,
he sliced into my skin,
as...

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“Touch me”
she pleaded
no more
than a whisper
hands tied
behind head
as she begged 
him to kiss her
he slid up her top
over breasts and chin
pausing for thought
with a playful grin
he moved it up further
but to her surprise
left it to...

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Despite being hoisted on arid ground,
My barely hidden refuge, a sensual shadow
On the road, I laid out for stifled sorrow
distorted silhouettes of the decayed bound.

Peaceful water and tangy, light wind
warm light on my arms, and...

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Transports of hereafter
pass one leaf to unclasped heaps.

Flirty winds rearrange the hedgerow plumage,
wisp in gentle whispers.
Chipping sparrows play hid and seek 
with a watery sunlight.

Business is flourishing for the snuffling groundhog.
It’s the narrow part of...

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Icy rains pelt angrily the ground,
Shacks and huts though unstable, sound.
The king that reigns is keeper of pride.
His flaws, outside seem most profound.

His butler doth usher him inside.
But this rainy country's summer's akin, "Bide
Thy time,...

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Transports of hereafter
pass one leaf to unclasped heaps.

Flirty winds rearrange the hedgerow plumage,
wisp in gentle whispers.
Chipping sparrows play hid and seek 
with a watery sunlight.

Business is flourishing for the snuffling groundhog.
It’s the narrow part of...

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In twilight's quiet, 'neath the sky's dimmed hue,
Two hearts murmured low, as love's frail seedlings grew.
With every beat, a yearning, in every glance, a tear,
A bond as deep as sorrows, a stream of hope unclear.

In...

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Its forty years now
since that first day,
I remember still the
tears that dropped from
my cheeks as my mother’s
hand unclasped mine,
breaking the bond I’d
known from birth, handing
me over as though I were
a piece of lost property,
Miss Pringle...

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Beggar-boy quiet watched eyes lavender blue
 One look of buried winter songs chiseled at my soul.
 Tattered earlobe sullen deaf bored with a hole
Flash of pride, lightning wells I could not look into.

Saw the velvet...

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Rushing away from the Devils hair hoisting heave

Rushing to Gods downy laced embrace, searching as astray and bereaved.

Rushing away from your most tenebrous night-frights.

Rushing to your chain mail-cloaked knight.

Rushing away from the skies troubling tears.

Rushing...

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Their intimacy is gloved,
moments dovetail
in a tea-room.

I color-in implied gestures,
listen 
to words unheard.

They enter a confessional space
lips linger over visions,
oracles only they read.

Lipstick on China cups,
the twirled edge of a napkin,
the unclasped mouth of a...

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O’ Mother!, take me back at last, receive
—(unclasped arms as vast as mine)—my embrace;
this longing, laughing love, the proof and grace
of my abiding for your shores.—I grieve 

the lasting loss that shear struck—do believe
my grave...

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What later will be filled with squeals
And peals of childish laughter,
In desolation thus reveals
What comes before and after.

The vacant swings, with chains unclasped,
Hang waiting, so forlorn.
The silver slide, unoccupied,
Gleams dully in the morn.

The jungle gyms...

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I loved him in a Summer's breeze,
though Summer ripened into Fall.
His Winter arms, a cooler squeeze,
a chill became an April squall.

A season's moment left ungrasped.
I thought of love, but love is blind.
Its daydreams easily unclasped.
Untended,...

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