Long Unfaltering Poems

 
     “It is time,” he said as he turned back to the others.  “Andghul, you and DynDoeth, make your way as closely and quietly as you can toward the...

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Acquah Vicki on Sunday March 31, 2013

 THEY CALL ME NELSON
 
No man can keep the spirit contained 

He herded sheep when they 

called him by name (Rolihlahla)
 
His teacher gave him a new name...

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Hubby was working, out of town, lately, so we went to pick him up.
And we passed thru the town of Metropolis in our ancient pickup truck.
Now don’t think Dragon didn’t notice, that this was the...

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IN RETROSPECT

I remember, two years ago, today
I wrote my first poem “Reflect” in my first
self-published book “Love and Celebrate You”.
In the silence of the night before, I was pondering
and asking what could I do that...

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Moving through the pulse and the flow
A timetable of fixed dilation
A given
And measured 
Ellipse
To the people it trips
As they ride the crest
Of the waves
Of emotions
Just prisoners of 
Perpetual motion
Never ceasing
Never pretending to be
Anything more

Born into...

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THE THOUGHTS WITHIN OUR MINDS CAN 
LEAD US INTO RIGHTEOUSNESS 
BUT THOUGHTS CAN ALSO LEAD US INTO SIN 
THE CRAVINGS AND DESIRES, THAT ARE 
ROOTED IN OUR FLESH 
DON'T DISAPPEAR BECAUSE WE'RE BORN AGAIN 
OUR...

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Wisdom tooth, the oral root of prophesy
I respect you with all my worth
When you speak my eyes come
I wake up and turn as you order
I constrict like a serpent stung
At your command I fizzle like...

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A thousand bees never settling down,
buzzed within his head.
Their confused drone, into a ruffled rumble grew, 
lengthening into frenzied drumbeats,
taking the might of roaring waves
or gaining the momentum 
of a plane, prior to take off.

Mind...

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It was a good day, a Sunday going to church day.
     The sun was  a brilliant glow.
    The weather was agreeable, a welcoming change from the brutally...

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The youth or adolescence of today coming
from all walks of life will be the future generation.
You are all born with talents, gifts and some knowledge.
Some show these talents, gifts in early and late childhood
and early...

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I am now the reluctant bearer of a great and vacant void. A place that once was filled with warmth and light… Now hollow. Empty. Where before there was a piece, an element infinitely irreplaceable;...

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I yearn for raw love, unsculpted by time, unchanged,
The kind that is born at dawn's golden break and does not die at dusk,
That pulses in veins like an eternal river, undivided by norms,
Through the corridors...

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Plummeting void of primitive desire
All is passion and idolism
An existential angst, consuming your thoughts
What meaning is there behind "the one"?

You're a caveman deep down
Starved for attention
Feeling nothing
And everything


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Note: this poem is the combined result of...

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The haunting strains of "Ashokan Farewell" keep racing thro' my brain.
'Tis a fitting requiem for those who bore the agonizing pain,
Of bidding a sad farewell at many a humble cabin door,
As young men were called...

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The daunting mountain of challenge 
in the undulating landscape of life, 
needs to be climbed as destined. 
When the lofty summit alluringly calls,
I follow the undefined tough trail 
through the surging storm of strife. 

I...

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Unwavering by God’s might
tenaciously upholding my faith divinely granted
through Christ’s imputed righteousness…
here’s my soul, grace propped
earnestly striving to live for Him
exalting His name … my holy intransigence.

Unfaltering along the Saviour’s steadfast assurance
immutably sealing my redemption...

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The daunting mountain formidable
in the undulating rough landscape of life, 
needs to be climbed as destined. 
When the solemn summit alluringly calls,
I follow the undefined tough trail 
through the surging storm of tribulation. 

I saunter...

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Envelope Couplet
-starsphere-

I’ll walk forward once more, towards the starry night sky, 
Dreamy eyes that have long vanished, letting them die. 
The young thing I was calls to me,
“This isn’t what I was to be.”
Having opened...

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A Father’s Love 


Oh child can you feel the sweet touch of a father’s hug

that caresses worry away and fills the heart with love

a foundation for your life with actions of great intent

and abounding selfless...

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PATIENCE

We hear that patience is a virtue 
Is this true, or simply virtual reality 
When leaders are teaching our youth; 
do as I say, not as I do 
Regression to a version of the American...

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Edentulous but determined to bite almond,
grandpa’s ‘never give up’ spirit was evident,
grandma watched quietly, all bemused and jocund!
“anytime now there would be a bad accident!”

Those hard almonds also had a mind of their own,
they refused...

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Give me the hardy breed that thrives in the arid wild
The tougher kind that walks with a sure unfaltering stride,
The restless heart that without fear the mountains roams;
Not the sissy softer variety that favors the...

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The 5 A.M. rolls around with unfaltering thoughts in deepest regret
I cannot stand by with this pain inside, poisoning my very core
To be fraught with flaw, only to have been abandoned 
By the only one...

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All the people I've known 
Are holding hands with the empty promises they made 
So they are not alone 
When day breaks
And everyone keeps getting in the way
Saying this and this
Doing nothing nothing
Feeling better with...

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