Long Upheavals Poems

 Was privileged to have sedentary on the seashore in seraphic poetic submersion;
 the ringing sounds from the distant horizon made me entirely lost in  speculation;
 when the sounds of waves from far nimbly...

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Inside A ‘72 Econoline

This old green van has a musty smell to it,
Like a pair of sweaty rancid socks
Mixed with half-empty beer cans.
It’s a banged up thing, this ’72 Econoline.
Scratches and mysterious dents 
Cover its...

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DRAW A LINE
By: William S. Labtis

To draw a line there must be a justification
As to divide takes a distinction/ qualification from
Like a demarcation line - what is yours not mine
Just be this line drawn with...

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The Birch

We’re hailed by changes of weather always
Pouring, wind, rain, gale and hurricane
Our dried barks and twigs easily departs
When they lavishly attack in season
Enchanting imbibe of full moon lights
We play with millions twinkling stars
Cloud travels...

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Why in the World?

I asked myself, 
"Why in the world did God create earthquakes and tsunamis?
There is such devastation, tragedy, lost lives, horrific suffering.

And then, I knew.
Long ago, before man populated the earth,
Before men developed...

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I ask for nothing,
just relying on Providence;
surprisingly I will experience
an enriching event
that fate has sent...
does anybody wonder why I sing?



I age, and furthermore I feel younger;
wrinkles appear to attest their reminder
that my troubles are of...

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Lyriktribute to Anzu Furukawa 
AURORA BOREALIS (Satis Shroff)

The sky was bathed
In fantastic hues:
Yellow, orange, scarlet
Mauve and cobalt blue.
Buto dancing,
In this surreal light,
On the stage,
Was magnificent.
Your heart pounds higher,
Your feet become light,
Your body sways
To the rhythm
And...

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Grab my pen for some strange and let loose, 
Mysterious activity, Stonehenge hidden truths, 
Boosting the brains roof with rhythm and funky grooves, 
Improving thought producing sparks, 
Hidden but released from the heart, 
Outsmarting light...

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"Yesterday, love was such an easy game to play"-The Beatles
                         ...

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Keep your distance from my choices
You, with the staff of valor,
With the staff of all-truths
Deem me a simple fool
Dipping my wavering feet
In the pools of this ghastly world

I do not love to be in this...

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There once was a General who had an investment in the swamp 
He had many ways of getting what he wants 
Including making things great again when he stomps 
While in the marsh land 
The...

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I never prayed for patience 
It was not my forte 
as I'm one who wants things 
to always move right away
but I've learned that life 
is like planting a seed. 
It will grow in its...

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Vast dynamic catalysts
     inaugurated biochemical
     (biological), geological,
     and/or meteorological
     processes, that didst
     wax and wane
since...

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Prattle And Witter 

Midst rumours 
     and rustlings 
And hastily 
     scribbled notes, 
Upheavals 
     and bustlings 
And endless 
   ...

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You can almost swim across large parts of Florida, swim and
walk a few steps and then plunge again into the cool sexual
embrace of yet another blue swimming pool.
You can almost cross the peninsular of Florida...

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A HABITAT OF MODEL AND A MEDAL:  BAHAY KUBO

Our bahay kubo*
Is an achievement
And a dream come true
For us to dwell and live
On this simple hut
Whose inspiration I’ve drawn satisfaction
Indeed:  I had gotten: A...

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Fer these er nay stumblin' on a reality
that er givein' us reasons to be spooked
fer our future en global stability...
gee! wake-up we should be scared,

gosh already we're experiencin'
more, a disastrous global effect
naught! a creation of...

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Sensuous as a kiss, gift of romantic dreams, 
Your essence I feel as you tiptoe stealthily
Alluring sensibilities, revealing amorously
Silken ruby lips sparkling on work of beauty
Embellishing tiny dimples upon rosy cheeks;
Oh! the mystical you, loving...

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The mind of man defines his self
Thought separates him from the beast.
For rationale transcends all else
So with reason was man bequeathed?

Nature adjusts its balanced scales
Predators thrive upon their prey.
Quarry decays in mankind’s trail
Intellects cloth will...

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Picture images
World in mad swirl
We all fall down


Present in the past
Looking back gaze
Past in the present


Distorted portraits
Twirling in the blur
Misty moments unearthed


Harsh sensibilities
Emergent violence
Conflicts seed war


Crazy madness
Forfeits true freedom
Attack thoughts breed


Hostile takeovers
Beyond simple mergers
Occupied territories


Fatal...

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Was it Banting and Best,
Collip and McLeod’s feat ?
Whose efforts bore fruits,
And  ‘Insulin’ was discovered.
Or was it the Compassionate Creator.
Who really Sorted out the pancreatic mystery,
And Granted man the sense,
To perfect the pancreatic extract,...

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Am I light or dispersed star
Scatter or straight to all earthly uneven
Whether the stray comet to unfollow
Chaos or chord to sundry upheavals
Mortal cry pebbles the enshrined path
Luminious moon guide where gleam
Wise that turn to sightless...

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significant and alarming rises in deaths
shootings
murders

mow the lawn
go shopping
watch football
crack open cold ones
make babies
jiggle babies on laps

significant hurricanes and tornados
there are deaths

baby showers
graduations
weddings

domestic violence is significantly up
up being a surge
of consumer consumption
of cars and televisions...

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DISCONNECTIONS

harmony order
reason &
beauty

&
incidentals
severed
by
upheavals
cerebral &
 austere

a purveyor of
dimensions
to catalogue
&measure reveals
 the obsessive
 elaborate
  laboriously
constructed
tableaux
of
destruction

so instantly
 recognisable in
impressive &
immaculate
artefacts
to
specifically
fire the imagination
&
 concentrate
the interplay 
of
reason in
perpetual motion
 in grappling
&
 conveying
  the painstakingly
drumbeat
of
sensation
amid the melee
of the
orchestrated
  ensembles
   at a distance

the measured
mood
detached
 artificial
yet in
symmetry
 knitting
everything together
in
  cool respect

NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE   using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making...

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From the day I was born
Your life changed and you were sworn
To help me through life’s upheavals
And protect me from all of life’s evils

Your big strong hand held mine
You made me feel everything was fine
I...

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