Long Uphill Poems
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RumorsRumors
How we arrived at where we are
By Franklin Price
05/03/2020
By now you've heard the rumors
How Covid-19 came to Earth
How it did not come here naturally
How Wuhan, China gave it birth
Maybe aided by our government
To make...
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Categories:
uphill, america, health, hope, leadership, perspective, recovery from,
Form:
Rhyme
Enlightening Systems"Overcoming misleading [economic and political] metaphors
that are physically [naturally, ecosystemically, phylogenically] in [and of]
your [ecological-organic embodied] brain
is never easy."
George Lakoff, The Political...
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Categories:
uphill, blessing, humor, math, mentor, metaphor, religion, science,
Form:
Political Verse
Small Mutinies
"Small Mutinies"
So what if my point of view
is not that which wraps
you in comfortably warm
fluffed-up silky
cashmere blankets
of insecure insincerity
simple scribbles
bleating from the
chirping crickets
and frog croaking
symphonies
muddying waters
cutting pristine lines...
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Categories:
uphill, halloween, muse, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
My Poetry, a Catharsisstared at the two passionate lines for the longest time,
what I wrote ..I created ... as if in a trance, as if in a surreal dream ..
...
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Categories:
uphill, inspiration, introspection, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
Goodbyed HelloGood morning from the ascending light
Good night from the descending night
I'm sorry, darling of past glee
I'm not sorry that we were together and happy
I'm a house and you're the ground
I'm the mouse, caught...
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Categories:
uphill, deep,
Form:
Free verse
When We Were YoungWhen We Were Young
He left for work each morning,
Wearing steel-toed boots and a tin hat.
He took long strides that were three times
The length of mine.
In one hand he carried a lunch pail and...
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Categories:
uphill, childhood, family,
Form:
Free verse
GrandadYou know when you are growing up
The stages you go through
Make you the way you are
They help to make you...YOU
The people who you deal with
Whether family or your friends
Are very influential
And they're with you 'till...
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Categories:
uphill, age, appreciation, death, family, love,
Form:
Rhyme
The Whippy-Dip - 1st Half Text Plus Full Audio W-IllustrationHere's why this is necessary...
This is, as indicated, the 1st HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. The 2nd half had to be posted separately due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations. No other...
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Categories:
uphill, inspirational,
Form:
Narrative
Treading Down the Journey of LifeTreading Down the Journey of Life
I have...
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Categories:
uphill, body, faith, god, journey, life, self, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
Pipe Lines of Kaimu: Much Ado About PoiWelcome to a typical 'Luau' spread. The first thing that is best to learn is the Hawaiian word, 'ono', which means, delicious. It's a word bandied about before and after food goes in your mouth....
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Categories:
uphill, allusion, analogy, appreciation, culture, food, motivation, together,
Form:
Narrative
Cutting FreeI want to say something
to your face, to your ears
grab your carefully created structure and like an earthquake
shake you till your focus lays upon the red ball
above the echo of my words
When I tried this...
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Categories:
uphill, emo, emotions, girl, lost love,
Form:
Free verse
That Is Your JobThat is your job, the mama tells us at school.
We feed her child breakfast, lunch, and an after school snack free of charge.
We give her child a safe place to be, while she has seven...
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Categories:
uphill, children, mother, mother daughter, mother son, philosophy,
Form:
Prose
Soul Cry
"Cry for the soul that will not face the body" Dory Previn
...
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Categories:
uphill, journey, life, self, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
The Body, the Mind and the SoulThe Body, the Mind and the Soul
...
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Categories:
uphill, body, emotions, fate, god, journey, life, spiritual,
Form:
Rhyme
Poetry Healsstared at the two passionate lines for the longest time,
what I wrote ..I created ... as if in a trance, as if in a surreal dream ..
is this poignant piece a poem?
tears fell...one after another ... every...
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Categories:
uphill, dream, inspiration, introspection,
Form:
Free verse
Mr BraveryMr. Bravery
By Curtis Johnson
There once lived a very decent and brave man who was promised three keys.
“One of these three keys, said the key holder, will unlock the door to happiness”.
The man bowed his head...
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Categories:
uphill, adventure, bible, christian, courage, dedication, faith, happiness,
Form:
Prose Poetry
God As ArchivistIt is at least interesting to turn life's political economy backward
through reverse-time focus.
Life's memories of an uphill journey,
perhaps even a sacred pilgrimage,
toward an ultimate death of ego identity,
giving way voluntarily, or not,
to Earth's regenerative potential,...
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Categories:
uphill, culture, earth, health, history, political, psychological,
Form:
Political Verse
The Road Not TakenTwo roads diverged in a mellow wood.
Rugged paths and uphill roads further ahead.
Dimly or half-hidden, like the wood itself.
Try to glimpse ahead.
But it is beyond disappearing eyes.
Part of my earthly tests.
Part of the riddle:
'Wherever I...
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Categories:
uphill, inspiration,
Form:
Free verse
Take the Ripe PlumHow far from nature and life it is
the gray clouds, airplanes in them
the night cooing and pigeons roosting
Sirma's garden gone to roses and seed
That airplane overhead!
pointing the way
pointing to war
War being an aggravated condition of...
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Categories:
uphill, beautiful, day, garden, moon, night, rose, war,
Form:
Verse
Light In Hours of Darknessa beacon in hours of darkness!
unsung Warrior, vigorously protecting uprooted,
...
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Categories:
uphill, dedication, inspiration,
Form:
Free verse
She Was Beauty Past CompareAs I trekked uphill,
mind was filled with joy,
cool breeze caressed my body,
place abounded in greenery,
I was glad I came alone,
I could enjoy everything peacefully.
I watched the mountain flowers,
of different Hues and colours,
I picked...
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Categories:
uphill, beautiful,
Form:
Free verse
Inhuman Malice
A father of six he was in his early forties,
struck by cancer
toiling to provide for his children
with
no property
no land
no animals, but a loyal old donkey
that uncomplainingly was carrying from a distance
the heavy loads of wood...
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Categories:
uphill, evil, world,
Form:
Narrative
Where I Have BeenReposting from my other page while I was lost in cyber space.
Where I Have Been
It's been a twisted messed up road ever since I slipped off track.
If the signs are right I'm reading, I guess...
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Categories:
uphill, childhood, growing up,
Form:
Rhyme
A Mentally Ill MemoirMy mind shorts out sometimes
And my judgment goes out the window
That's when I do stupid
& the aftermath makes me feel suicidal.
Sometimes it leads me right into
Temptation
& straight into evil.
Catching...
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Categories:
uphill, abuse, addiction, anxiety, depression, drug, recovery from,
Form:
Rhyme
Ready Set GoReady set go, pick yourself up off of that floor
Because you probably drank to much the night before
You have an alcohol problem you can't ignore
Put your pants on one leg at a time
Now make...
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Categories:
uphill, 10th grade, anxiety, blessing, confidence, depression, dream,
Form:
Rhyme