Long Upmost Poems

~The Book~
 ( Narrative / Short Story)


 Shhh...Be quiet! please...or you'll wake up everyone...

 Did you see what that young man did all this evening at the table while taking some of his notes?
 Yes,...

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A Search, A Quest For A Lost Paradise - 
a collaboration with Susan Ashley


I will take flight, into another zone
how far off to wander 'tis now not known
no regret, as dear point is to be...

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Let no one despise your youth
May all disciples tell you the truth 
In Word,
Not just the first, second, or third, let your thoughts be heard
And your feelings unstirred
Your heart Misguided and Misheard
Let no lesson go...

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For the war to end between Gods, its humans they turn to rely
How ironic it can be for in my World, its Gods we chose to defy
And why all the irregular mishap to have to...

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Two young men in vietnam 
Sit in a foxhole one night
While chatting and talking about there families
and sharing pictures of each others wives

But along in the Dark distance
Came a bright and shimmering light
The light came...

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I only be looking down now, looking inside myself now,
not head set in defeat but reflection, not the thoughts but the actual events that happened, wild flower child, yea right boom boy im a power...

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I know of a man. A man full of gratitude and humility for all he is and all he has
He has an eternal fault: an obsession to make a difference; to make an impact
To sow...

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Here I am
A confused man
With a softening, sensitive heart

I fell into your story
Trying to be a hero
A helper, an aid, a gentleman, old school That part

I was not
Seeking you heart
I fell in love, with your...

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Tho you have gone now
And many came and viewed your remains
The numbers were great as we walked by
And paid our final respect.

I for one, as I know many others felt the same,
wanted to say "Robert...

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The autumn winds rise soft around me, rustling the pages of my soul as I sit beneath a sky as tender as the heart you seem to carry. 

I look upon the beauty of this...

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My only friend,

The night is full of stars, scattered like lost prayers upon the velvet dark.
I stand beneath them, adrift in my own unknowing, whispering words of kindness, into the legal wind, hoping they may...

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“Follow your dreams and never let them pale
Be the star of a winter fairytale.”

* * *
Once upon a time a sweet bonnie lass
Did all her horrendous stepmother asked
Toiling all day her dream kept her going
That...

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The End.

The average human being has a lifespan from 72 to 80 years,
In between those years it’s possible that you spent most of it entangled in own fears.
When asked how lived, most people will project...

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They ask who I am so I think I will give it a whirl
I am a father to my sons and a very special little girl
I Work harder than most men with such precision
I write...

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Nineteen, your up next in my story 
The anticipation, the fear, the wonder of what will be written on your pages 
Is almost too much to bear. 
Nineteen, this is dawning on me all the...

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green grass, blue skies;
doesn't mean it's a good day;
birds singing in the trees...
rabbits and squirrels sitting across the way, watching me;

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN

robins and sparrows screaming/squawking what appearance how they talk...
talking...
talking to me;
WHAT DOES...

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i fell in love at a young age
not knowing if we both were on the same page

i took up a adult responsibilities to earn everyone's trust
unfortunately not knowing it would end up in a bust

i...

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PART THE SECOND
Bathed in our brother’s blood.
Bearing the bread.
Bearing the bomb.
On we plow, without repentance
without shame nor penance.
Muddy boots filled with determined feet
it ignites
crossfire with the speed of darkness
tap, tap, tap, brrrattaatatattat, kaboom.
legs like molasses,...

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I Was Thinking About How Much Christ Loves Me!

I was thinking about something just the other day...
I was almost at a loss for the right words to say.

I can think of a time in my...

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Me a small child, lying in bed, dreaming away, without care,

along next door, asleep, is baby sis, both of us, becoming unaware.

Of what, the night, would bring, what would be, shed to light,

about the relationship,...

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As It Was In Noah’s Day!

A very evil and wicked generation this is becoming!
God’s word warns us that his judgment is coming!

As it was in the days of Noah...  So it is today!
We really...

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Hark! Halloween breeds an open season of gloom,
 For others, the very thought would not fill the room,
 Tonight, Jack O' Lanterns give off a soft warm glow,
 With the guidance of moonlight and young...

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Victory gardens of the past
are the incentive of community gardens today,
during the first and second world wars,
vegetables and fruits were scare so
communities got together and grew what
was needed and happily traded,
people living in the city...

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Vengeance Is The Sweetest Nectar

	What will it take for the dawning of the truth,
Deny all the gutter trips, mangled by your sweet tooth.
	Deceipt, and deception, immerse eternaly into luster,
Aroused by the desire to possess, a...

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Throughout life I`ve been through ups as well as downs.

I can also say that I`ve found the greatest love ever to be shared.

It all started the moment you walked in to the room...

I knew then...

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