Long Upstaging Poems

May 9 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Job 4-7

Key Verse – Job 4:3 Behold, thou hast instructed many, and thou hast strengthened the weak hands.

LORD GOD, YOU ARE MY INSTRUCTOR
   ...

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Teachers, Teachers.
Teachers Teach us.
They give us speeches and praise us like Jesus
But they're not holy, swag.
They cater solely, for themselves;So selfish. 
Some are rude and crabby;So shellfish.
There are fat teachers, black teacherswhite teachers, nice teachersmean...

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March 11 Scripture Meditations Based on 1Kings 1-4

Key Verse – 1Kings 1:3 Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid,...

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My new forest and park neighbors,
mostly birds
squirrels
and strangely curious 
and ravenous rabbits,

Have become accustomed to,
spoiled by,
fragrant green sanctuary
ancient fertile memories.

But, today
our neighborly horse farm
must be cleaning house.
This smells of too rich compost
upstaging even more gracious...

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‘ Whence  Day  Touches  Night … ’ ( Metaphysical Poem  # 5 ) 


Does Not Day … Touch Night
At One Instance of Time ? …
When Setting Sun … On The Horizon
Draped...

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You meet and shake hands
Things seem fine, real grand

You're married; so are they
You all work for your pay
He's a dentist; she's in social work
Professionals, not lowly clerks  

Then you notice their kids. They're strange,...

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HILARITY
the comedic
to imbue
something
a little
 different

memorable
twists
 authenticity

in the
overlap
  between
 memory
conceived
  atmosphere
  upstaging
with the edgy

attention
 organically
 grabbing
 the
   seemingly
desperate
& ambient
 embracing
effortlessly
&exploring
 a tinge
of
experience
of an
immersive
journey
of the engaging
&thoughtful

focused on
the
self-conscious

inimical
 &
blissfully
accessible
yet uncanny
curiosity
  connected
to
the
sublime
&abject
being
surprised




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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It had been a day full of miraculous detail.

Freezing rain played the ground like a kettle drum.

Trees snapped and flowers curtsied 
before engaging in a pas de deux 
with blades of grass on the stage...

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Setting sun skims the ocean,
providing an orange motion,
a blaze shimmering sky
with angel clouds floating by.

Fiery reflection a few feet from shore,
a dramatic image adds to the nautical lore
of sunset upstaging daylight's role,
overcoming it with its...

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Better again

On get quote this 
Stopped wi the wrangles 
Complex focus 
Offering angles 
Left with the hurt 
Top wi the spin
An ethic of work
Offer a win
It’s got to be 
Say as it lives 
This prophecy...

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Does life seem to you,
as love does to we,
that virtuous circles
engage healing intent

While viscious squares
of bad-tempered stomping
marches much less gayly
toward escalating drama
with harmful trauma
and persistent
discontent

Positive engagement
does not engage negative performers
as if some lives
are divinely entitled
to...

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People often get stuck on what to call their fish
and in many cases come up with ridiculous things.
They imagine some kind of greatness, attached to
naming,  and they name them Moby, or Jaws, or ...

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Blessed season of Fall bursts with beauty
Exposing color-changes’ divergence
Accentuating air of serenity
Upheld by God’s glorious* magnificence!
Testifying nature’s great variety
Inspiring creativity’s influence
Fall’s radiance shines midst gloom’s obscurity
Upstaging Summer heat’s oppressive sense
Leading toward triumph’s progress-bounty!

Fiery glow over...

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Ignite the barren clay, I need
some rare elements
to tie a thread to the moon.
Upstaging the sun.

Not aspirational he was stripped
to become radical
like the dark blood of a white soul.

Pentadactylous was losing the big toes
under the...

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Ignite the barren clay, I need
some rare elements
to tie a thread to the moon.
Upstaging the sun.

Not aspirational he was stripped
to become radical
like the dark blood of a white soul.

Pentadactylous was losing the big toes
under the...

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I am freshly painted
Feeling smug
Upstaging the walls of my cottage

I am feeling new
They are old
I am arrogant about it

No one chastises me
They are kind
It makes me feel guilty

I suggest they could use sprucing up
They laugh...

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