Long Venturous Poems

I thought poetry is
-name of Mesopotamia which was the first civilization to emerge in human history
-ancient cave peoples surviving life struggle 

I thought poetry is
-an immortal love story of Yousuf- Zulekha, Shirin-Farhad, Laila-Majnu or Romeo-Juliet
-a...

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I WISH I WEREN’T A SPIDER
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS



I wish I weren’t a spider, not even my relatives are a friend
Getting close to another kinsman could bring a lethal end
We're not a glamorous group, we are...

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When I take long walks at night, the streets are lit. 
Tonight the night will be orange as if we are always celebrating Halloween,
feeling like whiskey with each paced breathe. 
I stare at houses each...

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COURAGE VS. CONFLICT
The history of man defines Ape as a primate.
Man seems to be in that mind-set today.
He lives life as pent because he denies himself religious freedoms.
God refined humankind once before and, therefore, he...

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Fish of the deep no longer swim free.
There's a stench and a fire at sea.
Indulgent recklessness came flailing.
Failed solutions left creatures wailing.
Nightmares are spewing from BP’s oil rig. 
America hosts their venturous gig.
The cooling breeze...

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Freedom to display one’s unwashed teeth
Exhibiting the whole thirty-two,
Even as others with anger seethe 
And the keenest insults on one rain, too.
	
Voice to broadcast one’s HIV-Status
Before it’s public discovery
Or befriending some consoling circus
And waiting for...

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There was a venturous gent
Who travelled the earth’s extent
But at the North Pole
It took quite a toll
Deciphering their accent

It started when he heard elves
Discussing amongst themselves
Saying: ‘le’s make oys
For he girls and boys
And pu all...

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The Bowman's Shaft

Solo archer gathers mist of amour clouds, dipping venturous arrow tips in a veiled concocted potion, drowning its mettle in a whimsical bliss of a dreamt liquefied mirage that defines the elixir,

Cupids errant...

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Teardrops born from
inflamed elated eyes.
Fetuses of euphoria
slips and slide down
thy cheeks for they
are genuine touch
that emblazon the
trail upon the abyss
of thy bosoms bare.
Come o thee, thy
desirous flames
and quench the
ardor of my thirst
that wanes in an
ancient...

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But The Bow That Bridges Heaven And Overtops The Trees
But the bow that bridges heaven and overtops the trees,
Colorful beams stretch yon Heaven's gate to paradise shores,
Midst dreamt fantasies and outrageous fortunes brung light breeze,
Tickling...

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Pabulum Of Nature

Let thy countenance befallen upon thee, thy cornfields threshold be thine golden horde, that thou flash amidst thine rows thy thread of sunlight, and that thou laboring heart be thine whole of thee...

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A gust of wind with a chill on its tail
 rushes through the trees in gray and pale,
high up in the naked branch
 tiny spectral lights begin to twinkle and dance;
a shiver and a blink...

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I will submerge myself in cold waters
to seranade a happy marmaid;
a beautiful one who loves to dance
when my mandolin is not sad.


Will she be fretted when I'll follow her,
asking her to listen to my new...

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Flora and fauna of birds, beasts, microbes, soils, atmospheres,
Should only these contribute to the forest components?
Height and densities of trees and plants, and their thriving years...
Aren't silver, gold, diamonds, and gems woodland endowments?

Who cares much...

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If music be the food of love, play on

Claim the streets of London be filled, and its revelry be still,
Purged the households, and bay at their homes window sills,
Let tender labyrinths yield their cleared halls...

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His life now has permanently changed
Costing him more than aches and pain
As slowly he walks on prosthetic legs
Humility reigns, taxing venturous brain.

Propelling courage fiercely he fought, 
Defying death, meeting face to face.
Concealed within his unflinching...

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I have pen in my hand 
Voice in my throat 
and tongue in my mouth 
But static, stagnant and sessile 
I am a venturous Colleen 
How could I pusilanimous one? 
Should I run? Or fire...

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Waves having motion generates surfs
and oxygenates the oceans for
fish and squid to easily breathe

Waves keep cycling around
ebbing in turquoise blue seas
its ripples teasing me

Waves do swim fathoms deep,
then return to navy blue crisp tips;
pearls of...

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Starlit Sonnets

“Once upon a time”...we gazed the starlit nite
Where dimensional dreams took us in flight
With the Unicorns uniting on the Valley tops
Cotton candy clouds with delicious raindrops

The Wizards waving with atmospheric allure
Caressing misty moss in...

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I am a poet writing of my pain.
I am a person living a life of shame.
I am your daughter hiding my depression.
I am your sister trying to make a good impression.
I am your friend acting...

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What Befalls At A Brook

Delight I, midst a babbling brook,
Touching its banks, hugging its rocks,
The child in me that I mistook,
Stills on, hearing to water talks.

Ere am awash toward concord,
Delight I, midst a babbling brook,
Be...

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In The Chilly Month of December

And so comes Winter, after late Fall,
Where from ashen skies of low-lying clouds,
Snowflakes fall enshrouding the town
And piling on people tramping around,
Who are out and about embracing nature,
In the chilly...

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"feeling whole"

waking to songbirds and sunrise
the morning starts in a harmonious way
as curtains unfold the world opens wide
with each taste of dawn flavor instills
allowing me to breathe feeling whole

looking to moving skies I see shades...

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I maintain some names badly annoy,
Whichever way one might them employ:
In just minutes turn one into flame
like hands and feet one's self esteem maim.

I never prayed for Dragon as name.
Charles had at me flung it...

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Walking by the moon,
Adventurous traveller
Passed by and went to fly high.
Leaving past behind;
Leaving silent, lonely roads.
Nothing more left than moonlight...

Umbras going by
Towards the moon's shining light
Until specters wane.
Lambent night orb receives shades,
Souls transcend to refulgence...

Dusky...

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