Long Weds Poems

War and Peace: That Midst Nations And Nationals

War and Peace, a classical fiction by Leo Tolstoy, first published as Voyna I Mir in 1865–69. This picturesque reflection of early 19th-century Russian culture saw as its...

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I was a busy archaeologist, who enjoyed interesting and fulfilling work,
And I was very intrigued, with the ancient sites where mystery lurked. 

My painstaking work caused me to travel, ofttimes to far distant lands,
As golden...

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Our Bliss At It's Purest We Loved Each Others Naked Sight


When our love, its hottest and satisfying nights first begun
we each tried to give our all and not ever be outdone.
In that effort, soft showers...

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The Hero, Raven, Poe And First Encounter,
Part Two , Of Three, Dedicated To Master Poe 
 
 Dying massive suns, exploding black moons,
loaded guns, death arriving far too soon.
Anguish, oozing pain, sad pitiful cries
rotting remains,...

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Brief:  Pregnant teens, Gays & Gaza - Lots in Common. How dirty a word is Neo? You will soon know.
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NeoLife in the NeoWorld
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When NeoChurch weds NeoState,
Spawns NeoFlag; Breeds NeoHate:

HypoChristian NeoFascists
Should Pregnant Teens just slit...

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Pride goeth before a fall,
It shall be said, long after.

How well the phrase fits this Argive king,
Come far across the wine-dark seas
In his gleaming ships of war
To rape the wealth of other men's homes
All for...

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Crimson Waves Flow, As From A Red Rose,
    (From Sonnet Triples)

In Time, its eternally winding winds
therein flows a grace not to be denied
Earth, Mother Nature, oft man's truest of friends
are tears of...

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V.
Besides a rushing stream he saw a stone hut,
framed by aspens clinging to a rough slope,
the chimney was stained from long years of use,
But who lived out here? He just didn’t’ know.

Until his eyes happened...

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*    It Leaps upon the turning ground                         ...

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This is a three part puzzle, with a bonus question- each starting at 10 points, and, 
as before, each less one point starting on the second day (starting on Weds. 
10/17, at noon, or as...

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Stake Your Claim (On God's Heart)!

Stake your claim on God's heart if you're looking for gold,
There are nuggets to find there; no snake oil gets sold,
Philosophical sophistries, fake news, et al.,
(Up for grabs) are the...

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Backspace
Backspace
it's slowly becoming my best friend
replacing the one's I go to for help
replacing the one's I keep my faith in
but then again have I really bothered to keep up with them
well less than I should...

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Seeking Ever The More, Greatest Of Truths

I.

The soul, which like a heart true beats
hers to my love forever weds
singing songs that passions entreat
to invite joy to lover's bed
tho' Fate oft dances as it cheats.

II.

And Spring...

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We had just got married - was the month of June
This is the saga of our disastrous honeymoon

We started off in a hotel in Norwich
The bedding was itchy just like doing ‘porridge’

Back home to Birmingham...

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They worked at the same place,
A place of no space,
Always running into each other they did,
Bottled crushes, with a tight lid,
Asked out, 
Joy shout,
Lovely first date,
Neither were late,
10 months, moved in together,
Hope as light as...

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People ask why does she wear white? She's a bride. 
A bride in a lovely white dress. 
Do you not see her bouquet of flowers in her hands?
Flowers all gathered in a bunch. 
A bouquet...

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She's the tiger in a goat pen in this sleepy Southern town
I've surely loved her with devotion since I was only ten
Her passing horse kicks red dust clouds as she rides him slowly down
From the...

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quatrains

My mom and dad loved one another
They said their “ I do’s” in ’37 
then birthed two girls with their big brother
by their tenth Christmas in ’47.

Jovial times for the five of us
Three well-mannered kids,...

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From my blog on, Amoretti LXXV, by Edmund Spenser
my tribute poem included below,
 
Sailing Away From Dark That Wrecks Havoc On Earth
 
Earth left cursing in raging anger and sad roars
horrid spinning mess, its great...

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She spoke a Tale of Her yougth abot 
a man and woman who wished to marry
they sought refuse at a camp. There the
deacons and nuns feed the hungry and
performed the task of marrage. They had
traveled...

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O' What Dark Winds And Evil This Way Comes,
Tribute To Master Poe

Dark world now born of morbid dreaded fear,
 Murmurs of creeping nights, sad falling tears
Come dawn's tawny breath, horrors' icy stare
 Birthing sights of...

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On the 'silver spoon' side of town,
fortunes show in flashy mansions,
and some folks like to hoard their wealth;
others used theirs for expansions.
This old bloke Reg lived on his own,
his booty’s stored in cash and land.
Reg...

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With verdancy surrounding me, I wish to spin
around this world of endless spring that I am in.
Bewitched am I by forests, hills, and fields of green.

If nature is a woman, here she loves to preen
in...

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I walked down the countryside
and watched the rolling, green hills
and the curve of dirt road turned by an old mill,
the wood fences held the white stallions in,
and they looked at me, eyes black, and a...

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In God’s perfect time
their hearts tied by love divine
now wondrously bear marriage contract seal
upon sublime altar date
conquering pandemic’s threat
through faith in the omnipotent Saviour
along His supreme sovereign approval
midst parents’ delightful consent and jubilant favour…

Blissfully expressing...

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