Long Welds Poems

Within the pillow case universe, on the sacred night of Halloween,
There was a disturbance in the natural force of the candy zone,
And this is what began the legendary saga, of the goodie treats
Positive sweetness vs....

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Enthusiasm is a sharp blade in our toolbox of genuine stories.
The box embroidered with desire and filled with emotions you learned before thinking
to raise your right hand 
and give your answer an
honest try.

A want
to be...

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Gossamer silk strings were woven into a work of art.
Dandling from a shrub and glittering with dawn impart
As dainty as a mutter, obliterated by an odd downpour.
And the artist must start at the inception of...

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it must be near the forest beds -
near! oh, near the forbidden beds
of ancient pigeons and sacred doves
that flock’d along the lofty niger beds -
and came she – sudden and sullen
came she with throat song-swollen
like...

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Along the baseboard in a small kitchen
there is a tiny hole, the perfect size to go
unnoticed, perfect for a secret hideaway.
Little twin girls imprisoned at the table
not allowed to leave unless those cold
olive green peas...

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look Out your window. 
By Ian Van D. Chandler

We all look for infinities,
In this artichoke world. 

	Above mistaken me.
	There are pleasant humming bees.
       settled to watch so far up,...

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Now that love's hands have lifted from my searching eyes, I have begun to see. I look at the faces of those who love has captured, and my misanthropic vision clouds their joy. Don't they...

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I met November;
with its calico seals of Samhain
slain in a fair death
and bled by symptoms of naked hours
and loneliness.

I shivered with
the Strange dread,
not of predator
or prey
but the threat
of being siphoned too deeply,
into phone -cord spirals;
into...

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He welds and melts, pours and molds
In his "Conversations with My Soul"
He smooths the rough steel of syllables
Into a "Portrait" graced by his "Play on Words"
Unrolling "Scenes from a Countryside" to "That Starry Night"
Whether "October...

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She strains to find her footing in orthopedic shoes
       my grandmother's clop-clop walk to me
       unbalanced 
      ...

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A warship she is, this ship of gray, 
Underway, underway, making way. 
The decks vibrate, the tone, the sound, 
Un-der-way-un-der-way, the pistons pound. 

On the horizon stands a singular mast, 
Un-der-way-un-der-way, make her fast. 
Increase...

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You are the cock's crow
That herald the dawn of my day
The brightest thing in my night sky
That welds into one my night and day.

You are the brightest star in my night sky
The shooting star in...

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The Dragonfly
 
I saw this monstrosity of a dragonfly
Swiftly take flight from a grassy field
By its wings, the wind was quite high
Trees and tall grasses bowed in yield
 
Strangely it flew with such a loud roar
Even the...

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Later in life, as much a mess 
As a disorderly garage 

Each tool truant to its place
Lured away 
by carelessness:

Oily rags of memory slouching
Slack over the edge of a name,
Sockets of knowledge 
Rolling beneath a...

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Azure orbs
flash thunder
as the magician welds his mighty power
his cloak flying with the wind 
he wields both heaven and earth to create
a change in the fluidity of time -

He is love personified
with the intent to...

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Captives of the sword not against flesh we war                          ...

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Why do men work themselves to death I asked
It is but a mindless task

Like a drone he labored on
Through the night into the dawn

Man is not a machine I said
But thinking is what he dread

He...

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We read each other so perfectly
two minds with a single thought,
when we combine, baby it's explosive
chemistry like ours cannot be taught.

The electricity gets me jumping
and attacks the heart's beat,
this experiment you concocted
has revived the frog's...

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Caught up, dragged, pulled,
Between silence and word.
Now a loser, next a winner,
Now a winner, next a loser.

Beyond the shields,
Beneath the welds,
Tossing, catching, musing,  
What is said, what is unsaid.

Above the prick,
Below the trick,	
Trying, thinking,...

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The holes aren't equidistant
and the spot welds aren't spot-on,
the varnish on the handle over sixty years has gone.
It lies with all the modern stuff,
their plastic and brushed steel
but for all it's vintage shabbiness
it has a...

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hellfire burst forth this night
flaming embers burned red 
grey pallid ashes ignite
crimson conflagration devoured 
a browning dying earth

an exploding tomb
a fiery furnace
the Phoenix of death
is born

the pitch of night 
flares blinding light
without pretext 
the greatest...

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To build these giants
It took many men
Various trades
Manufacturing gems
 
Scaffolders, Platers
Drawing room to sea
But one trade
Makes it happen for me
 
Whatever they made 
No matter what they joined
My choice is not made
On the flick of...

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See what eye views beyond protected confines
Hear through ear that which is clear to understanding and without bias 
Smell well what brews and stews the news and shapes our views
Make haste to taste truth in...

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Whispering echoes magic dust 
soul's mate breathless wonder aired 
peace within an eternal halo promise sings

Until time itself ends inside forever loved 
circling trust colours salt of the sands 
running out pure golden time captured

Holding...

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