Long Withstands Poems

The Raven and the Bard
-Daniel Henry Rodgers

The Raven's quill drips shades of blackest night,
Its haunting words, a melody of fright.
The Bard's natural lines, like "Evangeline's" fair hair,
Shed history's warm light to chase away all care...

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To my dearest Grandma  

> *Allocasuarina luehmannii, known as one of the strongest trees in the world, symbolizes the strength, resilience, and enduring bond I share with my grandmother. Just as this tree withstands...

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When the sun has taken over
and your lips have dried.
When your mind is painfully sober,
and all the hope has died,
be life.

The mind is such a fascinating light,
concealed deep within where nobody, but you can find.
Perhaps...

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JEHOVAH REIGNS:

All in the hands of Beelzebub!
The tempter of mankind,
The ancient adversary of GOD,
Who can never over throw Jehovah.
Why does he causes men to fall;
By explicitly seducing men from ages to ages...
Corrupts and blesses them...

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John 6:51 (KJV) I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh,...

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Sipping from the well of sorrow
withstands an unusual life cast.
Sad rivers and sifting sand remain
tuck away this tragic river
apart from the entire world.
Tears stream down my chin
a liquid flow of unending love.
A waterway radiates pure...

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Prosperity proved no defense against the years or changing fates writ in the stars - nor masters of arms foresaw the weapons that unseated their lineages, leaving only ghostly bones where legions rallied beneath dancing...

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THE SUN WILL SET,A MOTHER DOES NOT KNOW WHERE THE NEXT MEAL WOULD COME FROM
A WOMAN WILL KEEP WONDERING WHAT SHE WILL FEED HER CHILDREN THE NEXT DAY
WITH NO EDUCATION,SHE WOULD VENTURE OUT,IN DESPERATE SEARCH...

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Its Strength Lies In Its Thorns
                      (Valentine's Poem, 2019)

If Love is a rose,
It is...

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Spellbound by the shimmering moonlight by the silent lagoon,
the oldest witness to every lover's secrets in enchanted Venice,
whispering soft words, afraid of being stolen by that stranger
who could be a wanderer or an intruder...
the dry...

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Where Love Has Never Gone Before

...the legacy of a poet...


A man is not a man until his love becomes idolatrously immense
Since time began, his love eagerly evolved with his ideal intense
Now in suspended animation, his...

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In the silence of the heart,
There comes a joy – a spark
Hope that remembers to dream,
Joy that flows through faith,
Love that never grows dim –
Love that frees souls from sin

In the silence of the thought,
There...

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A real friend born in a thousand years,
Though this world would never cares,
I feel lucky to have a friend like you,
Whose love is with me whatever I do.

Through the highs and lows, you're always there,
A...

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He grabs her wrists to keep her fists
From beating his still chest.
But she withstands and pulls his hands
To rest on her shrill breast.

He pulls her near to hide her tears
And kiss her pallid face.
But then...

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Will there be more passion in warmer kisses
on beautiful, quite nights similar to these?
Will we remember them always and dream...
when nothing else darkens their gleam?

I am the lover, you are the dreamer...
together we can do...

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In the heart of deep time, where the threads of existence weave unseen,
the plants of dreams sprout from eternal rhizomes,
calling to life delicate leaves,
with their fleeting beauty fluttering in the summer wind.
I lose myself in...

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BLACK BEAUTY

Beauty is said to be in the eyes of the beholder,
But why do I need to wait to be “beholden”?
For those of us who are bolder, and know better,
Whose skin tones and body types...

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Zinnia Grandiflora a golden beauty 
Yellow Prairie Coneflower conical cutie

Xerophilous plants designed to survive
Waterlily attached to bottom soil to stay alive

Venus Fly Trap grows wild in marshes
Ulmus grows wild along with birches

Texas Bluebonnet cover fields...

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      The green sun sheds silent
                bloody tears.
       ...

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Love is Gentle as a fawn
New life in the woods
Green as a fern and fierce as a torrential rain
It flows like river sweeping you away

But kind as a down pillow at the end of a...

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Left behind the mom crying,  

Left behind the old father dying,  

He walked to his duty knowing  ,

On him his country is relying.  



Wiping off the tears of his love and...

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A dove in white attire gave a letter in its claws
To a sleeping bird prince soon to get applause
The dove sang a tune to cast off the sleep’s darkness from him
Drowsy, the sparrow read “Your...

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I heard the song and wanted to know what love is, so I turned to James
The Soup's king of romance knows it means more than just flirtatious games

     Dedication absorbed with...

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"Power to the People" doesn't mean anything but realizing your inner ingredients are dignified and can be displayed through your physical

When one realizes their own innate potential

The impact of togetherness will become a desire &...

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My Inspiration,                         My Only Beloved,      ...

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