Long Witness stand Poems

The Trial 5

Workers in the courtroom were making last minute sitting arrangement for Poetry Soup’s poets who have been following the case.  

Their comments after reading the transcripts, were seen by Love.  She...

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Fox News  reported the following:

The news media was having a blast with Fear. He was saying he was the greatest attorney, the most respected lawyer in the nation. He stated he helped the judge...

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While we walked home from the movies, one moonlit starry night,
My friends and I talked and laughed, enjoying summer's delights.

The streets were quite silent, as trees swayed in warm breezes,
And night blooms graced the walks,...

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(Collection of Brevity Poems, 50 words or less)

Fall (24 Words)

Random vibrations
Branches stand still
Autumn’s frailty
Shaking in the wind

Warmer hues presented
As air outside chills
Branches emptying
Solemnly to the ground


You Are Not the Father (38 words)

Prince Charming thought he’d...

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(AT the appeal court)

Here I am,
Standing in the dock once again. 
For the evil one had sought and gotten an appeal of God's prior judgement. 

With his legal standing, 
The devil named me as the...

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 Bang! Bang! Who shot and killed
   Jeanette and Harvey Crewe?
 By whose hand was their blood spilled?
   The cops they surely knew.
 Two fatal shots rang out that day
 ...

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The crowd attending the trial had exceeded  the court room’s capacity. some individual were in the halls attempting to listen to the proceedings. 

Those who were invited, sat on the front rows. They included...

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“The World’s Playground”

"Ring around the roses. Ring around the roses".

Jack the ripper, he slept with a whore, and became deadly ill 
Awhile his wife Jill became suicidal dependent on the Prozac pill 
Mother Goose lost...

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She seared the defendant on the witness stand with a derogatory look.
"What do you mean, you’re not guilty ? Let’s see what it says in the book!
..Murder:  the unlawful killing of another human being...

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You walked pass her every morning,
with the same greetings everyday.

Her heart tugged inside her- she wanted to tell you more
than “Good Morning.”

You both go to the same grocery
and pickup the identical items.

Sometimes she lay at...

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Around trust sealing our contract 
for blessings to share generously ---
--- heart of mine was settled
having never languished in doubt's qualm
upon steadfast prayer brace
tied by ministerial engagements.

With earnest faith
my anticipation yearned 
for return of investment...

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My golden ego soars higher than yours
I can hold my breath longer underwater
of course,
because my publican lungs are stronger than yours
I can outshout your taxing voice 
to the heavens with a prideful text roar
I’m the...

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There was no finer detective than Inspector Thaddeus Tweede of Scotland yard!
He was most astute in solving crimes and could easily detect a feeble canard!
He joined the force as a 'bobby' working himself to the...

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There was no finer detective than Inspector Thaddeus Tweede of Scotland Yard!
He was most astute in solving crimes and could quickly detect a fake canard!
He joined the force as a 'bobby' working himself to the...

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"Lizzie Borden took an ax
And gave her mother forty whacks.
When she saw what she had done
She gave her father forty-one."

Whoever wrote this jump-rope song
About Lizzie Borden got it wrong.
Though she did give her stepmom ax...

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A face that you see everyday
That same reflection that you curse in various ways
Punished for hard living
Praised for innocent givings
Untoucheables repeatedly charmed
Because we are have-nots, we are seated and alarmed
White roses, clear caskets, and black...

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The courtroom was hushed
      as Marco entered the room
      Meekly he entered the
      witness box.

     ...

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the judge implores me: raise your right hand.
do you swear to lie?
the scalpel pulls my skin back, flaying eyes
vivisect me on the witness stand
for the crime of feeling anything other 
than confidence.

my lips are sewn...

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" Trusting My GOD ... "

(Ps. 5: 11, 12  /  Prov. 3: 5-8)


I Trust You, JAH
My Life Is In Your Hands
I Trust Your Judgements
and I Trust Your Demands

I Trust Your Wisdom
I Trust Your...

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I spent time, wasted and worthy, on others
I regret too much to count or bare the witness stand
I've fallen too many that hands no longer offer for help
And now...I've found more than what i wanted

Within...

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A thug was set free even though he committed a crime.
The reason why he was set free was because I'm a Mime.
I was on the witness stand but because I'm a Mime, I wouldn't talk.
I...

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Loves Trial

First part

Order, another outburst and I will clear the court.
Continue. Fear keep your comments short.
Thank you your honor.  Fear turned to the accuse
saying, 

I ask you again, did you interfere with my client
By...

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“Slip of the tongue…” indeed asserts the mouth
midst heart’s justifying grievous whisper
while soul, caught between deception conflicts
clamors for freedom against guilt-caused angst
vanquishing fraud and falsehood for peace gain.

Lips now can’t be sealed to let justice...

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