Long Writing on the wall Poems

Since my early teens until I reached about 45,
I had pursued my life's dream of working fulltime
in the Gospel Ministry.  There were many aspects
whereby such a dream could express itself and be
fulfilled.  For...

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Woke up this morning
 on the wrong side of the tracks.
Left out leaving for all the right reasons
 and all the wrong facts.

Caught a ride with a traveling preacher
 in a beat up van.
Said he...

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I was only twelve or thirteen when Dad bought
	The twenty acres alongside the highway
		On the east side of town in 1956,
That seemed so quiet then, unimportant even.

A piece of ground where horses had been kept...

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“Buyers Remorse, Karma Deserved”

Many voters are regretting their voting choice
Realizing they have stymied their voice
The voters on the right side of history
Will not join in their misery

Empathy will not be shared, nor will we gloat
Karma...

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In the labyrinth of my heart, I whisper an unknown "goodbye"
Not to a specter, for it is not so,
For it mimics but never extends its palm to respond,
In response, my empty hand remains suspended in...

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Like the sun rises by morning;
Like clouds take over by noon;
Like the winds blow from time to time;
Like the stars conquer over the night;
Like the moon is in control of the dark;
Like the rain falls...

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The economic injustice, the social injustice has made the workers upset
when the corporations and their CEOs treat them with little or no respect
the CEOs make more in one day than in a year of what...

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Dragon made the papers for that very unfortunate Church event, toots sweet.
Then Dragon, suddenly, decided to finger-paint billboards, all over the town.
He’d discovered painting was sooo cool, and wanted to, spread his joy around.
It wouldn’t...

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I write this letter to the members of the Legislative Branch of the U.S. government
to ask them do they comprehend it's their consitituents whom they're suppose to represent?
you were elected to serve the people in...

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Oddra was a little birdie who was locked in her gold guilt cage.  
On the eve of her destruction she was too quick in throwing down her page.  
Serendipity had led her to...

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where are the voices of the churches in the midst of this economic uncertainty?
where are the spiritual leaders the moral compass of society?
it seems that since the Rev. Dr. M.L. King died so has the...

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for a while now i’ve been taking advantage
of the online used book market
which is piling up the stock from all of those 
vulnerable little bookstore---
the smart ones, 
seeing the writing on the wall & no...

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A loving father once said of his now deceased son, "I shall go to him,                    ...

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Once in a blue moon I have been told
The cliché’s clan gets together with the Catch Phrase posy

If I have told you once I have told you a thousand times this story or are you...

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My life flutters by, like a butterfly.. a lullaby,
Making me cry and sigh, untill I die,
I'm lying here thinking..  it's all been a waste,
Just a hasty taste, of all the pleasures I've chased.

This P.M.A,...

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He came home from the jungle so they thought,
 A brand new man,
Left at 17 scared and alone,
With no one to hold his hand.
So he decided to tell us now
What he couldn’t say back then.
He...

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Deep in my heart, a raging fire, burning intensely, fueled by desire. My only wish 
to see your face, hoping to encounter you in this place. Better than any drug, 
stronger than any drink, your...

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the State of Arizona has signed a very crazy law
that in the opinion of most Americans has some major flaws
it requires each and every person who trods upon their land 
to walk around with proof...

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Are you having the same dream as me,
Do you dream you are aboard the Titanic,
And you have been focused on the Running of the ship,
Marvelling at how smoothly she moves through the water. 

Your mood...

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(This a new Version created using many editing suggestions from Linda:) 

I picked you up
like a “shiny” newly minted copper penny 
it was your kitten fur voice 
O how you would hate that...
the avocado texture...

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I picked you up like a “shiny”…newly minted copper penny 
(How cliché)
it was your kitten fur voice  (O how you would hate that) 
the avocado texture 
with which …no matter what wild wicked hour...

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I want to ask,
hard questions tonight,
For i seek answers,
that are true and right

I do not care about the devil
I long to face the divine, the pure, the final
I want to stare eye to eye, ask,...

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He never lets me drown
When it feels like my heart and soul,
My story, might just burn down,
His mercy fills me up, makes me whole,
So I can see His crown – His love is all around.

He...

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The engine: Long and black
And sleek as she could be
She shook the earth in her approach
As her heraldry.

An atmosphere of steam and smoke
Expanding in her wake
The Queen-of-the-Rails speeds on
An arrival soon to make.

Massive is her...

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My Shattered Mind
By Kevin Robey
March 9, 2013

No inspiration, but I’m like stone
Stuck in my resolve in being alone
This anxiety is gripping me, killing me
Cutting the air until I no longer see

I write this down, no...

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