Inspiration Narrative Poems

amidst the tangle of trumpet vines
young saplings and half rotted stumps
where buffalo grass is near head high
an old stone foundation silently rests

it bore the full...

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Walking past your building
Music notes floated on the wind
Surrounding everything in gold gilding
But, without a voice, no words penned

Haunting melodies whispered for attention
'You hear us,...

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He cried out 
Loud and wild 
Groaning and lamenting 
His now dejected state

With his head
Pillowed on his hands
He recalled how fitted
His crown once rested

The thought...

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Betrayed

You stand still like monuments
As umoved and unshakable as a grave
You utter words of unfathomable promise
Your stare bores into me
Drilling into my soul, piercing my...

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On My Way to Work

As usual, I was on my way to work. As I was driving along,
I was already busy thinking about problems and...

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What prey tell is the nature of man

Is it to enslave, oppress and cause genocide

Or is it to love to share and to unite

It's hard...

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Bring Me to life 4-8-16

                   The cause...

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She stopped smiling as soon as she picked up the subtle slow opening of the front door.  Jake, her grown up three-year-old stopped playing....

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We carry our phones now.
We call them I-phones.
Not sure if this is because we are Internet-aware
Or simply I’s instead of We’s now.
It’s time to exchange...

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Living in the present

Living in the now,

Focusing on being

Letting go of all and everything

Mindful every second,

While remaining alert

To things going on around us,

We find the...

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Of inspiration she is a quintessence,
Everyone can stay in bliss in her presence,
A joyful attitude in her permeates,
A cheerful ambience she creates,
Fills a father's heart...

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I did not come to spirituality

Like some people do through an epiphany

I came to it through conscious thought and grief

That doesn’t make me less worthy

At...

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I did not come to spirituality

Like some people do through an epiphany

I came to it through conscious thought and grief

That doesn’t make me less worthy

At...

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Look well to this day, young Marine
Your service in all its realities is but a brief moment
The reality of death and the glory of sacrifice
is...

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A path can lead or return those who follow. It will show 
you the way back from whence you came.
No need to give it much...

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A room without a view, unkempt for many a long year
Dusty aging book slanting within a bookcase
Closet doors creaked, the wide boarded floors moaned as...

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Night falls and darkness roams about
Fear and doubt overwhelms the mind,
people from afar stand and shout

Vision is defunct and glasses are to avail
Blood pressures are...

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Before tomorrow

Dusk precipitates the dawn of another day
Time creates ever changing modes of nature
Inhabitants settle down for restoration
It calms the soul for new inspiration.

I too...

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Journey on the rocks

Allegheny rail train has been rolling along since dawn.
I can hear the patchy sounds of the horn ushered by the wind.
Sounds at...

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