Life Narrative Poems

Oh, these trees, arms reaching as they
      did then, but even wiser ... perhaps I as
    ...

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When I Die

Upon mine passing, ye be it naught there to grieve me soonest, thence grieve me at thine appointed hour, for I wilt knowest...

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- You want to know me ?

I am kissed by poverty at birth 
Our golden sun produces gold no more but heat
I am awaken daily...

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"Mine most beautiful and most gentle lady throughout your kingdom.
Thou's most loyal and most brave and most humblest of knight's.
Hereby and forever bequeath to thee,...

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It is often thought to be absurd, at the rate in which loyalty is shown to others either as a defensive mechanism or as a...

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For hundreds of years now since records were drawn
The punch ups at Penclawdd were witnessed with scorn
Twixt the rivalry wransackers, the cockling cavaliers
Who dug deep...

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I have been waiting for you by the river
Hoping that you would meet me there
I have been waiting for you by the river
Because we I...

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The night began like any other, 
I grabbed my gear, laced up my boots,
And threw spit shine on the leather.
Rifle slung and bag in hand...

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The Passing of the Beast 
copyright 2015 by jon gutmacher

Fore the beast was dying
and there was nothing for her to do . . .
and as...

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Perspective

We scream up at the heavens, lecturing God on what is fair
When our lives took us one way, when we wanted to be there.
We often...

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Do you hear the whispers?
They are all around for those who listen.
I prefer to ignore the noise,
For out of darkness the voices are risen.
He did...

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SELLING      LIVES.    

Friday is free display day
For the old, the poor,
Plastc sheets spread over rain-filled  
Paths...

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This unhappy man in the midst of opulence, 
lived like a discolored pale precious stone
in a box of rare jewels, and was always sad,
like a...

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change the narrative 
view the turning point 
as an opportunity to
create the space for 
positivity to grow
out of the negativity 
of the past 
start to...

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It's amazing how lazy people
make up excuses for themselves
it's never their fault 
when the work doesn't get done

the power of girls
lies in the back door...

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The Mask of Fate
(This poem deals with the Corona Virus. 
It is very intense.)

My kid's school called.  
The college. 
They said that there had...

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There was a man who was
A giant over his brothers.
He was a fighter not a lover,
Always in a brawl forevermore.

His name was Cain.
And countrywide was...

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The Pirate

This is an ongoing story, 
about the limits of the library. 
It can take you as far as you can go, 
but it is...

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Cockleburs

Small green weeds, 
with little seed pots, 
that stick to your socks. 

They travel with you, 
to the next place, 
that God wants them to...

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You're just someone for me
Or you are the rhythm of my life
So that you may not be shamed
I feel incapable
Even if you know a lot
I...

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