Marv Long: Favorites

Apr 2017 Marv Long

Eddie Starr Love Poetry

Hello-Poetry, thank you for all that you do here on the net.
To give us a site to Bless and Encourage us in our poems.
To help others to see our works, and help us to do better.
In making our poems better through others encouragement.
For Christ is using your site to help us christian writers.
To write poetry, that help others to see his Light here too.
For it is not us Lighting the way to bless other people.
But we do get Blessed because of Christ working within us.
So I want to say thanks to the people and The Hello-Poetry site as well.

Apr 2017 Marv Long

Hold Me

Apr 2017 Marv Long

Pagan Paul

Hold Me

Hold me through the night
Still the pain and keep me safe
I can't face being alone

Fold your arms so tight around me
make the dark go away
Please stay, hold me through the night

© Pagan Paul (01/01/17)

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Haiku 5-7-5, 7-5-7
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#poetry #love #isolation #cryforhelp #npm #depression

Apr 2017 Marv Long

Slice of Life I

Apr 2017 Marv Long

woolgather

Slice of Life I

Born within a generational divide,
But some people will argue otherwise;
An affliction for movies of childhood,
*Like feeling the nostalgia I never got to experience.

I regret a lot

Apr 2017 Marv Long

Careful What You Wish For

Apr 2017 Marv Long

Mary-Eliz

Careful What You Wish For

The truth is…
              the real truth…?
                             Do people do that?

How’s my new dress?
                                             It makes you look fat.

Like my new do?
I paid quite a lot
                                             You got ripped off, dear,
                                               You might even sue.

How are you today?
Just a quick answer please
I don’t have the time
To hear of your bad knees.
                                              I’m doing fine, knowing
                                               You don’t want to hear
                                               My problems and stresses
                                               I won’t bend your ear.

A “white lie” is easier
Makes conversation go fast
Then again, you just never know
When you might hear the real truth
It could be quite a blow.
So beware

the truth is…

If you don’t want the real truth?
Perhaps you shouldn’t ask.

I don't usually write silly poems, but at a poetry gathering the challenge was to write a poem beginning with "the truth is" and the truth is I could not come up with anything serious that didn't also sound sappy, so I went for silly!

#truth #lie #conversation

Apr 2017 Marv Long

Spring cleaning

Apr 2017 Marv Long

Debanjana Saha

Spring cleaning

Thought of Spring cleaning tonight
took out everything which was
closed in my closet..
started segregating into
necessary, unnecessary
and for later use again..
And all these seemed
too much of work..
as with every piece of thing,
I had my emotions attached!
But suddenly a thought arose..
why not all seasons cleaning
for a mind?

cleaning of home happens every now but I doubt whether cleaning in life happens that often...why not leave behind attachment and see what is actually necessary for us in life...

#spring #cleaning #attached #emotions #mind #life

Apr 2017 Marv Long

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Apr 2017 Marv Long

prompty

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how many sunrises is a lifetime worth?

Apr 2017 Marv Long

iridescent thoughts

Apr 2017 Marv Long

v i c t o r i a

iridescent thoughts

butterflies* caged by ribs,
a life begging to be lived
red heart beats in time
with the thoughts of my mind

but thoughts can fit through cracks
like the butterflies that are trapped
from mind to lips that part
but not passing through my heart

lips set the butterflies free
along with the feelings inside of me
yet I still feel lost
when I collide with my thoughts

my head is desensitized
perhaps my thoughts are the butterflies
their wings coated with beauty
but they can still come out rudely

although my thoughts are broke
when the words reach my throat
i long to fly too
like the butterflies that broke through

i won't hold my tongue anymore
butterflies free to explore
these thoughts begging to exist
a life begging to be lived

collaboration with the amazingly talented Corey Sittinger
http://hellopoetry.com/corey-sittinger/

Apr 2017 Marv Long

In Case You Had Forgotten

Apr 2017 Marv Long

Silvana Franco

In Case You Had Forgotten

You are caressed by moonlight
and kissed by the sun.
You are made of nectar
and salty waves
and magical herbs
that grow as wild as your heart.

     You are the Vessel of Life,
a goddess on earth.
You are a healer, a witch
and a gypsy queen,
in tune with the cycles
and quivers of the world.

     You are made of milk and honey
and the crisp winds of autumn live in your hair.
Your spirit is rose petals
and burning embers,
sweet spring water
and nightshade berries.

     Your body is in sync with the Moon
that rules the ebb and flow of the ocean.
Your eyes reflect the calm of a glassy lake
and the ferocity of a storm.
Your tears are the drops of dew
on blades of grass at dusk
and your laughter makes flowers bloom.

     You are the product of billions of years
of colliding planets,
dying stars,
swirling galaxies
and perfect chaos.

      You have the terrifying immensity
of the universe encompassed
in your beautiful body—
How can you sit here with a straight face
and tell me you feel empty?