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"Hope" written in 10/1997

6/24/2024

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i run
from the cold white rays
of the sun
my heart empty
as i slide away
from the dark void
of loves residue
echoing down empty corridors
like a child's laughter after
they've left the room
torn emotional fabric
barely holds

hope
slowly
rethreads the needle
weaving texture, stronger, lighter
simpler more elegant
but
somehow incomplete
waiting for loves return
to add vibrancy
dimension
colour

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"Hip hop" written on 06/04/2019

6/19/2024

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to say i don't get it
would be an understatement
but don't mis-interpret me
i don't hate it

rhyming words at the end of the line
set to a beat i could buy with a dime
talking about booze, drugs and sex
life is a party taken to excess

that's all it is, that's what is seems
i'm a millionaire party boy in my dreams
i guess it's really hard to make things rhyme
and it's even better if you commit a crime

but good for Snoop and Drake
they cast their thymes upon the land
and in the end they made it man

to say i don't get it
would be an understatement 
but don't mis-interpret me
maybe i could make it
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"Hunger" written on 06/03/2019

6/10/2024

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be patient
like the ambush
predator

waiting in the fog
of consciousness
for that moment when
a flash of light

the light of a new insight
illuminates the grey
synaptic landscape
and starts a cascade of
of pleasure

until the idea is fully formed
and swallowed whole
and your creative hunger
is satiated
for now

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"Endless Day" written on 10/1997

6/5/2024

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she said she needed space
 
in that instant
the universe like a sucking wound
dispersed my soul
in random pieces
glittering diamonds
of hope and joy spreading
away from me
 
i ask why
i want to push harder
my mind says no
i shout NO
and this only pushes
her further away
 
endless days fold
into endless nights
her scent still lingers on my pillow
a scent that is only her
as the dark blue dawn
turns to grey
and i awaken to
another endless day

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"Flavour du Jour" written on 21/11/2017

6/1/2024

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flavour du jour
activism
distracts us
from the big issue
facts fall first
then language
loses meaning
in a vast sea of
relativism
 
where the raging
individual asserts
god-given rights
 
feels empowered
 
unfortunately
as the waters rise
they realize
too late
they have never learned
to swim
and their god-given rights
mean nothing
 
 

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    Author

    I started my "Poem-A-Day" writing exercise back in 2010. It was a way to get into the habit of writing everyday.  It took awhile but once I got into it I really enjoyed the process.  I took a break in 2023 to work on getting "Carbon Copy" into the wild. I also wanted to re-read my poem-a-day scribblings to see if there were any unpolished gems amongst the rubble.  My plan is to post one per week in my Blog.  Find "Carbon Copy" at:
    www.jamespangel.ca



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