Best Rite Of Passage Poems

Rite Of Passage
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My Walk to Remember

My father takes my hand,
   tucks it in the crook of his arm
      and smiles at me as we walk through 
 ...

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i journey chasing
imaginary wisps, in
reality bound....

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We seem to have it all
As we want for nothing
In the darkness of the womb 

We are evicted into the light
Sadness, then happiness 
Unaware of the looming doom

We seem to have it all-
Sadness, then happiness
Cloudy-vorfreude abloom 

We hustle, we jump huddles 
We cry, we hate,...

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Is it any wonder that on a recruit's first day of service he is befuddled?
From day one he's told to do things by the numbers and his brain is muddled!
From the moment he stepped off the bus, mean ol' sergeants began to yell!
Sergeants, it seemed,...

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Yes, I love you child
more than you'll ever know
Although you don't understand me right now
because you're only one-year-old

Rest assured,
rest assured

Yes, I love you dear
more than you could possibly know
Even though you're smarter than me
when I was ten-years-old

Keep your heart,
keep it pure

Yes, I love you daughter
in...

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mountain of esteem
low valley of perceptions
platonic plateau...

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Last Rite of Passage
(for Elizabeth) 30th January 03:11am

Through towering colonnades of stars
She rises with the daybreak's fire,
As angels strum on lute and lyre
And frost sparkles like fractured glass;

And when dark clouds have filled your eyes
Pray do not yield to let them cry;
For she is where...

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I taught my son to shave today
Whiskers only he can see
The reflection in the mirror was
A yesteryear one of me

So serious and timidly
Careful with every move
He rinsed away the remaining suds
And again his face was smooth

I taught my son to shave today
With a solidly steady...

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The paradox of metaphysical conceit
optimism from the divine,finite to
infinite,two sides of vanity as eathly time 
passes.Touch and taste the tender the
vulnerable time of careless youth,this 
product of the moment..
elusive yet larger than life.

Hear me recite from my 4000+ PS anthology on youtube under my pen...

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He salutes the mountains Tehachapi to the west
San Gabriel and San Bernardino to the south 
This is his rite of passage
His coming of age
How he’s yearned
For his spiritual journey 
To become a man
Thirsting to prove his bravery
Alone he wanders the barren Mojave
Facing the elements
And challenges...

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Somewhere between ordinary and special....

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“The streams are in my veins”
                                   quote from the sponsor

Guided
Through the...

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Rite of Passage

Ebon skin debutante
contemplating Spring’s arrival
counting blossom petals....

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There was insurgency-
in white night.
Moon will stay to witness 

the murder
of a golden leaf.
What was the promise of a ripe
language ? The yellow thrust ?
Keeping a date with death was not all important.

There were
lots of poems to be underlined,
preened and straightened. The dirt had
accumulated. A...

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The rite of passage

		The old green wagon moves a life
		Heads appear like nodding gulls
		Eyes cast down searching cracked flags
		Hopes from people sadly to be missed.
		Un-walked limestone worn and smooth
		Names unknown pronounced with care
		Cats are watching ears laid flat
		Hoping for a swift return.
		Birnbeck sits in swathes...

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