Bill Upton

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Station to station the news is the same,
Stronger today than yesterday.
Heinous crimes, intense, evil passion.
Suicide bombers killing children, shattering parental dreams-
...

The most gorgeous day of Spring
Walking next to me on the Miracle Mile,
Sunday morning stroll to the house of the Lord.
With no clouds in the blue sky, there is something unusual-
...

There is something in the loss of a parent
That cuts into the soul.
It is the emotional, surgical detachment of the heartstring
That has defined life as we know it.
...

Who are we?
Really.
Life factors change the contours of our journey
Like GPS systems gone awry.
...

5.

A man's soul should not be decided on his deathbed
When a life-locked near-cadaver lies in despair
Except for an utterance of the inevitable final cry
For a life's worth of forgiveness.
...

In order to process pain
We need to shift the burden of translation
From the heart to the brain.
We need to unplug emotional life support
...

There is separation among us as groups and as individuals.
In first grade we say goodbye to first friends until next year,
Only to discover they were taken away to new classrooms in second grade.
And so we begin to find new friends, thinking the old ones
...

There is plenty of summer left
Regardless of what the calendar says,
No matter the school busses on every corner.
Football season starts next week,
...

Whispering, it rings-
Canon in D Major by Johann Pachelbel.
He has never heard it before,
But he will hear it for the rest of his life.
...

We call ourselves the 'United' States of America.
The name has stuck,
The meaning has not.
There are factions of this nation at war
...

Even in their early days
They spent time apart and found it
Not to their liking,
Although it was necessary
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Reality eventually takes a front seat
Even though lifetime denials
Attempt to 'spin' its actual existence.
Men hide and delay and deny what their spirits know
...

It seemed like yesterday
A 4 year old boy went to his first movie,
Walked to it, actually,
Hand in hand with a woman who knew the directions,
...

Riding to the edge of town
For one last look,
One last showdown
Into the darkened sky of memory.
...

Lost
Smack in the middle of Manhattan
Between hotel and cab,
Waiting for the final curtain to fall,
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16.

Something incurable is different
Than something that has no cure.
Incurable is final,
Not having a cure is a temporary stop.
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Reality patrols the border of aging
As it always does,
Not allowing the frivolous pipedreams of youth
To muddy the water of mid-life,
...

18.

No, this time it is necessary.
It's gone too far,
We've lost too much.
Backtracking stops here.
...

The first breath of Florida came during spring break, '74.
Four young college lads left western Pennsylvania
For the 24 hour drive to freedom,
To the warmth of the sun,
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20.

We strongly condemn the violence
While planning more diplomatic meetings
To determine possible sanctions
That won't appear overly aggressive
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Bill Upton Biography

Entrepreneur, business broker, lecturer in Pittsburgh area.)

The Best Poem Of Bill Upton

Demise

Station to station the news is the same,
Stronger today than yesterday.
Heinous crimes, intense, evil passion.
Suicide bombers killing children, shattering parental dreams-
All in the name of Allah.
Kidnappings, random unchecked lunacy in the marketplace,
Blatant disregard for human life.
Mankind turning from itself.
Unblinking consciences squeezing triggers on defiant weapons.
Lies and denials have become universal currency.
Immoral short cuts have become off ramps for the autobahn misdirects.
We can't crop dust the evil from our jaded souls.
Deliberate lack of respect
Has eaten the moral fiber from our DNA.
Each day we stand on guard for basic safety.
Around every corner lies the possibility of harm-
New harm, stronger harm, deadly harm...
The room is too big.
General Patton has just left the building.
We are running dangerously low on antibiotics for evil.
We have become ancient Rome-
With exponentially larger weapons.

Bill Upton Comments

Adriana Cupelli 01 March 2014

I hope there are many more to come! !

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Bill Upton Quotes

The fast eat the slow.

The idea is to build mountains, not excavate dirt.

Often there is astonishment to non-surrender.

You may defeat me, but you will remember that you fought me.

Don't dream as a hero and awaken as a coward.

Recognize your limitations, play to your strengths, overachieve by outworking better talent.

Bet on your strengths. Capitalize on your quick-strike capabilities.

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