Best Pah Poems

Dear Love,
Just a quick note:
You caught me unawares
I thought I lived in circles
You taught me to accept squares
I write to ask for guidance
As straight lines...

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The Lay of The Best Man - Part 4

I ask you this: Have you ever known a man to ‘buckle under stress’?
Or have you never...

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Joie de Vivre - isn’t life sweet,
especially when you add a treat
like a delicious patisserie,
crème glacée, éclairs, le pan de mie,
chocolat, and le tarte aux...

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I’ll Never Understand Humans   

   Hi, My name is Lady, and I live a dogs life, yes I’m a lazy mutt,...

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(Continuing the trip through Hell of Dante with poet Virgilio)

Pah-peh Sah-tan, Pah-peh Sah-tan al-ept!”,
Started Pluto with his hoarse voice toss
And that gentle wise, who any...

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After: Harlequin’s Carnival by Joan Miro, 1925.PD 
After: Bing Crosby - Swinging On A Star (1944)

I try to apply colors like words that shape poems,...

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Deep and down.' following slopes of yearning green flowing growth
Rich as grass of pa ha sa pah towering opportunity; high as the peaks around
Absorb abundance,...

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Within the Crescent City,
an exotic beauty dwells.
Amid spires and temple domes,
finds the Priestess, Mirabel.

Her hair the color of Raven wings,
almond eyes a sultry brown.
She bears...

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INSIDE D DAY
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS


The weather is really lousy rained all day
I’m so nervous and edgy, I’m learning to pray
We are prepped and ready to...

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Auf Wiedersehn

   Well here at last it's party time,in shorts and dirndl dress.
   Excitedly we travelled to the fest, a night...

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DON’T CALL ME LAZY!!!

I woke up this morning
Two hours after Noon
Had little bite to eat
Went back in bed quite soon.

Don’t say that !…Not lazy!
Have P.A.H....

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Stan was a conductor of a band,
Stan thought he was very grand.
In the park most summer days,
From the bandstand, Stanley plays.
With his bandleaders uniform on,
He...

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The best part of vacations

Is they alter your routine,

Like giving up the tuba

For the jangly tambourine.


You leave your comfort zone behind

And venture into where

Nobody knows...

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Poetry in motion 
Take me out … the ballgame
bats and balls a'soaring
Root, toot, toot … the home team
'round the bases scoring.

Poetry in motion
Daddy and daughter...

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Don't look back; it's about the future.
    No, No! Think; the past; it's who you are.
The past, the past, there's nasty back there.
    Some love...

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