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I stared into the mirror, wincing at my own reflection,
through eyes fogged by cataract. 
Saw a black tint spreading around my eyes
and face like a...

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Tiptoe, tiptoe, what they say is not what they say it is . . . 

Cameras rolling, take one, action! 
“How stupid can you be?...

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I was taking out my trash can 
When I thought I saw a worm 
But I realized it was a caterpillar 
When the thing began...

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THE FAIRY TALE

Long ago, far away
As the elderly birch trees say
There lived a beautiful girl, in the castle of misty dreams,

Her eyes were abyssal,covered by...

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Theatre of the Absurd

Like an actor in a theatre of the absurd,
there stepped onto the stage a horrid clown,
an ego-maniac who makes his own staff...

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Young Willy arranged to go camping
alas, he struggled erecting his tent
he tweeted he had terrible ******** problems
I hope his parents knew what he meant!

Next year...

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Used on Poetry Soup 6/13/17

Summer’s Songs

The rumbling bass of thunder,
A beat of light, a roaring rain,
Zinnias are spreading and waving
Glory colors once again.

The low viola...

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HAPPY NEW YEAR

Retreated forever to the nest of the past
Last year’s bird leaving memories to last
The winter, the spring, the summer, the autumn
Left itself enriched...

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A chickadee flew up to me
And chirped out a request -
Please fill the backyard feeder
‘Fore I head back to my nest.

I had indeed put out...

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The gnome did not know any other way
Than to serenade the birdies with a happy hooray
He uplifted their spirits on this lovely Saturday.
They tweeted their...

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The queen of birds Sari dear lived in the mango tree
              ...

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Picture this.
Exploding pipe bombs.
Land fields that can take your arms off.
Driving off road, and frenzied, with excitement 
Adrenaline RAGING.
Oh, yes, Syrian Teenagers,
It is “Let’s See...

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I was sick of seeing one plate, fork, and knife
And that lonely cup of drink
As if I was a piece in a painted still life
Like...

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written for my dear daughter, Natalie


Nat, the vampire bat,
Was as cute as a bat could be-
She loved to go to school,
But hated her class on...

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BEARDED LADY

Sue woke and looked terribly weird 
She’d sprouted a black bushy beard 
To get rid of this look
Should she wax or just pluck
Would the...

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