Behind the Magnolia Curtain
...Behind the magnolia curtain, childhood ne’er knew.
Drawn to Sleepy Hollow - over the river, really
mountains; and the thruway, to Grandma’s we go.
Magnificent magnolias, bountiful with ...
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Categories:
catskill mountains, people, tree,
Form: Free verse
Once again, yours truly takes poetic license
...Once again, yours truly takes poetic license.
Whenever the missus irks me or complains...
I tell her don't "Hock me in chinik" nor kvetch
before long tête-à-tête escalates in2 Kanipshin
whereby...
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Categories:
catskill mountains, adventure, age, america, angel,
Form: Free verse
The Hitchhiker
...This highway's mine, goodbye to Jayne,
so long, farewell, Virginia Plain,
strife was yesterday's heavy load,
life is tomorrow's open road,
it's time to hitchhike once again.
Heading where song...
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Categories:
catskill mountains, america, goodbye, history, new
Form: Rondeau
It Happened One Night Part One
...My friends this is a True story. In the 1990s Ellen Crystall appeared on the Larry King Talk Show. She had written a book called Silent Invasion about a group of Aliens that were being seen near the ...
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Categories:
catskill mountains, emotions, fear,
Form: Narrative
If I Had a Time Travel Machine
...Get me inside quickly and as fast as you can,
please turn the time travel dial to September 1963
Get me to a post office in Washington, D.C.,
so I can send an important letter to Jacque Kennedy....
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Categories:
catskill mountains, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Sage Floating In Swan Lake
...SAGE FLOATING IN SWAN LAKE
How do you squeeze a man’s body into the coin slot?
With twine and treacherous stabbing.
The machine turned malevolent after dumping
an entire life’s savings into S...
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Categories:
catskill mountains, dark, history,
Form: Free verse
A Little Towns Secret Part 1 True Story
...This is how it all started. My brother and me were watching Larry
King on CNN. It was his talk show. His special guest was Dr. Ellen
Crystall. She had written a book called Silent Invasion. It was ...
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Categories:
catskill mountains, dark, missing, mystery, night,
Form: Narrative