Ducked Poems

Horatio Nelson 1758-1805

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Years ago I did so choose, to go on a Caribbean clipper ship cruise,
and, in addition to several other islands,
anchored off Nevis, northwest of Saint Kitts,
where, in the late 1780's, N...

Protesting sound of music

...2025.07.09 Wednesday.

Ludwig van Beethoven wrote
"To play a wrong note is insignificant,
To play without passion is inexcusable".
I have been distracted and emotionally affected,
By this parti...

A Pond’s Melody

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into melody
jumps the frog beyond the reel
slow dragonflies goosed and ducked


a lit symphony
campfires dance like sun and moon
in ripples of stone and wind


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God Is Always There To Guide The Lost

...While I was out walking one sunny day.
I turned into the forest, and I lost my way.
It was dark and cold. I soon felt a chill.
Next, I heard a sound that made me feel ill.
I went from full sunlig...

Lumbered

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Early in a damp woodsman's camp
seeing sawyers from a logging town
to stop the conversation bogging down
as asked my age among other things
I replied, 'Cut off my head and count the rin...

Once Upon A Time

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Still a child at heart
tho' older are some other parts
and only for a lark
back to my childhood here I hark
I remember a rhyme
in the far reaches of my mind
hickory dickory dock
the ...

Why Your Cities Burn, Part V

......A jolt ran though the broken men,
like wraiths they rose, streamed for the door,
Gobayth waved them on until
nobody remained anymore.
They raced on towards the small hut
where all of the pick...

Tag

...3, 2, 1 TAG YOU'RE IT!

I remember hearing on the playground at the age of nine
Lord only knows how much I dreaded this game
The boy next to me tagged the other girl to his left
She is it.
The ...

Left and Right

...See those two loners standing at the end of the bar?
One with a scowl and a face full of scars?
And the other much like him with a build just as slight?
Not the one on the left but the one on the ...

Blue Mushroom

...Off the forest trails, where bushwhackers stray,  
Restless Mary ducked branches, left her screen that day.  
She was startled when a Horned owl flew
A dragonfly landed on her sleeve; its color wa...

Summer Trip

...We paused for a snack 
And threw them all back 
Got in the car 
But didn't drive very far 
We stopped down the street 
At a ducked away park 
We took off our shoes
And played in the creek befo...

Dorothy

...There once was Glenda with slippers to share.
Dorothy liked better Prada devil’s pair.
She ducked behind Oz’s curtain
To do what is uncertain,
But the Lion put a crib in his lair.
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Gus, Trainer, of Puppets Mall Exodus I

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In a mall that could only be described as a circus of chaos, Penney and Gus found themselves in an absurd game of cat and mouse. The air buzzed with a mixture of excitement and anxiety—it w...

cat o' 9 tales

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“cat o' 9 tales”

Like a cat has 9 lives 
every witch in every Lilith 
lives to write another day

woe bedtide the poor oaf 
who gets in Her way
like Heathcliffe he’ll b...

bridge club barbie loses it

...Bridge club Barbie had her dance down well
The cards began flying up and down the hill
We ducked as the eight of clubs flew on past
She’s in a toot said her friend Willow Wast.

The seven of hea...

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