Long Approximately Poems
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Son Say Goodnight To Grandpa“Son”...”say goodnight to grandpa”
Spurred by mother dearest
as well as other politesse
drummed into her second born
fobbing blandishments as incentive
tumbled off fingers of prodigal son
tripped wordsmith to splutter forth
forthwith the following lines.
Back in the day
quaint...
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Categories:
approximately, 12th grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, absence,
Form:
Rhyme
Impossible Mission To Captcha Infinitesimal MomentImpossible mission to captcha infinitesimal moment
alternately titled: tick tock runneth amuck
seconds elapse imperceptibly
leaving me dumbstruck,
how quickly fleeting tempus fugit;
ofttimes imagined as time thief.
Hence following vignette: quiet as a mouse lurks the time thief...
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Categories:
approximately, 12th grade, analogy, butterfly, death, farewell, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Enola GayEnola Gay
There on the ‘North Field’ tarmac of Tinian Island, Marianas;
Taxis the sleek designed ‘Boeing B-29 Superfortress’ to ready for take-off. 1
Glistening, polished aluminum under the blaring floodlights filmed for posterity,
Maneuvers' the ‘Enola Gay’, chosen...
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Categories:
approximately, education, history, usa, war, world, world war
Form:
Verse
Chapter 73 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Historical Hakims' Hit the Road10 o'clock am the morning
Quest: A country side bike ride.
Molly woke Dolly and Damian.
Woke Everyone on that July
Morning of 2038. They had a Bicycle
Expedition to tend to plus a newly
Minted swimming pool...
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Categories:
approximately, cancer, missing you, nonsense, rude, scary, visionary,
Form:
Alliteration
Christian Evangelical-Charismatic RepublicansI grew up with rural Michigan white red-neck evangelical root systems.
These did not always feed my multicultural self/other liberation of the GLBTQ subclimatic root system
for regeneratively healthy instincts,
yet I learned to survive within this fundamentalist-alien-straight...
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Categories:
approximately, beauty, christian, gender, health, political, rights, trust,
Form:
Political Verse
Harriet Harris, Nee Kuritsky Gave Up the GhostHarriet Harris, née Kuritsky gave up the ghost...
~ May fourth, 2005
wedded bliss nearly fifty years
half a century almost
me not most favorite grown offspring,
she (when alive) did boast,
about youngest sister and her family,
unlike me – severely...
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Categories:
approximately, absence, abuse, anger, appreciation, bereavement, cry, dance,
Form:
Free verse
The Alaskan Oil PipelineThe Alaskan Oil Pipeline
Nineteen sixty-eight confirmed the year
Of discovery by ‘Humble Oil’
To North America’s largest oil field,
On the North Slope of the Brooks Range;
A west to east Northern Alaskan mountain chain.
An area forty miles wide...
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Categories:
approximately, education, environment, history, technology, tribute, usa,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Precious Priceless ProgenyPrecious priceless progeny
Hands down the most dramatic change ever needed to make the most profound impact awoke from helping beget the first offspring. An internal paradigm shift reshuffled priorities...
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Categories:
approximately, absence, adventure, angst, anniversary, beautiful, celebration, creation,
Form:
Rhyme
Inxs of Poison From Iron Maiden Scorpion Mamma and Ac Dc Charged Aries PapaInxs of poison from iron maiden scorpion mamma and ac/dc charged aries papa
Although gainfully unemployed
(fate now finds me receiving
social security disability –
for approximately
the last baker's dozen years -
the yeast divine intercession...
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Categories:
approximately, 12th grade, abuse, anger, anxiety, atheist, bullying,
Form:
Free verse
Beware the Ides of March 2023Beware The Ides of March 2023
Ides simply referred to first new moon,
which usually fell between
the thirteenth and fifteenth day
of a given month.
The following events all occurred
fifteenth of March
across span of millenniums.
One:...
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Categories:
approximately, abuse, age, anniversary, betrayal, conflict, crush, dark,
Form:
Rhyme
The Great Lakes Acronym Spells HomesThe Great Lakes acronym spells homes
I chose titled topic by a fanciful whim,
nevertheless still consider my knowledge
of aforementioned material slim.
Housing multivarious biomes
register ecological syndromes
whereby constituents of NOAA
Great Lakes Environmental
Research Laboratory writ tomes.
Pellucid...
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Categories:
approximately, adventure, america, appreciation, beautiful, boat, creation, earth,
Form:
Rhyme
The Light of Reckoning -2The Roman administrators came for the wealth of our worship
demanding that I crack the church's coffers wide open
for their needs, for the Empire's desperate embellishments,
in place of gold I presented the poor
I told the onery...
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Categories:
approximately, creation,
Form:
Epic
Chapter 151-- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: Pt 1 This Day This FamilyDate: April 1, 2051
air planes departed in flight
1 hour and 15 minutes
Between them. The trip was 7 hours
And approximately 30 minutes in
Duration. The first plane touched down
On the...
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Categories:
approximately, africa, allusion, birth, child,
Form:
Alliteration
I Wait With Bated Breath For C Cure T ClarenceI wait with bated breath for... C. Cure T. Clarence
The following crafted
approximately midway
into the administration
of forty fifth president,
whose crass, gutsy, lewd,
repulsive yawping finds
him squarely poised to
nab the nomination as
Republican front runner
come the...
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Categories:
approximately, america, anxiety, appreciation, character, confidence, fate, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
After Serving Six Long Hard Years At Methacton State PenitentiaryAfter serving six long hard years at Methacton State penitentiary...
as mini reunion number
XLV fast approaches
Saturday, April 30th, 7:00 pm
until 10:00 pm
at The Trappe Tavern, 416 West
Main Street, Trappe, PA 19426
regarding graduating...
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Categories:
approximately, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 7th
Form:
Free verse
Inferiority Complex As a Kid, Adolescent and Emerging AdultInferiority complex as a kid, adolescent and emerging adult
Yours truly (an amazingly,
gracefully, and markedly modest
passively aging baby boomer -
formerly introverted long haired
pencil necked geek),
prattling wordsmith doth behold
nostalgic memories regarding father
(Boyce Brandon Harris)
long ago lapsed decades
during...
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Categories:
approximately, 11th grade, 12th grade, 1st grade, 2nd
Form:
Rhyme
Half a Dozen Plus Years Ago the Following Became a Near RealityHalf a dozen plus years ago the following became a near reality
Countdown to homelessness –
mars this earthlinked sole Harris - son
panhandler would would register
pyrrhic victory won.
10…9…8…3..2..1…
Found me linkedin at the end of...
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Categories:
approximately, age, america, anger, angst, anniversary, anxiety, appreciation,
Form:
Rhyme
Fall of BerlinFall Of Berlin
There on the wall hangs a mixture of paint on linen,
Leaving the impression of a city besieged, encased in ice;
Purposely frozen in horror to remind the living,
Of blood oozing from the rubble into...
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Categories:
approximately, history, war, world war ii,
Form:
Verse
The Warlord Wars No More -4We've been taught the terror of triumph from where the heart looks...
General Caesar Sir, 9th Recon reports that Pompeius Magnus has fled by sea to Egypt,
also, the body of Captain Crastinus has been laid on...
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Categories:
approximately, history,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
New Year's Eve 2022New Year's Eve 2022
Yours truly riddled with social anxiety,
hence (billy me) he will idle away
December 31st, 2022
sequestered (with the missus)
hunkered down in his mancave
while madding crowd
entertains reckons partition of time
into...
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Categories:
approximately, adventure, celebration, dance, december, holiday, january, new
Form:
Free verse
Self Help Addict Needles Unsuspecting ReaderSelf help addict needles unsuspecting reader
Expounded late today April 27th, 2023
since being written
countless years ago
maybe a baker's dozen
as thee doodling cock doth crow
scouting about for carrion
scavenging for dead animals
and rooting about...
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Categories:
approximately, 12th grade, abuse, anger, angst, anxiety, april,
Form:
Rhyme
The Whips of History - 4Injustice is just an inconvenience until it is proven...
When the sun hit their helmets it startled the very souls of the natives
a signal upon their eyes that spoke like a siren of ill prophecy to...
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Categories:
approximately, history, passion, poetry,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
The Missus Served Me High Test CoffeeThe missus served me high test coffee...
Ah... tis nothing more heavenly
(to one borne again devout atheist)
then a spring like January 18th, 2023
here at Highland Manor apartments
picturesque green covered landscape,
where intrepid dandelions
dare to defy...
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Categories:
approximately, angel, appreciation, atheist, blessing, dedication, drink, humorous,
Form:
Free verse
Harriet Harris Nee Kuritsky Gave Up the Ghost May 4th, 2004Harriet Harris, née Kuritsky gave up the ghost ~ May 4th, 2004
Often these days
(closing in on the eighth
anniversary of eighth orbit
around mister sun),
the following genuine sentiment
Matthew Scott Harris
doth wish to share
how one and only...
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Categories:
approximately, absence, anger, atheist, courage, death, fate, may,
Form:
Free verse
Absolute deafening silenceAbsolute deafening silence...
during and after a moderate snowfall
today January 19th, 2024,
within Southeastern Pennsylvania
and elsewhere across the Eastern Seaboard,
whereby blanket of whiteness
muffles sounds of civilization.
I hate a spoiler alert
regarding weather forecasters prediction,
especially when meteorologist
wannabe spouse doth...
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Categories:
approximately, adventure, age, angel, appreciation, beauty, humorous, snow,
Form:
Rhyme