Long At short notice Poems

Two days passed without event before the ceremony to re-inter Joulupukki's parents began.  Because of where it was being held, the number of elves to participate had to be limited.  With the last...

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I have been instructed to release the following
manuscript on the death of my client
Mr John Phillips. Who was a former officer in the Royal Air Force.

Mr P.J .Carruthers.  LLB.
Solicitor for estates and wills.
London.
16th February...

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Later that evening Seileach enjoyed a giant mushroom dinner with Joulupukki, Ceridfen, DynDoeth, Gwaldon, Bréagán, Chroí, Lumi and the two humans.  It was a large gathering with many other friends and family and the...

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(Rinpoche in Sarnath, 1987)

That’s What A Buddha’s Like

It’s hard to know where to start
when talking about the ineffable.

Maybe starting at the end is best.

It’s taken me a lifetime to appreciate
the little things, the simple, unadorned,...

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THE JOURNEY OF THE MAGGI

Such a journey we had of it
traveling to welcome the new born King..
nay... journeying to receive the to be born new king
we were three of us the king, the beautiful princess...

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Cabin Fever door closes five dollars,
a-Bag Used Book Sale
Sunday, February 23, 2020
hence less than twenty four hours
before avid readers bewail
foregoing scampering across Hillandale
vital poetic proclamation

yours truly doth broadcast,
albeit apologize short notice,
while courtesy warden
at Highland Manor...

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Unaffordable, yet valiant speeding, 
tailgating, and zooming Pep Boys, I cannot dodge. 

Yours truly grief stricken
(sob... sob... sob)...
wheely hard to bear
this anticipatory anxiety
riddled joker impossible
mission thwarting despair

death knell tolled (told),
woebegone news, I did fear
hears stunned...

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Time and again
jovial imp does succeed
at collecting aggregate of infinite moments
nabbing, snagging and yoking yours truly,
a fortitudinous erstwhile
citizen banker travels at warp speed
impossible mission to thwart tempus fugit
analogous to ambuscade by time thief
little rascal who...

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CELEBRATING A LEGACY OF SIXTY YEARS

Your birthday this year is a great time to recall
When you trusted Jesus and gave Him your all.
It started in Hammond when just a young man,
When there you surrendered to...

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UNCOMMON
By: William S. Labtis

When would uncommon be a common?
Or vice versa, a common be an uncommon?

Common* as we know as those belonging
   to two or more;
Shared by all alike; one pertaining
  ...

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Lost and alone no where to run and hide the tears for fear of being cast as weak must wear the iron on  my sleeves pushing the wrinkles past and present holding on to...

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WONDER IF HEAVEN'S GOT A GHETTO
 
Wonder if Heaven's got a ghetto,
Where sinners & saints mellow,
And unite with shinning hallow.
The street glows golden yellow
As we pray more grease to our elbow.
Wonder if Heaven's got a...

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Treasonous heart, burn in flames!
Take back your frame,
which is now my torment;
this portrait that decorated our room,
now burns my eyes, bathed in tears.

Take back this fatal treasure,
which I adored every day and
gave me warmth.
Take everything...

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upon reaching the frozen summit,
the mountaineers jump in jubilation,
then proudly unfurl and firmly plant
the damp flag of their faraway nation;

oh, how they noisily whoop it up,
strutting in chest-thumping elation,
slapping each other's shoulders
in riotous joy and...

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There is in the house a hullabaloo
Furore, a fuss, commotion, ado
The in-laws will soon
Return from the moon
Be staying with us, a month, maybe two!

Short notice, their note arrived in the mail
A bolt from the blue,...

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I thought and thought and thought,
Tried to make out what’s the best to bring forth,
Couldn’t decide what to present,
Something that you really find pleasant.

Not much known to you am I,
Nor to me are you,
Unknown to...

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Mary Morse demanded a horse
"Give me a horse I say!
I want a damned horse
You'll get it of course
Tomorrow is my birthday!"

Mary was scary and very specific
"The horse that you get me must be terrific
And only...

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A LOUSY HOTEL

Son went to his hotel room after a delicious lunch
When he opened the door there was a loud crunch
There were huge cockroaches crawling over the floor
He grabbed his bags and ran straight out...

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I’m just a drifter and yielded nothing
No pantry full of food but a few things
I cannot take them in time of ending

A great beyond that’s life everlasting
We come and go even of short notice
I’m just...

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Redemptive love nourishes
Redemptive love heals
Redemptive love embellishes
Redemptive love empathy and sympathy feels

Under provocation, redemptive love forgives
Preferring to shield from harm
Redemptive love sublime peace gives
Redemptive love showers calm

When raging storms all around wreak untold havoc
Scattering to...

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Doors slam, windows crack,
letter flap inhales a fatal
wind.
Breastplate rusty dragon bearing scars.
House keys, credit cards, raybans close to hand.
Faux fur on the rack for noble bounty,
footnotes to a chapter without end.
Wistfully I crane my neck...

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Soldiers never tire of “Yes Sir”!
Forgetful lips a long storm stir, 
Disciplinary frog jumps for an hour
Or a free fall from a waiting tower.

Soldiers love Ear-Dividing “Yes Sir!”
You lower yours you’ve robbed them their fur;...

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Success 

Short notice, but nevertheless focused.
Discouraged from all parts that reinvented me
Threw it away due to the detrimental pain and torture of the brain.
Here I was faced with a challenge couldn’t believe in myself.
Picked at...

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Thank you for coming on short notice, sir.
A drink, perhaps, before we speak of her?
No? To bus’ness then. Ending civil strife
Requires me to move against my wife.
I trust that you will note I’m not to...

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I don’t know why I trick myself
Into believing in the good nature
Of the people that I choose to surround myself
With because I always seem to allure
Misery and her friend betrayal.
How simple is it for one...

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