Long Barkley Poems

"Transport Terminals" 

When ghosts find ghosts
they walk through the 
core of each other 
expecting knowledge 
of the other’s being
it’s surprising mirrors
are considered 
transport terminals
eerily reflective
otherworldly portals
between there 
and here
past, present, future
managing the transfer
easily

but it's never...

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My Pet Poems, Lou

The rains had begun pelting New Orleans.
The warnings were dire.  An insurrection
Of weather on the Gulf coast was coming, urging
Everyone to escape to higher ground.  That
Meant everyone!  Katrina’s on...

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There ain’t never been much love ‘twixt them two out on the range—
Seems cowmen has always thought that them sheepherders were strange.

Then one day in rides a poke by the name of Tom Campbell—
What’s lookin’...

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Sarah and John, awaiting their firstborn;
	a nurse and soldier, in each other's arms,
in war-time setting, were at times forlorn
	by their romantic joy fused with alarms.

This burdened Sarah with commingled fears
	in expectation of what was to...

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"I'm not paid to be a role model. I'm paid to wreak
havoc on the basketball court". Charles Barkley


Pop Eye, the sailor man, with the aid of spinach,
always defeated a much bigger man; but did he...

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A Farewell To Arms


I was expecting our first child.
   Catherine, in love with Frederic,
was also happily pregnant.

She awakened unexpected, 
   strong, deep, overwhelming
maternal feelings inside me...
   I felt how...

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Barkley

He was barely nine weeks old
When Jim set him down inside the front door
And he came in, not timidly
To this new home with all its long-established 
Smells, but he strut forward
As if he owned the...

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Favorite Movie

Ernest Hemingway's book,
"A Farewell To Arms" was 
made for movie theaters
and stirred my emotions
in the year 'fifty-eight.
It was a big hit then.

Since I was with child,
Catherine awakened
such deep maternal
feelings inside me.
I felt how she...

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They're great scorers, undeniably true
   So many thrilled to their game-winning shots
Made millions off the game, and Nike shoes
   Projected diplomatic personas ---
        ...

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Summer Shimmers
In my rear vision
Its super hot
But i dare not stop
Here
On the ruddy Barkley
If i get out 
This car
I will become instant
Yum cha
As its steaming
Ruddy hot
Here on the Barkley
Theres no picnic to be had
At the...

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Barkley DeVile, Barkley DeVile
Barkley’s my Beagle and hes handsome as hell! 
If you saw him, you’d see just what I mean! 
Barkley, Oh Barkley
You must be the cutest Beagle there’s ever been! 
I love you...

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Because I think of Barkley as my
four-year-old son, and I've gotten him
vaccinated to prove it, do I now 
put him in dog obedience school and
call it kindergarten? I think YES.
I need to show him off....

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The internet informs that
Min Pin dogs are fastidious,
obsessive/compulsive--
a fact that bears out
in my dog's life.
He is fastidious, and I am
fascinated by this.

Barkley is black and tan,
a miniature Doberman 
with a little pink tongue.
He looks fierce...

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At the Dating Auction

Anne drew
Andrew

A Mere Lord

Baron
Aaron

Big City Guy

Boston
Austin

He Who Crashes Weddings

Crasher
Asher

Bird Boy’s Best Feature

Allan’s
Talons

Scam Man

Shady 
Brady

The Arrogant One

Snobby 
Bobby

Christmas Guy

Merry
Barry

Halloween Guy

Scary
Barry

The Proposal

Baxter
asked her

After Laying Out

Darker
Barker

Twinkle Toes

Sparkly
Barkley

The Water’s Fine

Wade in,
Brayden

Brave Heart

Lion
Bryan...

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