Long Bouncing Poems

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Patsy Foley Was Roly-Poly In 1947

It may have been the devil himself who prompted the kids in my schoolyard back in 1947 to chant "Patsy Foley's roly-poly from eating too much ravioli."

At first, no one could remember who started the...

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Categories: bouncing, memory,
Form: Prose


Emo Love

With this needle and thread I stitch the wounds Avril left
but with this blade I angrily carve a new
rough, short, jagged adjacent from the bone in my wrist
for a reflection of our relationship
and an outlet...

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Categories: bouncing, anxiety, beauty, emo, i love you, jealousy,
Form: Narrative
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Education As If All Deaths Matter

Political Science of EarthTribe Education

Really? That’s my topic?
Didn’t Paulo Freire already do this one?

Oh, I see..neurosystemic therapy learning 
and restorative justice mentoring,
including healthy pedagogical development 
of ecologically cooperative systems
doing the best we can
to avoid retributive...

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Categories: bouncing, culture, earth, education, health, integrity, political,
Form: Political Verse
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kiss -

your silken skin gleams opaline
bathed in Luna's soft wash of cornflower - like a
porcelain Madonna by Michelangelo
conjured to life by the magic
of moonlight

your eyes open just long enough to
affix mine, and affirm I'm in a...

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Categories: bouncing, kiss, passion, romance, romantic, sensual, sexy, soulmate,
Form: Free verse
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Bergfried

I.	  The Settlement

          Hickory bark bluffs
          at the blend of two 
    ...

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Categories: bouncing, adventure, allusion, metaphor, myth, native american, remember,
Form: Narrative


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Factoidman and Shallowman - Part 1

[Well, ShallowMan’s ne’er at a loss
for voicing shallow thoughts that gloss.
With trenchant wit he reaps the dross
when seeking sense in applesauce.

But to his aid flies FactoidMan
who always has a Fact at hand;
with him, who needs...

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Categories: bouncing, society, truth, universe,
Form: Rhyme
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Once Upon a Halloween In the 50's

The excitement mounted as we rummaged around in the attic looking through old steamer trunks for discarded clothes and props to make Halloween costumes. With an old suit and hat of Granddads, I became a...

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Categories: bouncing, nostalgia,
Form: Prose
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one kiss

* This was the first poem I ever entered into a contest, and it won! (Thank you to poet/judge John Hamilton). It is about a very brief moment, and all that our minds can process...

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Categories: bouncing, analogy, kiss,
Form: Free verse
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Celena, Brave Celena- Part 1

From Judges 11.
Pronunciation: Seh-LAY-nah

His brothers cast the young man out, the child of an harlot;
He fled away to distant Tob before they found an outlet
For anger, more than what they'd done, to fully disinherit
And drive...

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Categories: bouncing, assonance, bible, christian, dance, goodbye,
Form: Narrative
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Song From Beyond the Stars: New Adventure

[ ... story with context, a plausible universe with top and bottom
  a coat of cosmos covering
  over a subterranean protoverse of potential fields
  a quantum cellar creating
  the very big...

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Categories: bouncing, adventure, destiny, future, imagination, journey, planet, science
Form: Verse

Walter

He stood and aimlessly watched the parade of patrons and volunteers that wandered daily past his kennel.  All so familiar, so ordinary.  Just like every other day he mused.  Nothing new. ...

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Categories: bouncing, animal, care, dog, friendship, hope, joy, loneliness,
Form: Narrative
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Georges Scoriety Bash

Picture this..? Seedy joint.'mediocre comedy one Kiev night.
Hunky billionaire bored and sour, joins his guests Uneventful hour.?
A pan faced man is on the stage, mocking life with inward rage.
George faintly get the vibe, listens more...

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Categories: bouncing, addiction,
Form: Rhyme

Guisachan Park

Condensed Spoken Word Piece:

Here's a condensed version of the script, focusing on the key themes and emotions:

"(Sighs) I walked out of that interview, feeling like I'd wasted my time.

They didn't care, they weren't listening, they...

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Categories: bouncing, analogy, angst, spoken word, voice,
Form: Spoken Word
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BEING DISABLED AND CARING FOR A DISABLED FAMILY IN AMERICA

ANTHONY AND YOLANDA WE HAVE NORMAL DAYS GOOD DAYS AND TRYING ONES EACH REWARDING IN ITS ON WAY O DRIFT BACK ME WEARING WIRES PREGNANT FOR THE FBI BUYING WEAPONS AND DRUGS FROM JUNK SICK...

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Categories: bouncing, allah,
Form: Naat

Feeling Small, Broken Enigma

Let my ears deceive me but I hear it, can't bother to drown it out
the taunting laughter at my misery
Fictional should they be but the reality has cleared the camouflage
which hath once shrouded me
Exposed and...

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Categories: bouncing, how i feel, nonsense,
Form: Free verse

Leave - Me - Alone

Frankly bewildered…
I find life so absurd
Your serenity shines on
God, I want to be like your son

Why was I pushed in the margins?
Is it because of my abominable sins?
I threw them all away long ago…
Into garbage...

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Categories: bouncing, angst, confidence, courage,
Form: Free verse
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Follow the Bouncing Ball

She dresses the land down
in a virginal bridal gown 
a masterfully cut and sewn chenille 
shines brightly with a fine crystal appeal

Her assistants work quite diligently
to add special touches and then flee
they decorated the mountain peaks 
using all their...

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Categories: bouncing, cheer up, , cute,
Form: Free verse

Harmless Foe

White old men are kind
White old men are divine
White old men are my brothers
White old men are inviting me to supper
White old men are my dream
White old men are very clean
White old men want to...

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Categories: bouncing, betrayal, bullying, community, confidence, conflict, confusion, discrimination,
Form: Free verse
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Earthtribal Council

Earth's diverse Trees of Tribes
mentor ecotherapy with me,
EcoWe,
echoing sighing resonant waves of wisdom
surfing through lunar waxing-waning freedoms
of humanly divine burning nuclear bushes.

Show me,
unveil We,
boundary wu-wei issues
weaving functions with frequencies,
tipping wild-flowering forms with full-color fluencies,
soaring summer's...

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Categories: bouncing, blessing, creation, culture, language, nature, wisdom, words,
Form: Free verse

Splat

Splat

Explosions do not always signify combustion but often combustion arrives after many years of layering the layers and tightly packing. Thus meaning that a fried piece of fat could slip and burst out of the...

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Categories: bouncing, africa, animal,
Form: I do not know?
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A Visit To Quiet Town

While returning home from my job, in bustling New York City,
The blaring horns of traffic, and the noise were getting to me.

With loud yelling on the sidewalks, and cawing crows up above,
And my poor aching...

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Categories: bouncing, fantasy, imagery, people, places, silence, travel, vacation,
Form: Couplet

Kilo

Forever is only a moment lost without champion the cause Anderson mister burnette blossom barachatta Barbara Streisand globally Hussein ghost minnows shady lane candles blue stay real vanderbuilts vaults of favored few points topless blunt...

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Categories: bouncing, 11th grade,
Form: Alexandrine

Do You Remember

I woke up this morning feeling vigorous and strong 
Even though I had lost some sleep, I could still feel my heartbeat
I took a shower, and got dressed and stared at the morning sky
I gazed...

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Categories: bouncing, dance, environment, friendship, leadership, love, moving on,
Form: Narrative

Big Fish Calling Me To the Sea Part 1

My spirit has been calling to get up and go to the sea
My spirit has been telling me that there is something for me to see
My spirit is calling me to fly over the big...

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Categories: bouncing, abuse, adventure, devotion, encouraging, environment, fish, fishing,
Form: Narrative
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Uncontainable

Uncontainable

(Music playing)

“I can feel it coming in the air tonight, oh lord
and I’ve been waiting for this moment, for all of my life, oh lord
Can you feel it coming in the air tonight, oh lord,...

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Categories: bouncing, character,
Form: Prose
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