Long Brogues Poems
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Oncle Albert - Part 1Here he stands, Edwardian vogue, sometimes with his spats,
sometimes with his brogues below his dungarees. With rounded collar points and tie, and jacket donned below this flying suit, his waste is tied with simple...
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Categories:
brogues, flying, history,
Form:
Narrative
My TownFrom north, south, east and west
This is the town to beat the rest,
Where history and present blend
As through its many streets you wend.
Where once a monastery so great
From every view would dominate,
Where Pilgrims...
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Categories:
brogues, city, history, home, me, places, tribute,
Form:
Rhyme
yuletide cynicismIf you’re looking for yuletide cynicism here,
you’re shopping in the wrong place.
This is New York City’s time of year.
It’s stood the test of time and it fairly sparkles,
proving that the ordinary can be extraordinary.
With the...
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Categories:
brogues, christmas, friendship, fun, holiday, humor, new york,
Form:
Free verse
Dublin NightIt’s 1:30am and we were at a cute little dance club in Dublin called “The Sugar Club.” It’s a converted movie theater with tables in stadium seating rows. That night was Salsa themed, and the...
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Categories:
brogues, dance, humor, music, night, teen, travel,
Form:
Free verse
View From Basement FlatIt was the sound that first drew me
to the low street-facing window.
I cleared a small spot in the grime
and was rewarded by ankles.
Clickity-clack, clickity-clack.
Joie de vivre discernible
in the rhythm of her hurried pace,
that's...
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Categories:
brogues, relationship,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
In Her Copper Coloured WigA respectable girl was she; or so she appeared to be
Living alone in her dear little cottage at number seventy three
Each day she left home bright and early, as she walked to the railway...
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Categories:
brogues, dedication, endurance, mental illness, sensual,
Form:
Couplet
The Rag Trade"Headline news! The rag trade is torn to pieces!
Dolls are strewn across the streets with skirts lifted high.
Headline news! Markets are buzzing with voracious bees;
Stinging for honey, for money to burn. Sly.
May I escort you...
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Categories:
brogues, england,
Form:
Rhyme
Chicken George, the Truth, the Whole Truth, and Nothing Like the TruthHe turned into a rooster, right there before my eyes
His arms became plump chicken wings, imagine my surprise
His chest puffed out and swelled with pride his back a feathered thatch
His scruffy brogues were cast aside,...
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Categories:
brogues, funny
Form:
Rhyme
A Whiff of ThoughtWoven from the ripple sentiments,
an overture of things seems to come.
Like an instinctive feel that draws time,
a weighty thought has mighty call.
Drawn in swooping strokes of ink,
are bits and pieces of...
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Categories:
brogues, introspection, life,
Form:
Narrative
All StarsDon’t you see the skip of my jolly heels,
skipping about the globe while planting stars?
Ask then from mother earth what joy she feels
When my rubber sole and her corners spar.
In offices, they don brogues and...
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Categories:
brogues, beauty, celebration, childhood, clothes, fun, smile, stars,
Form:
Quatrain
Shamrock ReflectionsRoads rising up from Irish mists in merry jigs
To the flowing tenor song
Sung by the River Boyne born from Tara's Keep
As Patrick's paschal fire
Weaves truth from stones of blarney
And lucky charms of Erin's spring
Cloth hills...
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Categories:
brogues, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
ShoesBarefoot, blistered and bleeding
She wanders in from the street
People stare, flabbergasted
Very odd, unheard of in fact
She doesn’t know her size
So like Cinderella, she tries them on
Randomly selecting pretty colours
Silvery, glittery heels
She twirls for the mirror
Sales...
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Categories:
brogues, loneliness, lonely, woman, women,
Form:
Free verse