Long Bussed Poems

My Daughter

My beautiful Daughter, walks life’s paths alone,
She does so, by design – not of hers – on her own.
She travels heavily !, from place to empty space,
from space to vacant place – in what...

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NINETEEN FORTY TWO
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS


As a young man in Jersey I wanted to be a cop
One sunday morning that dream came to a stop
Our nation had been a victim of a vicious attack
By an aggressive...

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The Super Rich- Get Rich Quick Scheme
It's a joke and we've bought it
hook, line, and sinker
'cause we do not take the time
to be a more diligent thinker.
Illegals off the boat 
not allowed to vote
illegals bussed...

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Tonight, my soul, be still and sleep;
The storms are raging on God’s deep—
God’s deep, not yours; be still and sleep.

Charles H. Spurgeon
(Streams in the Desert)

DAY OF DELIVERABLES

italian sausage with banana
peppers in a sesame seed bun.
earlier...

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Got Any Ideas For A Poem?

Ha! That catch phrase
     (kid ding lee writ)
     hoop fully goat yar attention
truth be told, (no...no...
     no...not by...

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One incident very funny to me happened one day;
so uncommon and weird was it that I couldn’t say
whether it was a reality, a hallucination or a dream:
I was to attend a mermaid-hosted party in a...

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Early rising, toddlers sleeping,
got to get them out of bed.
Shake them gently,tired eyes peeping,
dress them quickly, get them fed.
Bags are packed, time is tight,
got to make the airport run.
Catching an early morning flight
for two weeks...

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“Blindness separates people from things;
deafness separates people from people.”
– Helen Keller

She sat amongst the gathering crowd.
It was her birthday, you see.
The men were bespoke so proud
and the ladies were dressed to a T.

The table was...

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You Do Not Like

When you find a feeling that is uncanny
Do you think manic depressive sanity
May seem so tried and also very tried
While your mouth will be open wide.

So you see I am somewhat surmising
If...

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(To be sang to the tune of ‘Circle Of Life’ from ‘The Lion King’)

At the age of twelve in the school, 
A merger of two high schools.
Teachers bussed between two buildings,
Students learning on two sites.

After...

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We abandoned our homes and friends for fear
of brutal gangs pushing drugs and firearms.
And we took months to reach the US border;
where ICE agents yanked my child from my arms.

No amount of begging would deter...

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On the days you're not here 
They serve doughnuts,
Laughter punctuates conversations,
People stock and empty shelves,
And fish are caught.
Friends greet and lovers kiss,
Homes are built, tables are bussed,
Children learn geography
And deliveries are made
On the days you're...

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An early Christmas message for you all...

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Fir trees droop and brightly glisten,
street lamps cast their glow, and listen!
sounds of singing...

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An early Christmas message for you all...

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Fir trees droop and brightly glisten,
street lamps cast their glow, and listen!
sounds of singing...

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Orban man, has a plan.' To enligten brussels with a taste
Of a jam..' Made to their recipe..' Lets see if they'll stand?
Hungary didn't like its taste'. Or so says Orban.' So he's
Got up some transport.....

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The eagles have long left,
scattered over miles; empty plastic bottle,
condoms and diapers.

Here under a burning sun
human traffickers do not imply a rush-hour.
Death is imported, life degraded.

They come from all over the world,
mostly men of military...

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Wassail



Fir trees droop and brightly glisten,
street lamps cast their glow, and listen!
sounds of singing drifting lightly
o'er the air, as children sprightly
fashion snowmen, fat and jolly,
wrapped in scarves and wreaths of holly;
horse-drawn coaches softly clip-clop
down the...

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Fir trees droop and brightly glisten,
street lamps cast their glow, and listen!
sounds of singing drifting lightly
o'er the air, as children sprightly
fashion snowmen, fat and jolly,
wrapped in scarves and sprigs of holly;
horse-drawn coaches softly clip-clop
down the...

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