Long Cancellations Poems

I dwelt on a forest green, productive farm, in fruitfulness of golden autumn,
Where ragged scarecrows waved gladly, beneath turquoise skies, and plum.

Ours was the latest generation of farmers, like hued skies of late afternoon,
In their...

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A little piece I wrote for Flips Funeral
 There is an interlude to the beginning
 But the present has now passed
 As I record this passage
 Of a hero to the last
 So I beat...

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Mid-day vibration is coming to town and the people are running around getting ready for a big party to celebrate their musical history.

 More than a hundred ships are docked at sea 
And my beau...

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A field of wheat cloaked in dewy silence
the orchestra tunes up with avian arias
bullfrog basses and a choir of cawing crows,
xanthic sunflowers turning their heads to better see,
the daylight trajectory commencing with lazuline layering,
a breeze...

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No snow this year oh where could it be,
It’s been raining and hailing no white for the tree.
The grass is turning green,
The flowers are growing,
It’s almost Christmas and still it’s not snowing.
The birds are chirping...

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waiting in the terminal
without boarding pass in hand
trying to get out of here
looking for a destination
the lines are really long
everyone wants a new attraction
they all have a ticket in hand
while I'm just standing by

free isn't...

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“Let’s have a party- it will be fun!
You don’t turn 60 every day- It’s a milestone!”
Words told to my husband about his upcoming Birthday.
He acquiesced, so…
I invited everyone we knew,
Secured the venue,
Started the lists…
Energized by...

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I’m sitting in a patch of sun
And kind of taking stock,
Feeling lucky after hearing
Of so many still in shock.

Homes destroyed by a tornado,
People stranded on the road,
Cancellations of events
As rivers filled and overflowed.

All my kith...

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The passengers were in their seats
When something was announced – 
Employees had to fly and so
Four people would be bounced.

Requests with compensation
Met with silence, so United
Chose some “random” ticket holders
To deplane and thus ignited

Quite a...

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When amidst broken equals, we approved,
Ere a freed grain of nomadic sand slipped,
Melancholic surrendered, whole reproved,
Monitor the saved life single and stripped.

Two separate paths once joined normally,
One courses happiness, opposite naught,
Depraved, unprincipled, lived lukewarmly,
Blossomed languishes,...

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Little known virus billed with hype
is much like the elusive snipe 
look for clues and bilk mysteria.

COVID-19 is a blight
take your temperature, dispel fright
combat the urge of hysteria.

Cancellations? don't groan and gripe
take wise advice to...

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