Long Capered Poems

"Who can bear to lose a tie
With a dog that is man’s best ally? .......by poet


"Here lies my dog, motionless in his kennel
unable to wag his tail as he always did.
yesterday when I saw him,...

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Life flashes by in a moment of time.
Late twilight’s rose fades, the sweet songbirds leave.
Though we strive to remain in reasoned rhyme
All living will die, the joyful will grieve.
What vision can guide us? What blinding...

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A cold and wet morning broke in the dreary month of November 
Water glistening on the ground, a gift from the English weather
With such a smothering grey blanket rolling across the sky
My spirit managed to...

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Love is all that remains within me,
A lonely torch burning in the crypt of oblivion,
A heart mocking the times, a soul at war with silences,
Lost in a canvas of shattered illusions,
Poor love, you chew on...

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I did my research on the victim at hand
I broke into your dreams and everything was at my command
I defrauded your thoughts and deprived your deepest desire
I took what I wanted and left you only...

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Sitting one day upon my wall, smiling at one and all
Taking in the warming sun so happy with the things I’d done
The birds floating on the breeze that brought a smile with graceful ease
Until a...

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shared a strange reality made from footsteps
the land of spirit being open to improvisation
with existence a fountain of plenty for all
too much meaning too much of the time
is it not true to the self of...

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cravings, like niggling whispers,
flit on covered tables
skitter on the floorboards
shiver nerves like humming cables

racing up my backbone
trembling spinal pathways
as I dive for pantry's knob
in a glucose fired craze

tearing through the shelving
jumping for the flour
cracking eggs...

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"God sends pets without wings so no one will suspect they are angels ..."  Unkown

 
Pets are Angels in disguise
Endearing was my canine companion
There was no other pet in my life dearer than my...

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THE DEVIL DANCED AT MIDNIGHT

The devil danced at midnight
beneath a waning moon
with his minions before him,
twas a sight to make one swoon.
He pranced in jubilation,
then capered with a shout,
his arms flailed like a windmill
as his...

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MY DANCE WITH SHEILA

With firm resolveI I strode across the hall
To where the girls were standing in a row
My focus: Sheila, object of heart’s call
In fervent hope that I might be her beau

The scene was...

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In azure depths, her eyes reside
They gleam like sapphires, or a deep sea tide
They are like a hidden sea,
I get sucked in, but I know I would be free,

Her gaze though piercing,  was like...

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I watched the old man mosey to his favorite fishing spot.
Ahead of him his faithful dog capered at a lively trot.
No fancy fishing lures for him, just a simple bamboo pole,
And a can of worms...

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In the depth of the night, a concerto commenced,
With drums of thunder and a melody of rain.

Wind flutes played loud sniveling notes,
Carrying pulsating tunes in blustery tones.

Streaks of lightening, with their baton of light,
Led the...

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Thirteenth Birthday

I picturize my thirteenth birthday through memory glass
My grandpa matured my dream with a shiny black bicycle
Thrilled for I would now be able to ride like other friends

Grandpa held the cycle as I capered...

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Tyranny


I woke up this morning in
an America I did not recognize 
So many years of just drifting,
certain of her elasticity 
her ability to shake off
the parasites and naysayers
Now I see a buffoon where
lesser buffoons have...

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So cordial and tolerant was he
Wicked and malicious are you
He was like an angel
You are a demon in disguise
You capered 'round the land like a madman
As he drowned in the remedy
And you cannot recall what...

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Choosing...

Death sat between Heaven and Hell,

flinched visibly,

waiting to choose,

as he looked up at dancing Angels,

and down at fire-breathing dragons.

Exotic breeds of animals everywhere above,

tortured souls and mutilated bodies below,

sour expressions,

he brought his hands together

and bowed,

submitting...

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He chose a face
that only his mad mother 
would love.
He painted a tragedy 
upon a crooked grin.

His mask was designed
to mug any real mirth.
His career-path
a honking mockery.

A blundering funster 
who picked-up
a badgering prod,
while he capered
inside...

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