Long Capitan Poems

I have travelled through the cluttered corridors of my tired mind countless times. 
I have reached deep into the dark abyss of my captive soul and in that profoundly disturbing darkness, I went searching to...

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In the manse market for a preowned spa house

Mine feeble efforts pale in comparison
to a kid scaling El Capitan
of Yosemite National Park,
nevertheless me, a dry witted husband
self emasculated milquetoast
of late ofttimes yawps imprecations
against fickle finger...

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A winding road, up through the trees, finds California gold
The heart will race, and breath escapes, to see this land unfold!

Dad cherished, this, his boyhood home, a wonderland to view
and shared with us the years...

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To the Mighty Eurasian Troops, I see,
Thus, listen to your Capitan-Generals Who commands thee,
I, your Capitan-General wants to speaks,
Keep in mind that Civilizations run but ideologies go and commit none!

The Claws of the Dragon have...

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I soft-swing on the granite face ...
Cuddled close to the cooling stone like a spider,
Sun slithering into the emerald-studded reach to seal the day.
I dig into my hip sack for the last usable piton -
There...

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Ah, the air - so sweet!
Early Spring essences ...
Pine cones, lilacs and cherry blossoms,
With a wispy and not unpleasant hint of wood smoke,

A waft of campfires being carried up the valley,
Mixing with a light moisture...

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And what is time but a dream within a dream; this polarization, now standing at its edge....

Held atop the peak of HalfDomes gazing upon Curry's Village below as glancing across the sky

Towards El Capitan, while...

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Carved by the hand of God you are
              awesome, heavenly, take my breath 
        ...

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Awakened by the loud pistol shot
A battle commenced blood was hot
“Where am I?” Alexzander thought
Noises progressing where the battle fought

Curiosity took hold, he dressed quickly
CRACK! Up above the sound sickening 
A voice he heard and...

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Veiled amongst massive granite rock formations of El Capitan and half dome
Lies picturesque valley exhibiting numerous majestic waterfalls’ grand splendor
Thunderous cascades of gushing cold water bouncing happily over rocks
Attract explorers from all around sphere making...

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None other state can stake the claim
That Texas has to worldwide fame
No where else would ever be the same

It’s people are the proudest, yet
The truest hearts you can bet
Life is as good as it can...

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It had been a long train ride for me then and it had been fun
I was coming home after Marine Corps training was finished and my tour had just begun
So I had thirty days of...

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Yo Ho!, Yo Ho! The pirates life for me
The Jamaica Jewel’s sails are full on seven seas
Skull and bones flying high on the main mast
With a trim bow and keel my flag ship is fast
At...

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I spent a year or two aboard
A sea faring vessel 
Through the gale and through the rain
With Lord Neptune I did wrestle 

Me Capitan was a wise old man
With experience beyond my years 
 And...

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Steve loves mountaineering, he was the first, 
Visually impaired person to climb El Capitan, 
Solo, and there he met Karen Darke, cyclist, 
Who got him into para-cycling ‘cos it had can. 

“Climbing is something I...

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Better Then Romeo &Juliet
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Corrupt me Darlin,
I am your velvet playground
you wandering, endless sea
let us sail into the unknown
when the waves crash us into the rocks
we will decide to fly
You are my sky Capitan
we will venture...

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Chilling in the caravan
 learning hand to hand
 man to man
one bloody palm over the world as we orbit n twirl
Spin a twin 
flip her friend
Knocking down doors
Leveling the score 
Raqeuteering, blackmailing, not to Badmention
Politician...

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CIVAL WAR
Men turned against men war fighting killing hate multiplying until Death ruled the 
hearts of men carried over into Cowboys days of fighting killing and hate ruling 
the hearts of men again taking hate...

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Right foot into this little dimple that you can toe in on aggressively so it’s opposing the left hand, then you can, like, zag over across to this flat, down-pulling crimp that’s small but you...

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Yosemite’s marvels
glaciers from the last Ice Age
sculpted Half Dome and El Capitan

alas, though I worship the almighty Hand,
I am but sand
     compressed by elements
       ...

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Illustration Caption: Frederick Law Olmsted,
father of American Landscape Architecture,
at "El Capitan" iconic summit, Yosemite, CA,
in 1865.


Olmsted saw verdant paths of our core.
Urban sprawl separated at a cost
that let us know nature and adore.
Those who wander...

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Why not write in the infinite sky?
So the words would flow in all directions,
We would tell stories of how it all began,
Of how thought appeared long before the stars,
And the truth was born from the...

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Learning to embrace me.
From my receding hairline
to the scar I received
when I was three.
My adaptability
and changing
spirituality. 
For the things I keep
under lock and key
and the sentiments
I wish to say
but underscore them
in silent ways
The way I...

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Shadows of light and darkness
Contrasting images of El Capitan
Half Dome sliced by an ice age glacier

I met him that day in Yosemite
Touched by the unique qualities of his photos
Fine prints are displayed at his gallery

I...

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TEXAS


Is a vast place, bigger than France, and in many ways much more interesting.


El Capitan reef, the Pecos, the Panhandle,  all conjure up more imagination


Than a truckload of Monmartres, a shovelful of escargot, or...

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