Long Chandler Poems

At the final stroking of saint Halloween eve, it seems not so long ago,
That my trusty SUV, transport vehicle unceremoniously broke down,
Right outside the local pet cemetery, what a marvelous place to
Spend the spookiest night...

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Feb. 6, 2021
	Hello I was born normal on May 17, 1979 from Paranaque, Philippines. My name is Jacqueline Ramirez Mendoza and was taken from Jacqueline Kennedy Onasis. Given by my cousin, Jocelyn Picazo Santos. My...

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"MY LOVE"

Who is the one beside me 
holding up my weight? Always 
there no matter how much is 
on her plate! Her hair so pretty 
with that shiny Auburn gleam, 
her eyes a soothing brown...

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"~ (~) ~"

"oh god-
tender, 

gracious - 

render us 
softly upon fields silken-
lavender flower-petaline 
clear-sky's paradise-
golden... - 

till when 
if then 
there-we 
make-it... ?"

bushel, 
animate 
deaden 
never 
ever 
eminent 
this hope. 


your-blessing, 
adduce. 


yes-privy wassail us-
in...

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As the dusk approaches, with a fusk grunt on his face,
He realizes he has to do what's right;
To save his people from the treacherous minotaur maze,
To risk his life for people in vain.
As the sail...

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The strength to surrender to what is right then to what is              wrong,defiance         ...

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We, who loved America Part 4

When I came back to where I belonged 
the country had changed; no one bought 
arrow shirts anymore and jeans were 
made in China
The streets of New York were violent 
people demanding their...

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Comic Collecting 
By Ian Van D. Chandler

I have this comic. 
It’s the scariest comic I’ve ever read. 
Nothing tells me anything like these telling pictures. 
Sketched to action and tale. 

It’s the scariest comic I’ve...

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Furry mice

Many years ago, I was in Houston (Texas) to victualize 
a new cargo ship, back then a ship carried a large crew 
for all the functions needed.
The ship chandler was keen to show me...

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look Out your window. 
By Ian Van D. Chandler

We all look for infinities,
In this artichoke world. 

	Above mistaken me.
	There are pleasant humming bees.
       settled to watch so far up,...

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I was thinking back to better days 
When you could sing along to the songs they played
We’d all tune in on Friday night
To see when Lucky Strike brought you the Hit Parade
Cindy Oh Cindy and...

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As the sun lowers in the atmosphere 
Memories hit my mind 
Like I have an attack on the sublime 
No one but you has really known my kind 
Unwind your heart and give me a...

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When bombs fall

The defense minister of Israel threatens to bomb
Lebanon back to the stone age
Last time a person said this his name was Hitler
If, the nice-mannered Putin had said this about
Ukraine, the otherwise polite Guardian with...

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Nellie B. Chandler

1897-1911

There I am.

Here I am now.

I am the six year old girl

Behind the glass window

That wide open wedge to the north

From inside my classroom there

At Evergreen school, ‘neath 

The towering ascending elm trees...

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WEST WIND 2

Be willingly wise with worthy ways as us Westerners
cos winter wind of woes wanders about
like a wandering Wolf windsurfing in wildlife.
Winter windup waves of weird wonder

wondrous enough to bring back Wayne Wonder
and wheeled...

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STARING DEATH IN HIS CORNER

I'm not the best pound for pound
boxer trading blow for blow
This bout won't end in this 36th round,
battling from the cradle from the set go

when my eyes refuses to behold life's...

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Manic Dancing.
By Ian Van D. Chandler

(The closing line:)
The boy with glasses always tries to see further 
no matter where the satellite flies.

Like the girl that found his wings upon the loudest factory. 
Never show a...

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Failing to get enough sleep or
getting poor-quality sleep are
resulting to health hazard; it
is known fact, it makes us unfit
to discharge daily acts with cheer.

It's voluntary let’s admit
but unintentional, can’t quit.
Sleep deprivation is seen more
in young...

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Six wonderful people very bright and young 
shared a cramped apartment...
is that because they couldn't afford the rent,
or they loved to have fun?


What a hilarious circus, if they had teamed up!
They got angry, but still...

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High strung
Passionate
Perfectionist freak
Manic
Compulsive
Meticulous
Intense
High maintenance
HIGH MAINTENANCE
MONICA

Yes….I see a lot Monica in me. “You think I’m high maintenance???? Tell me how. Make a list and we will go over it POINT by POINT!” She spouted this out...

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Directions in hand and with a great master plan..
Locations to see were found on internet,  duly did I scan.. 
Most all said.. Including you.. Go! God Bless and Amen..

Curious me, I traveled far.. to...

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I'm dreaming of a quiet Christmas ,
Just like the ones , I'll never know 
With no children screechin
Or pastor preachin
Of where all sinners surely go .....
I'm dreaming of a quiet Christmas
With every cheque , Im...

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Hot Air

The name of that wind is Satana
It’s hot and it’s dusty and dry,
Don’t call the wind Santa Ana
In error, for that is a lie.
Saint Ann the mother of Mary
Is remembered in so many ways
But...

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I am behind
the large white wheel of an Oldsmobile.
I am a page ripped from a Raymond Chandler novel.
Clipped words curl close to my lips as hot as ash.

Dreamy eyes are cold tonight, there will be...

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To the Mothers and the Fathers
(for David, Patti and Chandler)
By Franklin Price

To the mothers and the fathers
For the children you have raised
Who went to the Marine Corps
One and all of you be praised

Parents left at...

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