Long Chapeau Poems

It’s ten years later
I’ve finally hit paydirt
It’s the motherload

I didn’t strike gold
I struck a deal with myself
To help me grow old

Not act like a child
But first I had to grow up
And not act so wild

I’m...

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I thought I’d repost this because of the state of the world today and because 
it might help someone see things a little differently or maybe it will just make you smile
I know many of...

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The Dog, the Pig and the Cat

Here is a tale of a dog and a cat
and a pot bellied pig, so pink and so fat
Of days in the garden alongside a farm,
a whimsical story of...

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the apple tree greed 
the apple tree greed 

he has an apple a green apple 
he is the only person in this room 
with a green apple 
suppose suppose NOW 
he has MORE of those...

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He noticed something rather curious in photos of past generations,
That seemed so rife among the male gender of his relations.
All his forebears were hirsute deprived, or bald if you will.
If this was an omen of...

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“A photograph on the sunny side of the mountain"

                          ...

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outside the suffering winds of November 
mourn through the skeletal trees
fanning the glow of the last starving embers
that darken as life turns to peace

Leonard won't leave with the gates drawn wide open
he's leaning back in...

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Precursives In A Minor

My dear, you are dead now, and
It follows that the dead cannot speak,
But please dear woman, 
Utter however softly,
Your ghostly peep, 
For we are your survivors, 
Following soon,
As the buoy bell continues...

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Each day I sit upon the same wind swept boulder
watching the sun as it sinks into the Western sky.
My sister, on the larger because she's a little older.
We listen to sea gulls, so we don't...

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Springtime - Whoa!


We all must know,
     winter days owe
          us quick outgo,
          ...

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The Reckless Sleeper
Copyright July 16th 2009 Corinne Curcio

A dream - the landscape 
Rambunctious subconscious
Plays hide and seek with your soul
You look for clarity
A crumb of charity
Something to swallow whole

But those in the know look backwards
Light...

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Catching Fish

The cabin was perfect. 
I am wearing L.L.Bean.
How can I miss? 
I have a pole, a hook and bate. 
My guy is in control of all…instruction. 

Did you know that they really use worms?
Did...

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Hats are such a marvel,
   when the weather is so garbled,
A multitude of quick coverlets to warm the brain
   protect the head from snow, wind and  rain.
A dapper, flamboyant chapeau
...

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A most ordinary, a tad-bit hazy day,
Fishing from the pier, a black cat came my way.
A mere kitten she was, "was she wearing a hat?"
a man's blue top hat? a black, blue-eyed girl cat?

She sauntered...

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For all of my life, one thing’s remained clear,
“Corona” meant lime juice, and Mexican beer!
Or jewel studded crowns, worn for mere show,
By Royals of pedigree--a priceless Chapeau.

But one thing’s escaped me, at least until now,
“Corona”...

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A crimson dragon-
fly, Why! never seen one of
those before, here; - my

Beach, these febriled oh-
pressive days, re-bleaching to
a 14Mil-Shill 

only "Ernst & Friends" 
only know; so I meande 
this other, other 

tres Yoga place, Ma-
ma...

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MADAME MATISSE 1
green with envy
a master's wife-
portrait-not still life
MARGUERITE 2
oh marguerite
oh so sweet
in pretty dress,so neat
HAIR 3 
la chevelure-
locks in shocks
matisse,ma cher
LORETTE 4
lorette,ma petite
so sad,so sweet
THE SISTER 5
one of three,enfamille
her gaze,engages,we
AN ODALISQUE 6
curve and shape,for...

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It's a dull and rainy overcast day
A day to stay in and be cozy
Gaze out the window and dream of stuff
As you start to feel quite dozy

Time to write some clever rhymes
As you don your...

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It's a dull and rainy overcast day
A day to stay in and be cosy
Gaze out the window and dream of stuff
As you start to feel quite dozy

Time to write some clever rhymes
As you don your...

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It's a dull and rainy overcast day
A day to stay in and be cosy
Gaze out the window and dream of stuff
As you start to feel quite dozy

Time to write some clever rhymes
As you don your...

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Oh how I do love cats.
Not rats or bats,
Spats or hats; 
(although I do own a chapeau or two).
I love cats of all sizes, colors and shapes;
even though they get in a lot of scrapes.
I...

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It's an overcast and rainy day
A day to stay in and be cosy
Gaze out the window and dream of stuff
As you begin to feel real dozy

Time to write some clever rhymes
As you don your creative...

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There's a guy on the Soup
His name is Drake
A very talented soul
His comments on my poems
Are like no other
Cherished as pieces of gold

A writer like Drake
To appreciate my stuff
Is a feather in my old chapeau
I'm...

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Country Dance

“Come,” she said; “tell me lies,
Too many truths suck the air dry! 
Let's be merry and dance to the tune
Of the country orchestra under the moon.”

Oh, how Renoir could capture the scene,
Of love’s blossoming...

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green with envy a master's wife-portrait-not still life oh marguerite oh so sweet
in pretty dress,so neat la chevelure- locks in shock matisse,ma cher lorette,ma petite so sad,so sweet one of three,enfamille her...

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