Long Charlies Poems

we sat, my brother and I
leaning against the old wood pannels of the room
the smoke engulfed us like breath
as the threat of violence loomed

his voice was quiet still
passion and regret burned in his eyes
when he...

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I was working up Loch Valley logging for a local mill;
camping in a make-shift hut I built half way up a struggling hill.
I worked till lunchtime every Friday, then came in from the scrub,
spending Friday...

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by: Poet destroyer 

I investigated many poems today
Friendly people on this (Love Boat)
Everybody different in their own way
The evidence I found is hidden in every poetry line
Mysteriously, one poet comes from (Fantasy Island)

I am filing...

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Remember Beefsteak Charlies?
I don’t remember the last time I saw one
but every time I see one of those
tomatoes, I remember Charlie
my Charlie, the one who befriended me
he didn’t have to, after all					
he was my grandfather.
Charlie...

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Every shogun nation wanna be 
in war visor control
Commandeer the missile steering wheel,
be the king of the road

Likewise, imperial power lust eyes
wanna be the top wing of the hive
Taste all the money honey they see...

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Winter storm Blizzard, dangerous 
White out conditions.   An unassuming man
From Puerto Rico was driving in it, when
He and hundreds of others were forced to
Exit the interstate.  

He was glad, as he had...

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I was just a little lost cat,
            so afraid when that wild, crazy tornado hit;
so, I hopped into a nearby basket lying quite flat,
then,...

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1930s Dirranbandi as mum Nelly says

In the town of Dirranbandi near the Cubbie cotton farm
was sea of Wilga trees with their dark green leafy charm
the Goats ate green Wilga standing on their back legs 
(...

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Charlie was the instrument
behind his investigating team
though no one saw his face
the telephone link worked a dream
 
John Bosley was the head
making sure operations did smoothly run
keeping the angels united together
in the battle defeating crime...

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And there’s a Charlie
A character curiously cartooning
One of the Charlie’s careening and in crusade
Maybe someday he’ll be in a Macy Day parade

Charlie Chicken 1942 anthropomorphic chicken
And there’s Charlie Beary, a big daddy bear
Charlie of the...

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The oracle leaps through no ruinous time…
Benjamin was the boldest of the four. And whether the four were 
The Sons of Peace, or the Fathers of Pride, or the Sisters of Charlies, 
Or the Mothers...

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welcome new spring
and the rain
birds that sing
vines that chain
flower blooms
a blue sky
air perfumes
and clouds up high

and the birds fluttering a wing
a wild woodland terrain
sweet butterflies that cling
a running horses mane
wildflowers around tombs
wind like a...

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I am from Northern Ireland, from Potatoes and Green Fields, Damp rainy weather, I am from the Middle of nowhere, I am from slate tiles, from fireworks,
I’m from Willows and Pete Moss, from I Spy...

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The bird was blue
in the dew morn,
he threw his words

From a branch place
his home base claim,
his face was, sour 


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January 27, 2019


Poetry/Than-Bauk/Angry Bird
Copyright Protected, ID 19-1108-665-02
All Rights Reserved.  Written under Pseudonym.


Written for the contest,...

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