Long Clomping Poems

She wore pineapple rings for glasses
and walked like jelly dances
I didn't rate her chances
She used to wee standing up
she cooked lemon a'la duck
won the lottery, grumbled what bad luck
like a surgical nip, without the tuck.
She'd...

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I established a rapport 
with the Sacred Cow
and it stepped all over my toes
the oil of anointment in my crankcase
I was limping worthy of an asterisk
an army of monks couldn't keep me pure
laughing all the...

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I half expect to hear my dog
Come clomping down the stairs
As I sit on fresh, new carpet
Not the same of former years

The basement’s cool; it always is
Its walls the brightest white
But there will be no...

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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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There are many reasons I love my morning walks…many ways I find to be enthralled
but sometimes the best moments…are when I do not walk at all.

Today as I began my walk…in the street I quietly...

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My room is a mess - it's an archaeological record of boredom.
Christmas, Christmas, come on Christmas.
It's 4 days 'til Christmas. Why don't I go to my room and do NOTHING??

The clock ticking sounds like a...

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We got really dumped on yesterday

Was hoping we would miss out on this one

But must remember, this is Canada!

The land of ice and snow and parkas and snow shoes

At least that's the general perception

We have...

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My happy Aunt Petootie
comes clomping over.
Your mother says you write poetry now.
Her eyebrows are angry.

Uh-huh. I admit.
She is in full glare mode now.
Why? 
Because I like it?

Diabolical laugh.
Hey, Glitzy, get over here!
Guess what Miss Funny-Duddy...

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Running up the stairs giggling and clomping
Laughing way too loudly, alerting Mom that we are on our way.
Sh! Sh! Sh! our ten-year-old boss says.
Don’t spill the toast! It is cold by now but slathered in...

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the snazziest boots ever arrived by Prime delivery today
The lid flew off the box, and the boots yelled out “hey! hey!”
They line danced around the kitchen, clomping up my floor.
My husband came to see them...

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Fire breathing, ash streaming dragons stomping,
Across the landscape are ruthlessly romping;
Clanging, banging, with metal feet shodden, 
Bushes and plants slash, flowers downtrodden.

Across the landscape are ruthlessly romping;
Iron beasts with jaws and tails heavily clomping,
Bushes and...

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Sunlight is streaming through the tree limbs
A dancing wind rushes through the air
Two clomping horses mounted with riders
Gallop across a background so fair

Together they will face the trials
Of desert sun and freezing nights
Indian raids that...

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Once On A Festive, Golden Afternoon

Once on a festive, golden afternoon,
Trailing slow through forests primeval green;
Setting sun was low, eager to leave soon,
Its orange rays giving radiant sheen;
Images coming of stars and forested nights
Moonbeams bouncing...

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Apart from the worn stone-step
where drunks still topple
all has changed.
Now a neon glow backlights a plasticized fascia.

In the in the parking lot two blonds face-off.
one has extra-large ear bangles,
and she rattles like a Zulu warrior,
fingers...

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A funny thing happened on the way to the zoo,
You won’t believe it but I’ll tell it to you,
I was driving there and what did I see?
All the animals were set free!

The eagles were flying...

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Tender torrent, week long moment
while the skies fill dark and crimson
Back lit lightning, lovely, frightening
while my heart trips over itself
Call the whisper, brother, sister
sweep the sky with your liquid eyes
Tin the rooftops, as the heart...

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Ahhh! The smell of books; I recognize it the second we enter.
Maybe I lived a life before this life? We get my first library card.
Shhhhh! I jump a foot. The crone of a librarian winks...

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Rats are stomping three by three
Hooray Hooray!
Rats are clomping next to me.
Good day! Good day!

The rats are marching on their way
To kicking some serious petootie today
The rats are clicking in the very best way.
Hooray! Hooray!

I...

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