Long Cockles of your heart Poems

Time bracketed between initial birthday and present birthdate

October seventeenth
nineteen hundred sixty one 
and October seventeenth
two thousand twenty four
represents, signals,
and traces sixty three orbitz
completed round the sun.
by one cherished,
(despite lapse of calling,
emailing, or texting),
nevertheless loved,
and prized...

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I stare blankly ahead of me;
stare into the cracked soul of the being who used to reflect a smile
- the girl I used to love unconditionally.
That love evades me now.

Where has it gone?

I search desperately,...

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VII: Give me time...

Give me time, they say it will heal
But I don't want to forget the emotions I feel
But that's not what I'm worried about
Will the future be as happy, is what I doubt

The...

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YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS DUMB - A Benign Parody

(with sincere enough apologies and more to those who made the original composition an all-time great. T. Wignesan)

Refrain :

Yesterday when I was dumb
I couldn't tell a song...

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Time bracketed between

December first nineteen fifty nine and
December first two thousand twenty three
represents sixty six orbitz
one prized Earthling
named Amélie Beth Harris-McGeehan
completed round the sun.

About half her life linkedin
with spousal enrichment,
(while hunkered down livingsocial
in Woodbury, New...

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As expected, Mr. Eartle will die on time or sooner
We understand India has over 1.3 billion people
None of them are followers of Eartle or his turtle wax
But unlike the soon to be deceased man from...

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Yes ,

I know I am a total and utter misery

And I never seem to be able to write
about anything other than doom and
gloom

And I also am aware and know that
it's no fun at all

And no...

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Ah, life would surely be tasteless without a ladle of Soup each day!
Ah, the variety of delectable verse to choose from that bountiful buffet!

There is romantic verse, hot and spicy, to warm the cockles of...

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Nothing warms the cockles of the heart like a cheery, "Hello!"
'Twill put a spring in your step and set your face aglow!
'Tis nice to hear a southern lass say, "Hi, shuga, how y'all!"
Or be greeted...

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I have listened to,your stories
Heard your talk on Human Rights
It’s warmed the cockles of my heart
On many a Bastion night.
The next time I come across, 
And I know I surely will
The indiscriminate victim
Of a Taliban...

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Farewell Summer Poetry Contest
Nette Onclaud
9 September 2019

Ahhh my favorite subject

But sadly for me you can not miss
what you never had

When exactly was it Summer
Those 3 decent day's in June

Summer is now officially over
Autumn is here...

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Oysters jump at an opportunity to die 
To be eaten before the tide comes rising
Directly from the sea before the shell
Before the dawn begins to smell of day
In the raw, in the sand, in good...

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Whenever a hazy sun sets 
behind some somber clouds 
and a lazy breeze moans
through the grassy plains, 
You go out looking for me
and find me nowhere,
Just recall those days of yore
when we were ever together
blissfully...

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When we are no more
will there be skin to jump out of?
Will we still skinny-dip in the nothing?
Will Summer rain still feel like
a first kiss and the last?
Will there be rainy summers
and bone-bright winters?
Will there...

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Ugly noises A La Carte...
Hick ups, Belches and worse than those.
Some; warm the cockles of your heart,
and singe the hair in your nose.  

Pickled eggs and beer, the eve before
never mix with office politics.
The...

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watching a naked flame
with its flickering orange hues
warms the cockles of the heart
reminiscing of scenarios
that were never realised—
.
crickets rub their legs together
in a serenade
the friction required -  relentless
like firesticks 
necessary for survival in the...

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