Long Cockscomb Poems

AUTUMNAL

            Clean clear cerulean sky calls Autumn after rainy season.
              Curtains...

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Julian and Joan were married, just as glitter is joined to crystal sun.
Julian was a famous violinist, like redbirds making music, in season.

Joan had a variety of elegant shoes. Of them, she was rightly proud.
Like...

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an open window 
and a shout of girls with blossom sweet basil in the hair 
over 
the salmonoids rummage 
the depth of the rivers 
the springs want to find 
to lay the spawn 
 ...

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You say you never heard
My prayers of last night?
The night was cold and gray
And your memory bold and gay
My bed of straw was bare
My linen- old and thin
And I woke up many times.

One time I...

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A stilled summer sky saturated and scattered with god song
watches a way fared soldier - whispers to a wary widow.
Creamy clouds canopy the concord of a moment. Minutes become 
mercurial - they manifest and meander...

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Morning glory, climbing post, daffodils, bright color
	boast,
Lady slippers dance about, lilies of the valley shout
Voices heavy with the scent, honeysuckle branches 
	bent,
Greeting all the lilacs sweet, bluebells laughing in
 retreat,
Spied behind the daisy’s face, elegance...

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FALL            

         Dry dying leaves leave branch to fall.
       ...

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Autumn

                 Welcome!
                 ...

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Now I am sitting alone in this
Funny wagon with my boom box
and minding my own business
along with a bunch of numskulls
who thinks I am a nutcase like them—
What a drag! And they think we are
all...

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Children of the Autumn Garden

Chrysanthemums arrive in fall
 Yellow, white, maroon or rusty;
Some grow short – some grow tall -
 They bloom when stormy winds blow gusty.

It comes into bloom when nor’easters blow colder
On hilltops,...

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