Long Coffee break Poems

I once met a gentleman on an Amtrak train whose name was Sitruc Nosttam.*He was some 20 years my senior which was a real treat to me because I have great respect for and love...

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The date of the celebration
(the second day of February) coincides
with medieval feast of Candlemas,
and its pre-Christian predecessor,
Imbolc, a day also rich in folklore.

An old Scottish prophecy foretells
sunny weather on Candlemas
means a long winter.

The tradition is...

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“When Hell Freezes Over”



He said, “One last kiss for my soul?”
as he lay supine life spilling onto his Last Sunset Road.

The sun had set long long ago.
She lent down, whispered in his ear
Cherry Ripe Red...

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Groundhog day 2021 - Tuesday, February 2nd

Coincides with astronomy's cross-quarter day,
marking the midpoint between
winter solstice and spring equinox,
which will occur at 5:37 AM on
in Northern Hemisphere
Saturday, March 20.

Small consolation old man winter
spans fewest days
of all...

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I start my uncertain day with coffee, reading both The New York Post and the Daily News;
sharing this destiny with most of Mankind:  struggling and paying with sweat my dues!


After a good night sleep,...

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Sending the tending to an unfriended ending,
 yet somehow suspending from rending a newly offending recommending.
Logotype monotype linotype,
overripe stereotype,
 teletyped an unripe heliotype. 
Guttersnipe snipe,
 stipe snipe ripe,
 a wipe type a tripe, 
unleash a...

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Welcome to the house of the dead, from now on everyone will be fed 
Welcome to the house of the dead, you can have that gigantic bed and a comfortable place to lay your head;...

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From the ashes of superstition,
like a Phoenix we have risen!
As he puts on his White Lab Coat
of Unthinkable Wisdom.
In reality... yet constantly dreaming.
Under a microscope he tries to find meaning.
Building blocks of existence,
a scientist's relentless...

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Hamilton, Ontario,
Is a steel making town.
You can hardly tell it, 
When the sun goes down.

The slagpiles glow as the big furnace throws,
Another batch of ore.
Big ingots sit on the railway cars,
Behind the big steel doors.

They...

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The Fairies are baking
no need to go outside,
it's too windy to play
they don't run and hide.

They have their mixing bowls out
ingredients for making cakes,
they're having a good time
thinking of different things they can make.

They get...

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A friend asked this simple?? question,
which provoked this universal answer session.

Why wake and get out of bed each morn?
My goddess!!  I adore each fresh dawn.

For starters - there's life,
each day a chance to lessen...

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The door to the bookstore creaks complaining
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Sunlight falling gently through the shifting cloud-shadows and chatter. 
Unsteady breezes warm then cool the surfaces of me. 
A muffled jazz number escapes a high corner of the awning covered bistro. 
Lyrics of "He said......

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So, young man, your ambition is to be
a bureaucrat? And a wise career it is!
And speaking from experience – now
going on thirty years – it has its challenges, 
of course, and its rewards as well....

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Wedges

He looked at me
huge chestnut wedged
in happy teeth,
bushy tail,
fully fluffed,
soft warning
of a hard winter
approaching.
He did not have time
to talk
no chatter today,
only business,
no time to dance
with the Robins,
confer with the
Cardinals,
hang around the
water cooler.
The Vee’s of summer
honking
as...

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Ain't nothin' like a steamin' cup o' coffee to greet the early morn.
It'll calm yer nerves and git you goin' just as sure as you wuz born!
With mixin's added to suit yer taste, it must...

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Little Johnny came home from school with a bellyache    
Naturally Mom feared the most recent local outbreak
Johnnie thankfully had no fever, she suspected it might be a fake
But strange and most bizarre...

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The work I do is not the most prestigious one,
from four to twelve thirty I drive...until my shift is done;
a forklift driver rarely takes a coffee-break, 
and being courteous and helpful to customers means a...

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I keep ringing your phone
Only to get back the last memory again
A voice frilled with youth
Laughing at the old man's obstinacy
One day you shall wish to find
In the centripetal torment of the world
I still pray...

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TYPEWRITER 
TYPEWRITER 
 
 
Have you seen an old old movie starring people in the newspaper businesses? 
They had a old timey typewriter with the margin set and the return was manually 
inclined to be...

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Wild, windy dance
Unnoticed beauty;
Wayside flowers

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Playground party
Small people mingle;
Innocence sparkles

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Drama hurls
Another TV serial;
Couch potato sightings

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Frozen crowd
Fixated attention span;
Molesting handphones

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Coffee break excuse
Chit-chat spicy;
Latest gossip

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SMS message:
Another sales offer;
Desperate times

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Vintage miniatures
Curious collection
Exclusive secret

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Sun beams
Dazzle bright;
Midnight sun

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Worn-out pages
Old leaves rustle;
An...

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I stopped by your desk to say hello today
As I so often do
To a lovely, young secretary like you.
Others may have thought something was amiss
Because I’m an older man and therefore,
My intentions must be nothing...

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I’m walking backwards up a hill.
A light turns red; I go
into the ocean with some cats.
There’s one that I don’t know.

He says, “Your clothes don’t even match.
Your shirt is inside out!”
I say, “That’s quite an...

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She wears a metal bracelet, oh, so proudly,
With a POW’s name upon her arm.
She earns her living working in an office,
Typing letters and filing all those forms.

The girls down at work, they tend to gossip,
They...

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She wears a metal bracelet, oh, so proudly,
With a POW’s name upon her arm.
She earns her living working in an office,
Typing letters and filing all those forms.

The girls down at work, they tend to gossip,
They...

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