Long Connell Poems

I felt aggravation when the mouse trap didn’t work well.
That darn mouse got the peanut butter then he quickly fell
onto a sequence of old soda cans I left under the smelly sink, 
life can be...

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I had two cousins Mike and Ike who were air heads that stole
using their slippery butterfingers to snatch up anything in sight. 
They thought they were clever smarties, but one crazy night
they were driving and...

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HOW SWEET IT IS

I had just completed a Marathon, and felt as if I had run through every Galaxy in the Milky Way.   I stopped by Wal-Mart to browse and cool down. ...

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Whilst sitting on the Launch Pad
They await the final countdown
Their rocket – called TAKE 5, begins to shudder
The Captain is well known, and called BUTTERFINGER  Boris
The other crew are MIKE and IKE and a...

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Once upon a time, I saw a Candy List of more than forty types of candy.  And would you believe that people were actually invited to enter a contest to pick at least 10...

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There's a pesky mosquito hoverin' around our ears
If he keeps it up he'll soon be splattered in smears
T-Buzz tries to draw our blood
When he gets hit with a THUD!
We'll celebrate his demise with a party...

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A funny thing happened on the way to the john.   
I felt something magical coming on.			
I’m afraid there’s no denyin’				
I accidentally let one loose.				
Don‘t blame the quiche, Lorraine!			

I have a special secret to...

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Amidst AGGRAVATION of sin-game schemes, I appeal to the Almighty…
Beseeching His pardon for my transgression-caused BOGGLE
Cleaving to His compassion with mercy’s CATCH PHRASE
Declaring earnestly “I’m SORRY; please forgive me”  
Enabled with repentance, not religious...

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ANYONE GAME---

Alas! the smelly disposition your deceiving heart;
Got me mind-BOGGLE twisted as rotten meat such;
Hearing of those things those rumors in SEQUENCE;             ...

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I was walking on the heath near Rocky Road with Mike and Ike, we’d been pals since our college days and called ourselves The Three Musketeers. We’d just had our pay day and were off...

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Life most certainly has its ups and downs.
Sometimes life may be as breathtaking as a Galaxy of whimsical Starburst. 
Heroes and adored Lifesavers protect our most beloved towns. 
The pessimistic Goobers in life are the...

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Awesomely sweet is God’s Word* to my soul
Benefiting beyond Milky Way’s role
Curbing cravings for Charleston Chew pleasure
Delightful dainty more than Dove for sure
Enriched with wisdom, not of Smarties load
Fortified to triumph along Rocky Road.
Glazed by...

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Many, Many Long Years Ago
among Stargazer Lily, Bleeding Heart
and Periwinkle . . . 
This Dream Called Life
Shattered
Unconditional, love left
Without Lament
oh is there - light in the darkness
now that He Deep Sleeps Inside Dreams
where EAGLES soar...

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My speech was all out of sequence, my catch phrase for it was ‘mad gab’
I kept saying balderdash like apples to apples my brain was  a scrabble!  
Also I was hearing things in...

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One year I spent Halloween in New York City.
O Henry was the name of my taxi driver. I told
him to Take 5 while I stopped in a candy store
for some favorite candies to give out...

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Sheesh! I think there are ANTS IN MY PANTS! The strange kid yelled.
The rest of us started laughing like our HEARTS were going to fall out.
Her annoyance tickled us, she had not been invited, and...

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"And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive him, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins" (Mark 11:25)


The air was still, the morning misty cold,
and birds were...

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HOW SWEET IT IS

                  My taste buds are keen to taste sweet
      ...

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CHOOSING THE LORD THE RIGHT CHOICE

I want to live in
The second Eden
This place will it be heaven

If I had a choice between even or crooked
Lost or found
Even or odd
I’d chose life

I want to live
Choosing the...

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Anyone Game?  The Mini Reeses Cup Mystery


Yes, it surely did boggle our minds! 
And at first, only I had seen it...
but I knew to speak out was a must!
Some big trouble he's going to...

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This is Bart J. Connell from Channel KVIT NEWS RADIO
Here is the forecast today over in KoKoMo.
It will be raining cats and tigers out of the north.
You might also expect some dog hail and so...

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ANYTIME GAME ?

             Beautiful LIFE is nothing but just a game.
            ...

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POEM IN MY HEART

       There is a poem in my heart.
        Poetry is like the air I breathe.
    ...

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In life when I’m running a marathon race
on the rough and rocky road traversing the heath
across the rolling mounds, low and high,
I remember my childhood days
that flew away far in the virtual space
on the wings...

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I learned very early on that LIFE was a game,
and so many times I have been in a MOUSE TRAP;
any mistakes I made along the way- no one else is to blame,
my twisted journey has...

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