Long Courtesies Poems

MY Collaboration with Ricky Nelson in the Last Days of 1980

The eventful news of that day about what was found on board that crashed plane, won't replace that particular memory of Mr. Rick Nelson's hearty...

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III

Kept out
   kept out he was: muzzled and shut out
from mothering social approval
    and the usual conning courtesies

Kept shut
  Involuting in the hippo-lipped paranoïa
from the darling eyes of his...

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If I was to take a word, say focus,
Stand it on its head,
And ask with growing sense of dread,
Why my friend did you just now,
Fly upon this particular 
Moment’s verbal locus?
Torture I might answer, like...

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All hail thy – sweet – small – courtesies of life.
For smooth do they make the road of it.
Grace and beauty – they cut so deep not unlike a knife -
They beg all inclinations toward...

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extracted

smiling; hello 

It's been a long day, tired off all the repetitive noise:

Move slow
Times fast
Why won't
You go
I'm important
Are you important
To me

Extracted

Hello; Smiling

Digging into a word; something about electricity, a connection; might discourage it. The sun...

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Grand Ma


Depending on a day’s mood-
Grand Ma my mind recalls;
Saint or Devil in the wood
For fast writ on the walls!!!

Ah! Lovely Devil was she
She’d catch you up the tree
Or acted a wise witty witch
Fishing you...

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I
Cattle Egrets have lifted my Spirits
Here in Ft. Beaufort, dirty, not dirt
BY choice, folk in small spaces
Hide from Civilization, national mandates
On Environmental Courtesies and Policies
But these birds survive and thrive
While feces flow from poor piping...

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There are many tricks to the slave trade the face we wear is one.
Cheerful Smiling faces, happy high fives dancing under the sun.
Cover the truth as best you can is instructed to every man.
To fake-it-til-you-make-it...

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*Image of My Cup Runneth Over by Church atta Creek.

A Cup Runneth Over


we're sorry no pets
poststorm dog barks wag nonstop
an arched cat hisses

cool shades show a view
advanced a treat much delight
sun-kissed blossoming

a smile comes my...

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One summer eve in Galilee
I stood before my open door;
to me it seemed just one more night--
like all the others gone before.
Someone would come and, passing by,
would hear the tinkling of the bells,
would see the...

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People with snake attitude ,
                wickedness is in them and all are shrewd,
       ...

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22 Years And Counting        ( Recovery From Life)


The separation of love from soul 
a dreadful death itself.
Stripped of denial, now a raw wound, 
time is the only true...

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Beyond boundaries, beyond humdrum of human race,
Beyond provinces mundane, among mysteries of space,
There is a realm of thriving wonderment, an idyllic place,
A place of peace and goodwill, hosting heavenly grace,

Where pavements glittering gold beautify every...

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Beautiful Ones

Aloft in the steam, they look like Eagles.
Perched now on the edge of the bowl,
proud courtesies peck the kind and meek
with true meanings and Premier trophies.

Unprecedented vanity creates illusion 
with self appointed monarchs. 
Court...

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Mid February dreams amongst the winds of change 
I am waiting for the season to relinquish its hold 
like the frost on the  rooftops, the snow at my door 
sooner or later will be...

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It was a token gesture
A hand he offered me
Emerging from my cab
Stormy night in the city

I didn’t know his name
But I’ll not forget his face
For he helped me gently
To a safer place

Blue eyes and thick...

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*Image of The Spiritual Gift by Pixabay.

Gift Of A Lifetime

Fortuitous rise o'er Heaven's Gate, Grace courtesies with thy breath,
Gift of life crafts thy mercy being tis naught origin or edge about such,
Therefore, gratuitous deeds innately...

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*Image of Purple Vanda Orchids Floral & Lei by EFC & Sziv.


Prolix Pageantry

Pulsations of veinuous royalty
courtesies yond the proverbial realm.
Majestic interludes flamboyantly
acquired vesper's affections, overwhelm.

Cupid cedes ecliptic earth's lauded star,
hauling affianced light neath golden rays.
Purple...

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Broken-Hearted Woman’s Song

This is a broken-hearted woman’s song
with lyrics that would make the angels weep
of loneliness in life that lasted much too long
a disappointing, sorrow that cut deep.

Many nights this woman’s tears were shed for...

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Marauding herdsmen, simple
 in disposition,
 but yet
 sophisticatedly armed
 straddling an AK47 as 
 the rod of a stockman.

The simple farmers, genial
 in disposition garnished
 with infectious courtesies
 straddling simple tools.

It's a fight to the...

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DOIN' JUST FINE
Dr. Jim Martin

“How ya’ doin’?” was his usual greeting,
As each morning there was the routine meeting.
“Doin’ pretty well,” I’d usually reply,
And wonder if he ever, really cared why.

Then one day much to his...

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HAPPY 1


Happy finds me with fond appeal,
Bubbly I see how time reveals.


   Happy shows me old-time appeal,
   Calmly I see that fine goodwill.


Happy tells me a lovely tale,
Zesty I see sparks...

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She had me restored to my mummy
After disappearing like a needle
And made me quit acting dummy
And worshipping a TV Idol.
Clearly My social mother
Also, on merit Biological
Quieting a hostile Brother
Increasingly rashly illogical …

A woman who could’ve...

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Who Do You Think I Am?

Who do you think I am?
I am an enigma!
No one can know me inside out
And I won't let anyone 
Invade into my threshold
To rummage me
Room for everyone
In my open heart
Door...

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*Image of Tea & More by EverPic.

The Mettle of Mom's Kettle

Dear mother's tea kettle.
She purges impurities daily.
She satisfies it with freshness.
Encounters gained exponentially.
She alights the stagnant to awaken.
Temperate measures brew righteously.
Truly divine profoundness spirits a...

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