Long Crawly Poems

A Stolen Memory
A Mirthful Chorus
By Sy Roth 


We surrounded him 
Asked to let go.
She stared at the misshapen face,
Unshaven sandpapery skin 
Eyelids a tabula rasa
Fluttery sere skin
And we could see the humor blossoming in his...

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When we think of traveling we most often think of going from one location to another. That’s good but I sometimes like to return in reverie to times in my past. Places where I spent...

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Wouldn't it be wonderful to wake up one morning
To find you were still a child
So much energy jumping up and down upon your bed
So many wonders and thoughts swirling through your bed
No responsibilities
Just fun and...

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The humble cockroach -

Survival of one wreath speck table insect,
(poll ease pod din me Elmer Fudd speak)
thus earning hardy laurels
nsync with inxs of standing kudos
ranking as bajillion year old species
scientific name: Periplaneta americana
(Linnaeus)  Insecta:...

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Not really fit for you.
Probably slipped under God’s nose and dropped here.
I bet He wonders “who’s this” when I pray.
I’m surely not on any “living human list”

My life’s smashing all over,
Is it even correct to...

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The morning is creeping all over my skin and a distant wind is blowing cold breeze in front of me and reality has come back to haunt me.

“What are you doing here?” a silent voice...

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Porkpie Jones has brittle bones, and crusted corn-filled toes,

And sleety eyes and bulgy thighs, and brillo pad elbows,

His underarms are typical farms, and reek a barnyard smell,

Its quite the place for creepy, crawly, parasites ...

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Scare (MY LYRICS)

She ran and hug,
Why? There's a scary bug,
They're scary and they bug and bug, bug,
The bugs are a fright,
They're scary high and low,
But don't ask me why?
Cause I don't...

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It was a lovely summer 
the garden was filled with butterflies. 
Whammy the caterpillar was full of joy. 
He climbed the tallest stalk in the flower bed.
 Maybe he could see the beautiful butterflies. 
They...

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I am a real scaredy cat
and there's absolutely nothing that
I could do about that.

I'm scared of 'roaches
I'm scared of rats
I'm scared of spiders
and afraid of bats
I fear all arachnids
and I fear those gnats
Oh I fear...

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I do not know if I should tell you the tale of the persistent ghost
But since it is a campfire, how could I not? Being the good host.
It is spooky and creepy, and might make...

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Musing with Caren Krutsinger’s musings. I love
our dear poet’s imagination. Thank you, Caren
for allowing me to use your poem and a few phrases
from your poem. Used poem by permission.

My Food Flees from Me

Caren,

A creepy thing...

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Living walls composed of tiny living building blocks
Pinchers, claws, legs, holding on, gripping, intertwined
Compelled to embrace each other in this crawly house
Scratching on hardened shells, always adjusting, tightening
Ever responding to the constant hum deep within
Awaiting...

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I like cute dogs, poofy dogs, goofy dogs,

Wiggly Giggly Barking dogs, quiet dogs too,

Smart dogs, silly dogs, crazy dogs, lazy dogs,

Large agressive guarding dogs,

Those are just a few,

I enjoy helpful dogs, playful dogs, bashful dogs,

Hyperactive...

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Upon Misty Morning's Fast Fading Glow

Upon misty morning's fast fading glow, 
dance fairies on glittering silver wings. 
Flying with fantasies flowing in tow 
And sweetest joy such dancing often brings.

Above their heads the rising sun...

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The Boogeyman
Sponsor: Nayda Ivette Negron

He’s a creepy and crawly shadow from the light,
     squeamy and haughty who awakes in the night.

Screams from the child who becomes afraid,
    ...

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Upon misty morning's fast fading glow,
dance fairies on glittering silver wings.
Flying with fantasies flowing in tow
And sweetest joy such dancing often brings.

Above their heads the rising sun awaits,
its morning sun's time for shining anew.
If fairies...

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Hovering in never ending circles,

Some crawling every which way across the ceiling,

Others in deliberate lock step across your floor,

Will they light on you or crawl up your leg?

They don't even know you yet want to...

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I headed out hunting
But the game wasn’t deer
Was stocked with beef jerky
And a six pack of beer

I climbed to my tree stand
And tried hard not to cuss
Since it was located
High up on a cactus

There was...

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Poet heads up: No real spiders were used in the making of this poem.

All females sitting on a plane,
with the male pilot at the helm,
were sitting there having a drink
and chatting on their way to
a...

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I need to grab my bible but all I can do is stare
For it’s stood up all by itself on that shelf over there
And between me and it there is a spider on the roam
Why...

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On a warm, bright, sun-soaked golden dawn, 
a green, slimy, crawly worm woke up, 
eagerly burst out from his snug abode, 
opened tiny googly eyes, mesmerized!

He didn't know where his darling mother was!
He only knew...

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The creepy crawly things within, 
the corridors of our mind.
That invades the mind, keeps us up at night.
The conscious fight,Is but a waste of time 
the needless struggle to paint our smile
For the judgement of...

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Elaborate me through your fields 
Thorny planks of melting teals 
Grey as a thunder under blue 
Dry me upon the full moons 
Quench me at the brink fulls 
Then cast me down again 
Crawly I...

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On a dark, dark, night

                      On top of the hill on a dark, 
...

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