Long Crumpet Poems

The great poets begged for muse and not for moments stolen.
We lesser mortals cup in hand beg, not for attentions’ span nor
cause to celebrate, but Time; a worthy goal.
Seconds spent pondering half-held slow bled moments
shuffling...

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Silver lining sought amidst coronavirus COVID-19 onslaught

Two hundred and forty six plus months
into twenty first century celeb
and anonymous folks alike
gripped courtesy pestilence re: deb
buckle fishtailed, looped, roughed up...
wreaks/wrought havoc across world wide web.

As a secular...

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I’ll always remember the things that we did,
When you were my dad and I was your kid.
You were everything then that I wanted to be,
And you’re fully the reason why I became me.

We drew Indian...

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Two decades old,
Soft skin light toned,
Bushy brown hair,
skinny slim built,
Eyes blue as the sky,
Emotions and mind,
All so very shy.

Born a Capricorn,
Raised in a working class,
Ball full of energy,
shattering plates and glass,
Father held the iron fist,
Mothers...

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Feeding off the weary


Castor oil concubines in deep hip hugger moons
Shouting to the vestibule in torrents filled with rage
Voices shriek in rampant screams, off key to every tune
Changing up a photograph that sits along the...

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"Butterscotch" 

Butterscotch 
kisses
morning coffee
sugar in my bowl
a little cream
hopscotch 

spooning 
never tasted 
so sweet

morning coffee
a little honey
in my smile
tastes like sunshine
tastes like sin 
hopscotch begins

hot crumpet
tart cherry jam
a little cream

kisses 
Butterscotch

spooning 
never tasted 
so sweet

the...

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PLAYING   BRIDGE

Wedenesday evening at  Ruth and Cliff’s
Remembering  suits and trumps, no trouble.
Eyes watching  cards, no buts or ifs
When  you’re  vulnerable, double,  redouble.

Ah,  at last it’s break...

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Howling winds flung me into the sea
waves lashed kelp ropes around me
my belligerence grew when I was seized
anger brewed the tighter they squeezed

With fists raised and teeth clenched
I resisted the harder they wrenched
voice rang out...

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Howling winds flung me into the sea
waves lashed kelp ropes around me
my belligerence grew when I was seized
anger brewed the tighter they squeezed

With fists raised and teeth clenched
I resisted the harder they wrenched
voice rang out...

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Perusing the tea, what it brings, vitality, refreshing, or tranquility.

tea’s altruistic -
the elixir gives itself
to succor ailments

I warm leaves up when my hands and feet are icy cold. The boil arouses my expectations. The raucous...

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COUSIN    JULIA


Cousin Julia came to tea
Sat aloof from our group of three
Wanted no cake, crumpet or cheese
Only weak tea, and black, please.

Tall and rather pinched in looks
With a pointed nose for looking...

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For trick or treating Stella the strumpet

Got dressed up as a butterscotch crumpet

     Caught his eye – Jabba the Hutt

     He had hunger pangs in his gut

No...

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I was a torpedo, skimming the surface 
of the green summer sea; I was a mountain, 
touching the clouds at the summit, where 

Frozen ice-pools lay. I was a crumpet, soaking 
the butter of chat...

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In summer's red sunrise
Shadows cast of golden yellow
A time of day when dreams take flight
All nature's sounds are quite mellow

The dove's hollow voice, somber clarinet
Against the mockers' noisy trumpet
Now the sun rises higher, higher
As one...

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Forsythia my friend, I still cannot not discern, 
does a fiddlehead unravel into a lacy fern?

Lilly pads, flowered floating seats for fortunate frogs.
Monet’s favorite plant at his Giverny bog. 

Orchid. This word becomes a lyric...

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Connor Constrictor 
crept through the carpet.
Marianne Marmot 
marched through the market
singing, “Hi hey hi hey hi hey ho!”
Boys and girls join in singing,
“Hi hey hi hey hi hey ho!”
 
Tutu Toucan 
turned to and fro
while...

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Is there a humour therapist in the house?
Sitting here, chortling, do not grouse,
If you abuse crumpets, men,
You undermine your own best interests, do you ken?
Then you don't get crumpet, men,
Or is men a rude word,
...

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Drift in and out of the moment
Life is just a splash
So drench yourself in the madness
And when it becomes too much
 Cool off in the sweet Reverie
Where you'll find the cool cats
Swapping stories of glory
For...

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While eating a fancy crumpet
I heard an elephant’s trumpet.
Enormous trees began falling.
The huge gray ones way of calling.

I was the first one out of that place.
Running a true survivor’s race.
I could hear people on my...

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