Long Damien Poems

*Image of Pala au & Nanahoa by Historic Hawaii
AUDIO: Couplet read
VIDEO: Unique Okala Island Off Monumental Cliffs of Moloka'i


Cliff

Cliff's supply the bemused aback.
Amassed jaws sink as all stand back,
tourist gawks, at paired land splendors.
First; mountain...

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       CLOSING TIME AT THE PUB


The joy, the camaraderie, the smoke.
The great ale, my great friends in Chicago.
Old Town, North Avenue, twas Chicago,1967.
O' Rourke's Pub, where else?
Smoky, filled with...

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Destination,Vegas
                     perfume sales,
            ...

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Ring the bells, beat the drums, and sound the horns,

Evil has been conqueror and a lost soul have became reborn,

My sunshine of light was slowly slipping away,

But I buckled down harder and bow to my...

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I am the one the word has forgotten. I am the one that walks around and never seen. I am the breeze behind you. I am the one who is never wanted or needed. I...

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There was a time when I had more hair and I was, I imagine, a little thinner…when our family gathered around one table to enjoy Thanksgiving dinner.

But as our family grew and our table didn’t…as...

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Enea, at the Scottish Court

The critics claim that this is far the worst
of all the frescoes.  Enea the star?  No
inkling here.  Can that be James the First?

And that’s the Clyde?  It...

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In his green anorak
With a red bobble hat
He was sat in the midday sun
He was looking so glum
Our dear teenage son
Such a look on his face
For the last place on earth
He wanted to be
Was a...

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One of the things I love about memories…besides the wonderful feelings they can bring…is their ability to attach themselves to a myriad of things.

Yesterday I heard MC Hammer’s ‘You Can’t Touch This’ on the radio…which...

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One of the wonders of life…like when winter turns to spring…
is how you never know what surprises the next season…the next moment will bring.

For instance: yesterday started out ordinary but turned in to so much...

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The other day as I headed out on the early walk I always take…in the silence of the morning I heard those familiar sounds a baby makes.

And I thought…isn’t this a wonderful way for a...

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In the middle of Ava’s soccer game…somehow it came to pass
that three members of my family were doing cartwheels in the grass.

As our family grows and extends…as in and out each other’s lives we drift
any...

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For our grandson Damien’s 27th birthday..
We innocently told him, “Pick the place…any place you want to eat.”
He chose The Brisket Shoppe…where their specialty is meat.

What a wonderful restaurant choice…the vegetarians in us hesitatingly said.
realizing while...

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The world is empty paper,
I have ink;
The world is smoother,
When I am the king!
The world is androgynous,
When I’m pop pink.
The world is my canvas,
Destiny makes me furious,
The written walls make me curious!!
I decorate the city...

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In Memory of my close, good friend, Roger Ebert, international movie critic from Chicago, whose wisdom and warmth…. left us far too soon! 


    Some made me howl, some put me in...

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When our children were growing up…
when life was simpler and our routines a little more stable…
we met for breakfast, lunch and dinner around our family table.

Our table saw our children’s laugher
felt their tears…and heard their...

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The story seems clear,
First we were given sight and an ability to hear,
But the story of man started when we crawled,
Before we taught each other to walk,
During our descent and fall,
Angels had existed appearing in...

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THEY MADE ME FALL IN LOVE WITH CHELSEA

Color blue...
Dan Petrescu...
Capi Dennis Wise,
UEFA the biggest price,
Celestine Babayaro,
Still remember him like tomorrow.
Zola definitely lure me
As honey attracts the bee.
Y'all remember Tore Andre Flo?
Our football was a masterful...

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I was rudely interrupted by white people,
But it was there dream of the 420,
A place that pacified everyone on the path of discovery,
A place where even Hitler survived,
Sharing input that we all could use to...

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In the house of commons, in Canada there's a problem' well
Your Damien; yes' he got wordy, and the speaker.?? He got nerdy.?
A word that denotes mis-truth; apparently not there; in use.?
In that place, it is...

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totally lecherous, yet  talented Damien
TG4 plays providence to his vocals
Tomboy Irish call him a treasure
today’s leprechauns use singing to entice
talented neophyte criss-crosses the Isle
tenors flounder copying his Irish flair
truly dolorous, they smolder because
their bombast...

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He seized the role and ripped it to shreds 
He chewed up the scenery like an insane Billy Goat
He snickered, he smirked, he roared, he raged
He bared his teeth, sneered and grinned like a demon
He...

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Silent and alone 
In this island church 
With Him, and Her, and Them,
The bowl was boiling.
I had to see the boils to know One
Light, one foot with no feeling,
Immersed in God's great chemistry, as
One heart...

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A little known fact, one eerie night in this lovely city
The Omen was filmed, 'tis a pity

For I cannot pass the cathedral and appreciate it's beauty
Without thinking of Damien on his devilish duty

Poor Gregory Peck...

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He watches me with soulless eyes.
His hands are cold as ice.
His lips kisses my beating pulse.
He knows what he actually wants.

I never would fall for a demon's heart,
for I've seen his darkest desire.
Though I know...

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