Long Dinging Poems

My longer life
reads like a ransacked,
formerly almost democratic constitution,
Whether well read in organic silence
or not so screaming fascist tumored
rumor bad-humored
much.

Some days present easy milestone messages
to choose light-flowing life
While other days and nights
I feel forced to...

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"That's a dead triangle" the boy proclaimed without even a mention of his good name.
"Gotta smoke...?" the old man asked as he unlatched his case at hand. Pulling out sticks.
His time at the table to...

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Twas the night before


'Twas the night before Christmas and all around soup
Not a poet was writing, no words from the group
And I, with my paper and pencil in hand
Had just settled down at my new...

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I would be so excited, standing there on the railroad platform, holding my mothers hand.  I had waited for this day.  A chance to ride the train to Boston.  Impatiently, from time...

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I’m a witch of the modern times,
Nay my caldron is not round but square,
It has four sides square, and it’s called a microwave.
No bubble, bubble toil or trouble, with this new
Modern age tool, I just...

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[Written last year, or perhaps the year before
But youtube was awash with parodies in a
Similar vein. Unless I didn’t look properly, I
Haven’t posted it before... so here you go...]

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The fact is you rhyme 
like a flatulent behind
and that’s me kind
you’re a waste of time 
and time isn’t indication you climb 
stuck same place is basically decline

So it’s something you got in to
but it’s...

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The Valley Of Love And Delight':

An anniversary feting mine birth (date),
a plan we almost didst ditch
nonetheless the general game plan 
soared like an Eagle,
and went off swimmingly (into a dive)
hence we chose Wegman's with doll...

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You might not remember; it was so long ago.
Our memories devise tricks to flush away pain.
But I walk here in the alleys of remorse
During the darkening final days of the year.

I seek to atone for...

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So close, 
    all the prep and anticipation 
    aching to be set free with adulation,
    shimmer, sparkle, scintillating inclinations 
    push pulling...

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The sound of a clear Blackbird call
Echoed through the trees and over the fields making me stop and fall 

Upon my knees his song followed on and on
An angelic sound of music  ‘twas the...

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In medieval times, peasants began to weep
when beneath the castle, in a stronghold deep,
flames from mouths of dragons began to sweep
over the realm, tired of dinging too long on sheep. 

They took to wing, soaring...

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Tapping to "The End"

The tap, tap, tapping of the keys
with the carriage thrown 
in rhythmic dings to the letters
appearing on the page. 
Each letter becoming a word
then turning into a sentences 
that flows into paragraphs
of...

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It’s a glistening snow fall year,
As the coldness talks,
Eyes watch over the peer,
Through the park take walks,
It’s a glistening snow fall year.

The cities beauty lurks,
Outcome: scarfs, boots, and gloves,
The wind comes cold and jerks,
But the...

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Dirty sheets
Blank canvas
Washing on the line
Television blaring
Children playing
I am running out of time

Toys on stairs
Mucky baby
Hungry relatives
Phone ringing 
Neighbours singing
Dog biting my sleeves

Flour on the floor
Doorbell dinging
The microwave pings
Burning fingers
Oven smoking
Scribble a list for shopping

Children...

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Mommy! Mommy! See the Christmas tree
Shining brightly for the neighborhood to see?
And the logs on the fire are so sparkly.
They make me feel warm and fuzzy.
Did you know tonight is Christmas Eve?

Mommy! Mommy! Watch how...

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I rested my eyes and I heard a bell ringing
I wondered what this afternoon might be bringing
I gathered my wits and peered out through the blind
Frankly, intrigued to know what I might find

There’s children stood...

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There's a dinging in the kitchen,
There's a ringing in my head,
Someone's singing in my closet,
But, I fear the tenor's dead.

There's a clatter in my cupboard,
There's a matter unresolved,
There's a tiny pitter patter
Which is screaming up...

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This time of the year
when the cannas sadly droop,
Ma is saving kitchen scraps
from recent repasts
for a hearty winter soup,
and decorations go up.

Too early I think
with the Christmas ornaments
for commercial purposes
slighting Halloween
and Thanksgiving gatherings.
I shall complain...

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The world has turned angry.
Families have been replaced with technology.
Swiping and dinging has replaced listening and learning.

Drivers are enraged; impatient, unkind.
They plow over each other, like angry puppies
Because they must wait their turn.

Instant gratification has...

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Phones are dinging. Pinging. Singing.
Different melodies, some loud, most proud.
Skinny girls are walking around, not eating lunch.
Maybe they have not eaten lunch for months.
They are all taller than I am, probably thirteen or fourteen.

It is...

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snow day has now dawned
time for my boots hats and gloves
inner child smiles wide

energy revived
gift of an entire day
mouth cracks from grinning

shrieking at tv
doing kitchen cartwheels
call up all my friends

texts on high alert
wild emojis everywhere
pinging...

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Telephone's ringing,
Inbox is filling,
IM chiming,
You're trying to reach me.
Doorbell's dinging,
Mailbox is bursting,
Pager beeping,
You're trying to reach me.
Telephone unplugged,
Email deleted,
IM is signing off,
I'm pushing you away.
Doorbell's now broken,
Mailbox is bolted shut,
Pager in the garbage truck,
I'm pushing...

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Sitting on the porch
Soaking up rays of the warm sun
Feeling clearly optimistic

Chimes gently dinging 
Acknowledging their role
In today’s beautiful weather

Robins and orioles still and silent
Nothing obvious flying 
A sense of safety

February softness
Prelude to spring
Roosters crowing

My...

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What is it about seatbelts,
That cowboys find so bad,
And the worst offender of them all,
Would have to be my dad;

He leaves his belt unbuckled,
And it makes an awful ding,
What is so dang hard about,
Buckling the...

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