Long Dispatches Poems

Like Hannibal we crossed the pass and crossed 
   the Alps (okay, the Brynderwyn Hills) 
and a bridge too far on north-west passage.
   From out of the Valley of Mizpah 
to...

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We'd laid old George to rest the week before,
at ninety-one he now rejoined his wife,
no heirs to his estate, so one thing more
to do, and that's clear where he'd spent his life.
Downstairs had been quite...

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Callum is an old-fashioned man on the verge of becoming history’s memory

Ancient even in that he holds only one job but that is for privation of another 

Sort of a whiz kid at what he...

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...Outside the French guns continued to screech,
a blast rocked them all, and opened a breach,
morale was fading, beginning to sag,
the next day the French sent out a truce flag.

Ned watched from afar, he could not...

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War Horse by Steven Cooke

Taken from Cloven fields, 
Where skylark and Grouse Linger.
Into the bowels of a troopship,
No scent of Morning Dew, No Bird song
Only sweat and urine,
And the distant sounds of war. 
No light,...

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	The Selfish Knight and His Lady

Sixteen pieces for me
	Allotted the same for you
But, it always begins with Me first
Unless the 'me' is you...
Whereupon, like Alice in her checkerboard world,
It's up to me to find our...

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Chasing dreams for memories,
with bold stroke,
eyes are set toward an uncertain goal
that launches souls afloat
down a river never traveled.
A river of doubt.

Under the dark forest canopy
the cacophony 
of natures symphony
is unusually silent.
Only imaginations din
rings in...

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Oh! There is nowhere heavenly angels fear to go.
Sometimes they have descended into the fiery depts.
of hell fire's bottomless pit.  Dispatched there on a
angelic angel rescue," calling upon angels 911."

Some of those rescued had...

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The Dry Dispatches 

To the sullen cemetery in the sun we trudge,
No better place indeed to find memory’s heartbeat, 
and a plate of forgiveness inside its eating green gardens,
as human bones hypnotize the dry dispatches.
No,...

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 In the realm of self-interest, a curious soul,
Could not adhere stamps, sans wit owning a role.
 His tongue, like a rover in arid terrain,
Lingered on whimsy, a scoffing refrain.

 Precision eluded, in blindfolded dance,
Tongue...

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How can you draw when your thoughts are adrift?
Maybe it is at that time when ideas are ready to lead the pencil across its conduit
Thoughts are so free; they get to fly with no red...

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I want to cry sometimes 
Because the world has grown cold
No amount of sunshine dispatches the growth of shade
The tears of mine eyes won’t even touch the pain.

Outside mouths gift expensive lies
Selling young when so...

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Anticipation of heaven gives me satisfaction to wait.
Night or day, I have no personal interest in seeing an Angel.
God may choose and I will obey; but I would rather wait.
Encounters with an angel in Scripture...

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Army officer.

His name was Jones, was not Welsh
perhaps his grandfather was
He spoke a peculiar upper-class English
sounded like a monologue directed 
at people with low intelligence.
Jones was depressed his career had stalled
usually, a lieutenant was in...

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"A Spoonful of Sugar"


Upon waking
the green hangover
hangs low waiting 
for the weeding

the alarm sounds
like thunder 
the cats on the prowl
they’re hungry

the words 
spill out of my mouth
like a spoonful of sugar
stirred into a deep cup...

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Enterprising Henry IV declares suzerainty over state
Xenophobic princes seek the royal prerogative to abate
Cautious king uses diplomacy, threats his minions to subjugate
Old rivals in Saxony Henry's consolidation with tyranny equate
Morose princes in the hinterland seek...

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Benevolent touch,
Beautiful dispatch,
Blossoming bosoms,
Provoking
contortions,
A drink here another

There……
Long; laughs, chats
Short talks ,
moments
Big names, faces,
Titles, cars.
Small groups, braces
More and more
Drinks…
           Touches…
      ...

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Drapes surround the sturdy length of vase
With width reflecting devious inside,
Distorted do arrangements, super stars
Become the surging curvatures each side.  

Tint from shadows smooth botanic length,
Like Chinese lanterns mimicking the light,
Cerise like tissue papers,...

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Here is a man you all should know
A fighter a poet,a war hero
He's fought extreme battles
And never gave in
Whatever the danger, whatever the pain

He gave it his all, fought again and again
He dealt with depression,...

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A single stroke 
dispatches emptiness, 
in one ambitious line 
gives backbone to 
my limp attention. 
 
Rigid fingers tighten 
on the brush. 
The bristles slash again 
and incorruptible reality 
is neatly tailored 
to my artifice....

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The sound of Meaning
Wailing emotions
Whimpers with grief
At Logic’s intentions
	
The sound of Purpose
Whistling to dance
Spits in the face
Of theorized Chance

The sound of Judgment
Thunders with treason
Struggles to balance
Logic and Reason

The sound of Fate
Laughs and cries
Gets to decide
Truth...

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Dear wife when I leave my red-light-lit
war room behind me
can you tidy up my love.
Sorry about the mess,
I was a befuddled general,
I led far too many
into my own dark fears.

Can you put way my cluttered
battle...

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The space between us could be infinity,
vast and timeless,
a black void, a burned out star.

Oceans seethe,
spawning storms within their depths,
casting torturous waves upon a thousand shores
pulverizing land with their demonic power,
a dark, watery chasm to...

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Her breathing moves a strand of golden hair
that lays upon her pillow, next to mine, 
yet in this evening birdsongs on the air 
awaken me to listen and recline.

This errant bird, whose song dispatches sleep,
is...

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Foggy mists slither through the highlands
As downdrafts force them to the riverbanks
To the naked eye ethereal warm icicles
Among tow’ring long-needle pines piercing sky
From the other side near the rustic cabin
The yawning night watchman waits the...

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