Long Dowdy Poems

Inspired by the painting "Highland Lassie" (1871) by Thomas Faed.

(Verse One; In introduction to Cailin)
Walkin' on the highways, searchin' down the byways,
Tromps a lonely figure on the Highland roads;
Peerin' from the Highdown, breezin' through the...

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Let’s sail away to Acapella,
A celebrity haunt owned by Penn and Teller.
I shall act as your prince, you’ll be Cinderella
When we’re sat on a beach in Acapella.

It’s not as sexy as Cannes or as dowdy...

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FILLY’S FAMOUS STORY   

Although I am pink, don’t ever think
That this filly is just frilly and silly,
For I am a thorough bred filly who instead
Of eating just oats, for my owner dotes
On me,...

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Three of a Kind
                 
  For Caroline (Kay) Levy and Elizabeth Bishop 

I could take certain scenes from...

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Charismatic Zoe consistently bears tendancy 
of softening strangers into friends
Perhaps resulting from her relocating frequency
Her familiarity with 'all sorts' hones empathy
Inspires trust, apprehension suspends

Fresh town primed to garner aquaintence
In the year charming Zoe turns thirty...

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The Fifties were really and truly not all that square
Though that dullard Dwight D. sat in the Executive Chair
And his frumpy wife Mamie had really bad hair
Matching those dowdy, plain dresses she'd wear ...

While husbands...

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Weekly this sorry procession
rolls out a parade of wannabe
kings and queens,
heirs unapparent to the realms of nothingness.

Girls with elaborate hairdos,
boys drenched in cheap cologne;
drawn to the main drag pubs,
solitary ventilators of the monochrome kingdom.

Factory gates...

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Perusing the tomes of esoterica,
One truth I've learnt indeed,
Not one book contains it all.
There's always more to read.
Axiom mixed with allegory,
Abstract salt and misty sulphur.
Is this that famous alchemy?
I'll find the quintessence myself.
I wonder will...

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Click a tee, click a tee, click a tee click,
Flick a dee, fick a dee, fick a dee, flick,
I do all of this to attract you my dear,
To lose you is my only fear,
I’ll sing...

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Trump Over and Over

Around with him have to hassle and hassle
So he built Trump Tower which is a castle
And of does deliberately seem to be proud
Can always be seen standing out in a crowd.

Trump surely...

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Like a frowsy, dowdy
old housewife
I sit largely
unnoticed
stout and squat
a sort of kitchen sentry
rarely appreciated
until some minor crisis-

Cough, sniffle, stomachache
a particularly bad day
or fancy party...
then things heat up
quickly for me!

This was one of those
fancy party days
no...

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Meditation in quietude, cognition spherical instils
Transcending  limitations of time, space, power, knowledge, will
Oh hermit, in the void of polarity interchange, be still

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Awareness gently outpours attention 
Resting all thought in void of cessation
Imbibing by soft...

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She's oil in the water, that refuses to blend
With a hair tie on her wrist, embracing the wind

Pleasantly dowdy, breaking rules out of spite
Above laws and limitations.  She knows when she's right 

Don't go...

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Pale the Sun's radiant beams turn to Night
As the Darkness surrenders Light
Whispers of frail winds breathe on my skin
Tears of love I shed within
Solemn, still as shadows fall
Fingers of Darkness cloaks all
But comforting I keep...

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While driving through an unfamiliar place,
It felt like I was lost without a trace.
My journey's end appeared so out of reach,
A barrier I couldn't seem to breach.

I happened through a seedy side of town,
An area...

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The new woman wore a red cloak lined in the prettiest blue satin.
I wondered if she had a pattern, for this would be a wonderful patent.
I did not know her name, but her style was...

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To Be or not to be...a vegetarian 

Christmas in Portugal is a dowdy affair, Supermarkets 
are open most days and there is no rush, and no expectation, 
the hunting for happiness, family union and all...

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Aint no life without heartache, aint no love without pain 
Someday Mister Blues, he come callin' your name 
Aint no life without suffering, aint no heart without loss 
Prepare for life's sorrows, get measured up...

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Grass


A Man of discernment the grass he gazes
With invariable appetite as a cow that grazes;
Grass in plains meanders with admiration,
And up the hills in its converse undulation-
He’s green, not with envy, but admiration!

The Idiot who...

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In the shallow mist of morning
On a dim and dowdy street
A child with a hunger
Has a moldy bite to eat

A dirty-double dumpster
Is a desperate dive indeed
For a sad and sorry youngster
With an empty place to...

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Together you came, in precious love
Collecting your feelings on a lonely altar
And were joined under our God above
Forever still, I pray your love not falter

Grinding in the great wheels of time
You shoved off on a...

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I am the most regal bird you’ll ever see in the land
With my spectacular plumage, I’m pompous and grand

My mate is quite dowdy as all her feathers are brown
But we have royal connections as we...

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MIRACLE OF CHILDHOOD REGAINED



Snow  - my dream  miracle, 
To me has always called, never  cold. 
Serenely reposing, softly refreshing
Like  flowing water over a low  weir. 
Submerging  sharp corners; ...

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I looked past the priest and saw auntie and grandma.
They were cuddled, holding each other up.
Grandma being Catholic was wearing her purple scarf.
Even though Daddy’s funeral was outside, a priest was here.

Auntie Maria was holding...

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BRIGHT    MIRACLE

Snow is my dream-home miracle,
Always called to me,   never  cold. 
Serene, soft, silent,
Soul-scoured, fresh, reposing -
Like the sound and pure spray  
Of  flowing water over a...

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