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Translation of Eric Mottram's 28th Legal: Letter Jan 2, 1966 By T WignesanEric Mottram on the American literary and cultural scene during 1965-66 while he was the recipient of the American Learned Societies’ award for a year. (begun in the last post and to be continued)
January 2,...
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Categories:
duncan, america, art, creation, culture, music, poetry, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Connected - Part 1 - See Part 2 For This Poem's Ending"How ya' doin''" the youngster asked...a girl I'd never seen..."you're lookin' pretty good for a guy your age."
"I'm on the 'final chapter'," I surprised her, "of my life"...and not that long before my final page!"
She...
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Categories:
duncan, relationship,
Form:
Rhyme
There Comes That MomentFortunately, when I was young, what I perceived - 'my kingdom' -
spanned - and I'm not kidding you...seven - city - blocks!
But being neither worried about - nor having fully mastered -
the tricky...
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Categories:
duncan, childhood, happiness,
Form:
Rhyme
It's Not Too LateOne seat back from where I sat in almost every class was where this wimpy, red-haired nerd, I’d hated from the start,
Made a point of sitting, thinking - if he played it right - because...
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Categories:
duncan, inspirational, relationship,
Form:
Rhyme
One Year Four Months and Twenty-One DaysI have not penned a verse for many months because I have many things
That are undone, I have not penned a verse for months because the mornings have me on the run. Here I am...
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Categories:
duncan, abuse, anxiety, celebrity, character, community, courage, money,
Form:
Narrative
Manchester United 1958-Part 2 of 3Manchester United 1958 part 2 of 3
by Robert (Bob) Moore © 2015
the wing tore off when it hit the house, the tail was hanging free
the fuselage hit a wooden hut, and the cockpit hit a...
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Categories:
duncan, death, football, heartbreak,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Translation of Eric Mottram's Twentyeighth Legal By T WignesanTranslation of Eric Mottram’s TWENTYEIGHTH LEGAL (Part One) by T. Wignesan
N.B. If any one is interested in reading the continuation of the extracts of letters that Eric Mottram wrote from America during 1965-66 to...
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Categories:
duncan, america, creation, culture, film, race, writing,
Form:
Free verse
Manchester United 1958-Part 1 of 3Manchester United 1958-Part 1 of 3
by Robert (Bob) Moore © 2015
I remember the 6th February, in 1958,
the day before my 16 birthday, everything was great
I was working at the CIS, an Insurance mob in...
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Categories:
duncan, death, funeral,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
The Lion's DenI am in the lion’s den and I need some help
I am in the Lion’s den and some people want me dead
Every day I faced harassments,’ antagonisms and bullyisim
Venomous words spilling from their lips and...
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Categories:
duncan, appreciation, business, community, confidence, conflict, courage, devotion,
Form:
Narrative
Gramps"He made a difference."
Gramps, my mother's father,
Dave Luke -- my grandfather,
a tall unlettered white (decidedly white)
Louisiana man -- was born August 1888.
He lived 87 years. He grew under
the...
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Categories:
duncan, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, age,
Form:
Free verse
The VigilanteThis is based on a truly sad story from the late 1930s -
Late one August afternoon - the year was nineteen ten - a hero - from my point of view - was quietly...
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Categories:
duncan, violence,
Form:
Narrative
Friends You'Ve Never Mentioned Before - Both Audio and Text“Who was that?” my wife inquired, as I hung up the phone. “And what was that you said about a bar?”
“That was Duncan Taylor, hon. A darn good friend of mine. ...
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Categories:
duncan, humor,
Form:
Verse
MOM DAD WAR AND GRACE
Just the very thought of him, like an artist’s stroke of his
Paintbrush, sealed a promise of a lifetime of tomorrows.
I finally had found myself and, knew my purpose in life.
The instant you were within sight,...
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Categories:
duncan, animal, world war ii,
Form:
Narrative
One Year AgoWell, it has been one year since I joined Poetry Soup.
I smile now, because I have met this wonderfully diverse group.
August 7th, 2013 was a day that would change my life.
I finally found the place...
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Categories:
duncan, anniversary, appreciation, friendship, inspiration, poetry, poets, thank
Form:
Couplet
Zenith University
Zenith University
I am a proud graduate
of Zenith University,
where the quality stays on
until the little dot
shrinks and goes away.
I attended that fine institution
with Tom and Jerry,
Heckl, Jeckl, Mickey, Minnie,
Da?y, Donald, Daisy,
Huey, Dewey, Louie,
Speedy, Wile E., Gumby, Pokey,
Yogi, Boo Boo, Dino, Chucko,
Hobo Kelley, Lassie, Bozo,
Betty, Barney, Bam Bam Rubble,
Wilma, Pebbles, Fred,
Casper, Felix, Sheri? John,
Gentle Ben, and Mr. Ed.
Astro, Elroy,
Judy, George, and Jane--
Eddie Haskell, Wally Cleaver,
Mom and Dad and Little Beaver.
Favorite Martian--Flying Nun,
James Arness--smoking gun,
Spanky and Alfalfa,
Larry, Moe, and Curly.
Tests consisted
of posted patterns.
To see those,
you had to get up early
like Jack LaLanne and Buns of Steel,
Captain Kangaroo.
Mid-morning classes included
Monte Hall (quite a deal),
Bob the Barker (not the builder).
Allen Ludden passed the words, ...
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Categories:
duncan, appreciation, celebrity, education, fun, school, student,
Form:
Rhyme
Macbeth Makes His MoveMacbeth Makes His Move
By Elton Camp
Because I am called a Thane,
I let it come to make me vain.
King Duncan was not only my friend,
But to him I am also of very close kin
But on a...
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Categories:
duncan, introspectionme, woman, me,
Form:
Rhyme
Manchester United 1958-Part 3 of 3Manchester United 1958-3 of 3
by Robert (Bob) Moore © 2015
I heard Jackie, crying, and when I turned around
I saw the body of Roger Byrne, lay across him on the ground
Jackies arm was bleeding bad, so...
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Categories:
duncan, death, football, obituary,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Glossaryamuck - adverb.flailing in all directions, about, around - His ideas ran amuck.
brang – verb, past tense.bring – You ring, you rang, I bring, I brang.
chipps - noun, plural.an asset for selling, a favor owing,...
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Categories:
duncan, hilarious, humor, humorous, word play, words, writing,
Form:
ABC
The Blood Will StainMacbeth, remove this blood, I command you!
Give me the strength to see another day through
It’s hit me what I’ve truly done
Sanity has been lost but power has been won
Was it worth it...
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Categories:
duncan, anger, literature,
Form:
Rhyme
The Boy At Ticonderoga, Part Ii...Duncan’s unit, the 42nd,
was placed in the center of the mass,
the French would crumble quick, he reckoned,
when the lines started marching at last,
not knowing that no orders had come,
yet on the left came the sounds...
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Categories:
duncan, america, conflict, confusion, death, fear, history, war,
Form:
Epic
The Boy At Ticonderoga, Part Iii...Duncan pulled free and sprinted, half-mad,
tears streaming as he made his retreat,
he’d never imagined hell this bad,
and didn’t much care if they were beat.
All he desired was to get clear,
to run himself far away from...
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Categories:
duncan, america, conflict, confusion, death, fear, history, war,
Form:
Epic
When Two Souls MeetWhen two souls meet
To say that love comes not a day ...
There's no time ...
And even now scheduled to take place.
It comes suddenly and installs ...
In the most sensitive of...
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Categories:
duncan, lovejoy, love, may, time, together,
Form:
Verse
The Boy At Ticonderoga, Part IDuncan was a young British soldier,
new recruit at fifteen years of age,
a good lad who followed his orders,
he was a fifer who liked to play,
his tunes directed men in the field,
the Blackwatch soldiers who didn’t...
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Categories:
duncan, america, conflict, confusion, death, fear, history, war,
Form:
Epic
October Golden ChainPercussion plays once in a while beyond its curtain
In duo with the flash of paparazzi’s capturing film
Prelude to an exhilaration of blissful days’ chain
Where rain and sunshine smack on a rainbow beam
In duo with the...
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Categories:
duncan, celebration, october,
Form:
Pantoum
Pablo, According To Me, Part 1bPablo...according to me (Part 1b, continuation/finish from Part 1a)
Re Pablo Picasso printmaking exhibition at Bellagio Hotel's Fine Art Gallery.
(7) Photo - PP's living room (by David Douglas Duncan), Summer '57, Villa La California Cannes
...
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Categories:
duncan, art,
Form:
Free verse