Long Elks Poems

Special Agent Alan King arrived in his Buick dragging my husband to Foss park for his failed lie detector test where I wore wires pregnant for the FBI my husband was scared to death after...

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"The Call of the Grimoire" 


when Exalibur was retrieved 

from the rock, then foolishly 
and irretrievably lost 
in that dreadful battle most worthless

the imps encouraged 
the once good Poesie folk 
to jeer and throw pebbles

the...

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Homey eyes of peasant stew
A cozy-colored mossy mew
Stony cottage, snowcheeks bleu
The forest fins for frosted fruits.

The warmest thought speaks crumbly bread
A partridge purr puffs through my head
That grants the grunkest grue a ‘Get!’
To packrat out...

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Rocky Mountains

by Adrian Sutalo

North Park valley where
outdoor adventures await,
Great Lakes to Rocky Mountains 
journey, to seal a cervidae’s fate.

Roads past endless cornfields stretched toward the horizon,
acres tens of thousands of rolling golden prairies,
The burning smell...

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A cloud`s romance 
 White butterflies covered the glade like a film star`s living room 
still unspoilt by drops of red wine, cake crumbs and vomits.  
They suddenly flew up over tree tops became...

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News and lies

I read about a new type of grass keeping the reindeer 
happy and fat, this news is as far away as the military action can be, by Israel who are not willing to...

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Amidst reality of my life two single things remain 
inflection of your voice and glow of your tender eyes 
held safe by this memory we become transparent rain       
wild...

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I rise up early to breathe the crisp clean air
of winds blowing 'cross the grass wondrous and fair

Across the valley the mountains rise up high
jagged purple peaks piercing the azure sky

Eagles soar 'cross the sun...

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A run-down barn nestled among low and gentle hills,

it adds natural charm to a breathtaking landscape.


On sunny mornings, it adorns itself with sunrays,

making the screeching ravens flee to a shady spot.


Its paint is peeling off...

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The restless wolves begin to howl
A rallying call for the hunt
Watching closely,  ravens caw
As hungry wolves growl

Then the pack starts off in a trot
As the alpha male leads the  lot
The hunt is on,...

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Oregon’s, wildlife, mountains, lakes, and bogs
Fields of green, awaken refreshed at dawn
Where salmon runs the rivers blue to spawn
Drawn wandering above the sea of fog   

Black-tailed and mule deer birth their newborn fawns
Where...

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apes smile
ants pile

bats cleave
bugs leave

cocks crow
cows plough

dogs bark
ducks quack

elks stride
eels slide

frogs leap
fleas creep

goats skim
gars swim

hares dig
hens sprig

insects
infect

jays sing
joys ring

krills feed
kois breed

Lord*-blest
life's nest.

*Genesis 1:25 And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and...

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(center)Visions grow
out of our imaginations like vines.
We want to excavate a bare-knuckled past
with the jaw bones of concussed elks.

A cold moonlight carves them still.
They are the blunt teeth of a low wailing sky,
the works of...

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Nature I see you, you see me
Forest animals, I see you you see me.
Sunshine shining beautiful flowers blooming
Falling leaves embrace. Golden nature never erase.
Playing pretend takes its place
For imaginary fairies dance all over the place.
Drawfts...

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Visions grow 
out of our minds like vines.
We want to excavate 
the bare-knuckled past
with the jaw bones 
of concussed elks.

Wind and a cold moonlight 
still carves them.
They are the blunt teeth 
of a low wailing...

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Joyous angels an entire night spent,
singing with flutes they ceased to relent.
Shepherds lowly pitch their dusty tent.
A story indeed reminiscent
of ageless advents when we all went
to sing in churches in wintry Kent.
In fright we gazed...

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