Long Espy Poems

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The Sleeper and the Supernaturalist

"The Sleeper and The Supernaturalist"


The Sleeper
shone as she walked 
through the Woods

shining alive 
like nothing
natural could

caught 
in the moonlight 
unaware

the innocent
red-caped roses stared
the trees whispered,

"beware, beware"

barefoot softly 
the Supernaturalist 
transfigures instead

from under shine 
she bares...

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Categories: espy, muse, mystery,
Form: Narrative


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The Gift

From the window of my chic city office, lost in thought, I gaze out.
The pedestrians scurry like frenzied ants below, caught up in their bustling state of holiday insanity.
In his haste to cross the street...

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© Tom Woody  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: espy, allegory, holiday, hope,
Form: Prose

April 9th, 2024 would be ninety fifth birthday poem for dearly departed papa

April 9th, 2024 would be ninety fifth birthday poem for dearly departed papa

The following words crafted soon after the soul of me daddy set adrift into the empyrean realm joining the rank and file of...

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Categories: espy, absence, age, anniversary, april, bereavement, death, father,
Form: Rhyme
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Beloved Face, Translation of Bharathiyar's Poem Asai Mugam By T Wignesan

Translation of Mahakavi Bharathiyar’s poem: “Asai Mugam” or “Beloved Face”
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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: espy, religion, spiritual,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
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Translation With Commentary of On Est Les Oublies By T Wignesan

Translation of « On est les oubliés » (They/We are the neglected and forgotten lot)
by the songster-poet Gauvin SERS
(For the last two years, this young unassuming Frenchman, full of verve and disarming airs has been...

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© T Wignesan  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: espy, 4th grade, anger, children, city, school, song,
Form: Free verse


Hiroshima eighty years since August 6th, 1945

Hiroshima – eighty years since August 6th, 1945

About fourteen and a half years 
before my birth,
yours truly not even a twinkle  
in the eyes of his then 
young father and mother
the former born April...

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Categories: espy, age, angst, anniversary, august, conflict, grave, history,
Form: Free verse

Please Help Yarn Hexed Door Neighbor

Please help yarn hexed door neighbor...

Yours truly pinned down by invisible 
vestiges of coronavirus and
getting attacked from angry plague 
of buttons, plus huge spools of yarn
grossly mistook me for human sock 
to seal and line...

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Categories: espy, abuse, anger, bullying, character, december, humorous, husband,
Form: Rhyme

I Got Friggin Heebie Jeebies

I got friggin heebie jeebies

Cuz buzzards circle o'er me
eyeing these lovely bones prithee
id est Roy L. T. Canard, Si
hence impossible mission 
to be lovey dove vee.

Vague remembrances of dream  
which recurred with frequency
transfixed by...

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Categories: espy, angst, anxiety, betrayal, community, environment, faith, how
Form: Rhyme

April 9th, 2023 Birthday Poem For Dearly Departed Papa

April 9th, 2023 birthday poem for dearly departed papa

Borne aloft into the netherland
the body bearing thee soul   
of Boyce Brandon Harris
birth name given to my late father
buoyed aloft united with spirit
of mine late...

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Categories: espy, age, anger, anniversary, appreciation, april, bereavement, birthday,
Form: Free verse

Yours truly embarks on wild goose chase after elusive pot of gold

Yours truly embarks on wild goose chase after elusive pot of gold

alternately titled: incorrigible lottery dreamer
big plans to relocate self and spouse
to some tropical island paradise
by the dashboard light
(the above line credited
to musician named Meatloaf)
upon...

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Categories: espy, adventure, angel, appreciation, blessing, drug, happy, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

Spouse Cannot Forget Mine Suppressed Flatulence Upon Our First Date

Spouse cannot forget mine suppressed flatulence upon our first date

While yours truly sat here 
at the desk housing MacBook Pro,
pondering his next idée fixe apropos
for gamut of anonymous readers,
he unexpectedly, noisily and effectually
exploded out rear...

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Categories: espy, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, 4th grade, 5th
Form: Rhyme

April 9th, 2025 birthday poem for dearly departed papa

April 9th, 2025 birthday poem for dearly departed papa

Elysian fields long since embraced dada's soul
which rocketed into aerospace
(courtesy General Electric satellite)
just a tad shy of 
fifty four plus months ago,
nevertheless melancholia
still plucks mine heart strings.

Mine...

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Categories: espy, absence, abuse, adventure, anger, appreciation, bereavement, wisdom,
Form: Free verse

April 9th 2021 Birthday Poem For Dearly Departed Papa

April 9th, 2021 birthday poem for dearly departed papa

Elysian fields embraced dada's soul
which rocketed into aerospace
(courtesy General Electric satellite)
just a tad more'n six months ago,
nevertheless melancholy
still plucks mine heart strings.

Mine psyche still situated awry
placid countenance...

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Categories: espy, absence, angel, april, bereavement, birthday, dad, death,
Form: Rhyme
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Translation With Commentary of Mais Que Dieu Me Pardonne By T Wignesan

Translation of Kendji Girac and Claudio Capeo's Que Dieu me pardonne by T Wignesan 

Lyrics by Kendji Girac and Renaud REBILLAUD https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP2jp31jFMc

(The two young French songsters' duet, now, yo-yo-ing in the upper echelons of c-Star...

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Categories: espy, courage, dance, encouraging, god, heart, poetry, song,
Form: Couplet

Easter as interpreted by one

Easter as interpreted by one...

rebated, rebelled, rebirthed, rebooted, 
and rebuked courtesy 
one ill shod Unitarian atheist,
who means NOT to affect
any sacrilegious fallout
nor offend devoutly religious 
man, woman, or child,
when the most important 
Christian holiday notated,...

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Categories: espy, adventure, bible, celebration, christian, easter, family, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

Spring also known as vernal equinox arrives March 20th, 2025

Spring (also known as vernal) equinox arrives March 20th, 2025

at 5:01?AM in Northern Hemisphere
out of hibernation,
sans mancave, I will climb
eastern standard time,
when calendrical, celestial,
and chronological prime
airy factors mark
onset of temperate clime
mitt, also coincides with
'super worm...

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Categories: espy, adventure, beautiful, bird, birth, inspirational, march, spring,
Form: Free verse

Incomplete Metamorphosis of Distilled Adolescent

Incomplete metamorphosis of distilled adolescent...

therefore he characterizes himself as an anomaly...any idea why?

Mortified, petrified, stultified, et cetera sheltered, 
and mortally wounded prepubescent,

I consider myself
analogously buttressed, cocooned,
garrisoned (for bing keeler), 
hardened, insulated,
where cell baited jumping frog
o'...

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Categories: espy, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 7th
Form: Rhyme
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Ode To a Tree - Synopsis - Epic

I.

Espy, distinguish divinely made lively, lovely Trees
Unisex Trees, inhales carbon dioxide, then breathes
out for us humans, life given clean oxygen
Stout roots run deep, holding God's earth
Also, with you we were taught our first lesson

II.

Animals take...

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Categories: espy, adventure, beauty, earth, earth day, introspection, nature,
Form: Ode

Vexation At Self Regarding Avoidable Altercation

Vexation at self - regarding avoidable altercation...

Today May 12th, 2021
at Royersford (Pennsylvania) LIDL,
when spouse stepped into checkout line
(minus her horse drawn grocery cart -
pushed courtesy yours truly).

While passively standing stock still
I (think Stonewall Jackson)
let scenario...

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Categories: espy, absence, adventure, anger, angst, betrayal, conflict, emotions,
Form: Free verse
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Remnants of a Saturday Night

Sunday morning early, five a.m to be
precise, my mind awakes, then gently succours
the body to arise from one’s mundane sleep. I
then transfer to Britain via 1ZB, listening
to the English football commentary, it’s worth
the lack of...

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Categories: espy, me, morning, people, social,
Form: Free verse

Sneezing fit tests nasal septum

Sneezing fit – tests nasal septum

The word Gesundheit was first used in English in 1914. It became popular in the United States due to the many German immigrants who moved there. Many Americans may not be...

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Categories: espy, 12th grade, body, endurance, health, humorous, husband,
Form: Free verse

Recurrent Sneezing Fit Courtesy Freshly Mowed Grass

Recurrent sneezing fit courtesy freshly mowed grass

circa June 20th, 2022
prompted me to stutter 
self addressed rapid fire gesundheit
nsync with, spluttering
“I don't have any allergies!”

An infinitesimal slight speck tickled 
nostril follicle – activated via an itty...

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Categories: espy, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure,
Form: Rhyme

Most Mind Boggling Mysterious Mortal

Most mind boggling mysterious mortal

Mystification prevails stupefying yours truly
befuddled, he blindly stumbles along rocky
pathway illusory impediments strewn helter
skelter intangible obstructions hinder access
psychological barricades effective impasse

detains, deters, detours manhood maturation
manumission manifestation materialization
linkedin, when permanent submission arises
beckoning...

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Categories: espy, absence, angel, angst, atheist, birth, courage, creation,
Form: Free verse

Antics of a Buzzfeed Ding Housefly

Antics Of A Buzzfeed Ding Housefly...

Non random, but (based on my very
     far out, flimsy laughably 
     amateurish thinking)
     faux feigned aye
firmly believe,...

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Categories: espy, 12th grade, 8th grade, 9th grade, flying,
Form: Free verse

Easter As Interpreted By One

Easter as interpreted by one...
rebated, rebirthed rebooted, and rebuked
ill shod Unitarian atheist

Though avast percentage
of stonehenge temple piloted ghosts,
harking back millennia
constantly zip unseen thru aerospace,
they unwittingly espy
woolly sheep hush fleeced herd
profoundly religious peep pulls
plodding fast as...

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Categories: espy, allegory, angel, appreciation, body, celebration, creation, easter,
Form: Free verse
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