Long Ess Poems

Kit

Before I opened the carton,
   I’d chose the name Kit,
      Thinking of strong Wild West women.

Our little girl, Gigi, ran to my bedside, barking
   Excitedly, “A...

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I was reading Lakoff's story
of what he learned at Berkeley
about international relations,
when I found my RightBrain offering further nuance;
not to deny what is here,
but to add what is also here,
but not explicitly stated,
about regenerative ecopolitical...

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Bronwyn the Barbaric was a buxom lass
the envy of all her peers
She spoke with unrivaled swashbuckling sass
her pirate-ess fashion was fierce

She could charm off the arms of the most hardened men
how they'd swoon at the...

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In all honesty
I believe Love is actually blind
That she lost her road
And headed straight 
Into the mess, she lays in today
I hope we all find her, bathe her and clothe her
Cos she's really a mess...

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No one questioned her presence
she was conditioned to think that she
could walk amongst Gods
she was no godd-Ess
amongst the god-Less
 
she pulled the doors of the bar towards her
the neatly, handwritten sign read: “closed”

But “she” was...

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Moses and his sweet Molly Mouse 
have a puzzling dilemma.
They have used all the names they know
from Marvalee to Maryemma.

They have followed all mouse name rules.
Each must begin with letter em.
After their hundreds of babies,
they...

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(The tea is pronounced ESS-i-ac)

The tea I use was born in Canada.
Holistic doctors told me of its name.
This strange concoction does a lot of good
with curing cancer its main claim to fame.

Ten minutes you must...

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Convalesced amongst peaks and valleys,
Verdant and undulating over Afon Ebwy, 
I paid my way through the colliery
With but a baker's dozen of years behind me.

Seduced by the hanging-left red scare,
I rejected ancient teachings and scripture
For...

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A Jewish woman, accused of being an adulteress
    The determination: a gruesome, stressful test  

  Yet something somehow seems awfully wrong
    A verdict of guilty cannot possibly...

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I’m so much in love with a lass from above
It leaves such a knot in my gut
For it’s hard to kiss, one’s favourite miss
When her tongue dangles out of her butt

Her eyes grow on stalks,...

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Audio hallucinations, voices not angelic, they're atrocious and scathing.
No one else hears whispering every now and then: Did you hear that?
Going mad a big fear; her visceral crazy dreams are becoming unclear. 
Entertains, never complains...

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HER:
I'm on this blind date.

HIM:
(Baby, it's cold outside).

HER:
This date AIN'T so great!

HIM:
(Baby, it's cold outside).

HER:
I'd rather be home...
and  watch  paint  dry!

It takes me five hours to get ready!
My Dior dress looks sexy...

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To Curtis, I joke


            to baby avatar
   so you are running a contest
       picturing yourself as...

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Alas there i am
big fpur oh harriet
i see no master plan
father
who are you today
mother was 
a mistress
a doctor now a maid

you said the children were putting apples in the lemonaide stand
and you sia why not...

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The once was a man with a long bad tongue 
He wrote poor lyrics and never got sung, 
His lengthy words were a farce
They came out of his arse,
Smelling like stagnate garbage of bung.
 
She...

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What to look for?
Where do errors lie?
Are they in the eye of the beholder
or do they lie?

I believe I’m a poet,
a prophet of paraphrase,
a swindler of alliteration,
the rhyme above all reason.

I think I know!
Am I...

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ABC 

A---aaa---Aia is for amaryllis 
B---bee---Bee cause my ewe friend 
C---cee---Cee me not 
D---dee---Dee fray the cost 
E---eee---Eee feminineness 
F---eff---Eff is for fun 
G---gee---Gee eye still want ewe 
H---hhh---Aitch is for hell0 
J---jae---Jae is still...

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[Jenna recently described Santa’s job spec. I said I fancied
the job… and then Tom killed him. Well I couldn’t take that lying down!]
[[by the way… say ‘chance’ like you’re American, unless you are American,
In which...

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K I S S I N G 

When I was a young boy oh so many years ago, 
the girls they really teased me so incessantly, 
Bing o  is the Name o was a...

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A s I think
B ack on all those days of
C onfusion, utter
D esolation, I remember
E very blessing that befell me.
F amily and friends and of course
G od above loved and cared for me.
H aving thought...

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I had been fooled
She used her foreign to-meness
To arouse me into
Wanting her
She had been taught such
To find facts
Which she could use against
Me 
My teaching never included
That of the body
and my job made it
easy for me...

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I had been fooled
She used her foreign to-meness
To arouse me into
Wanting her
She had been taught such
To find facts
Which she could use against
Me 
My teaching never included
That of the body
and my job made it
easy for me...

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Well, now another cruise she's off to book,
On 'round the world' tour they just now unveiled.
Remembering her notes, she took a look;
Less than a year ago, for months, she'd sailed;
December until March, she had prevailed.

Cause,...

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MORE ANGEL THAN MAN
While you slept 
I checked for wings
Because you were more beautiful
Than a mortal man
Others looked at me
And saw my assets
You looked at me
And saw my ess-ence
Your presence 
Vanquished my demons
Your loving me
flooded...

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Mister to mistress, down from helm
Read that face, the –ess before
Perhaps a freedom, attached for them
Elevated men form, -ess borrowed for
Names so matter, from less we borrow

So men do settle, in numbers precedent
Security in titles,...

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