Long Etta Poems

"Barefoot in the Bushfires of the Vanities"



Heat rises slowly to rapture flames licking and teasing
Blue Ghostgums to stretch and crack wide open
as Fire spreads molten sweet sap bleeding burgundy all over 
amber gold wild bush...

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No Roof For Reindeer

The celebrated sailing frog
from Montgomery County
went a courtin, or so the tale iz toad
to a grand ole mansion built around 1910,
and e'en 'pon
being razed ~2012 ah 
no foo fighting crash test dummy
(sea...

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"When I was a kid my dad left me in a bad way .... he was 
in the lives of my sisters and brothers but he wasn't in mine."

      ...

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...For a year they lived and were not bothered,
began to question what it was they’d heard,
but one careless night, though the love was sublime,
Miriam got pregnant for the second time.

Not long after things started going...

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When I met her , a very old lady she was , yet inside lay a frightened child .
I felt my heart cry , I felt as if I was touching history itself , as...

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By the teacher of children in a preschool class
Kids are taught how to listen first time asked

Have good manners by showing respect in school
Which naturally at times they disobey that rule

Life is a stage, each...

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I remember grandma’s hand

She raised us oh so well

She taught us the art of patience

And love for your fellow man

Oh, how I remember grandma’s
Hand..

She held you with her motherly
Instinct

Although we were her son children

She raised...

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To see you with that woman, it shatters me inside..
I hear her giggling voice as she walks by your side.
It was me that used to laugh at all your jokes, and I -
I love you...

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Zip pose zing the weather forecast
     donned wafted air
fragrant with flowered flora
     visibility for miles
     if ether crystal clear,
this high da way countless...

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Five minutes ago,
she knew him as her beloved son
Now she had that scared look in her eye,
memories just vanished
without so much as a goodbye

From her point of view,
she was always stepping in and out of...

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 With apologies to the artist, a reflection of 'At Last' by Etta James

Your love
found my heart in the dark
No longer am I lonely
A flame grew from a spark 
Yes it did

My heart
has a love...

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Something told me it was over
When I saw you and him talking
Something deep down in my soul said, cry boy
When I saw you and that man, walking arround
I would rather, I would rather go blind...

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parents or other nemesis with glare
ring (smoke emitting nostrils),
     an idyll escape for this heir
to the throne of the mountain king,

     (lion share of original tract
 ...

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The shortened hours of joyful times
When your hands reach, as shadows fall 
That comfort me in many ways;
Before the notes of dawn enthrall.

Before stars’ luster fade, then pale
When ardor is a faithful song
And hums on...

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Mr&mrs pen&pad
I use to think that pen and paper would be married forever. 
Computers took away what was ment to stay together. 
I use to say, me not writing is like a pen with no...

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Take me deep into the night
Give your soul felt feelings sight
Comfort me, make my heart light
As I embrace your vocal plight

Sitting alone in my bedroom chair
Forgetting all of my worldly cares
Close my eyes, you're standing...

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Etta was predicting
Stormy Weather
As Ray freed his
Seven Spanish Angels
Roy asked are you still 
Running Scared
But Ella was smiling and 
Watching Over Me
Peggy gave me that look asking
Is That All There Is
But Kris stepped in to
Help...

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Fighting Sorrow

When the stars refuse to glow;
And the moon turns off her light.
That is when I'll know;
You are forever from my sight.

When the sun no longer rises;
And the winds of time stands still.
There will be...

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I like the way you always remember that I like
my orange juice with pulp, my popcorn without butter,
and that I can’t stand squash – 
fried, steamed or otherwise.
I like that you understand without asking why...

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When you play a little Marvin Gaye,
And you mix it up with some Tupac.
You throw in a little Whitney and then
You add just a little Mariah Carey,
Some Ludacris, Some Mary Mary.
Throw in some Fred Hammond,
Aaliyah,...

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evil elise either emitted or emoted expansive everyday E’s
elroy elephant embodies extemporaneous entrails with ease
ellie eggplant embroideries endometriosis, exacting it to its knees
emma emissary’s elderly eels expect eyes to show off their ESPs.

etta elegance extravaganza...

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