Long Euchre Poems

"Azure Vistas"

Azure vistas presented themselves to me
rolling inwards the clouds like tumbleweeds
mercilessly bump fallen angels off the map
like torrents of rain falling petulantly on blunt contracts

I glimpsed the sweet refrain of a resurrection
swift upon a...

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"Brave Heart"



O what Leonine love
could sway 
iron clad heart
to move closer 

reflection 
watches stealth like
under cover 
kneads softly 

some kind need 
from altered
genuflection
wrong gone right

an eye remains
genuine to see 
evermore clearly
the truth of light

words from...

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"Here rise to life again, dead poetry!
Let it, O holy Muses, for I am yours,
And here Calliope, strike a higher key,
Accompanying my song with that sweet air
which made the wretched Magpies feel a blow
that turned...

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"50 Words for Poe: Witch"




She liked driving fast
The number plate in the dust
Read DOT.OZ.LimaLimaBrava 
Their destination was Wichita

Foot to the Floor 
Off Route 66 Silver Lady purred
Some Kansas backwater 
Galena sped by in a blur

He...

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"50 Words for Poe:  Heathrow"




They landed at Heathrow,
Columbus in tow on tight leash
had not frisked the stewardess’ skirts 
as they to’d and thro’d past him down the aisle, 
like Fembots, bullets pointing all in...

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From dawn until dusk, he worked hard each day,
Delivering cement, no matter the pay.
In sturdy work boots, he’d march with pride,
For Coca-Cola, he traveled far and wide.
We'd choose the turns, he'd take the wheel,
Along the...

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"Possums on the  Run - Part 1"


Well she ran away
danced the F.U.	 
Revolutionary Dance
Jokers are trumps
Euchre, 500, 
Queens Slippers
no Deuce, no Romance

Holey holy 
blue jeans torn and buried
underneath the house 
with uneaten sandwiches
going mouldy...

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In their mid eighties, they no longer worry about the fashion 
his biggest worry is will she walk away from the bathtub again 
she sleeps all day he rides his bike, checks in,  now...

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A crimson dragon-
fly, Why! never seen one of
those before, here; - my

Beach, these febriled oh-
pressive days, re-bleaching to
a 14Mil-Shill 

only "Ernst & Friends" 
only know; so I meande 
this other, other 

tres Yoga place, Ma-
ma...

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My mood is down and utterly despondent
When friend Ron doesn't show up for euchre
Michelle has him running errands again
Really miss that big old palooker

He makes the evening a total blast
With his kibitzing and strange look...

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For the last seven years I've had a buddy
I call him “Later-On-Ron”
Became good friends  much later in life
Never known a tighter bond

Could even go years without seeing Ron
Nothing would change I know
A friend like...

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What's happened to modern day families
They once were a tight little group
The kids would visit Granny and Gramps
Someone would bring homemade soup

Folks arrived bearing goodies and sweets
And put all their stuff in the fridge
The kids...

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What's happened to modern day families
They once were a tight little group
The kids would visit Granny and Gramps
Someone would bring homemade soup

Folks arrived bearing goodies and sweets
And put all their stuff in the fridge
The kids...

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“hearts are trumps”




There goes my heart
thump thump thump
Euchre dealt again

collect from 
the kitty
a Kingfisher

The Best Bower 
Red Right 
playing for tricks

No trumps

She keeps 
her Joker
close

Queen’s slippers
Long jacket
and a short skirt

Minds are
Diamonds
best eaten with Cake

(LadyLabyrinth/2020)




“The Gift”
https://youtu.be/eOFeSM1E2F0



“Short...

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