Long Everglade Poems

I cannot forget Trayvon Martin - slain teen

no matter manifold more young people
unthinkingly killed, who spirits aspire
to ascend higher than a steeple.

revisited and slightly revised today
March 14th, 2021.

One deliberate shameful death,
whose demise linkedin
violent cessation of...

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Cotton Lizard yellowhammer Heart of Dixie We dare defend our rights.                        ...

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A verbal warning this day
of redundancy, an end to
Twenty-four years of hard graft,
releases doleful innuendoes
from those safe, left on the staff.
Each dawn! That initiates, now
leaves the sound of silence
ringing, in one’s dependable mind,
each journey down...

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First stop is the castle but we have to slide past without a sound.
King Oberon and Queen Titanic may be sleeping on the ground.
They love to frolic in the dandelions and wash their bodies in...

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Two mushrooms made of marmalade
Looked out across an everglade,
One wore a bright red pork-pie hat
The other tossed an acrobat.

Nearby, upon a mound of cheese
A Wizzle blew a little breeze,
Ignawing what the Nondle said
As words flew...

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The whisper went through the warriors like lighting of the night
Most knew rumors of the beast, but had not had him in their sight
The valiant gathered and headed into the woods, ready to be brave
More...

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Poetic Licence

I've been granted my Poetic Licence,
Which allows me to write as I find.
Exaggeration here, embellishment there,
A free spirited open mind.

With vivid inspired imagination,
I see clearly the world around me,
Never letting the truth spoil a...

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Sir Lavalier joined the Crusades as a young blade.
Living the life of a vagabond in many a new glade.
Curling up with more than one pretty maid.
Until he met his match in Miss Everglade.

He wanted to...

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Once upon a time there was a particularly snarly frog named Jade.
She was fond of juices, especially fruity ones like pink lemonade.
Her brother was annoying, she kind of wanted to make a trade.
He called her...

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you've got your bag all packed
your monkey on your back
you're on that one way track...to nowhere
where every friendly face
has vanished without a trace
now you're caught uo in the race...to nowhere

you thought it might be fun
playing...

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in the Everglades there are dangers galore
alligators, crocs, rattlesnakes, and many more….
a cottonmouth aka water moccasin would scare me back to my car
could be bitten by a brown recluse, looking for its violin scar

baby florida...

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This amazing red headed woodpecker has a solid rat-a-tat-tat
Creating a bit of interest from my well-fed old cat
Shark stops stalking my cardinals which are way too smart
And begins staring at the oak tree with the...

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Gertrude is the sexiest thing I have ever seen!
The dolphin told me, and not to be mean.
He did not know I had a crush on him.
So I went out with him to the Keys for...

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Rising from the mightiness of my mind's eye,
Diving through the everglade of my endless thoughts,
Dancing to the tunes of my triumph stories,
She came, My love!, to be by my side.

To pull me out of the...

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I want to be free 
  Like a feathered flight of dove,
  To fly and glide over the world so free
  And live a life in a dream of light,
  Affectionate...

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SWEET ROSES CLIMB FROM THE GROUND AFTER RECEIVING ITS NOURISHMENT.

ALONG WITH THE OTHER SPRING FLOWERS WHO MAKE THEIR ARRIVAL.

THE PINK ROSES GLOW IN THE SUNLIGHT AND SHINE OH SO BRIGHT.

THE YELLOW ROSES BRING THE HEAT...

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Fu Man Chu

one blade of grass
hero to mask 
not a solemn type post
breath in machine
to ask for Mr. Clean
tragedy tries to lead whole of me
there he lurks
brave at the vibrant head most
change the heart to...

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She prowled the night horizon sniffing for prey
oh, my here it came, happy hey, hey, hey, hey!
She and her pack tore the animal quickly in half.
So glad to be dining on a baby giraffe.

They laughed...

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Lady Luck ~ (the Nonet) 



Tears, shadows that swallow other tears
united and out of control
eyes decompose like soft coal
water, in swimming hole
everglade pistol 
celestial toll
river pole 
dead soul
pain

~~~~~

All
over
again, pause
deep darken jaws
engraved, digging claws
deteriorating flaws 
still...

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