Long Farmyard Poems

Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Famous poets dedication series, Part One

I.

O' Man Of Perishable Earth

O' priest of golden sun
where hides thy black heart
Pray each day, dark deeds undone
in light, great wisdom impart

O' master of ink and pen
where...

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Saturday Afternoon Before Jack’s 2nd Birthday

A Caravelle wall clock behind me
  ticks away muffled minutes,
Its black pointed hands 
   reaching upward and downward;

The EXIT sign above the open white door
  ...

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Past unconcerned hens that distractedly 
Scratch
Under frowning protestations from the
Sheltered Lee;
Into the cloaked shadows lain across the 
Cobbled courtyard,
Behind which squats the twisted form of
The old brooding, arthritic apple tree.
Past the neat little cow-byre 
Hosed...

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Matsuo Basho: English translations of haiku about summer, life, sun, sunshine, sunlight, melons, willows, rain, rivers, hats, shade, sad, sadness.

Such coolness
when shouldered:
the summer’s first melon.
—Matsuo Basho, translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

A wicker basket
shields the coolness
of...

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Carpet spoke. "It is only Tuesday and already I am covered in pieces and all that straw and occasional crisp. I have no mouth. I cannot possibly devour it. Where are my friends the hoovering...

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after all the idiots who followed Camping
found themselves up shit’s crick
after May of 2011 &
after all the morons hoping & “praying”
that they would get a “get out of life free” card
with the ending of the...

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I looked for you in the 
corner store amongst cheap bottles 
of wine that give no intoxication 
                 ...

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"Fattening up time" the wall calendar read
which meant only one thing to old farmer Ted

Christmas was coming and there's money to be made
you see the bigger the bird the more he'd be paid

He'd saved up all...

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Miles in a coaster, a day and hours elapsed, 
Felt the utmost relief when the whirling wheels halted; 
So weary and dizzy, even a smile seemed so hideous 
But an in peace slumber I desperately...

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He goes back across the Sioux River
     and ambles around his old neighborhood,
Moves up the road from the corner house
     to take another look at the North...

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SAT NAM 

I am rose in sunlight breathing 
               Buddha in middle of balm bathing 
beckoning my Heart leavening lively 

I...

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If you're travelling through Dakota,
     near the Black Hills mountain range,
Send for me the pictures
     of everything that might have changed.
Do the deer still run freely?
 ...

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Do you feel the great turning, the maelstrom coming around, spitting sparks of searing birds that circle each other screaming in a language like pain? Blisters burning feathers, beaks and eyes till they ignite like...

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First Flight

Cedarwood frame and canvas kite,
Made at home with purpose flight.
Blustery day on pastured ground,
Early reluctance now skyward bound.

The tug is strong and pulling hand,
Resilient aircraft takes command.
My feet have risen from their base,
Clasping tight,...

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The concept of a royal family
Is such a ludicrous thing,  
Products of privileged inbreeding  
Worshipped as Queen  or king.
So, when the current one dies
And, I stress, and only then
He should be replaced...

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December, look outside and watch the young they believe in Father Christmas,
Clear sharp, bright days brace the nerves, standing under mistletoe and holly,
A feeling of pleasure lives in our heart our lungs some go for...

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Ma was in the pantry with no food to make a snack
‘Pa,’ she said, ‘go get your coat and leave this foodless shack,
You’d better take your bang bang and don’t think of coming back
Unless you’ve...

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Facebook is a website we can talk and play
Many applications to while away the day
I have made many friends some new and old
Many conversations and stories are told

You are never lonely when you visit the...

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haiku – senryu
JUST THINKING
********************
life... rife...
some strife...
it's reality

not all life is fun
get with reality
heed natures warnings

love thy neighbor
turn the other cheek
let peace prevail

no news today
for my peace of mind
how do others cope

rhetoric... why...
when quietness would suffice
have...

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< I lost sleep for my treasure though without eyes 
but you care less

You exchanged my sleep with empty treasures 
hidden behind your breasts
as you care less.

Though I found you in the pleasantness
 of the...

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( To be sang to the tune of,  " Steppin' Time "
   From the musical Mary Poppins... )


( Rams )

Here's the farmer, tuppin' time!
Here's the farmer, tuppin' time!
How many girls will we...

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The farmer cocked his rifle and glared down upon the turkey
It wasn’t mist that made the farmyard and the turkey murky
His muddy specs and ageing eyes had made his vision blurred
And as he wiped his...

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Farmyard Chat.

Cluck, cluck says Mrs Hen as the farmyard comes to life.
Moo, moo says Big Brown Cow as she spots the farmers wife.
AH, she'll be coming a milking then send us out to graze
with Sheep...

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It is across the still water’s discern,
That vision dreams the field unseen,
And hazy windows lamplight burn,
Yellow squares through snowing screen,
Behind which well-thumbed pages turn.

	In the depths so black and blue,
Crawl sleeping fish with mouths hook...

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Xenophobic areas of planetary curves. Cures can be located in the tinniest strands. Formed by time. From all shapes. In sun. In moon. And in very high winds as well as a calm cloudless day....

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