Long Feather in his cap Poems

(alternatively titled: tardy duff fender of assertiveness,
especially after adjusting following insanity clause
affixed with rubber baby-buggy bumpers)

Methinks I nearly got snookered
courtesy CVS employee at store number 7569
(address: 1206 North Gravel Pike,
Zieglerville, Pennsylvania 19492)
September ninth, two thousand...

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Prescribed blood tests
present no qualms,
unlikely nothing askew i.e.
ticking time bombs
nor prone to catastrophization,

albeit anticipatory anxiety
plus demeanor of poetically titled
medical practitioner allays, calms
alleviates agitation exhibited
by dad's and/or mom's

panic minimizes si? no sweaty palms,
nonetheless precautionary measure taken
thumbing...

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    In 1755 a British army medical surgeon Richard Shuckburgh, while campaigning in
    Rensselaer New York, penned the nursery rhyme Yankee Doodle. This was used to mock
  ...

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Countless generations lapsed since height of Greco-Roman mythology conceived, birthed and populated vast canopy of sky and expanse of terrestrial firmament, whereat obeisant propinquity quintessentially remains stalwart this day and age as guise dolls dote...

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they crossed a wide savannah
and found the water’s edge
lashed wood with vine to find 
that laid beyond the horizon - 
that is what they wanted

they shored upon novel rock
came across new forage
and animals - and...

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they crossed a wide savannah
and found the water’s edge
lashed wood with vine to find 
that laid beyond the horizon - 
that is what they wanted

they shored upon novel rock
came across new forage
and animals - and...

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Bushan Singh Chib hails from the picturesque town of Ramban, nestled within the enchanting Chib Valley in the northern region of Jammu and Kashmir, India. He emerges as a rising star in the realm of...

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Valentines Day always found me quiver and bowed over

Ring with no feather in my cap only envy
at handsome man drakes with bucks,
who could bank on "hot chicks" willingly
aligned in arrow emitting clucks
fluffing their respective tail...

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Ring with no feather in my cap only envy
at handsome man drakes with bucks,
who could bank on "hot chicks" willingly
aligned in arrow emitting clucks
fluffing their respective tail feathers amidst
loud squawking out quacking

establishing pecking order like...

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Thanks to all, you are the best.
Rumplestillskin, I be. Awake 6 days, brain turned into porridge (What the hell is 
porridge??  Given my Druthers!  What are druthers?  Sorry, got sidelined there.

To those...

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Take time
Don't lose yourself today, no
Make time
to let yourself slip away, now

And everyday that I follow
I try to realize
I'm doing what I have to 
just to try to get by
And everyday that I swallow
another ounce...

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Tribute to David Michael Jones. 1895 - 1974.
A British poet, painter and engraver


Was a lad of 20, left art college to join the RWF*
"In parenthesis "was his write
A poem describing horrors
Of being a front line soldier,...

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Written January 1, 2014


I'm just passing through 
This tumbleweed town
Wondering why anyone would
Bother to stay around
When the truths that are spoken
By our mothers and fathers
Are lies told to quiet our fears
To quench the thirst
Of a...

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A warrior by nature as summer grew in sultry heat,
I sweated with desire to count coup on the first foe I beat,
Swear by my breech clout I would grapple in hand to hand assault,
Toss and...

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Tall and thin without a doubt
Young Johnny's all about
bound with tons of energy
Like a proud prodigy


Numbers he did count Willy nilly
Even when astride a filly
Jumping quick across a wall
All because he had the gall


Words came...

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two little squirrels build walls

two little squirrels 
having a quarrel
both talk smack
nuts are crack
heads are spinning
why are they hissing
there's a largess of nuts 
right there in the tree
but these two
can you believe it
are hissing over...

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"Simple Man"

I may never be the guy
that's the twinkle in your eye.
Nor that lucky fellow
that turns your legs to jello.
I won't ever be the chap
that's a feather in your cap. 
Nor that good ole' bloke
you...

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Another night in Central Park
For Shakespeare, as the sky turns dark.
My husband made the tickets hap,
A bonny feather in his cap.

A lovely evening, weather-wise;
The park, a forest in disguise.
The actors, practiced, prepped and proud;
The audience,...

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Make efforts to add one more feather to your cap
which will make you glide in the success lap
Mark all targets to reach in the route map
so that you don't need  to fetch a rooting...

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Another year into your bag..
Is another feather in your cap..
A life of happiness and joy...
Awaits you eagerly..Oh Boy!!

You luck will shine like huge bright stars..
All planets will support..Saturn, Jupiter and Mars..
Long life, good heath and...

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J-ust turn the other cheek, 
E-vening the black and blue; 
N-o two wrongs make a right, 
N-or another fault favors
Y-ou.

M-ake both your cheeks
O-utsmart the rude ridicule; 
N-either of them will ever
T-urn away from scorn so...

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How unusual this for male Seahorses in the Sea animal kingdom to get pregnant and deliver their offsprings? A feather in the cap of males that they can bear burdens in bellies too like their...

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