Long First appearance Poems

The mysterious night tiptoed silently and abducted me from my bed
I saw a  dispirited district somewhere in town staring blindly at its
hopeless inhabitants whose passion lay motionless in ruins 
lamenting the vengeance for its...

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Sonnet Doubles, A Poet's Deeper Thoughts 

I Will Not Fiddle To New Hollow Tunes

I will not play fiddle to hollow tune
nor beg day, be lit by pale light of moon
life to have worth, must not...

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THE SHUNS OF LIFE
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS


This poor bloated woman, after nine months of inflamation
Dropped me off at the maternity ward, a brand new creation
She ejected me without a second thought or hesitation
Unburdening her of guilt...

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Come out of the black hole… 
Lie face down on the bed…I’ve been bedshaped all night long
Heaviness of my eyelids takes it toll on me
Fly…fly with your top speed…keep your head
Above the surface and take...

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(25 Elvis Presley Song Titles Used- (bold Print)


One night together, in your lovin' arms... 
dear Elvis, my love fairytale, you rule. 
I'm all shook up, stirred by your true love charms. 
Please love me tender;...

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The Kitchen Fitter
As the wire set alight I cursed his low born name
Then he hit me with a bill and I said you go to hell.
To court he did take me, to pay he was...

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It was at the tomb, the morning of the week’s first day.
A massive stone was placed to block the tomb’s entranceway.
An amazing thing happened earlier on that day.
As the earth shook, the two guards posted...

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Maestro bows, a motion lulls thunder, 
ovations a period of heeling, a clap
diverts a few, then attends silence. 
A typical cough failed its challenge,
disturbed section promptly affects
a hall--indulges the jittery few. An 
abrupt tapping expresses...

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My chair, 
at times over 
the past twelve weeks
my prison cell. 
Seven weeks more 
before my sentence
is completed. 
But today,
my chair is going to be
my time machine.

Not flashy and gaudy,
with a Christmas display
of flashing, colorful...

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Rugged, uncompromising and independent!
Unfettered by rejection and scorching sentiment!
Autodidact, Philomath and valiant quotidian debutant!
Confident enough to blaze a trail, ever unrepentant!
Ever untarnished, dauntlessly volitant!
Infectant, epatant, a true combatant!
A Benevolent dawn, nonfraying ever extant!
Be a lone...

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A person can see me with their own eyes,
but only a few know who's behind the action.
Like a play I have a director and an audience;
my script is the story of one's life.
You discover my...

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You were born in 1919 in Trenton, New Jersey,
Television would be your medium for comedy.
Your first appearance to the public was in 1950.
This was an early morning show broadcast by NBC
Preceding “The Today Show”, it...

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I'd love to buy a boat and sail the seas
Just loaf and let the string of life unwind
Drop anchor anytime or place I please
To visit every island I can find

I'd sail from cape to cape,...

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It gave more mileage than it promised
 with that first delight;
 I could not let it go, for there
 implicit in its first appearance
 was a cautious pathway
 for a newborn light that crept
 (though...

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“Edward Bear” is this creature’s official name.
However, as “Winnie the Pooh”, he has achieved fame.
He is another great Disney creation.
Winnie is a product of creative animation.

Have you ever seen a cartoon titled “Steamboat Willie”?
That was...

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