Long Fixings Poems

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BLUEBERRIES, VERY ENTHUSED FOR THE HEALTHIEST BERRY, BUT AFTER AN HOUR, MY HUNGER SUCCUMBS TO THE "BLURPLE" POWER...
IN MY SINCEREST EFFORTS! 
FRUIT ALONE MY "SATIETY" DOES NOT CONDONE...
IT...

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'Twas our Christmas Eve dinner; we all had sat down
at the table to eat. Grandma couldn’t be found!
We children were fussing; Dad rose to his feet.
shouting, “Where are you, Ma? We’re ready to eat!”

When from...

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Back in Iowa, where my mother and several of my siblings still live,
my big family gets together for a reunion at Mom’s apartment,
using the reception area of the little place where she now resides.
Mom cooks...

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Jesus is the Divine Reason for Glorious Christmas Season

I wondered.. What’s Christmas tree for?
What does a Tree have to do with Christmas anyways?
Why should we have a Christmas tree?
I don't have a tree-I mean really-what’s...

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Jesus is the Divine Reason for Glorious Christmas Season

I wondered.. What’s Christmas tree for?
What does a Tree have to do with Christmas anyways?
Why should we have a Christmas tree?
I don't have a tree-I mean really-what’s...

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I am weak.
I am human. I bare the gift and the burden of consciousness… 
...Of utility, logic, lucidity.
I am someone just like you
But you're nothing like anyone
We’re all new. 
Every thing
New.

some of it is bitter,...

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A bend in the road
They wait & have time to wait
For the coming car & it´s occupants
Unaware of their fate
The same scene is about to be
Played out on countless
Other bends
On countless other roads
In a tall...

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One day…
As I was getting ready to decorate for Christmas
I then remembered the so called tree I had last year
It was worse then a Charlie brown’s tree
Just a branch.. so many made fun of me
I...

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A few of my basement Trolls wanted to go out, into the outside world.
And it would be an unkindness, if I kept them from giving it a twirl.
Still, they would need a job, you know,...

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I should eat healthy, I really should!  But life is too short for that.  Food, food, food, 

it chases away the blues, it brings comfort to the soul.  So here is a...

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The rains have lasted all the spring.
We’re longing for some sun.
With advent of the end of school
We look to June for fun.

The kids have found their bathing suits
And have them at the ready.
It’s not fair...

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It's funny how we associate things.  They become one with each other.  Who can imagine an Easter without the bunny, or losing a tooth and not being paid a visit by the tooth...

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fragile heart she lay ruptured in my lounge chair
grey faced i mumble a few parting words over her
before i lay out the finest bone china
all the makings of tea and biscuits
all the fixings of murder
with...

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It’s the time of the year to make a steaming hot soup
To remember some of the best in our poetry group*
When I make soup I throw in everything I have in stock
My hot poetry soup...

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Oh, to Christmas days of wonder (days of wonder),
finding gifts so we will not blunder(not blunder);
Christmas is twelve days of gladness and joy, days of gladness and joy,
for each person a gift, each child...

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Thanksgiving Day has always been a special holiday 
A long tradition celebrated with family in a joyful way 
In my younger years we went to my grandparent’s house
When I was young and single and later...

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Down by the river can you picture me here?
    Fishing pole in hand, sipping on a beer.
Life is just sweeter than sweet.
     Hopefully by night there’ll be a...

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Free verse flow floats thoughts free, 
it’s a diary a ramble or rant with me,
the need to express without the discipline 
or correction not listening 
it the route to relaxation via a messy string 
an...

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bloodless coup,the strip nigh high,the begging art do fold arm of wooden bosom.mine own 
eye's be still,grand of nay one thousand hands do object to folding tents and calling rents 
paid in divisions and ceromonies.i...

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Well, It was early in the morning
when I stuck the turkey in
Looked down at my dog
as I wore a silly grin
Roasted Turkey, was high up on his list
And He glanced up at me
then looked back...

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RHYME TIME III - CHRISTMAS

The unique shape of each frosty snowflake,
tapping on the window, as cookies bake.
I can smell the buttery sugar and Winter break,
Grandma’s batter creamed with sunny yolks.

Old-fashioned buggies arrive carrying folks.
The horses...

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by the time you've read this 
i'm afraid our ships may have 
already boarded i do hope 
you are not to ravished about
 
our departure truly you and i both 
know it tis for the...

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A Christmas from the past lives, alive, well and clear each year
  so real and tangible it brings to the eye a joyous tear.
The day with Gramma, Dad, Mom, sisters and brothers
  and...

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A certain poet said she was thrilled, sitting down 
Viewing world of us, mounting PS's platform

yes, she was ecstatic, maneuvering keys
On borrowed time and gadget, she wouldn't leave

A day of family gathering, she stole moments...

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Ground brisket and red bean chili over rice
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Deep fried spaghetti noodles w/zucchini
and bacon and marinara sauce
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Teriyaki Roasted pork or 
Teriyaki Roasted turkey
W/ broad noodles and vegetables
.............,........
........beef half smokes
In carmelized onions and green peppers

Sweet potato pie
Bourbon...

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