Long Footed Poems

Invocation to the Muse

From the gleaming skin of life’s underbelly, 
sin unreconciled, formed from Nephilim seed,
fleet footed jokers mask pawns into flight;
To the epistle of the Most High.
For in the beginning, the true and only...

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Geese, Goslings and the Bridge

Sometimes, when you least expect it, Mother Nature makes a u-turn and draws you into the ridiculous.  Such was the time recently as I was returning from a friend’s home...

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Swept up into piles; everywhere 
Abouts; in collected heaps all 
Around.               
It is almost as if the drab 
Streets were strewn...

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Galloping hooves broke morn's peace in Soup Creek's Main Street
When Jimmy Smith rode in from Bar 20 his face white as a sheet
He stopped at Sheriff Koplins office and banged heavily on the door 
"What's...

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Scent Of Paddy Flower

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Thiru-Valluvar on Praising the Good Qualiities of Ladies: Canto 112 - Nalam Pinainththu Uraiththal

[The poet devotes the third part of his treatise, the Thiruk-Kural to INBATHTHUPPAAL, the amorous relationship between the sexes, i.e.,  cantos...

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When asked
by my nephew
for an essential reading list
for PermaCultural Therapeutic Design,
my Taoist thoughts went back
to Unitarian-Universalist
Yin/Yang pre-history,
when Earth produced a theologian,
Dr. Thomas Starr King (1824-1864)
reaching out for non-violent dialogue
across all global healing cultures.

This 1800s Dr....

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A former friend of mine
tricked me into becoming
something I am not

The volunteer President
of our condo association,
a position I clearly cannot afford
midst trifling disassociations.

We were starting our Autumn tradition
of arguing about next year's budget
which typically continues
until...

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Reaping short terms benefits...

before marital savings bond matured
as a then quinquagenarian.

Courtesy gerontologists medical practitioners
allowing, enabling, and providing
the elderly population to live
longer and healthier lives.

Linkedin with longevity loosely translates
to resurgent libido spurring
older folks predilection
to participate in...

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Booth made famous on April 15th, MDCCCLXV... 
Sic semper tyrannis ad mortem
("Thus always I bring death to tyrants").

Ever since early forerunners 
of twenty first century
mankind (sprinted 
across trackless expanse extant
upon planet Earth), 
modern Homo Sapiens...

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Today August 29th, 2021 sluggishness dogs yours truly

Forecasting to thunderous applause
fast as greased lightning draws
upon futuristic atmospheric gewgaws
hot air emanates out these slackened jaws
spluttering courtesy indentured maws
armed with four footed tall paws
gesticulations resembling horizontal seesaws....

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The man lay painfully wedged between two large boulders, 
his position an anomaly only the cruelest of fates could bring to a man. 
 In one moment he’d been sure-footed, gingerly climbing  the cliff....

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imagine, wonder, ponder, think
  nebulous nothing is "surely something"
  more than absence, spontaneous spawning on the brink
  let's fantasise, let's dream awake
  utter the dubious name of nothing
  impostor corralled...

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My Christmas Songs


Christmas Song for 
all my PS Friends with Best Wishes
for a Merry Christmas.

Christmas Song

I      love to hear   the Music
When it      ...

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"Fragments and crumbs of life, all the little pieces, John Ruskin, 1853

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I had no friends and was totally striped of personal pride and self respect.          ...

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“The Penelope Squad”



A line of bluebirds 
tittering on a line
swaying on the winds
like comedian pageboys 
having a good time
poop in the peg bucket
words wooden and sharp
fly off with frosty notes
dirt and sherry stains
imprinted on 
Penelope’s...

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(1.)

(*I wish I didn't know now, what I didn't know then.*)
Bob Seger, song lyric, from, " Against The Wind"...

I Wish I Didn't Know Now, What I Didn't Know Then

I recall rambunctious racing boy of a...

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Bane of dyschezia

Constipation spoilt rare visit
with eldest daughter
(yesterday - November twenty sixth
two thousand twenty two)
currently housed near
Rittenhouse Square, Pennsylvania.

Less than twelve hours
after a cocktail comprising
handful of prunes,
four psyllium husk capsules,
plus three dulcolax.

Myself and missis
privy to...

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Written by Adebayo Olamide(Aesthete),Prince Joe and Ajibade Abdullah(Pen Talk).
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9th Of January,2017.
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Who would hold my heart,
Now it's reeling off, almost?
Adufe!
My praise queen,
Only in your palms,when drop,
Will it survive the fall.
.
You praise the queen bee,
Her elegance,a perfect...

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‘THE DRAKE CURSE' AND MESSI'S WIZARDRY

Sport fraternity witness the reign of alien curse, 
emanating from the music world raising much fuss. 
The Drake curse which first came upon us in 2019. 
Paul Pogba became the...

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The sound of her drum seems to be hidden
The rhythm of her song is unheard 
The melody of her voice is shattered
And the presence of her ability seems to be invisible
Yet the feeling denies to...

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Private Residence

Sign at the gate – no solicitors –
Beyond the rosewood door sanctuary in seclusion
Untouched by hands racing round
A face framed by chimes and alarms –
Measures of mincing minutes
Exiled with suitcases packed
To astral planes of...

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AntiPoem 36
“Silent Mercies”

(Poet’s Instruction: Softly play in the background Mario Lanza singing
“Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen” from Puccini’s La Boheme, while reading this AntiPoem)


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Look over there.
See the stunned grandmother knitting,
Not speaking a word neither, nor...

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Which late afternoon/ early evening
today adventuristic, edenic, and idyllic
April 13th, 2021
pitch perfect weather
serves as temporary tonic
to balm away blues.

Like a tumbleweed
aimlessly blowing in the wind
across infinitely wobegon open wide
prairie home companion land
(which wasteland famously
epitomized by...

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Copyright 2014 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
POETIC LYRICS BY RENATA TLH ANDRESS



From a journey---soft-'n-smooth---tender/foot-ed/'n-bare/footed
A-Lass---so/true!
A/car/pet---earth/en-BARE---FOOTED-'N/TRUE!
Hands-PINK-'N/TRUE!
Fingers/reach---pointed/stars!
TRACES---THE/NORTHERN---STAR!
A-star/so-true!
DO-WON/DERS---RING-TRUE!
And-if/TRUE------are-glassen/REFLEC-TIONS
WOND-ERS---TOO!
And-if/TRUE---are-glassen/REFLEC-TIONS
WON-DERS---TOO?
YOU'RE/BEAU-TI/FUL!
YOU'RE/BEAU-TI/FUL!
AND-ALL/TOO-TRUE!
'CUZ---YOU'RE/BEAU-TI/FUL!
Soft-'n---ten/der/PINK---SKIN---'N---SMOOTH!
Long---legs/ARCH------TO/THE---STARS!
She------WASHES/AWAY!
The------Earthen/Scars!
She's------SOFT-'N/TENDER!
And----ALL/TOO---TRUE!
And---they---ASK!
ARE------YOU/BEAUTIFUL!
In---reflected---lights------HER/EYES!
SO------BLUE-'N/TRUE!
TO---YOU!
She's---beau-ti/ful!
She's---beau-ti/ful!
She's------a/STAR---SO/TRUE!
A---WON/DER---TOO!
And---her/GLASSEN---RE/FLECTIONS!
RING/TRUE------and
ALL---TOO---TRUE!
And---with---her---hair---of/GOLD/LONG'N---SMOOTH!
She---BEDS------THE/NIGHT!
Pink------'n------SMOOTH!
SHE'S---BEAUTIFUL!
SHE'S---BEAUTIFUL!
SHE'S------BEAUTIFUL/AND-TRUE!
SHE'S------BEAUTIFUL/AND-TRUE!
And---an---ORNAMENT---GLISTENING/TRUE!
In---Pink---'n---Blue-------LIGHTED/CANDLES!
And------SCENTS---SO---TRUE!
SHE'S------BEAUTIFUL!
SHE'S------BEAUTIFUL!
SHE'S------BEAUTIFUL---AND/TRUE!
SHE'S------BEAUTIFUL---AND/TRUE!
And---a---hand/TOO---TRUE---TORN/'N-TESTED!
BURNT---'N/BLACK------AND-A---SOUL---BLACK-'N/BLUE!
HIS------EYES---DROP------IN---PAIN!
AND---Buckets---------held---so/long!
HELD---a/mo-ment!
DON'T------CON/TAIN!
HER------EARTHEN---SMILE!
AND------LIPS---SO---TRUE!
ROSE---'N------PINK!
OR------PINK'N------BLUE!
Their------eyes------squint!
HOME------AT------LAST!
YOU---ARE------BEAU---TIFUL!
AND---SO------ARE------YOU!
IT'S------------EXCALIBER!
IT'S-------------THE------HOLY---------GRAIL!
IT'S------BEAUTIFUL!
BECAUSE------------YOU'RE------BEAUTIFUL!
YOUR---BLOOD------the------stains------cross---your
CRESTED/GOLD/HEART!
BECAUSE------------YOU'RE------BEAUTIFUL---TO/ME!
The------Scabbard---------Shelved!
EXCALIBER---------GLISTENS!
SILVER---------FLASHES!
With------memories------magical!
"A------White------Knight------Remembered------And------A
Lass------So------True!"
BEDDED------------AT/LAST!
The---------Hearth------'n------Pot!
THE---------WARM---------SCENTED------CLOUD!
OF---------LOVE!
SCENTS---------THE/AIR!
BECAUSE---------------SHE-WAS-BEAUTIFUL!
AND-BEAUTIFUL-TO-ME!...

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