Long Forty winks Poems

If there is life there 
must be an encounteration.
Even the moons and 
the suns, all get to return 
back if they passed 
to their eventual 
transportation. The morning
lights shunned and pass 
like flying clouds. When...

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My ebbing physical prowess and strength

noticeably decreases in one direction.

I take lock, stock and barrel 
to revisit good ole days of yore
quite conscious undeclared state of war
prevails within body electric of troubadour
now seated at his...

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I take stock and revisit good ole days of yore
quite conscious undeclared state of war
prevails within body electric of troubadour
now seated at his Macbook Pro
today February 20, 2021.

Since January thirteenth of this year
(two thousand and...

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There were images the grey man could not see 
Did not want to see, in all probability

Walking by the glass doors and windows of modern stores
No warmth of being within their cold crisp alloy frames
Where...

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Here I sit,  on an examination table
bored, swinging my feet to and fro
waiting for a doctor who will be able
to diagnose the reason why I feel low

I study the body posters while I wait
in...

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While I gaze in your eyes, cool cerulean blue,
Sifting night, straining stars through morning’s sweet dew,
I can fathom the depths of empyreal skies,
Angels fluttering by, riding wild butterflies

While I gaze in your eyes, changing, aqua-blue...

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A conversation overheard between Shakespeare and his former muse.

"So many things hath turned to utter folly over the ages.
Hundreds of years since I've penned pages and pages.
What these ancient eyes of mine doth now conceive
plead,...

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Unquotable quotes – XII

To catch a monkey, you need a young coconut with three holes for eyes ; bore a hole in one and wait : the monkey will thrust its hand in to grab...

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I see the man at work 
More often than I see 
My wife. 

I've spoken more with 
Him than with any 
Other soul throughout 
My life. 

Five times fifty two 
Times thirty six 
Minus holiday...

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Peace be still, strike thy pose
Epitome of eloquence, footsteps of the queen
Pearls of wisdom, solemn portrait
Position thy hat, attend to thy shirt, that of satin, that of lace
Family ties, adornment to each
All is well with...

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Objects in the foreground, images are unclear
Nature in slumber, dreams have filled in,
All creatures are asleep, night moves out
Scanning the vista, life will soon begin

New day has begun, night slept well
Shades to open, nature responds...

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At long last... Beatle browed 
Beastie Boys attained Nirvana
routing hellish existential crisis
courtesy Earth, Wind And Fire
rendered null and void celibate Journey
knight in shining armor
forever staind and tarnished
compliments verboten extramarital whoopie.

Herewith I forthwith take poetic license
linkedin...

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Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Quietude

I fail to coerce the pleasures
of the angular hushed cast that
repose near secret abundance,
an army of cloudy measures.

They dance serenely against less
modest logging near its silence
defense, encountering seizure
as my statuesque poise digress.

Overwhelmed,...

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        Older age

being old is always ten years ahead: meanwhile
I’ve decided to embrace my present age positively

I walk, don’t run, affecting a dignified lumbering;
if I stumble,I welcome kind...

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I wake up at five each morning, I hear cock a doodle doo
my stomach’s gurgling but I won’t eat until I'm through;
as the horses need feeding on hay and crunchy  carrot,
and I must give...

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Sleep's suspended awareness as nothingness reigns.
It's when bedding is mussed and disheveled is hair.
It's a welcome escape, anesthetic for pains,
And a physical must--time for rest and repair.

Sleep's a snooze or repose, nodding off, or a...

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Grass verge 
Unnoticed florals;
Unspoken splendour

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Crowded impasse
Wordless faces;
Feisty fest

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Day hurls light
Sparkling tell;
Sleepy commotion

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Forty winks
Sleepy delights;
Late morning sojourn

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Dawn hurls sober
Dreams malinger;
Heavy eyes 

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By this wayside
Miniature flowers preside;
Beauty camouflages

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Floral bouquets
Sunny side up;
Dazzling sparkle

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Joy intervenes
Love delights all;
Intuitive spread

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Morning rain
Icy...

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Christmas Eve Mystery


The sun had set, and it was Christmas Eve.
Dear Santa finished up and packed the sleigh;
made sure his Reindeer were geared up to go
before they'd have some time outside to play.

Now it was...

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Welcome to Hillbelzer Island, the home of forty winks.
A place where you can get rest, and six diverse cocktail drinks.
If you get distracted, come on down. We are loaded with shrinks.
They are ready to bill...

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Now I lay me down to sleep
Alone upon these empty sheets
Of paper lying on the bed
Side table clock says 5 a.m.

Oh dark of night, I beg thee stay
Keep the morning light at bay
Oh dusk beloved!
Oh...

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They sometimes come as strangers to the Earth.
But, often, they are unwelcome overflows.
From two pure elements they are always made, 
And they are most essential to the welfare of mankind.

 They have activated hormones now...

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I am a narcoleptic,
I sleep at any time,
no doubt I’ll drop off frequently
before I end this ………………………………rhyme.

It can be quite embarrassing,
between just me and you,
in the bank the other day
I dozed off in the queue.
As...

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I lay awake most of the night,
Although, I wasn't in too much pain,
Even though I tried to doze off,
I couldn't switch off my brain.
My hubby was extremely vocal,
Every time he moved around,
He was rather fidgety,
He...

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I sat by the riverbank today and wondered
How long it takes the water to get to the Gulf
Considered things my inquisitive mind ponders
Like what is so enjoyable about playing golf?

Save for an afternoon stroll, I...

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 ( "Write the truest sentence you know."  - F. Scott Fitzgerald ) 


Variant plurals suffering suffixation's whims;
fly-tomatoes and the valley boo-mouse,
when the sheep alumnus in a mother-in-law seed,
animosity-cat tiptoes in the church alchemy,
genetic...

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