Long Gabble Poems

We’re in NYC - at last - on Christmas vacation, and it feels like a pardon.

It’s amazing what can happen in just a few wild and change-filled hours. One minute, seemingly, you’re in a picture...

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born two days 
after ole Punxsutawney i.e. the Doctor Phil - 
of woodchucks Latin Name = Marmota Monax 
nest resembled Rastafarian hair weave, 
which creature rattled with ire and peeveishness, 

when rudely roused from his...

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Shana Aubrey Harris born two days after ole Punxsutawney 
   i.e. the Doctor Phil - 
   of woodchucks Latin Name = Marmota Monax nest 
   resembled a Rastafarian hair...

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Employment quest sought December 11th, 2021

Across cyberspace,
the following epistle
yours truly (me) doth lob
as the figurative pressure
tightens on the virtual knob,
I would moost certainly benefit
from a part time job
hence this rather goofy atypical reply
crafted (at initial
ten...

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A fly and ant, upon a sunny bank,
Discuss'd the question of their rank.
'O Jupiter!' the former said,
'Can love of self so turn the head,
That one so mean and crawling,
And of so low a calling,
To boast...

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Autumn, like an Indian classical dancer, dressed up 
Arrives with soft rhymes and quickening steps
She comes aglow, aglow with a rare beauty
Dancing to the anklet’s tinkling song
Her floating robe falls in deep folds around her...

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Whispers are heard throughout
Echoing off the old, decrepit walls.

Lawyers nervously tapping the tiled floor, already in their minds perceiving how the can twist and and carefully
ever so carefully weave their words to form a web...

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Skies bring happy tidings; Hear peals of thunder "clap"!
Lightning brings great illumination with no gap; 
Why should barren clouds move with no torrential pour? 
It's, thus, when my soul thinks, wings, begins the rare "roar"...!

Each...

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Two Words – Redux Two
 
Push
Pull

Donut
Hole

Toilet
Bowl

Laundry
Fold

Sing
Song

Ping
Pong

Mao
Zedong

Fly
Eater

Cloud
Nine

Moon
Shine

Vinegar
Brine

Wild
One

No
Pun

Arm
Leg

Black
Plague

Circle
Square

Head
Hair

Sonic
Whistle

Broom
Thistle

Pretty
Face

Human
Race

Alien
Space

Mountain 
Road

Horned
Toad

Meteor 
Rock

Mister
Spock

Start
Dart

Go
Flow

Pol
Pot

Hope
Not

Green
Brown

Smile
Frown

City
Town

River
Creak

Circus
Freak

Stuffy
Nose

Big
Toes

Bogart
Bacall

Free
Fall

Standing
Tall

Music
Note

Castle
Moat

Witch
Hag

Laundry
Bag

Robber
Rubber

Space
Discover

Race
Car

Bucket
Tar

Fruit
Jar

Phrenology
Psychology

Logo
Pogo

Wine
Beer

Whine
Jeer

Weather
Clear

Beach
Chair

People
Stare

Garden
Hose

Bloody
Rose

Genius
Knows

Alaskan
Snow

Car
Far

Road
Tar

Proud
Hound

Ground
Round

Upside
Downside

Aladdin
Jafar 

Genie
Wish

Table
Fish

Wash
Dish

Slobber
Swish

Babble
Gabble

Clark
Gable

Atlantic
Cable

Stool
Pool

Fad
Lad

Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved
September 3, 2018 (Short-Form Free Verse)...

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There was a gibble gabble woman
In our neighborhood when I was a child.
She sung gossip the way 
Porters sling suitcases, trying to break people

Her tongue was fast, and mean, and she had no shame
We learned...

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Again 'tis that time of year when I must evade that forebodin' axe!
With the thought of my neck on the choppin' block, I jes' cain't relax!

How about a goose er duck to complement yer pies,...

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What is death if not supreme silence,
Have you ever craved the silk of a quiescent moment?
When the constant barrage of noise around you becomes abhorrent,
And what if the most deafening gabble,
Came from a source that...

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FLIGHTS OF FANCY PHRASIS 4
Babble,gabble simper,whimper
gurgle coo;holler,howl scream,sigh
then cry.Squeak,shriekscreech,squeal
bang,clang;gnash,splash peal and crash.
Shout,spout roar ,rage toot,hoot whistle;
whoop,sing cheer and yell.
Ding,ting,tone zing and ring
hiss,moan and groan;whisper then kiss.

Touchy feely,relating ,really instinctive
insight,perceptive prescient perpetually
pragmatic &personally persuaded.
Passionate,impassioned,sensitive &
sentimental ardent...

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Again 'tis that time of year when I must evade that cruel axe!

With  the thought of my neck on the choppin' block I jes' cain't relax!

How about a goose or duck to complement yer...

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The fool does not think to kick your behind,
when there is no ink of pen as-sign-ed.


No tree will disquiet the forest of your ears,
if you relinquish the hot-iron gabble that sears.


You will find it superfluous...

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