Long Gazebo Poems

Time for a road trip, my  dad, mom and us three kids all packed into our old station wagon. I guess it wasn't so old but it sure seemed that way at the time....

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THE GREATEST GENERATION
by

JOHN M. ARRIBAS



Many Have Called Them the Greatest Generation
They Had Struggled and Survived, an Ugly Depression
It Was an Era of Hard Times and Simple Diversions
Like Bank Night, Singalongs  and Picnic Excursions
Band Concerts...

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When we think of traveling we most often think of going from one location to another. That’s good but I sometimes like to return in reverie to times in my past. Places where I spent...

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gardens are where we are:

  from "Eden" to "Gilgamesh", "Babylon" to "Gethsemane"
  from mountain to coast, town to country
  from wetlands to desert oasis, under the sea to the edge of ice
...

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An abandoned dragonling I did find,
I took him in and built a metal shed
for this dragonling to lay his head;
he grew to have a profound mind.

When dragonling was about four,
books he actually began to read
and...

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Nothing more than a pretty smile - repost

There she was chasing a rabbit 
with 1 am coffeecakes and weak tea
She didn’t notice I was watching
from the branches of an olive tree
A lone smile hidden amongst
swirling...

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Returning unto the college campus and our exclusive Sororities House...

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Don’t the years go quick?
It’s another birthday BBQ
It’s that time of year again
When acquaintance is renewed

When family and friends
Come affably together
To eat a hearty meal outdoors
And sod the English weather

The beer and wine is chilled
The...

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For Marty. I think of you always, you are my light, and I will make it trough the tunnel,
I'm just walking rather slowly

When I think of you I think of everything you've done for me....

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There’s unbearable beauty in crimson…

There are many crimson colored things in this world. How about blades of leaflets during Autumn or the beauty of a McIntosh apple? The most unbearable beauty I know is the...

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There she was chasing a rabbit 
with 1 am coffeecakes and weak tea
She didn’t notice I was watching
from the branches of an olive tree
A lone smile hidden amongst
swirling smoke rings in a foreign accent

To the...

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She opened her eyes and she stretched in her bed, then she rose up just like a skylark
and  her eyes still glowed softly ,for she had spent dreams just dancing in the dark,
immersed in...

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I want to be the morning kiss on your cheek 
I want to be the sunlight  at your feet 
Feels like a moment  ago and all of last night 
When we talked until...

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John Wulf, with his funny Limerick antics  telling funny hilarious stories,

“viagraology

There once was a medical study
of things flapping flaccid like putty
those men given placebo
couldn’t enter gazebo
it drove the poor fellas plumb nutty

Copyright © 2015John...

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O, unbidden rain I welcome you to my garden,
the flowers are thirsty . . . .
We have been w a i t i n g  for you
The cosmos, daisies and red roses are hanging...

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Some of the most beautiful moments in time 
are those that arrive unexpectedly and leave 
indelible traces on the heart.          ~ by poet


'pon Winter's wind a...

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He house itself was built... put him in his dreams,
A garden planted near the house... and the currant bushes, and flowers.
Was at the house where the lawn... with a living room straight out ... 
The...

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*Image of Achieve Your Day by Pixabay.

Blessed Moments

As night sleeps gold streaks undisturbedly passive wake
     An accordion of yellow feathers flutters dealt reflectively
        ...

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You and I make the rainbow!

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You know dear why I love rain?

It washes away my soul's strain!

My hair fall free to go with the flow!

My face lights up, gets back its glow!

That's why I am...

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Creepy Tales

                             "The Lion"
 
On a dark...

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So Hey out there!   Yes You!  
 You with that day to day job, that day to day life and those hidden fears of Death, Failure, Sex,or whatever 
(Whatevers can catch you...

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The fake isolation of the island insinuated the fostering of remnants;
remnants of religious fervor, close knit seafaring families, and rugged farmers;
remnants of power past and present.

A fog shrouded canvass awaits the onslaught of August revelry.
And,...

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If God spoke and asked me
who would you bring back in a heartbeat?
I would not have to hesitate
for it would be mother . . .
of all the people I have lost to Heaven mother's death...

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Ella Hyde

1857- 1898


That cad with the freckle on his forehead,
That rascal man beast,
Handsome as a Greek
But devastatingly insecure,
And so deliciously young!
He was the one who stole my pride,
There, behind the Hadley tombstone in the moonlight,
And...

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Spring Contest
Sponsor: Catie Lindsey


Season that grows from delicate Mother Nature
Preservation of green lands for the legal wager
Rejuvenated roots from tulips and white daisies
Invigorated blossoms delicately entwined and lacy
Nourishing sprinkles of mist for topiary growth
Glorious love...

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