Long Gooks Poems
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Requerimiento(The Spanish conquerors of the
Americas read out their legal
document, the "Requerimiento",
to the Indians. Failure to comply
meant the Spanish were free to
do what they wanted.)
Conquistadors in Vera Cruz
found themselves a radical ruse.
If pillaging...
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Categories:
gooks, history,
Form:
Quatrain
They Caught Me YoungThey Caught Me Young
The first cut is a cut so deep-
Internalising this impression
Has made me stir and creep
With invariable precision!
Great Writers caught me young
Whilst an exploring youth.
Leaning on the sublimely tongue
Exorcised my being uncouth!
Teachers, too,...
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Categories:
gooks,
Form:
Verse
Grabberwocky-2(November 2016)
Twas Hillig, but the Limey Gove
Did whine and witter in the Brext.
All Szyddly was the Orban cove
And Grabberwock out-Mexed.
“Beware the Grabberwock, my dear,
The salesman’s talk, the dubious thatch.
Beware his leakiwick, and fear
His groomious undersnatch.”
She...
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Categories:
gooks, humorous, parody, political,
Form:
Political Verse
Red, White and BlueRed, White and Blue
I fought in the Revolutionary war
To win freedom from tyranny
I fought for the right to choose my religion
For the right to live free!
No taxation without representation
Was our battle cry!
Fought to...
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Categories:
gooks, america, body, conflict, death, freedom, hate, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Golden Triangle SnowGolden Triangle Snow
Old skool rock and roll on the decks. Takes me back to before I was born. Smoking the best ing weed in 'Nam. Swimming in the river. Worshipping dark Gods. Making love to...
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Categories:
gooks, conflict, drug, military, political, power,
Form:
Verse
Bombing the Ho Chi Minh Trail, 31 May, 1970B-52: a city on its own.
You mess with us, we’ve got technology.
I loved it when we flew into the zone:
as Ernie said, “We’ll kill ’em till they’re free.”
My job? To watch the black cascade...
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Categories:
gooks, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Hero WorshippersCherishing The Triumphs of others,
Ready for their suicidal orders:
Spellbound by their Astonishing Peaks,
These discussing for tireless weeks:
The Tall Mountains France has ascended,
In their praises lowly descended …
Marvelous ideas of US Tribes,
Whereas they can challenge their...
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Categories:
gooks, beauty, sports, violence, war,
Form:
Rhyme
Lets Have a ToastLets have a toast for the jerkoffs
Lets have a toast for the assholes
Lets have a toast for the dirtbags
Lets have a toast for the criminals
Its not all your fault dickheads
Lets have a toast...
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Categories:
gooks, corruption, fear, growing up, inspiration, repetition, sin,
Form:
Ballad
The Ranch Hand's Babies, Part 3 of 3(When the true toxicity of Agent Orange
was finally comprehended, the Johnson
Administration could think of nothing
better to do than simply dump the
chemical on a chain of Pacific islands,
where it sits today. Ironically, the
place is...
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Categories:
gooks, war,
Form:
Rhyme
E Pluribus UnumIt’s time, by now, we did away with nations.
I tell you, hand on heart beneath the flag,
This jingo jag has now become a drag.
Those puerile patriotic palpitations
had meaning only when we lived in tribes.
Today our...
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Categories:
gooks, satire,
Form:
Sonnet