Long Griffith Poems

1.    John Desmond Patrick Keegan
2.    Alfred, Lord Tennyson 
3.    Sally Aline Mae Beller
4.    Charles Edward A. Berry
5.    Ambrose Gwinnett Bierce...

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Les Protecteurs – Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal’s “The Protectors” by T. Wignesan

(Note: Oodgeroo never claimed to write poetry à la manière des poètes occidentaux; she said - without mincing words – her lines were sheer...

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A Good Mystery


I love a good mystery
A real whodunit,
I love the Hallmark Mystery and Movie Channel,
Nothing like watching Andy Griffith play the part of “Matlock”
He always figured it out
And revealed who the murderer is in...

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+++++  TV TRAVELS  +++++
                  
Oh where, oh where shall I travel today
Maybe 1940's where life portrayed
In...

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walk inside my mind to a journey deep inside
personifications of laughter filter through the caverns
alone I bask in the vast expanse between that of space and time
there is a river with lava beside its strange...

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American Bandstand, Aqua Velva Ads, Aretha Franklin, and, the Andy Griffith Show
Black lights, Bewitched, bean bag chairs, beads, Batman and the Beatles
Cleopatra, Corvairs, Corvettes, Chevelles, Captain Kangaroo, Civil Rights Movement
Dionne Warwick, Derek and the Dominoes,...

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It was the start of a decade not to be forgotten.

It was my growing up period.  A very bad year for me

in many ways.  My last year of Jr. High I was kicked...

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"50 Words for Poe: St John"




St John was his name
Sinjun for short
Temptation was his game

Ah Black Monk of my dreams
A hot car on a fast track

Shifting gears
I burn up the road, turn up the stick

Fast...

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"Who will believe a mountebank? Everyone if she is good." ~Andy Griffith~ 

Carefully she wrote on the back of a fifty dollar bill. 
”Have a happy birthday dear, I know you will”
After writing that sweet...

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you preached to us that the way to achieve an ultimate makeover
is to concede control to God and let the Holy Spirit takeover
you preached to us that we need to take up our towel of...

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Dear John,

A unique Epitaph you, yourself, penned so well

“Here lies one whose name was writ in water”

Though many have misunderstood your epitaph.
Which means “ Fame and indeed life is fleeting”
Surely your fame was fleeting during...

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the land was valued at $240, where they built "the little church on the hill"
established by a group of abolitionists and free blacks for they knew that was God's will
they named it Berean Baptist and...

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Ben Matlock-He Was The Best


				Ben Matlock
				Attorney at Law
				Atlanta, Georgia,
				That’s where he was, y’all,
				He was one of a kind,
				Answers he would find,
				A hit series on CBS,
				His show reruns on Hallmark
				And MeTV,
				He never lost a case,
				His colleagues...

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Once upon a time, a little girl listened to her mother read
fairy tales and nursery rhymes to her.
Fiction, rhyme and rhythm then took hold of her,
imprinting their enchantment indelibly on her mind.

Several years passed. The...

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All the way from Ontario to Hollywood,
          was one of the greatest comedians to live.
On a small stage at Second City he stood,
   ...

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I decided to have an Andy Griffith moment with Tyler and Violet last night and brought them outside to check out the once every century meteor shower. After nearly tripping down the stairs because I...

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Somehow, we found enough to say
Between sips of coffee
And bites of pecan or apple pie
Possibly between commercials
As we waited for Andy Griffith to continue

Enough to say

“Why did they split up?”
“Was he cheating on her?”
“No, she...

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I fancied myself growing up a free spirit
kind of crazy
unpredictable…you know what I mean
but as I’ve grown a little older I find…I like a good routine.

A routine that is predictable and filled with my favorite...

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"One of the Boys"
One of those tote carrying 
cardholdin' members 
Levi jeans wearing
tobacco can imprinted 
baseball cap with the
accessorized fishhook in it
An ol' southern boy
who likes his toys,
his Jim Bean and Roy
argues over Ford or
Chevrolet.
Pick-up...

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"Yesterday was a sad, scary day," he wrote.
He wrote because he mayn't have taken note
of the birdsong, the way the light lay across that
glass, the way the girl giggled, the jib of his hat.

and then...

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Your last name said it all, you were the best.
Because of you, the entire world was blessed.
You have left this world at the age of eighty-eight.
Your life is something that we should all celebrate.

For six...

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Am I white with black stripes
Or black with white stripes?
My blood-thirsty red eyes throw that thought away...
For when you look at me...
DEAD in the EYES...
You have no choice but to succumb to my beautiful terror.
But...

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I'm like Andy Griffith, I'm a cop without a gun.
Because of an accident, I carry a weight on my shoulders that feels like a ton.
I shot my sister with what I thought was a cap...

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I have never stopped being in touch with childlike me
So there is no end to the happy person I can be.
I dance in delight although a bit slower now
I paint goblins, witches, dragons, even a...

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Jim Nabors always said "Shazam", that was his catchphrase.
Because of his contributions to television, he deserves praise.
It was hard for him to watch the opening credits of Gomer Pyle because many of those Marines died...

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