Long Grindstone Poems
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And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War
And still his death haunts webbed wide world post American Civil War
Preface: On the evening of April 14, 1865, while attending a special performance of the comedy, "Our American Cousin," President Abraham Lincoln was shot.
President...
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Categories:
grindstone, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence, age, america,
Form:
Rhyme
By George burn hing hard, I Shaw tried to be a stinking playwright
By George (burn hing* hard), I Shaw tried to be a stinking playwright
offers his unsolicited tidbits
as scene courtesy
the following virtually
staged philosophical insight.
Arch back like
a professional ballet dancer
to stand out from...
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Categories:
grindstone, adventure, appreciation, art, encouraging, fun, inspirational, new
Form:
Free verse
Excerpt From Fake Encomium Given Years Ago
Excerpt from “fake” encomium given years ago...
at Lake Wobegone High School (my alma mater),
and recently discovered ridiculous rough draft
amidst plethora of junk emails
while practice reading some lines
regarding Midsummer Night's Dream
upcoming performance.
Arch...
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Categories:
grindstone, 11th grade, 12th grade, age, america, angel,
Form:
Free verse
By George Burning Hard, I Shaw Tried To Playwright
By George (burning hard), I Shaw tried to playwright
offers his unsolicited tidbits
as scene courtesy
the following virtually
staged philosophical insight.
Arch back like
a professional ballet dancer
to stand out from other pedestrian applicants
seeking...
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Categories:
grindstone, adventure, age, angel, appreciation, beauty, celebration, character,
Form:
Free verse
Ford's Theater April 15th 1865
Ford's Theater, April 15th, 1865...
Petersen House, Washington, D.C.
I admit to own a passion
for the Civil War in general,
and the life and death of
the sixteenth president in particular
between a hard spot of whiskey
and draughts of arrack;
nonetheless...
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Categories:
grindstone, absence, age, america, anniversary, april, bereavement, cry,
Form:
Rhyme
Though no political pundit, nevertheless
Though no political pundit, nevertheless...
I trumpet the withdrawal
of democratic contender from out the presidential race.
Breaking headline news story
courtesy rumor monger premieres
showcasing emphatic groundswell
against feeble minded incumbent.
Extraordinary turn of current events
immediately enlivens the United States populace
injecting...
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Categories:
grindstone, america, anxiety, blue, dark, fear, heartbroken, november,
Form:
Free verse
Autumn Atonement - Continued
How we loved the same
Foods, had the same dreams,
Wanted the same future, longed for the
Same life together, loved the same movies
And songs and books and colors and clothes
And people. How we knew what the other...
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Categories:
grindstone, autumn, heartbreak, metaphor, october, sad love, soulmate,
Form:
Free verse
After President Joe Robinette Biden Junior withdrew from the presidential race
After President Joe Robinette Biden Junior withdrew from the presidential race...
Planet earth (the Mother of all)
breathed a collective
and palpable sigh of relief,
and I too deeply exhaled,
a foregone conclusion staved off
today July 21st, 2024,
whereat the audacious,
contumacious,...
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Categories:
grindstone, america, anxiety, appreciation, blessing, confidence, fear, november,
Form:
Free verse
Irrational exuberance at respite from reading
Irrational exuberance at respite from reading...
(on a rainy May thirteenth
two thousand and twenty five)
as a balm against ennui
becoming engrossed, immersed,
and lost in space of orrery
regarding the universe created courtesy
Nora Roberts well crafted novel Montana Sky
perusing...
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Categories:
grindstone, adventure, america, analogy, appreciation, beautiful, sweet love,
Form:
Free verse
Fords Theater April 15th 1865
Petersen House, Washington, D.C.
(i admit to own a passion for the Civil War in general,
and the life and death of
the sixteenth president in particular).
between a hard spot of whiskey
...
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Categories:
grindstone, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, america,
Form:
Free verse
Another Bon Voyage On Next Leg of Journey
Another bon voyage on next leg of journey...
into the unknown courting lovely lass
crafted four years ago to date
flying colors while eldest progeny
an undergraduate
at storied university did pass.
Even at a young age, she
first...
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Categories:
grindstone, absence, adventure, america, anniversary, books, career, courage,
Form:
Free verse
Dialect Tickle Matt Arial Hiz Im
Courtesy of Marx (albeit Zeppo, Harpo, Groucho, and Chico)
whose acts brought generations of laughter to Vaudeville and
then the Silver Screen adlibbed, linkedin, and ransacked skits
zoid material Bing very loosely based on writings...
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Categories:
grindstone, adventure, celebrity, class, day, fantasy, hilarious, me,
Form:
Free verse
Old Ma and Pa Mckenzie
OLD MA AND PA MCKENZIE
Old Ma and Pa McKenzie,
Ran our local store
When they came to stay,
Moved in with three kids did they;
One a boy and two were girls,
And a big black dog called ‘Sheba girl,’
And...
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Categories:
grindstone, family, meaningful,
Form:
Free verse
My World
When someone gives me a penny for my thoughts
They end up putting their two cents in
Because by then they are actually caught
Deep in the intense, immense conversation
How would you handle my situation?
Better be firm when...
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Categories:
grindstone, depression, health, life, loss, recovery from...me, world,
Form:
Rhyme
We Must Act Before Axe Falls - Part 2
DUCK AFTER DUMP PING THE DON
air ring ma thoughts - no matter aye ham
juiced one twenty first century mwm ape
serves as genuine s cape
to fly (during pitch black hours of night) and escape
burning effigies,...
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Categories:
grindstone, abuse, america, anger, anti bullying, anxiety, conflict,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Another Bon Voyage On Next Leg of Journey Into the Unknown Lovely Lass
Beloved daughter dubbed "Munchkin",
an appellation engineered by "mother"
now evinces enviable survival skills,
this papa dismissed himself attaining,
and though sites set
to attain satisfactory income
courtesy asper keeping
your inherited Semitic
nose to the grindstone
(cute as a button)
toward fiercely dedicated
academic success...
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Categories:
grindstone, absence, adventure, encouraging, goodbye, heart, inspirational love,
Form:
Ballad
Active Enthusasim
" LAKESIDE" LAUN NIOSES AND " BIG KNUCKLE" TRYST HESSLER
WERE VICTORIUS IN A TAG BOUT AGAINST
GALBITRON TU M'AIMES AND " THE spotLIGHT" BRENT SPINNER
A SCIENTIFIC CLASSIC SAW
" THE WORLDS FINEST" JEFFREY GRANT
...
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Categories:
grindstone, business, conflict, jobs, love, repetition, song, sports,
Form:
Ballade
Labor Day 2022
Courtesy of one or more tradesmen,
first Monday in September set aside
for employees able, eager, ready
and willing to acquire money
to marry groom or bride
climb the corporate ladder or
become an artisan, entrepreneur, technician...
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Categories:
grindstone, america, appreciation, celebration, culture, freedom, fun, humanity,
Form:
Rhyme
Till the Wheels Fall Off
Drumbeats, drumbeats, drumbeats
My soul is searching, searching, searching
My pulse is rising, rising, rising
My heart is pounding, pounding, pounding
I sit silent and meditate
Hoping for my sails of thought
...to catch the winds of motivation and inspiration
I have...
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Categories:
grindstone, on work and working, passionme, heart, day,
Form:
Narrative
Labor Day 2021
Courtesy of one or more tradesmen,
first Monday in September set aside
for employees able, eager, ready
and willing to acquire money
to marry groom or bride
climb the corporate ladder or
become an artisan, entrepreneur, technician...
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Categories:
grindstone, america, anniversary, celebration, history, husband, inspirational, september,
Form:
Rhyme
Labor Day 2019
Courtesy of one or more tradesmen,
first Monday in September set aside
for employees able, eager, ready
and willing to acquire money
to marry groom or bride
climb the corporate ladder or
become an artisan, entrepreneur, technician...
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Categories:
grindstone, america, appreciation, celebration, dream, freedom, giving, september,
Form:
Elegy
Galvanized With Steely Mettle
Countless instances submitting poems
finds me racking
quite a hefty collection of rejections,
the responses lacking
disappointing voluminous vicious
venomous vitriolic backing
quite the contrary,
the prefabricated responses
unsuccessful at hijacking
my "FAKE" toothy gumption
(since I wear dentures) lip smacking
bite size packing
not exceptionally appetizing,
but...
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Categories:
grindstone, abuse, courage, discrimination, growth, humorous, judgement, motivation,
Form:
Bio
Emotional Shrapnel
Lurid looks have been thrown at me
Deadly daggers sent to pierce my heart
Why do some insist on acting beastly
waging war in attempts to tear me apart?
How long can I go on pretending I'm not...
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Categories:
grindstone, feelings,
Form:
Rhyme
Piece De Resistance Lauded
Pièce De Résistance Lauded...
Ninety years April 9th 1929
after maiden USA début
hoop fully more than a few
remain, a filial connection
I can cultivate and hew
cuz, the ghost o' me late
mother, would be Jew
(red eye with swollen tears),
bull...
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Categories:
grindstone, age, birthday, father son, giving, introspection, old,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Guns and Roses
First person shooter,
on a hate tour of duty,
swinging a bullet sling blade
Buying a death row ticket,
worth fifteen minutes of fame
First person murder shooter;
womb-to-the-cradle-to-the-grave robber,
using your Automatic Revolver
to solve your anti-social mental problems
Sharpen that sling blade
on...
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Categories:
grindstone, dark, death, violence, wisdom,
Form:
Elegy