Long Hailstorm Poems

Like water

I was the river
You were the sea
I dissolved into you
And thought I was free.
Out of the cage I flew
But landed on my knees 
As I tried to flee
The heavy clouds
And storms, of responsibility

Your love...

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Still stunned with disbelief...

that our apartment unit B44
received thumbs up
meaning that we passed
the grueling, and harrowing yearly inspection
three days ago - May 28th, 2024.

About a week prior,
when notification circulated
(validating horror about to befall us
as averred...

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Lines more lunatic than the sun – 4

your body 
that’s fond of tv-soap

with its un-worldly moonlight 	and worldly tricks and posterings
as if  		it wants to plough
a thin winter 	that is attached firmly		with a mermaid...

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In the heated performance of the day, 
 summer wet evenings close the 
   curtains, concluding with a thunder 
     jest and a gift of wipe. The crawling 
...

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ELEGY WRITTEN ON THE DEATH
OF A PARAMOUR
How many faces shroud
A paramour ?
One, two, more!
He was vibrant
Man hood with veins and vines
Gushing passion
Historicity
Genetic thread bestowed
Chewing wild passions
Bit by bit
Anaconda devouring tender deer
Deliciously.
Adolescent love
Infatuations
Treacherous;
And on by virtue...

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'An Ill-fated Person Meeting His Loved One'

It snowed 
And she appeared like the snow
She appears like the speed of a storm
I do not know when she arrived
Like a pleasant breeze 
Why do I look for...

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6. 
i am to be blown off on the first bombardment 
then it is to be flown 
in the crowd of  fire-flies 
on the bushes of the scented-lemons 

and it is to see the...

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"eloquent birds"

eloquent birds 
pass my eyes 
the sky heavy 
full-bellied pregnant
and hailstorm green 
it lifts
their wings 
signing
singing
other worlds away
heart beats
up and down 
down and up
notes written
the clouds ripening
ready to burst
will spill 
like a dam
notes beat
down...

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She was just seventeen 
The flowers had started blooming

The flower doesn't bloom for itself
It wants to mingle in another breath

The parents scolded heavily
The petals moaned with pain in the veins

The flowers didn't stop blooming
At the...

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Cordelia is dead
                                ...

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In riming realms 
of crystal contemplations -
frozen water-vapor meditations
and chilled flutes 
filled with zodiacal-light musings 
of ancient cosmic dust 
dancing in the arms of Sol..

windswept operatic reveries
rise and fall
as her stirring soprano
tickled by the chanting...

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heaven opened up once to the eyes of Man.  the reached up to the sky to be led by the hand.  but no one came.  no one came, no one came. ...

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chambered poems
each bullet centered
match box soaks her



in
scratching ink




dripping
on
to
in
me






my gurgling
ambulatory emotions





we loved thogeter there
in that moment i loved her
that moment is in this moment





loved her as i did
as
i
do


foggy glass frames seen through
far beyond any dreams kissing...

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these seemingly mindless thoughts that spatter upon my brain

as endless as the drops from a midsummers rain

not knowing when they started that leads to an unforseable end

like the flashes of a lightning storm, my sense...

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Forgive me father for i have sinned, bless me for i have repented.
Now i truly know the power of the lord upon this blessed land
I have seen this worlds true colours. For these people there...

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You come running from your mother’s front door with your arms open wide
Your smile beaming as you look me in the eyes
The earth could open up and I would be there to catch you
Holding you...

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A windswept meadow neath an ambling Apollo lone journey,
Witnessed the efforts of a crowd studded web of twinkling wished upon stars,
Lose its envious magic that they had cast upon the eyes of star-crossed lovers,
To an...

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The Jackass Caught in a Hailstorm

By Elton Camp

When people begin to revile
Should we take it and smile?

Or should we angrily lash out
“How dare you say that!” shout

Thus to add fuel to the fire
And increase others’...

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This is bad, real bad.
The pen won't touch the pad.
     Try as I might,
I just can't write!
     I scribble it out and try again.
I wanna curse and...

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A windswept meadow neath an ambling Apollo lone journey,
Witnessed the efforts of a crowd studded web of twinkling wished upon stars,
Lose its envious magic that they had cast upon the eyes of star-crossed lovers,
To an...

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Devoid of signs,
Clothed in widower gray,
Paths blank, mourning..
Above heavens clouded by nightmares:
Hovering as vultures,
warning of hailstorm:
Death of dreams
and silent screams..
She hears them..

And darts through the blocks-
empty as her heart,
calmly bursting..
Lips salted in dust,
Smoke filling her...

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JUST WHEN I THOUGHT IT WAS OVER…

Just when I thought it was over
You unleash the storm
Seething underneath your deep skin,
With the venomous look, you send me packing
to the land of silence and calm

Just when I...

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Birds don't fly with clipped wings
But here you are; flirtatious beyond boundaries. Now gazing at the limitless sky.
Take courage, you've cried enough. Wipe away the tears. Now is the time to take the reins.
In stale...

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I've learned there can be thunder without lightning and rain
And that a hailstorm of admissions can cause sorrow and pain
But there was never a moment of indifference in my emotions
Doubt me if you will, but...

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A vibrancy on a washing line is often likened to a knitting needle in a hailstorm. Fold away the parachutes of umbrella and kneel down on a thistle. It is rather comfortable when it is...

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