Long Hamstring Poems

THREE WAYS of Swiping the World Cup

"It is sweet and fitting/glorious to lay your life down for your country » - from a poem by HORACE

(See my story selected to represent France in the 2006...

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40th Marathon For 70 Year Old

Almost in disbelief, I reread the headline of this one particular online piece of news….
A 72-year-old Retiree Just Ran His 40th New York Marathon, screams the title of this news…

Reading...

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The Magnificent Mountains of Maine 

Mount Katahdin, Maine’s tallest peak
beckons to those who challenge seek.
and to the dare-devilish kind,
White Cap Mountain will blow their mind.

Though not among Maine’s tallest peaks
Mount Cadillac is one to seek.
Mount...

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WARNING: THE CONTENTS OF THS POEM MAY BE
DANGEROUS TO YOUR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL WELL-BEING

(Photo of the Two Lovers is available on contest site),

As any physical therapist worth his salt will tell you
   These...

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Watch the blood
drip from my eyes
as I lick
   the last bits of flesh
from my claws.
I've spotted my new prey
    and this one
is going to require
     ...

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THINGS WITH STRINGS

Spider's web, strings of stars,
a weaver's loom, and old guitars.
Balls of yarn, and DNA,
string bikini, and crochet.

Cats cradle, spools of thread,
Tails on kites, and hairs on head.
Theory in music, or in science,
together making...

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Written By:  D. Collins 9/14/21


Back in the days, the Elders weren't lying.
Sometimes I get up and hear cracks 4 or 5 times.
The hip gets to hurting with any sudden moves.
Walk slow up the stairs,...

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They used to put the mentally unstable away
for their own good and for the good of society they say.
Society evolved and said NO! this is wrong.
So, they closed the institutions releasing the unstable
from their stables-...

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On days clouds mask transparency,
when sprinkles/gales quell meadow’s song,
before Spring’s green, post Autumn’s fall
of colored leaves (that flirt with tones of Prelude’s whites),
I wait for you (and doing so) find new delights!

On days what’s right...

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My eyes open in a dark room
The clock is telling me 5 approaches
There to my right I see the outline
Of you

Hair draped across your sleeping face
Gently I pull my left arm from under the covers...

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My back’s in the sun with a ring-a-ling-ding
Have to admit I am doing my thing
I sit outside with couch, but no vase of Ming
The dog and cat are here, bringing me bling

I hear a cardinal...

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I now acquiesce to this with you
May ours be that affaire-de-coeur
Where dubious turmoils never flow,
For you etherea ladyl,
Have fuzzled me enough that I subservient,
By hindsight should have surrendered long ago,
But hither and yon was my...

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Yoga 
aha 

Relax 
in slacks 

At ease
release 

Retreat
off feet

Still mind
core find

Unwind 
from grind 

Depressed
cure stressed 

Wellness 
classes

Witness 
fitness

Deep rest
suggest 

Supple 
muscle 

Stiff joint 
whole point

Light breath
dodge death

Slow down
don’t frown 

Lithe bone 
to hone

Zen state 
elate...

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First grade, pelted with eggs
  Second grade, broke both legs
Third grade, fell down the stairs
  Fourth grade, clawed by a bear

Fifth grade, ran into a tree
  Sixth grade, twisted a knee
Seventh grade,...

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Slipped through my finger my diamond ring
Down the drain it went so I got out some string
I attaching a bobby pin then coiled it like a box spring
Lowering it down gently but the phone started...

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James is a former sprinter, visually impaired, 
Who suffered disappointment at exclusion, 
From the 2012 games because he procured, 
A grade three hamstring injury of dissociation. 

But he keep going until 2015 though distraught, 
So...

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a full grown man pissed himself in front of me tonight
... he just passed out in a chair and began flowing urine 
through the lower hamstring section of his jeans-
the pitter-patter on some other guy's...

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Sandpaper noise of idle chatter
intrudes upon my inner thoughts
Scraps flake off their intelligence
to show the ignorance they brought

How grandiose they believe themselves
in opinions they all voice
Just mere babble spoken as truth
as though their egos have...

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