Long Heigh Poems

*Image of Many Meanings by KWC.

Likeness ssenekiL: Part 1

(HOMONYMS: Homophones & Homographs)

He'll heal his heel.
They sow so they sew.
His aide aid with an ade.
You saw a ewe eat a yew.
I ate on the ait eight...

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Ah, God, the way your little finger moved 
As you thrust a bare arm backward 
And made play with your hair 
And a comb a silly gilt comb 
Ah, God—that I should suffer 
Because of...

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October seventeenth ninety sixty one ...

Born sixty one years ago,
the follow poem from your bro
transmitted courtesy flagship
named Jacques-Yves Cousteau
constituting countless ones and zeroes
instantaneously traversing cyberspace
as packeted, framed dataflow
binary digits bit of information
to acknowledge when
thee transitioned...

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“Nobody likes a clown at midnight.”       Stephen King


CLOWN AT THE ABYSS


Darkroom abscessed 
with neon blush and black-blood —
sunken eyes look surprised
to find oneself in a dank dungeon.
Fecal stench, not...

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The Carrion Crow

Crows abound in the 
neighborhood and around the 
yard. Often in early morning a 
great, noisy caw-fest occurs. 

A carrion crow
sat on an oak, fol de rid-
dle, lol de riddle…

Only tiny oaks sprout here...

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No more suprises now christmas holds,
As day by day I’m growing old.
This I wish to confess,
Now christmas makes me pretty depressed.
I was fond of natural yule tree,
But now my grandchildren pick it from online for...

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painted in black from head to foot
like a mourner
why not a veil and snowy white
showy wedding gown
after all, nunsense knows
that we are the bride of Christ
while we are at it let’s glue
some angel’s wings and...

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The Seven Dwarfs of Facebook

By Elton Camp

Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, it’s off to Facebook they go
Each dwarf represents a type of person you know

Lonely the truth about himself does hide
How little is in his life others mustn’t...

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Space travel is already taking place

in minds all around the world

looked on as kookaburras

but way ahead of the rest of us

talk to themselves, wonder where we are

the weather's fine, c'mon up

we're friendly, our welcome mat...

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White crisp shirts
The clackers make their way to
The central
Sea salt is in the air
Frown lines and stress lines
Upon canvases of many
Wooden benches
To rest your heavy heart
Red blisters
Warm conversations
To ease the ache
The Achilles heel
In this big...

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I roning clothes – I love that job. Oh, my gosh!

L aundering them first is another one
O f numerous chores that let me wash
V arious things. Wash this or that. How fun!
E ven pots and...

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I woke in bed to find you'd fled, were now on sofa nesting,
My sleep though fair, so joined you there, with legs on my lap resting,
I held you soft, warmed by the loft of blankets...

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To the ship they row
Pirates Pete and Bo
Sea prowess to show
Sailing!

Argh! They proudly crow
Greeting all they know
With a 'Yo-ho-ho'
Hailing!

Sea terrors, heigh-ho!
Stolen treasures stow
Overboard men throw
Quailing!

Storm winds fiercely blow
Apprehensions grow
Enemy adds woe
Trailing...

Formidable foe
Tragic overthrow
Sad, their ship's...

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It took me time to embellish 
myself
And long to reach you!

And there I stand confronting 
you and lionise,
Behaving uncontrived and 
candid!

And now you waste golden 
moments talking to my better 
half,
Bereft me and become 
nonpareil!

Your...

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Hail I will a heart centered healing that can heat
Head, heart and hands and that’s why I heartily rhyme;
Heart it heals like holy herbal; he heartily does tweet,
He – nature’s hero, hails in his rhyme...

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Mirror mirror on the wall she wants me so
but I am little and she is white as snow.
  In this tale of small things
  Horny the 8th dwarf sings
heigh-ho heigh-ho it’s off to...

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