Long Hol Poems

                      I
 Remember when days were long
   and all de children do...

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The year was 1956
and I distinctly recall 
my mother's lovely face
as she told me 
Szererlek (I love you) 

and as I seen her lovely smile
I remember her face
as she held back bittersweet tears
tying to hold...

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Excuse me. I seen you standing by wondering if you have a smile that I can borrow. 
I mean you never know you might not even be here tomorrow. 
I've seen you with drama and...

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“Teenager, 
The growing youth, 
The future leader, 
The light of the nation, 

Listen to the words, 
All mathematically, 	
Like the equation y = mx + c, 
The y-intersect you can meet at
As a young girl...

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A Klingon Lullaby Of Love
(In English and Klingon)

Come to me my little Klingon turtle dove
Drive your poisoned knife into my enemy
Feed me their hearts while they die bleeding
Still pumping life under the old volcanic fight
Eruptions...

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A Klingon Love Poem
                    (In Klingon and English)

 tlhIngan bang bom tlhab
(pa' tlhIngan 'ej English Hol)

tugh...

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~ A Poem for Shavuos ~  *

  Two Jews, three opinions
    Twenty-nine of us need three minyans  *

  Yet when we camped at Sinai, all arguments stopped
 ...

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Teacher sey mi stupid 

I wonder if a hol' a gun to her head she would still think I am stupid?

Because I don't come from upper St. Andrew mi nuh have the right to a...

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I'se  been working my ass all day
in them government agencies in this here hot city	 
and them only giving me this little to pay
for food, rent and give them back the change in my...

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Grumbling,rumbling and Wobbling my pen moves on the white paper,staggering as it strides onthe line Gush!it belches as horrible sound comes out from its tip,the lines are blur and twinkle stars appear.I am drunk No!not...

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A Single Tree
Steve L. Siegel
August, 2015
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Up on the upper Hoh River there is a trail 
Only two and haft miles long, at end of trail is a tree
Were it has turned into a cross all...

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There I was on holiday in August 2013
the second day at Southport by the sea
sitting in the park by the pond
felt a scratch just below the knee

So I started to scratch it
despite my wife's pleas...

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“It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas”
Or so the happy lyrics go
Houses decorated with wreaths
Bright red ribbons and great big bows
In darkness, lights glimmer beneath;
Outside inflatable plastic Santas
Tied to stakes in ground; held in...

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Happy Holidays

Hol ly, hol ly, it was the hol ly
And joy, what joy, at this time can be.
Part of holly has a berry as white as the milk.
Pretty garlands on the tree are gold, lace,...

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Holy Mole-y, what’s that ball
resting on your nose?
If I were a circus clown,
I’d want one of those!

And the other twelve I see-
all red bulbous spots -
May I grab my marker and
play “Connect the Dots?”

You are...

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We stroll along the wave lapped beach,
Together, hand in hand,
And turn to see a pair of tracks:
Our footprints in the sand.

The gulls are screaming overhead;
The early sun’s still mild;
The sea is calm with ripples now...

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Don cross dah line young man
For you caan  see dae other side
Yu plate alreadae full
With rep fruits fit fo dae king

I say, hol on. Don yu cross dah line
Even dae dog know how big...

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