Long Houdini Poems

Lisa and I finally tested covid-free! When we saw our results, we began an impromptu dance that felt like levitation.

Although my covid case seemed much milder, Lisa’s been nothing but supportive. Why just yesterday morning,...

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Have I failed you as a man?
Our only communication was what washed up on shore 
But there's so much space between the ocean floor and the sand 
One cascades and the other crystalizes 
But you...

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Hare trigger instincts
always served Roger well
He had an oh, no-no lettuce nose — 
a hyper-keen sense   when to leave
Roger was rabbit good
at knowing when
to skip out    on his responsibilities ...

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When It Rains It Pours 

Idiomatic sayings are such a delightful way of expressions,
The truth in them may sometimes stretch our imagination..

When it rains, it pours is one such expressive gem of wisdom..
When troubles in...

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Mirror, Mirror 
I look at the clear glass in front of me framed with decorative carvings 
Back at me stares a pair of somber eyes 
With those eyes I see the fiery abyss of my...

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"50 Words for Poe: Metamorphosis"



Intricate souls, 
Complex needs
interconnected
Light energy 
binds them 
2 hearts
2 minds
Become 
1 heart
1 mind
it’s all in the 
timing
the complexities 
of a trick

Reciprocity
with a kiss
intuitive
apport 
the exchange
of a key,
The Gift 

MAGIC

Metamorphosis

The answer to...

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#68. MOON WINK 

I took a trip for fun, 
between the Earth and Sun, 
slid quietly between,
the star sun's scarlet sheen,
from its radiant show,
and in it's earthly glow. 

I cast misty shadows, 
on planet's green...

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Who said:
"You don't realise what you've got, till it's gone."

In your absence I despise silence,
when you're gone loneliness visits,
but his friendship, I do not desire.

An empty scent circulates in the room.
Air is cold and crisp,...

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I stood starstruck in the midst of an angel.
Her beauty shines brighter than the North.
Guiding me to a heavenly haven
from the surrounding hellish terrain.
Her eyes, induced with the illuminous grace
of a full moon among dark...

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Ida
Pingala
Sushumna
Or nebula 

Cold breath
Hot breath
No breath
Know breath

Three known channels for the flow
One burns, one cools, one is mellow 
All provide a connected glow
In pristine stillness imperceptibly slow

Abandoning focus on technique
Let us take a sneak peek
At...

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Walking the yard with shovel in hand
Cruising back and forth just as planned
Trying to pick up every last pile
If the wife steps in one she gets hostile

Didn't think this through from the start
Three dogs are...

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Back in the 14th century
there was a brash young English lad,
who always got his kicks
from doing something bad,

Getting tired of being reprimanded,
and his life not going anywhere,
Evil Knieval built himself a device,
that would surely cause...

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Pretty poison in the yard. Butterflies
Abound - Horseflies fly into pool. Bees
Buzz! Algae, fish, lady bugs, yard tools.

Grandma's house is pretty. Houdini The
Turtle escapes to visit. Next door, new
Neighbor - Max! Runs with Arthur -...

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Incredible Candidates

They say that a candidate named Fiorini
Happens to think that she is a Houdini
But what she is liable to pull out of a hat
Is destined to led us into mortal combat.

Then there is Trump...

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I am sincerely sorry.
I destroyed your Ferrari.
I spent all your money
On drugs and whiskey
And wrong lottery tickets.
Those things are wicked.

I am sincerely sorry.
I lied unendingly to you.
I left a scuff on your shoe.
I know it...

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They orbit long with brief visions of each,
four pitch-lit eyes strike the shapeless hour.
How handsomely becoming is Houdini ‘pon a coward,
and who, really, is he, to hide away the breach?

Half the world is hidden, nay,
e'en...

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Gangsta politicians,
falling stars   ...   twinkling
of an eye 
	disappearing

Leper lips
	 halitosis blowing
Got there gun clips
and stacked deck 
	    poker chips ...
Sin City bullets overflowing

Body politic,
staph tongue infection
Still the voters...

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I jumped through hoops 
Landing in your abyss
I heard the snap crackle pop of my inner ear
My ossicular chain breaking in three
As I relinquished the best of me

You stood above me
In silent laughter
Tossing your dagger
Thinking...

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Living within' a concentric circle
experiencing the dynamic's of life
caught between interval's of time
a space of unchanging events
discrepancies of a decrepit world
enacted accordingly to preconcieved idea's

Prudence should be our avoidance
slavery to undesireable notion's at best
away from...

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Does it come natural or do I dig deep
Can I do this when I’m smiling or only when I weep
Are ideas always there or unexpected like a thief
Are feelings everlasting or can they be brief
Is...

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Securely bound within these the shackles of darkness!?

Submerged aneath their versions mirky waters 

Swirling inside merely moments, left afore drowning....

Consciousness slipping away as thoughts of life

Drift through his mind this, colophons final touch

Highlighting every link...

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Bobo and Coco were playing in the park
but had to hurry home before it got dark
deciding to take a shortcut through the cemetery 
when they ran into a man called Harry
he stopped them both "dead"...

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I was content to shut the blinds
on the nightingale,
to watch the hollow condo rise up
like a neon blue dragon blossom
to take remote control 
of my brick & concrete birthplace.

I thought a Houdini act was needed,
so...

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If I Find I Am Soon To Die
By Rick Rucker
If I find I am soon to Die,
I will not scream, nor even Cry,
I am lucky, and have always been,
The most fortunate of Men,

Life has been...

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Freed By His Spirit

As a child I remember playing games
like tag and tying each other up 
but even a few moments in the confines of those ropes
would cause the anger in us to erupt.

Remember the...

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