Long Howler Poems

today i will wander to the brothel
those divine friends of Jesus
where i will intercourse
with the ladies in my growing Spanish
write some lines to ponder
while they wash clothes and bathe
i the balneologist with the brandy
we watch...

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Dear Miss Monkey Manners, I am writing to you for guidance if you please,
I’m seeing a Howler Monkey who likes it when I’m on the stage doing my striptease.
I can’t say that he’s not exuberant...

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The fans are wild and crazy -
It’s the name of the game…
The game that’s most watched on the planet!
No, not American football -

Why it’s the soccer match of course – what else!
You’re simply an outsider...

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A howler when I purse my lips
Cutting off my nose to spite my face
When on purpose I beat my chest in cribs
Where restraint, respect and reflection erase the trace and brace

Immersed in consistency, competency and...

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Actual aptitude and action almost always align aright.

Beautiful bliss, beastly belligerent behaviors: both burn bright.

Caringly convinced, cantankerous curmudgeons collapse, contrite.

Disdaining darkness, devoted disciples dig deep, discover delight.

Erudite, eager efforts encourage, energize, even excite.

For faithful few,...

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A far away flash splits the sky
Howler rouses a gentle sigh
Fury taps lightly at the door 
“I promise,” says Howler, “My breath stands at war.” 

Birds flying high, fish swimming free 
Flee to your homes,...

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when in the parlor
should see Christmas squalor
grow taller and taller

while really on a roll
Christas tree was full of coal
all my gifts Santa stole

when college scholar
who would receive a caller
head stuck in huge howler

when receiving shawl
for...

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when in the parlor
should see Christmas squalor
grow taller and taller

while really on a roll
Christas tree was full of coal
all my gifts Santa stole

when college scholar
who would receive a caller
head stuck in huge howler

when receiving shawl
for...

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When I come back I will be a gibbon.
Leaping and bounding from trees,
Swinging and laughing, enjoying my long arms,
Loving my life, my arms like long ribbons.
         ...

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i miss her
        the cat who rode
            on my shoulder
who liked blue cheese
    ...

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What are you looking for? This voice was cracking.
I looked up to see two crows. Which one had spoken?
I am searching for mica, I told them. It’s found in granite.
Is it sparkly? They looked interested.
I...

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In sheepish clothing human (kind?) have growled at what they 
                    thought to be a star...

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Forgive when it’s a mistake.
It’s just an error, oversight or omission!
Or may be a fallacy, a gaffe, a faux pas or simple solecism.
Or even a howler or a clanger.
Ultimately it's just a miscalculation, misunderstanding, 
Misinterpretation,...

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It blows all around us.
Zig zagging in front of the eye.
A million bits of lemon dipped confetti.
Tapping on the carapace of a life.

Fawn dappled-silver maple leaf- days.
Spotted leopard-howler monkey nights. 
Everything summed up in gossamer...

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C-herish the beautiful day, 
A-fter the cold chilling night; 
R-aindrops cease to fall, 
L-etting the sun set things
A-right.

M-orning has just broken, 
E-vening shadows vanish; 
L-etting the gray stay away, 
I-nclement clime has diminished.
S-ixteenth day November
S-eems...

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J-ust when the dusk comes, 
E-ventide will be awake; 
A-nother long night appears, 
N-ew morn makes
A-nother break.

E-vening rain wreaks havoc, 
S-hadows are all over; 
C-hill though will walk out
O-ctober thirteenth affair.
B-ad season stays at night,...

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The maid busy cleaning the library
by any means necessary.
Jerry and Berry, the Macaw parrots
sitting on their tree perch 
waiting for their tidbits of carrots;
When the maid got closer to the dictionary
with her wooden handle feather...

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R-aining cats and dogs, 
O-verflowing is the river; 
B-ad weather is raging, 
E-ven wild beasts shiver.
R-aining cats and dogs, 
T-oo much water causes flood; 
O-ctober fifth early morn, storm can't make you sad.

V-ile twister uproots...

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J-ust let the raindrops fall
O-ver the hills and trees; 
S-unshine shows up later, 
A-s the howler turns into breeze.
L-et the raindrops fall, 
A-s the river is running dry; 
N-ever let your heart ache, never let...

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Confusion engulfs my mind and my eyes whale 
with tears and I cry. 
I cry for the love that I've lost 
I cry for the child that was lost 
I cry for the memories are...

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Crowds, laughter, passer, loner 
Lost in a shade, abandoned in howler
The cage of intensity
Bribing all the tendencies

Talk to the wind blows
The dimension of silent shows
Glimmers are everywhere
But the existence stands to nowhere

Today is like the...

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Forget your forgetfulness
Forget your faults
Forget your bewilderments
Forget your misgivings
Forget your follies
Forget your missteps
Forget your miscalculations
Forget your errors
Forget your foolishness
Forget your shenanigans
Forget your goofs
Forget your flubs
Forget your craziness
Forget your senselessness
Forget your blunders
Forget your nonsense
Forget your howler
Forget...

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