Long Inclines Poems

Perpetual Quandries of Dischord

Permanent irreversible Attatchment disorder
A lemonade stand at the Mexican Border
A traumatised disorganised old lady hoarder
The incriminating evidence on an old tape recorder 

Elements of discontent shivering through a crowd 
Firmaments of promises...

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OCTOBER TALE
Go south and follow the sun’s traverse
As it heads t’ward Capricorn
When days and nights are in equipoise
And slight chills happily born

Go beyond the wide stream where Siegfried roved
Past the dark forest’s sylvan span
You then...

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FM
“ShallowMan, if you’ve conflictions
owing to your mind’s addictions
to subconscious maledictions,
due to doubt in old convictions;
tell me now of your afflictions.”

SM
“FactoidMan, I must confess
I understand you more or less
though subtleties provoke distress,
and even more your fine...

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Why weren't any of the great emperors, or even those of lesser renown, enticed to acquire such a rich piece of land in the East? There aren’t much of historical archives shedding light on the...

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Space Rock Climber was born to the void
On an asteroid named for its ores and metals
Orbiting the sun one year after another
Morning never comes
Day never breaks
Silence goes on forever dead

A 10 year old son abandoned...

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In her slippery salmon swim
    And red streaked Crawdads chute
    Into her eddying pools
    To stare at her from beneath rocks.
    Whitewater rapids...

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Of energy that’s sent by you,
’Tis more than likely none gets through.
And when you wish upon a star,
The odds, more likely, aren’t than are.
And when you try to bring good luck,
things are as apt to...

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The Monk of Mock has fled the flock caught knocking up a tween.
     (She brought to light the special rite he sought to leave unseen.)
    With profaned eyes...

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Power points of dimensional spinning graphs are largely placed in cement viewfinders in aerated office space with dome foam chairs. Dome foam chairs are the salt of seats and seating is considered important for lengthy...

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Agreements are Shams!

Agreements are shams that the wise call a shakedown,
the wisest trust conflict, will work what’s at hand.
Agreements exist when folks (forced to) are civil.
Identical twins have mutations, evolve!
What miracles might stop, experience kicks...

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Gazed at the sky, was about to rain;
blood flew down my vein,
sudden thought strikes my brain,
is it just a rain?
or something sky couldn't attain,
so showering its pain....


 
soon sky began to cry, shedding tear;
and sudden...

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Struggling
With carrying branches to dry for kindling,
Cursing
the seemingly extra long winter and those
who keep bringing it;
a shadow drifts over me like a primordial raven,
and a rush of unseen limbs streak past me.
Both alight before the barbed...

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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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When I was younger, I have often wondered
Why is the eighth month not called October?
Was geometry wrong 
When it named the octagon,
Or was this a mistake wrought by the calendar?

'Augustus' seemed such an ugly name...

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I’m offended by ‘ski slope,’
they should be ‘ski inclines,’
they’re insulting Asian people,
have those fools lost their minds?

I’m offender by ‘Black’ Russians,
when made by pale people,
I’m offended by ‘cow’ boys,
for excluding the bulls!

I’m offended by those...

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ROCK SOLID

she fears the rock,
chiseled out god.
worshipping its curves,
its formless eyes,
pleading at its base.
a virgin, holding out hope,
not to be taken to its cave of horrors.
the rock’s lips are closed tight.
its eyes stare, like the...

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"The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives 
     fully is prepared to die at any time."   ~Mark Twain

Life’s greatest mystery is
Death –
...

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Mad?

Be glad! You have your life to live; there’s poetry to share,
as evolution gives us words, and some have minds that hear.
Accoutrements can touch the hearts of strangers (though we fear
a countenance that’s new to...

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Cave of wonders,
Caverns so deep,
Through vast rooms I wander,
So many secrets to keep.

The path tightens,
The corridors weave,
Mysterious sounds frighten,
Seeing the magic others see,

Deeper down I go
To unknown steps below,
Exploring further and anyone’s been,
There seems to...

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Now I really do understand
When I removed the bandage 
From over my eyes 
You told me that you were only her friend 
And your love doesn't correspond to her but to me 
I said it...

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Without a word we get aboard 
New lease of life I have to hold
You didn’t tell, but it’s okay 
I knew the schedule for today
We’ve got a lot of alco stuff
And dainty food, more than...

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Life’s greatest mystery
is Death –
It’s not God,
It’s not Soul,
It’s not the heavens
Or the laws of Nature.

The inevitable end
to our existence,
The only sanctuary
from the rigors of life,
The final destination
to our life’s journey;
No matter which way
you traverse,
You...

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The blue hills on hazy horizon cascaded down
the emerald inclines of rhythmic undulations,
shaping the contours of the harmonic hamlet
where my endearing home was cradled once.

The pristine panorama of clouds spread silent
on the curvature of canvas...

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On a canvass, he paints
A beauty with no name
His palette shades of blacks 
Blues and grays he add as hues
A brush he inclines and curves
His thumb kneed and nudge
With each and every stroke
Edge to edge
from...

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