Long Jellybeans Poems

This goes far beyond poetry

here I go...

snippets of thoughts
to words
to poetry 

to hearts
touching 
to smiles
reaching eyes

I am grateful,
I am blessed,
for the friendships formed

of chapbooks and poetry books
to reading books, watching movies

of eating to cooking
…of chocolate,...

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Lady at the desk.. Hello this is wabc radio caller.'  hello i would like to speak on the station to Tom-morrow, what would you like to say?  I just want someone to understand...

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Mr. Franklin "coined" that old saw, "A penny saved is a penny earned!"
I mused upon that fabled adage and for the olden days I yearned.
Then, a penny was worth a cent, but, alas, it ain't...

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After weighing myself and gaining five pounds
I knew the consequences were profound
I bowed my head and softly prayed
Please let these pounds melt away

I had made a grocery list to send
It was time for a home...

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The neighborhood convence store
was always good for necessities and more
Together I would walk with my dad
and to get a smile and make me glad
A bag of jellybeans he would add
to whatever it was my mother...

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Babylon's Rising

I made my way to the grocery store
just like I did so many times
in the years before
asked the baker for some fresh unleavened bread
he looked at me as if to say what for
then one...

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Almonds encased in hard red candy
Brandy from snow white walnuts
Collateral damage to the left front bumper of the sled
Dietary restrictions on anything considered a spice
Everything more often wins the day
Francesca left her pie though (no...

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Houston, we have a lollipop 
Peppermint Patty is outside the airlock
The lemon drops are handy and dandy
Secure as Loony tunes on the moon
Tasty as caramel popcorn parties
The Eagle has landed 
That's one small step for...

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not entirely your fault
for trying to rule life
all wrong
something you have yet to experience
like the 300 days it would take to make this better
like the whole world showed up for your birthday with a present
watching...

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You can't commit suicide by holding your breath
Going to try it now my good friends
If it works it's been great knowing you guys
If  my  poe-m  e-n-d-s  h-e-r-e  t-h-e-n-n-n-n-n . ....

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Sitting on an apple
Dreaming while awake
Searching for questions
Asking for mistakes

Places I've never been
I remember most
Cold Coca Cola
With my morning toast

Sucking on a lemon
Puckered pink lips
Squeezing green Jell-O
Between my fingertips

Eating a banana
In the places I like...

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Full moons, falling stars
Milky way, candy bars
Chicken soup, ham on rye
A BLT or key lime pie
The good things that life can bring
Can be embedded in anything

Sunny days, day it rains
Banana splits and candy canes
Hummingbirds, a...

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By no means, can anyone consider me slow to loving.
Yet, ive never explored the world with, an older woman.
But im not holding bacc because of the difference in age.
I love hard, if you're my target,...

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She would never give up her battle as it would be too much a sacrifice
While he stood his ground and faced her, unwavering, head on
This battle was one of importance, power and most of all,...

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There are twenty four days
left to Christmas and already
small children dream of toys;  
isn't there a better way
for them to forget the cold
and see some magic unfold?

Skinny Willy has built a snowman,
he's getting ready...

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I think the suspect has been found
I'm a witness to the dirty deed
Our eggs are smashed and jellybeans
are scattered now for birds and bees

I stepped into the frigid air
To gather up the morning news
A long...

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     The carrots jumped up and grabbed my nose,
     Swatted them back down with my toes!
     Spinach curled round my fork,
  ...

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Heckle and Jeckle, jellyroll jam,
Ponce de Leon’s Fountain of Youth.
Little kids like to eat green eggs and ham;
So do you – now tell me the truth!

One fish, two fish, red, white and blue fish,
Old glory...

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 Slowly a little bit each day
So I won’t notice their passing
Thoughts and dreams drift away
To a time when I was younger
 Try to remember the small corner store
Where...

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When I am still full from the meals I eat
Why is it that I still crave something sweet
Between meals the desire to snack
Is something I fight but lose the attack
What harm in a fun size...

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Doctor narcotic slinging jellybeans and placebo
  with one twitch of the wrist, one life goes on the tilt
      distorting the dream and wrecking the rainbow

His red nosed ribbon circling...

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Eat peanut butter with a spoon
Kiss your love under the moon
Smile and it becomes contagious
Jellybeans are sugary outrageous
Rubbing your dog's belly
With your family being silly
Laughing eases all pain
Wiggle your toes in the rain
The best plans...

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It's too bad there are only English poems allowed,
For I found the most beautiful poem,
the most exact, precise, lush, and sustainable string of words.
But they are from another planet,
A separate universe,
An odd community.

But the words,
Their...

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friendship like candy.
too sweet,
its sickening.
a cherry lollipop
staining my tongue,
making me thirsty for something different.
drop it on the table.
watch the shards fall apart.
sticky pieces clinging to a foreign surface.
i thought it was the stick it liked...

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When those closed eyes will open wider than a wind-caressed bluebell,
something funny will make giggle as brother Bill,
and being too small to understand: you were given some very special things...
you must grow taller than the...

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