Long Jig Poems
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Veronica Franco Translations
Veronica Franco translations
Veronica Franco (1546-1591) was a Venetian courtesan who wrote literary-quality poetry and prose.
Capitolo 19: A Courtesan's Love Lyric (I)
by Veronica Franco
loose translation by Michael R. Burch
"I resolved to make a virtue of...
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Categories:
jig, desire, french, joy, love, lust, poetess, poetry,
Form:
Free verse
The Old Bear
The Old grizzled Bear... was now keenly aware
as he lay in his Cave all alone.
Where his time as King... was a mere passing thing
and must choose another...
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Categories:
jig, funny, humor, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Operation Money Jump
Thanksgiving, 1971,
a parachute pilgrim approaches Northwest Flight 305
as Dan Cooper, anonymous businessman, anarchist airborne,
black suit, black sunglasses, a black tie
and a black briefcase broaching black motives,
Portland to Seattle, prison or criminal pantheon,
before...
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Categories:
jig, america, history, mystery,
Form:
Epic
Landsbyen -Into the North- An Epic Poem 109-End
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A babe born, in darkness braved
Bring love to the world if only for a day
No questions asked, nor answered, nor saved
Let peace abide in every child, we pray
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
As they stood watching their son, enthralled in...
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Categories:
jig, christmas, fairy,
Form:
Epic
Bionic Betty: Another True Tale From the Mental Ward
Betty was bonafide crazy. She had shot her husband after a night of drunken quarreling, and was in the state mental hospital instead of being in the slammer. She'd shot the louse in the stomach...
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Categories:
jig, crazy, woman,
Form:
Narrative
Heave Ho and Yo Ho Ho
There's a Senior's home called the Shady Lane
and life's curse is at an end.
Where a hundred souls are kept in line
till Death its message sends.
They built a...
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Categories:
jig, adventure, funny, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Stolen Illumination of the Star
STOLEN ILLUMINATION OF THE STAR
This journey has not been a fanciful adventure,
we're all settlers in these dynasty of neo-colonialism
united only by what divides us. Victims, yes
victims of civilized inducement,
terms of...
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Categories:
jig, political,
Form:
Narrative
New Year's Resolutions
Jim Daley and Joe McCarthy had something in common. They died at 80 going to the bathroom in the middle of the night. Walt O'Brien, their protege, found this out when he called the homes...
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Categories:
jig, new year,
Form:
Prose
My Little Creepy Dude
At the final stroking of saint Halloween eve, it seems not so long ago,
That my trusty SUV, transport vehicle unceremoniously broke down,
Right outside the local pet cemetery, what a marvelous place to
Spend the spookiest night...
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Categories:
jig, brother, fantasy, funny, halloween, history, imagery, visionary,
Form:
Free verse
Liatra
Pasha Acremodios grew greedy,
discontented with the domain he dominated,
so he turned covetous eyes toward Farabia,
sending his soldiers to seize this ripened plum
Spoiling for a fight and fighting for spoils,
his army swept across Farabia
like a bloody...
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Categories:
jig, dance, death, desire,
Form:
Free verse
Keep It Turnin' To the Right
Oklahoma cowboy, tough coal miner’s son
Born in Henryetta, south of Tulsa some
Raised by daddy’s momma, taught him wrong from right
Daddy taught him ropin’, taught him how to fight
Herding made no money, its stock was...
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Categories:
jig, day, earth, funny, life, love, satire, work,
Form:
Rhyme
DAVID : Sculpture : Michelangelo: Florence : 1501
“Sweet is my sleep, but more to be mere stone,
so long as ruin and dishonour reign ;
to bear nought, to feel nought, is my great gain ;
then wake me not, speak in an...
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Categories:
jig, allusion, art, character, creation, extended metaphor, humanity,
Form:
Ekphrasis
Split Schizoid Mission
split schizoid mission
Lifting the mind
like a sword
counting poets
losing self in
unsettled love
and mysteries
plucked off the shelf
all the Berlin walls
come tumbling down
words like dice
shaken and thrown
the electric
black dogs barking
call...
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Categories:
jig, muse,
Form:
Free verse
ELEPHANT WOMAN
{ emo music inspired poem }
ELEPHANT WOMAN
She is Elephant Woman
you cannot hide from her
in houses of brick or glass or
lined velvet curtains
whether it sits on Signal Hill
or in Newlands bourgeois class
cannot...
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Categories:
jig, allegory, character, courage, dance, emo, humanity, metaphor,
Form:
Free verse
Rum N Raisin 6 - Dances With Wasps
Those kittens bounded through the flap and started to play
Raisin said the flowers look so pretty today
She went to sniff a daisy but an insect flew out
And so she hollered, “Watch out, Rum, there’s waspies...
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Categories:
jig, cat,
Form:
Narrative
Always a Dream
A little fairy princess one day sits resting on a most beautiful sunflower,
And magically she begins stretching her wings for anticipatory flight
While capturing a vision assortment of most bright flying colors,
Of one gentle and...
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Categories:
jig, allegory, beauty, celebration, emotions, fantasy, i love
Form:
Narrative
Always a Dream
Always a Dream
A little fairy princess one day sits resting on a most beautiful sunflower,
And magically she begins stretching her wings for anticipatory flight
While capturing a vision assortment of most bright flying colors,
Of...
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Categories:
jig, dance, desire, fairy, love, romance, romantic,
Form:
Narrative
The Smell of Fear - Collaboration
Alien talk I can’t understand
A Pifflewig performed a handstand
He verbalised through his ass
Gross putrid wind he did pass
Like many blokes throughout the land!
I farted, perhaps it was fear
Foul wind was expelled from my rear
The pifflewig...
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Categories:
jig, humorous, space,
Form:
Limerick
Changing Systems
I'm reading this book called
"Systems Thinking for Social Change"
by David Stroh.
Although this is not his paradigm of systemic choice,
He talks about WinWin strategizing
for optimal outcomes
Rather than WinLose compromises
for suboptimal conservation
of the miserably under-performing status quo.
Future:
A....
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Categories:
jig, change, earth, health, peace, race, usa, violence,
Form:
Political Verse
Aye Aye, Said the Captain
Aye, aye! Said the Captain, who spoke on his date,
He spoke on his date to his very first mate,
His very first mate, the lady Miss Tate,
The very first lady to say he...
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Categories:
jig, fantasy, humor, light, nonsense, ocean, silly, word
Form:
Light Verse
Captain Nate Part 1
Aye, aye! Said the Captain, who spoke on his date,
He spoke on his date to his very first mate,
His very first mate, the lady Miss Tate,
The very first lady to say he...
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Categories:
jig, adventure, betrayal, crazy, fate, feelings, funny, love,
Form:
Rhyme
The Avenue of Gastronomic Delight
The Avenue of Gastronomic Delight
Down the broad avenue called Gastronomic Delight
City life gathers when twilight awakens;
In eateries, drive-ins, greasy spoons and taverns – jumpin’ joints jumpin’
Like Snoopy with his dish doing the suppertime dance;
Lured by...
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Categories:
jig, america, food, international,
Form:
Verse
Rolling Stones
Once upon a time in the lands from the north, south, east to west
Navigating on the cold white sands formed of sugar and ice ...
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Categories:
jig, funny, mountains, ocean, river, silly,
Form:
I do not know?
Groundhog Day
I
On the hill between Carlisle and Deep Creek
...
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Categories:
jig, friendship,
Form:
Rhyme
Here’s Some Nice Poem By A, Punny Guy
Here’s Some Nice Poem By A, “Punny” Guy
Puns are nice, but I need a living
so I can get all life is giving,
but I don’t drive and can’t afford a chauffeur.
Each job I’ve tried just turns...
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Categories:
jig, funny,
Form:
Free verse