Long Jigs Poems

I was a professional flutist, and performed in orchestras and symphonies,
To express the sheer joy of living, like the birds sing to summer's breeze.

Becoming accomplished took many years, and I'd played since childhood,
As a late...

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The day the asteroid arrived the dinosaurs were playing,
With toys and bats and balls and things, some dancing jigs and swaying.
Young Betty Brontosaurus was renowned for being dim,
She was running on a treadmill in her...

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Terrorism is a villainous violence, 
Used by those who disagree,
Bloodshed breaks the somber silence,
Between those who feel unfree. 

However, when one disagrees
With how the system works,
They are targeted by an intelligent team
Of thieves who wear...

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There once were three magical pigs.
They were neighbors that danced the jig.
The wolf in the valley
Sometimes walked down their alley.
He was hungry for one of those pigs!

Pig-one lived in a house made of straw.
He looked...

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aye …

on such
divine evenings, thus,
are perfect odes not freely spun?
the Perseids, dancing their
jocund jigs -
capricious, evanescent stripes of
golden ire under a tapestry
of wonders …
watching rapt, ever-attentive,
streaking, burning ephemeral, as if the
gods themselves trace their
fingertips gently...

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Interview – 3-21-24  For Paddy Ch. Quick as a Wink 6/26/2010 – 3/8/24
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Interview With the Irish Wind

Wind from the heart of Eire, come abide with me for a moment
 before you toss your swirling...

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We were pilgrims to the great city 
one who's culture is globally abundant 
all types live there 

Big name giants 
Equal minded intellectuals 
Rights activists aplenty 
Kings of poetry and literature 
Envious dealers of intensity...

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Byte size food begets best bedeviled egg head benefits 
re: visited today April 12th, 2023

Way before aye knew 
the name Fletcherism applied 
family and friends even 
Smetana's bartered bride
would (tongue in cheek) chide
tummy uncommonly 
(recherché)...

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As the first rays of sunshine
wakes me out of my sleepy slumber,
I sat up in bed and looked at my hands.
The taste of stale cigarette smoke of cheap red wine
stained my taste buds.
I walked out...

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way before aye knew 
     the name Fletcherism applied 
tummy uncommonly (recherché) atypical dyed
in the wool feeding and/or slaking thirst guide

did precepts sans hungry 
     deaf eating...

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I'm a piece of Ireland, far away across the sea,?
American I've become but I'm very proud to be?
Forever Irish; and forty shades of green?
I sing it from my heart, picture the Irish scene, 
?I still...

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re: visited tonight October 15th, 2021

Way before aye knew 
the name Fletcherism applied 
tummy uncommonly (recherché) atypical dyed
in the wool feeding and/or slaking thirst guide

did precepts sans hungry 
deaf eating beast impossible to hide
(the ferocious...

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He is the sound of a waterdrop 
A waterdrop off a leaf into a pond
He keeps monkeys and trees, bond
And works zebras for donkeys

He sprinkles scent on flowers 
And enchants buffaloes for mowers
He spells vultures...

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COLLEGE STUDENTS SHAPING MY WINGS



"She did this" and "She tore my paper, I’m red mad!" 
"Miss, tell her to quit copying my lines!" 
Every nail of rampage was tolerable, 
as bright awakenings made semesters less...

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when we married we

each with a lit candle
were asked to light
one with our two

we burned unity

but then told to blow 
our individuality out 
but this we did 
not do for

she is hers and
mine is me

we...

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Young and solitary homeless girl
With sky-colour eyes
Wearing a haggard 
And consumed makeup

The blond hair that betrays 
Your young age
Melted like golden filaments
On minute shoulders

Soon you were taken 
From the jigs
With your friends
That now share with...

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Heathen warriors dressed in the plaid
Victims of time and an evil brigade
Pursue their beliefs far into the South
Gaelic words from a Jacobite mouth

Like bairns against many a gun
The highlanders decided to run
Not for home and...

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Like an impetuous dash of time
Everyone  are frenziedly falling in line
As we all eagerly await  at the carpeted  floor
The arrival of our charming celebrity in allure.

Gents got pretty roses… white, yellow, blue...

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In the Village of Wearing the Green,
townsfolk were getting ready to celebrate
their annual St. Paddy's Day with much flair,
flowing golden locks were dyed to green hair.

Sewing machines hummed and buzzed along,
as the women sewed emerald...

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The Saints be preserved! Begorra! Today Saint Patrick reigns!
An excuse to get the Irish blood a-coursin' through yer veins!
A time for clans with even a tad of Irish in their genes,
To celebrate the holiday with...

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The Saints be preserved! Begorra! Today Saint Patrick reigns!
An excuse to get the Irish blood a-coursin' through yer veins!
A time for clans with even a tad of Irish in their genes,
To celebrate the holiday with...

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An idea whispers,
sneaking in on cat’s paws,
a sly grin curling at the edges,
as I sip morning coffee, unaware.

It dances on tiptoes,
skipping across my mind,
twirling, pirouetting,
a ballerina in a china shop.

My thoughts, the porcelain,
shatter in its...

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With each turn of the tide,
The beach opens up wide, 
The Irish sands stretch for many a mile;
And all around can be seen
More than forty shades of green,
There’s so many things in Ireland to make...

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The rules of the comp I'll barely read
Because I am a poetic fiddler freed
I leap about from contest to contest
Clueless why the sponsors unimpressed

I'm confident I'll find my niche
Get it right without being pastiche 
I...

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1.
We men are all chauvinist pigs tra-la-la, 
And love to take girls to our digs tra-la-la
Though girl snorts when she laughs, 
We don't care about gaffes, 
When our hearts find they're all dancing jigs tra-la-la!

2.
I'm...

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