Long Jived Poems

"You in the military?"

I was confused at first and didn't know why the man would ask me such a question. But then I remembered my recent haircut.

"No... is it because I shaved my head, that...

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Life is a mere dream
 A fleeting shadow that fades
 with time; awaken!

Seniors Style

 'Twas the night before Christmas at Rock-Away Rest,
And all of us seniors were looking our best.
Our glasses, how sparkly, our wrinkles,...

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I thought these white words like seering light
That jived my brain with alien meanings
To my pain were scandalously gone
I thought I would have to find a way to speak
Using silence as my native tongue
While I...

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The boy was as quiet as a viper
Often talkative and very hyper
One thought crossed another
Another topic intercepted the other.

Running…Running…Racing thoughts
Too…Too..many to be caught.
He jumped and jived that young little boy
He sure had ways to actively...

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In the silence of night a lone wolf howled,
I glanced at my watch, it showed twelve,
 “Ding Ding” the sound of a church bell,
On spur of a moment it was blowing a gale,
Trees jived and...

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The Music notations were somewhat divisive: due to the 
words used weren't defined or agreed upon. I remembered
"Geloina striata. Linne" were terms used to describe the stage hands. Some saw her
Recreating language as way of...

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You know the Old Lady who lived in a shoe,
She led the Autumn Jive with Little Boy Blue,
DJ Peter Piper looked suave and dapper,
The Old Grand Duke of York, *MC and rapper

The Trees of the...

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One fleeting Friday Freda Foster fretted at the frog pond. She  said" This was suppose 
To be my day."
I said yeah, go on. "I've been invited to this gala affair at  THE JUKE
BOX...

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Never wishing to even
consider wanting it:
possession of it devalued
her belief that which is
best represented her worth
to what she was doing and those
accomplishments she was ready
to achieve
the schism came from one wishing
to gain at the expense...

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Sitting all alone on a gym bench
A half-empty glass of punch in my hand,
The lights bounced off the disco ball
On the stage was the college band.

On the dance floor guys all jumped around
While the girls...

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The flit of peach chiffon skirts, 
 And seas of swirling dancers  
romped, jived, swayed and turned 
Their movements in perfect harmony 
To a freedom so greatly earned 

Her hands, fluidly frolicking 
Into the...

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It was break time in the Jungle
The elephant took his chance
To ask the lady hippo
If she'd like to dance.
The Leo Lion Combo,
Sax drums guitar and bass,
Mightily played away
So music filled the space.

Twenty seven giraffe
Employed just...

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THE CAT, THE DOG, THE MOUSE AND THE RABBIT HUTC>/center>

When passing the pet shop window, I saw a wondrous sight.
The pets were having a party, far into the night.
The cat was smoking a home-made spliff...

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And his frost-clad lips I gently kissed
So mildly radiant amid this  place--
That the silvery night grew quite intense
Until a gasp rushed from his cheeks.
While awakening to each other
      ...

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The heebie-jeebies came by to play.
I promptly shooed them straight away.
Come on they said as they jiggled and jived.
But my long-awaited guest had just arrived.

Hey! What is happening? She asked with pure happy.
It’s the heebie-jeebies,...

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They danced as if they were the only ones at the outdoor concert.
They were challenging others to join them.
There were chuckles in the background as they "jived" up a storm.
But there were also cheers of...

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