Long Joann Poems

I still blame myself because I was the one to walk away from the accident.  I stare at our 
pictures on the book shelf and think about that argument.  I should have been...

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A Magic Adventure of Peter The Pan/AKA Peta The Fwying Pan

Peter was a fine young pan with blue eyes
Like all the other pans his age, except,
Peter could not yet pronounce 'R's'--he tried...
And 'L's'...so hard he...

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My cousin shared her wishes and dreams,
On our star gazing night,  she whispered them so sweet
As a shooting star glided down from  the sky,
She said,  I wish ….. I wish…. all I...

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Beauty, Love and Peace


Beauty appears to be,  
In serene mood sometimes, 
Spreading the peace in mind
Beyond horizons, limits and time.

Peace is really such a wonderful state, 
Which enhance our mind and soul, and
It makes...

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   "Wedding of a Wench"


a joyous celebration promised arrived on lacy invitation
bring only your smile as a gift to offer congratulations
but my cousin, Marlene, was known as a troublemaker all her life
now so...

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I was a mere lad of fourteen way back in June of nineteen forty-four.
I recall so well the Sixth of June when brave men stormed Normandy's Shore!
They were called 'news bulletins' in those days that...

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In this world there lived a boy
who was unhappy and found no joy
He felt there was no life for him
without someone to love
His life was too routine and dull
So he asked for help from high...

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My favorite cousin named Marge
is almost as big as a barge.
So one would assume, 
not knowing the groom,
the guy would most likely be large.

But he was a small man named Tim
“As thin as a broom”...

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The drunken pen knows no boundaries, flowing from one page to the next, one idea to the next never stopping too long in one place. It longs to write fluffy, flowery, big descriptive words that...

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The tides of June carry me over yesterday's sparkling
waters to the distant shores preserved in my mind.
Playful summer memories are just a light twinkling 
in my eye, pressed into worn photo albums, I find. 

Hotter...

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After the day I had I could care less

   Being sad is all I wish to do tonight

     Confetti in crowds makes me stressed

     ...

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Did you ever have the feeling there's a man in your can?
Or a ball down the hall with an eye to spy?
Sometimes I'm sure I have ants on a tour of my house without cure.
And...

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I went to my cousin's wedding, she married an Italian.
The wedding was in a huge church with a thousand stairs,
or so it seemed. Anyways, while in the church, it rained,
it was not just rain...

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My Cousin's Wedding


Weddings happen here by the dozen
All are fun, especially if a cousin

Get a new outfit, have to look good in the croud
Make the best of the time that is allowed

The bride and groom...

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I was writing that last poem
with my car door open
right after work
In the parking lot
And my coworkers 
stopped to chat
"Im just writing a quick poem" I told them
Joann said "just now"
Cassie smiled 
"Do you want...

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Joey                  

JoAnn was the birth name of my wife
To me Joey was her name for a lot of...

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I write a message in the rain drenched sand
I scrawl my words with trembling fingers
I appeal to him with my thoughts
And he listens to my prayers

He says, I am his child
My whole life he has...

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STOPPING  FOR   FLEAS


Whose fleas these are I think I know
The louse lives in the village though
He will not see me scratching here
As I roll around tired in the snow

My little horse must...

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That pen just lies there on the pale white blank pad page__no activity; that sorry pen has O D on something dangerous_passed out_hardly breathing..Come on pen sit up_here sip on this strong coffee..That's it click,...

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The Sowing


Upon the wind feasted hillside
The jagged edges of used rocks swell
With the fatless skin of babes and wenches 
Below a field of blood, no less a Flanders Field

A continuous swell of rape roll like...

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Upon the wind feasted hillside
The jagged edges of used rocks swell
With the fatless skin of babes and wenches 
Below a field of blood, no less a Flanders Field

A continuous swell of rape roll like waves
In...

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Almost all of my besties were off-putting at first.
They came in loud and proud, annoying or worse,
Luckily, I am not one to hold you to a first impression.
Being totally wrong many times is my honest...

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SPACE
Our wonderful marriage had three keys!
Love, Compromise and SPACE were these!
So third and last is SPACE that I’ll write for you! 
Just in case you need a clue!
JoAnn loved books, painting, jewelry making and knitting
With...

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Diamond in the rough, diamond's beauty framed
Upon hand of the lady loved by man
Lady who wears honor graces her domain
Lady possessed, owned: his games began

Diamond in the rough cuts to the core
Breaking down polished diamond...

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At first it was only a seed. I said to myself,
maybe this is something that I need. I took
it home with me and with soil that I had - I
planted there my seed.

I nursed it...

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