Long Juggles Poems

Since I first put on the greasepaint, smooth as cream on morning toast, they said I had a gift for making people laugh. Natural as breathing. Effortless as falling. Born to perform like a bird...

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There once was a nation that was like a beautiful tall sailing ship
It’s mast were like redwood trees lined up in a forest
They bore the stainless white sails of opportunity to catch the winds of...

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Home is where . . .

The heart and reason mould into one and the same mirror of harmony

. . . the Golden Mean and centre of gravity as long as life’s turns spin around 

....

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Thumbs Up To The Journey

At the footbridge as it bridges past from present future and perspectives your
feet might be-come and may be-go confused be-fuddled as can your mind before
the shadows rainbows feathered fancy pastel tunes...

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Play the Fool

Once a knight now the court jester,
He juggles the pins,
If he loses the rhythm, he will lose his life.
The Queen stares at the fool.
She who knew him as a knight,
Now laughs with the...

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Experienced a third bigger earthquake recently but this poem I wrote for a smaller earthquake years ago)

My first trivial tremor experience had been in Southern Africa
And now this puny earthquake I felt in Tanzania. 

I...

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"Today don't beg, don't ask, just thank God in silence for all the blessings in your life. Each morning brings a hidden blessing; a blessing which is unique to that day. You deserve all the...

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Suicide Watch

Time meter swings from a rope in the attics and antics of my mind
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*I've been called a 'shrew,' told I am self centered, petty, and a few other rather insulting and invective names, so here is my rebuke.


Who plays the straight man for the one known as 'Schmoe?'
It's...

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Risking the absurd and death in every verse,
The poet, like an acrobat, swings over the heads of
The crowd, in a world where writing is a tightrope act
And rhyme is the ladder to the lofty heavens...

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the lonely plight  
of a dissident man 

a single lucent light fueled in the night
so flows pontification and foresight

the crowd it incites
a mass devoted to their leaders spite

the light of one 
the spark of...

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Gobble warming perpetuates climate change! No longer a theory; it's a fact. Scientists say we cannot do anything to prevent this; we waited too long. We will experience significant climate events that will lead to...

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As a boy, I wanted to be a teen.
To be free from playgrounds, older and growing.
To go where I wanted, outgoing and seen,
Life as a kid, carefree and outgoing.

As a teen, I wanted to go...

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The laughter rings, a hollow sound,
Across the painted, cheerful ground.
A mask he wears, a painted smile,
Hiding the tears for a little while.

Beneath the greasepaint, shadows creep,
Where buried sorrows lie so deep.
A heart that aches, a...

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Hello there my little friendlies
I'm Archibald Denton Frog
I'm here to tell you the story
Of Catherine Clemetine Clogg!

Clemmie as she's always been known
To a bunch of her closest friends
Has a wonderful talent for juggling
While sitting on...

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Bounce up, sun,
Golden hour's begun;
Bouncy, bouncy hot!
Bounce up, boy,
In childish joy.
Bounce your blue ball,
Against the green wall.
Bouncy, bouncy boy!
Bounce up, girl,
Teeth like a pearl,
Bounce red balloon,
Within the month of June;
Bouncy, bouncy balls!
Fun circus clown,
Juggles 'til...

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Once again, he dresses himself with flour-puffed face,neck ruffles and oversized shoes ,
all this fanfare for kids wiggling Barney  Bailey shrieks : 
He juggles coins,  flashes a silly mime while blistered thoughts knead...

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Do I call it illusion 
Do I call it a dream 
Alone in this hallway 
Rolling in my solitary confinement 
How a pair of love lit my eyes 
With a single gaze at her picture...

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His is a canvas of white open sky
A stroke of his brush, and the magic begins
A shade of blue with a tiny red dot
Worn on the forehead like a forget me not! 
Growing into an...

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Jobless Jack, a real jerk, dances a jig,
He juggles, smuggles jewels in backpacks,
jawbreakers, jump ropes, jelly rolls and crack.
~~Jig be up,  Jack'll  jiggle in the brig.~~

Junk jingles and jangles, squeals like a pig
jerked...

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hey ho
does an octopus know
how to juggle with eight cups and saucers
and the fish watching him
while the elephants swim
then he juggles with a turtle and tortoise

then ho hey
does the octopus say
I can do this all...

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The monitors above her head
would flicker light around.

The registers with type print on
would say 'no price was found'.

And Kathy stood behind the cash-
a beakon crowned with cap

to wish the people WELCOME.
A smile with-out crap.

A leopard...

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Work wealth worthwhile
Spread sensuous smiles


Thrill tender times
Ride richer rhymes


Pick piquant poise
Charm cheery choice


Live laughter loud
Purge posture proud


Quick quirky quest
Belief blooms best


Mosaic meets mood
Glimpse growing good


Prized play primes 
Treasure true times


Dream dazzles day
Pretty proof pays


Sense slumber's...

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The day
Ventures a quest
Joy pays
A deep fond zest


The way
Juggles a touch
Love say
A lot as such


The fest
Prompts humour here
Deep zest
Greets bounty dear


The ride
To penthouse gaze
Sifts pride
In poignant craze


The pact
Of lovely times
Funds act
That squeeze bold rhymes


The state
Of...

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Filled up with quips like a clanking balloon
blown up with coins not with air
Clittering, clatter on golden paved streets
his winsome words, plenty to share
Brilliant performance, he's taking his bow
on a bed of burnt peacock feathers
The...

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