Long Karat Poems

*Image of Many Meanings by KWC.

Likeness ssenekiL: Part 2

(HOMONYMS: Homophones & Homographs)

The batter's foul ball killed a fowl that later caused a foul odor.
After painting the room red, he then redd it up and read...

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His full given name is Barack Hussein Obama
The etymology of his first name, "Baraka," a Swahili word meaning "Blessed"


      It's easy to see why he's my favorite POTUS
  ...

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Hindi Classical Love Song  – Seasons come and go.


Hindi Lines
-
Rtu aavat - aa-aa kar jaavat,
Path nihaar kar thakeen - ye ankhiyaan, 
Saavan see hain ye - barsan laagat, 
Yaad aavat jab tumhaaree Kanhaiya. 01

In...

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Talk is Cheap - Battle Rap

Yo, Ima outcheek you… gimme that mic,
I’m lethal, a viper ready to strike;
and it ain’t gonna be pretty – not ladylike.
Just gotta tell you straight up like it is…
Dude, you...

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Oh you know the type—
the orchid woman

a cosmopolitan who cosmo sips
between snips of gist
her charisma a starship —collides
with your star-full eyes
supernova for Casanova
her pouty lips knit a glamour-mag smile 
rows of sugar-white pearls
strung shiny straight
behind...

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Summoning the face in the Mirror the man calls
“Mirror, mirror on my tasteless bedroom wall,
Am I the only righteous dude who’s got it all?
I’m a Twitter tweeter in everyone’s face, no jest
A god-like prototype ascendant...

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KEEPSAKE

My Mom Norma, who raised, nurtured and showered
me with endearing love, loved diamonds and why not?
She was an April baby and diamond is the birthstone.
She gave me a diamond ring before she passed away.
My eulogy...

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Wordplay Extravaganza
Sponsor: John Hamilton

Bugs bunny was the silliest hare with such a bright future ahead,
he wanted to give Lola something special, but he gave her a carrot instead.
He pondered on a different surprise, and wrote...

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Covid spread throughout the kingdom – 
the people inside the elite compounds,
if they heard the many sounds of the
ill falling dead, did not seem troubled,
not a single head – besides, it was, for
them a special...

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I’m glad to hear that your meditation practice gives you the means to define your sense of purpose in life. That is an enviable state of affairs. My own charter would be less ambiguous and...

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Would you trust a crock, To baby sit your child?
Would you trust a cobra, To guard you in the wild?
Would you trust a Lion, Safe keeping sheep at night?
Would you trust a bear, In the...

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THE 50 KARAT RING
THOUGH IT MAY SEEM
IT SHINES AND GLOWS
ALL OVER THE ROOM
SEEMINGLY SOLD, SILVER AND GOLD
FOR NEAR TEN MILLS OR MORE
AS HE PRESENTED HER WITH THIS GIFT
AS THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY GIFT
ONE DIAMOND FOR EACH...

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Peridot


Of all the fine gems that I know, my favorite is Peridot.
My August birthstone pleases me, since color green and I agree.
Now, Peridot is lesser-known among most gemstones that are shown.
It once was called 'Gem...

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Recognized, for a small collection

Drawn over time....Notified....Certified

I wonder if they'll give me

A bronze statue for that

Or perhaps a plaque, and

A pat on the back?

High fives all around

"Your going places boy

Try to keep your feet

Upon the...

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pretty please...
   wonder not whether 
      my love for you is 
         24-karat gold. 
     ...

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You rock ‘n roll heads, country bumpkins and sillies
Trying to intimidate us into living your life path
It is hilarious to us, so we laugh open mouthed
Using shame we cannot feel, for we do not feel...

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never did like the southern accent,
no matter how gorgeous the lady was
whose mouth it was coming out of---
always had a preference for the 
NYC toughness or the sophisticated-
car-commercial-intense 
langue des Londoniens
&
to be truthful, it wasn’t...

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See his work and one will know what is perfection,
See him walking and one will learn how to keep going,
See him talking and one will understand what it is to be polite,
See his life and...

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The Nature

Nature. The parents. Life giver and keeper. Thank you
Thank you, what? What are you saying? Could you say?

Yes, my life. Yes, Nature. My phenomenal home. The only
The only? Where is nature? The Nature? In...

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In the middle of the night, I still hear the call of his night bird. 
Our love is like a white winged dove, singing on the edge of seventeen. 
Yet, I stand back because nothing...

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Written By:  D. Collins 6/12/24


Bling, bling icy things won't get us anywhere.
They're given to show someone we really care.
The bigger the bling is the love we get back.
The larger the things is how we...

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Eureka - a love song Tanka series
~ art by Edward Burne-Jones ~

It's a fair question:
as you smile that smile, you ask
how much I love you…
"You are constant as the sun
   ...and I am...

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Rising, a second ahead of stead, fine timing of executor
Horse gusto momentum, mortality a trot towards death
Tied up apple placated decades are dust obscured
Gallops a gamble heart squeeze mane clenched 
Bridle left imprints jovial jockey...

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Through your poetry I’ve learned that you have so much love to give
I don’t understand it but I’m the same way
Abuse never suppressed it 
Neglect only magnified it
Our unbiased love is here to stay
Yes, we...

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Sung to This Old Man
	
This old frugal
He bought one
Silver dollar
Just for fun

With a thick stacked, natty pack
Filled with silver eagles
He’ll beat inflation
And live regal

This old frugal
He bought two
U.S. Gold Eagles
That won’t devalue

With a thick stacked,...

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