Long Landing strip Poems

Here he stands, Edwardian vogue, sometimes with his spats, 
sometimes with his brogues below his dungarees. With rounded collar points and tie, and jacket donned below this flying suit, his waste is tied with simple...

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OOOniversal oo

Frightened tepid antisocial ant was football training avidly but failing to attend a fragrant tailor army. Oh dear. That was sure to be put forward to the sacred sanction ship and the sacred sanction...

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ISLAND HOPPING
by

JOHN M. ARRIBAS


My first day of community service at Glen Oaks
Assigned to spend time with a few elderly folks
Spotted an old gentleman staring out into space
Weathered beaten hands and a sun etched face
How are...

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A queue for the loo? is it nine minutes past two?
A windmill dashing to the sea. Ice cold waters in a monticule drip. Laced with the prevalent winds and sands. But sands are not sanding...

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I've never twitted on Tweeter
                nor am I an Instagrammarian
          ...

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There are men that say united as we stand 
But I fail to see a united land 
They should have said dead on your feet 
So as my knees give out 
My mind races about...

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I ran a string of lights across my roof they twinkled very nicely,
So I wrapped some trees out in the back, six of them precisely.

I hung a snowflake made of light in each window of...

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already naked
estimating time
of arrival suggest
coordinates for my
backyard positioning of
my uncoordinated body
leaving a bit of flexibility
in case of a need for any
slight rearrangements i
might need to make in
deed because this is
poetics not rocket
science and in 
fact...

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The airplane's smoking tires kissed the landing strip at Dover.
The long flight bringing thirty brave men back home was over.
The nation mourns as one at the tragic loss of each precious life,
Who gave their all...

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The spaceship floated though the dark night sky,
The crew was so excited their expectations very high,
They had planned this mission for so very long,
Anxious to land they hoped things wouldn't go wrong,

They traveled to this...

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I saw you when you slipped and tripped and fell
Your face was red, your embarrassment glowed, and you cried,
Not from pain, or hurt, but because you were seen
In a position so far removed from normality...

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The Fly 
A fly is buzzing about in the backyard, it sounds like
a small plane lost in the wilderness of space, finally it 
skids and lands on the green lid of the cistern.
The pilot of...

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Just 25 when I decided to take the dive

Home ownership was the landing strip

Built in 1924; lots of old charm to adore

Americas dream or so it seemed

The house was old and had spots of mold

With...

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Cosmic enthusiasm oozing at covert desert landing strip
We, Sedona's most aware, gathered in dream state,
Opening our minds in amazed glory.

Excitement mounts, as we begin to see our immediately recognized but never before met E.T. ancestors...

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Oh bother I look like a badger
and I do not have any hair dye,
But I’ve discovered the perfect product
on its coverage you can always rely

It’s a temporary spray on hair colour
believe me it really is...

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I’m no novelty though I’m a balloon in this parade, 
I’m the blue and red air ship,
And I float around, on my way to return, 
Returning to your glass landing strip.

Then, when I land, I...

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