Long Larders Poems

“I do not know if he still lives in that cave or if he is even alive, but I can tell you where it is.  I have never shared this with anyone but Jessica,...

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the apple tree greed 
the apple tree greed 

he has an apple a green apple 
he is the only person in this room 
with a green apple 
suppose suppose NOW 
he has MORE of those...

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I start with Spring glorious spring 
the time when things wake up
and once more colour floods
the earth with beautiful scented flowers

They all bask with delight in the yellow sun
while birds are busy building nests
in which...

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Autumn sun’s shimmering light, glorifies the day’s finale, at the top of the road, a beacon of fall.
Through golden leaves, which are swiftly whisking off the proud oak’s strong-held branches,
Alive with gentle glitzy touches of...

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I’ve said this a thousand times and still I can never say it enough. Being a mother is the hardest and most thankless job there is and yet they do it for free. In my...

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"A Goodly Warning"
 by Rachel Heffington

O! Time is a faerie-maid, dark is her dairy laid:
Larders of mem'ry and amethyst lore.
But one kiss from her lips
On your lips as she slips
One cold hand in your pocket...

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The Ocean 

When he heard, I had been a seafarer he wanted to know about 
the ocean, “write it down for me,” he said...What nerve.
The ocean has many colours one of them is blue, sometimes...

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Myriads of golden flickering leaves dance, 
Glinting reminders of coming circumstance. 

Stately spruces preside as they have done before 
with certain reserve, they know what’s in-store.

A hearty clear stream, shares stories from on high
with any...

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Life Lesson from a Best Seller

In appreciation of the nature trails of New Zealand,
It was not the journey, but friendships that formed as a band,
The time and memories strengthened, and kept challenges at bay,
Best friends...

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I heard the Sun whispering,
“wake-up,”
into the ear of Nature
amid cheerful musical greetings
from avian performers,
and weary creatures stirred
paying homage to the first rays of

light.

A sauntering neighbor
with a grizzly disposition 
sniffed the air 
as wild blueberries nearby...

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the world's a pot
and we're all the spoons
wanting a taste to eat
smellin' life's scents
stirring things up
stewin' with our meat

there's just as much
to eat here today as
there was back before,
and there's just the
same peoples here too,
well,...

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Fall
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The crops are in; our larders now are full
So we’re prepared for hard times once again
When flow of living sap then falls to null.
We are well stocked with several sacks of grain
And other food resources...

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Winter roars back,
May slips from view,
April has lost its anchor
in these storm tossed sky’s. 
Songbirds scrabble under
canopies still too thin
for cover.

None look up but huddle
in puffer jackets recently stowed.
It snowed all day,
now the wind is...

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Add some water
Bring to boil slowly
Condiments will come later
Dolloped desire dropped in
Edibles let her entice
Fresh with filled flavor
Grown lovingly at home
Heartily stirred to cooking
I read the recipe and see
Jelled images of repast
Kindly koshered believers
Larders of...

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The squirrels are dashing here and there.
desperately filling winter larders.
They are still crazy for nuts, after all these years.

Autumn spurs the living and is a rest-home for the dying
it brings in new snow from the...

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The heat of summer slowly dissipates.
Long days grow shorter and the weather cools,
as Autumn equinox delineates,
when children move from beaches back to schools,
and leaves begin to dry as sap recedes,
preparing for their colorful array.
When frost...

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Watch wondrous wafting, lilting leaves,
windy weather with balmy breeze
pull the heart full circle render
as October gifts its splendor.

Larders filled with field corn and peas,
meat, fish, and fowl hanging tender.
Apples offer toothsomeness tease,
as October gifts its...

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Merchant vessel,  clucking chickens , shiny buttons

Chanel perfume brandy  tobacco Van Diemens Land

Applauded expedition notions......Memory of that kiss

Gatherings in balconies ,stables, larders , courtyards 

Bathwater perfumed with orange skins lavender mint

Celestial blessing ripening...

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