Long Lawn mower Poems

Unquotable quotes: Paris, the last week of the August reprieve – XXXV Part Two
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The first signs reek tell-tale
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Unquotable quotes: Paris, the last week of the August reprieve – XXXV
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I had a dream the other night
Of walking in a field of cornbread
Golden brown
Baked just right
One solid
Unbroken field

As I softly crunched my way
I looked up
Coming toward me
Was a line of tigers
With a man in the...

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I had a dream the other night
Of  walking in a field of cornbread
Golden brown
Baked just right
One solid
Unbroken field

As I softly crunched my way
I looked up
Coming toward me
Was a line of tigers
With a man in...

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when i was merely fourteen- 
i remember walking around wondrously throughout my town, 
i wondered how people could live like this.
 i look to my left and saw a fresh painted white house with a...

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Now I probably would have stayed out if I had not known for a fact that
LaDonna  Poirret had been allowed entrance and she had never hand washed his dirty socks before a game and...

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If something is out there you will see, if something is out there it will come running after thee, the squirrel is skilled at climbing trees and the bears can hold on to a certain...

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They hit the road before the break of dawn kicking down doors rattling gates and slamming car doors. “The computer people a goh kill the woman ova there so, we a goh murder her!” threat...

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"Possums on the Run - Part 3"


Collecting cut 
silver blue grass
carries garbage bags
green-ant bites, no siree,
this aint fun.
Stand guard, he’s the 
lawn mower Pope 
(she laughs)
on his ever vigilant run.

Look on him with sadness
Look on...

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I Hate Home Depot!

I hate Home Depot!
Just the sight of that
orange and white sign
makes my stomach turn.

However I know every
square inch of that store,
I’ve spent
thousands of hours there
as a paying customer.

I know what all is...

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Two days ago, the curbside stack of trash was shaping up.
The maximum size of 4W x 8L x 4H was just about done.

About this time, a friendly homeless man suddenly showed up.
He walked toward me...

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Was sitting today
at my computer.
as greatly learning 
from a tutor.

So much 
fun on facebook.
quite time
in my little
computer nook.

I was commenting
with some 
silly friends.
had to stop and wipe
my glasses lens.

I clicked
my mouse 
again and again
gazed at...

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Summer Consumes Me

Summer your salty ocean breeze brings 
the call of the wild out of me,
I hear the thunderous lion's roar and 
swishing and screeching of the red butt monkeys 
in the trees full of...

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The once magnificent garden had become a paradise of weeds towering high

Ragwort and dandelion shedding their seeds took over the lonely asylum

Rakes shears shovels and secateurs rested where Tim had left them to dwell

Mocking and...

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Who were they?

They walked to and from school when they were younger.
They had to complete their homework alone before they were allowed to go out and play.
They were given chores they were responsible to keep...

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Ember nights in front of the fireplace have said their farewell to the dark

Spring comes into the gardener’s step and the rusty lawn mower smiles

Another season of field days ‘I hope he has changed the...

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I was sittin' on the porch today reminiscin' about this and that,
And my hometown came to mind where I grew up as a feckless brat!
Life was lived at a slower pace it seemed, back in...

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The first man in your life,
who would carry you upstairs,
and tuck you in.

He scared away the monsters
under the bed,
and closed the closet door
to keep the bear inside.

He holds you up to touch the ceiling,
or to...

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Almost forty and I feel as if I'm in my prime. I look up to the ones I love and admire, and see their downward decline.  Granddad, who's done more than his share of...

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I long for a time
When skinned knees were
my biggest problem
When my most debilitating fear
was an imaginary monster under my bed
I long for a time when daddy 
was my hero, knew everything, 
and could protect me...

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When I look up at the pristine Colorado sky,
And see flocks of Canadian geese on the fly,
And watch squirrels hide their winter's fare in a secret cache,
Then I know that once again a glorious autumn...

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Who is Sod and what’s this law
Sod’s law, what’s it for
Mend your car engine, drop your spanner
Can you reach it, no you canna
Perfectly aligned beneath the middle of the truck
Sod and his law, hard luck

Who...

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Evening Hours 

An azure sky is being defeated 
by a shadow world where
a persistent half-moon is already
making its way up the silken expanses 
of blackest night

A horse whinneys, spooked
by the rattle of an old 
lawn...

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Waking up country
puts a smile on my face as
the golden sun tells me it is daylight,
my eyes open to its glorious sight.

Waking up country
is an open kitchen window dressed with
red and white gingham curtains flowing
with...

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The thick numerous shoots of grass have come out,
no more snow shovels til late autumn comes about.
I hear the robins chirp as they tend their nests,
wait....the sound of a cranky lawn mower chugging
to life from...

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