Long Long beach Poems

You know that summertime is gone
		when a chill is in the air
		when snow is in the forecast
		and hockey sticks appear
		when kids with toques and earmuffs
		show up on every street
		stick-handling wayward tennis balls
		on tar and on...

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I came walking on daytime’s wake
a pigment dry palette of dreams
filled my pockets with hope
digitally mastered visions of glory
fuel for the broken fires of passion
each step of the journey a trial
each path a temptation to...

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A made up world of glory
Sweet lakes and emerald glens
Please let me tell a story
That happened way back when

The grass was green as green could be
The air was sweet with freedom free
Her eyes were blue...

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New Jersey was still a king’s colony
in the 1700s when Mrs. Leeds
awaited the birth of child thirteen.

In pain during labor she cried a curse!
The Quaker is claimed to have given birth
to a son of Satan’s...

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Driving along the coast with Casey and Jimmy

Doing the highway one journey, heading north

Three friends, starting at the inland port

Of Long Beach and The Queen Mary

Upon our way, toward the other cities aside the sea

Laguna,...

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I shopped and shopped 
With eager intent 
Each pair were examined 
With care heavily spent,
And with bag in hand
My shoes traveled home,
But on the first day
My feet they did bemoan 
A pain not seen 
At...

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The night air is cool to my lungs. A light breeze softly kisses my cheek as my eyes look up to the silence of the sky. I can hear the crickets off in the distance...

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The Darwin Awards are a posthumous honor, recognizing those who have improved the human gene pool by removing themselves from it by their own foolish actions.

In a robbery way out in Long Beach
Elliot's handgun misfired...

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The white froth roared up the incline of the sea
As the tide came in, the thirsty sand lapping it up.
The mile long beach was deserted
Except for the hotel guests and Mexican fisherman.

All the pool deck...

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There wasn’t any way I could have boiled
and drunk yesterday’s cup of espresso or 
moved the olive tree past the ridge or make 
the sky forever purple, or perch with the 
sparrows and blue jays...

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with cloven hooves and bat-like wings
he waits for her as sunset paints the sky
a much-feared societal outcast
communes each night with his only love

here on the Atlantic Ocean
where waves sweep worries away
she glides gently to the...

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The yellow lambent moon 
sent its rays across the shimmering sea.
A balmy breeze moved the waves
in a rolling fashion towards the beach.
Crabs hurried and dived into the foam.
Distant horns sounded as they passed
A mighty lighthouse,...

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We went in a cab  to see cold slab,
That did appear to be dull and drab;
Letters were distinct when viewed;
So much sadness there we ensued.

Tombstones arranged row after row;
All around green grass grew and...

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Crisp Spring day
          winds gusting
birds on beach

The West End
          where Artists aspire
to live their dreams

Strolling Boardwalk
 ...

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I remember the first time my family rented a summer vacation cottage at Long Beach, North Carolina. Darkness had fallen by the time we finished unloading the car. I came in with the last load...

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Girl talk, it's small talk.
We all love, the way that they sound.
A long beach, a long walk.
They're always there to be found.
A State Park.A Ferries Wheel.
We see the Merry-Go-Round.
The sandy beach, the city streets.
There's a...

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Whats the point in doing a rhyme
But dont steal this because its all mine
Im eventually going to run out
For this i have no doubt
I have fun though
Moving so slow
Debating whether to use slide
Or maybe put...

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One fine July morn in '38 pilot Corrigan cruised up in the blue.

He set the tabs and throttled back and on and on he flew.
 
From New York to Long Beach he said was his...

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The RMS Queen Mary.
Was a ship, and not a ferry.
Out at sea, from dawn till dusk.
The White Star Liner.
Would never rust.
It would sail by day, 
and then by night.
With eighty one thousand tons and power.
You...

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Stillness in the mind comes from a breath, deep
Filtering through my spirit like a friend
Alone in evening's walk, I watch night sweep
Across the dark sea, that has no end
To see the emptiness of a long...

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I dreamt of you
Just us two
Praying, fasting, climbing, as
Chambers of my heart stayed aglow -
Soaked in serenity,
Vulnerable, yet I was hoping for the clearing.

I dreamt of you
California's Long Beach once more comes to mind
As pie...

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California oceans live in my heart
driving along the familiar coast

From one city to another 
signals change and meander

oh how those moments resonate
inside an ache of longing

The pelicans and seagulls 
waves crashing along the sand

crowded piers...

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“Buccaneer Queen” out of San Pedro is another square-rigged ship. moored at Ports O’Call, California, is ninety feet long, eighteen feet at the base and carries a crew of five. Available for public cruises, she...

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