Long Loungers Poems

Ten slices of pure marmalade plus two years of misted Karmapa bread equals? Oh do hurry up. The sum is easy. Oh ok then try another. Twelve custard tarts divided by an in between feathered...

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gardens are where we are:

  from "Eden" to "Gilgamesh", "Babylon" to "Gethsemane"
  from mountain to coast, town to country
  from wetlands to desert oasis, under the sea to the edge of ice
...

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Oodles of robins; harbinger of spring this brutally cold March 5th, 2021

Turdus migratorius -
otherwise known as robin red breast
jabbering Kon'nichiwa i.e. honorable guest
gather materials to craft nest
their beaks poking soft ground
regarding persistent quest
to sustain diet...

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Is this the weekend, by the way?
           (I always think it’s Saturday!)
           Load the kids...

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Heaven offers tickets to any citizen
           Adhering to good behaviour, as Richard
            Sin washed...

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The spring on the door reverberates. Freedom of the outdoors, a chill in Spring air. Minecraft becomes an imaginary sport. Boys swinging wooden branches - their swords, smacking the bark of innocent trees. We watch...

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A Holiday in Spain

Endless blue, no cloud in sight
Golden sands, with Gulls in flight.
Rolling waves and boiling surf
Pleasures of this spinning Earth.

Sparrows drink from sprinkler head
Fledglings squawking in their bed.
Never ending task of feeding
New young...

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The orange globe hung over the horizon ready to hand over the torch

To a waxing moon ready to watch over the cycle of disbelief and hope

An epilogue to old beginnings and fresh start to the...

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Below the gray blah canopy
Suffering from bad attitude
and seasonal psychosis
The human race sprints
No finish line required
and Everyone wins gold
Music blaring
Bikini tops daring
Exposed guts not caring
Rooftop gogo dancer staring
At me
Ok, maybe that's vice versa
Its a poolside,...

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Sharks in the ocean, killer whales -
prevalence of predators in knee deep water,
all because men know better.
They, we - bring disaster to the shore,
to the salty, silty, haven
of children, couples, the old and young.

The fascination...

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A torrent of emotional joy
Hazy sunlight and an opalescent sky
a cool breeze that rests gently
In mystical circles,
where the swing gently swings
a myriad of wings of song
This also sounds depressing.

perplexing ideas in my mind
Sun loungers replenish...

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What would sly look like
would there be any foxiness
and the 
what image brought to mind
a million clones
with black tie and white shirts
over used and unpretentious
would unused words
believe they are better
than the rest
Exquisite a diamond wall
that...

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Aruba, Caribbean’s exclusive resort,
Fabulous in every way
A delightful place to honeymoon
an island playground
the people are accommodating, helpful and kind

World class dining
Fabulous dishes you cannot get anywhere else
be sure to nap, there is a fantastic night...

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Under the cover of daylight, beneath the mill
and hustle of teaming crowds; a need
and a life-grinding poverty
swept her down a wrong way.

She strayed into streets so narrow
entered them as a shadow-less shadow
stayed where rank rooms...

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Sparkling light on windblown surface
Sun reflection motion purpose 
duck's and seagull's bathe in gold
welcome breeze invite it's fold

Willow hang dangle yonder shore
watering flower on edge adorn
music so peaceful lulling effect
gracing wonderful beauty respect

Thin pillowed cloud...

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She Was Taken…

Under the cover of daylight, inside the hustling throng
of a grinding poverty.

She was swept away into a street so narrow
you had to enter it at midday as the thinnest of shadows. 
A child...

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