Long Mailman Poems

Here's why this was necessary...

   This is, as indicated, the 1st THIRD of a lengthy 3-part poem. The 2nd and 3rd THIRDS had to be posted separately due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations....

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A dawning twilight's me. Oh, joy. Oh, what a joy. This day. Oh, what a day. A breath bestills my eyes and I, e'er slight, a deeper breath that reopened them and myself to a...

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When Cupid fired an arrow in the air,
Where it might land?  He did not care!
His only intent?  To lighten his quiver,
When he shot his barbed Love dart thither!
So came the time, or so...

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I was seven years old when began World War Two
And eleven became by the time it was through.
I have vague recollections of things when that small,
But events during wartime I clearly recall.

Since there was no...

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Our Gran, that’s on my mother’s side, was British born and raised, 
     until the age of ten it seems, then Gran was quite amazed  
to find her mum and...

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There's a George in every neighborhood, although in yours, he may go by another 
name. 

George can be found pacing the sidewalks looking for neighbors to pounce upon 
with his purple-heart stories so you'd best...

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I wake up in the morning and have to decide which side of the bed I will get out of today – it 
doesn’t really matter, because there is no one there to block my...

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*Let's Start a Noise Band with the Mailman, and We'll Call Ourselves: 
Our Noise Band with the Mailman Featuring 'Me' 
- We Can All Take Turns Being  'Me' Until Someone Gets It Right*


Here's something...

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It has been sitting there for seventy long years, and nobody knew that it was there, it is just a simple tree erected in the backyard surround by an overgrown lawn, the owner is out...

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No matter that the mailman stops or not.
I still put on my heavy jacket, 
Tug on my boots and woolen gloves.
Give an unspoken invitation
To my ol’ shaggy shepherd,
Who arthritically arises, stretches, yawns
Pads to the door...

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Yes, folks, it's happened again; the trash compactor backed up and spewed out 
all the following nonsense;
How come you only hear the term "scutch" in a hospital? "Come on scutch on 
over to the gurney.'...

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You are thinking "What would it be like 100 years from now?"
'Will my family still love me and remember me or even care?'

As I look back to things that have come and gone
have I done...

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There was a day, oh so clear… I took my newly trained dog for a walk.
Just as I left the house… a rabbit came by, and yes, we were off.
My dog took off quite fast…...

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Things Have Changed
By Robert (Bob) Moore

When I was young, the doctor, came around if I got sick
gave me a pill, or needle, and that would do the trick
but thing have changed, and now we ring,...

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"The Case of the Missing Jacket"

Marty the Mailman and Cathy the Cop 
were having some coffee and tea 
when the sirens, they blared, and a voice cut the air, 
Screaming "Please help me, please help...

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As if the sun intended this habitual tendency to make the body healthy I do. First, the brain believes itself what a mistake if it's blue. The eyes blue breeze sky praise God some beautiful...

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Grab my pen for some strange and let loose, 
Mysterious activity, Stonehenge hidden truths, 
Boosting the brains roof with rhythm and funky grooves, 
Improving thought producing sparks, 
Hidden but released from the heart, 
Outsmarting light...

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Walking, the mail man once carried a bag
Slowly, he now drives a jeep to mail box

Brown spots over my mail; a little moist
Like coffee stain probably from the gutter

Lazy! just sit, won’t get out the...

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rise against opression if you could
but you are far too unwell
as scathed as i am
from this constant battle
the only thing i have undestood
is that everything is a fight

picking my battles
just soo i can live a...

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   A Stormy Christmas Eve

It had been snowing all day and
the skies were looking glum.
My mama started crying when
the mailman didn’t come.

Tomorrow would be Christmas Day;
Dad said, “I’ll ride to town.”
He put his...

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My prankster, older son, came home from college, just the other day.
He saw such great possibilities, in how, he, with the Trolls, could play.
Now, you must remember, my son, has always been, a tad bit...

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Heavens doors shined bright on one man, When God gave him what he never said he can, 
her beauty flowed like lifes waters that rushed into his heart.
filled it like the earths oceans, 

she made...

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When a stranger calls

a star is born

within these walls

the shining

city lights

die hard

the searchers

don't look now

behind enemy lines

I walk the line

out of the past

roots

where the red fern grows

in cold blood

of mice and men

while you were sleeping

jaws

follow...

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It had been snowing all the day and
the skies were lookin glum.
My mama started crying when
the mailman didn't come.
Tomorrow would be Christmas Day,
Dad said, "I'll ride to town."
He put his warm racoon coat on
and pulled...

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I’ve fallen and I can’t get up

So you have fallen and asking for some assistance right?
Do I hear a bird squawking?
Is there anyone there with you beside the parrot? 
is the bird trained in dialing...

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