Long Maitre d Poems

All aboard the Fantasy M/S of Carnival
for half a week’s vacation time of fun and falderal.
Hear greetings from your captain, his director and the crew.
Ready, set, get going.  The Bahamas wait for you.

Bon Voyage!...

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We set sail as Reggae music played out on the Lido.
Our first night was casual; no need for tuxedo.
We could eat a pizza by the Windows On the Sea
or go beneath and dine on shrimp...

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It was a night I'll always remember,
I've told this tale so oft,
Sometimes I forget, and on my 3rd repeat
My friends think my mind has gone soft

But it's way back, maybe "69,
I was but a teenager...

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the noose around my neck only a little colorful scarf on my last day as a slave

to the chefs always screaming their short comings as it's never the fault of the pressure cooker of the...

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There are so many talented poetesses and poets
waiting patiently in the long PSoup line
Each got an able, ready pen in their hand,
and some expressive, creative thoughts in their head
It’s worth the wait to get some...

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At precisely 6:45 each morning
the house, it starts to shake
I don't need a clock
Oh no, for godness sake...

Big Ol' Redneck Piggly Wiggly
goes roaring off to war
I thing I'd rather listen
To seven people snore
His truck must...

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Impromptu early dinner
Before party crowds arrive
December festive décor
Christmas carols in the air
Far from holiday shopping madness
Dining halls extremely peaceful
All truly mesmerizing and ever so perfect
Surely this is how heaven be

The fireplace ablaze and crackling
The jeweled...

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Gardens – After Dark

Buddha sits stoically observing his garden.
The Gnomes snore as the Fairies toss and turn
asleep on the soft petals of flowers.  The impish
Pixies party with the flashy fireflies.
Nocturnal seekers. Mice, forever paranoid,
scurry...

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Written By:  D. Collins 12/1/15


Love don’t sweat in rain, sleet, or snow.
It’ cool, calm,  and collected in dealing with foes.
It doesn’t worry.  God gives it an upper hand.
A decisive advantage over every...

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You know him
This man you never met
You know him

You've seen that walk before,
the cool, confident stride
You've seen that smile before,
perfect white teeth
with a grin a mile wide

You know him
This man you never met
You know him

You've...

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My spouse and I were ushered to our table by the Maitre d'.
We noticed right off that it was strangely quiet as could be!

Zombies sat at their tables, heads bowed as if in meditation.
Many with...

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You incite me 
You're exciting
Are you providing a sheltered love?
No objection

I need your thoughtful care
I enjoy you more and more each day
Delicious affection a heavenly constellation
Confetti ready

Drowning in celebration
Raw winged spell bound 
Roaring anticipation
Michel Angelo...

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The Pilgrim told the Maitre d
I’ve had too much, no more for me
The food was great, the fruit was ripe
I’ll take a hit off of that pipe

“I’d like to dance”, said the Indian girl
The lad...

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Flight of stillness;
idle,
ditch-wise.

Ladders point up
but they say the ground is greater;
sunlight knitting to their brown feet green socks.
They crestfall and
buckle at the knee.

Hear guts clap thunder off somewhere else
but no storm in sight to maitre...

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Coiffed petals glad tidings tell
Vintage red cup raised to the sun
Whose heat mellows hearth's veil
Enticing host signals feast hath begun
Aromatic vial with sweet scents stew
Hypnotizing fumes already suitors cue
Maitre d' winged banqueters will review
Whizzing minstrels...

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A small stretch of bar to call my own:
I cover it with my paper and a thin book of poems - 
Most I don't understand at all
Some, unfortunately, I understand too well.
A TV in the...

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The mouse lives a simple life
Eating out for free
'The a la carte menu please'
He tells the maitre d

He orders chocolate biscuits
Some tasty dried fruit too
And you know when he's about
By the little pile of poo

He...

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Has anyone seen a heart,
looking for its owner?
lost mine short while ago
jilted in the third row

before the finale
notch seven, her tally

Has anyone found a heart?
Surely no one wants two
knowing what hearts go
through, unless one takes
them...

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We ascertain pleasure in reliving our past,
Though lurking matters often bankrupt our day;
For that portion of living in chronicles is cast,
This content can't change much to our dismay.

We justify retrieve as value to years emerging,
That...

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