Long Mariotti Poems

Life Comes to You


				You can’t plan life,
				Life comes to you,
				God is the only One
				Who knows the direction
				Our life will go,
				Our dreams and goals
				Sometimes get put on hold
				Or rejections come our way
				You can’t plan life
				Life comes...

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A Good Mystery


I love a good mystery
A real whodunit,
I love the Hallmark Mystery and Movie Channel,
Nothing like watching Andy Griffith play the part of “Matlock”
He always figured it out
And revealed who the murderer is in...

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The Thoughtless, Heartless, Do-Nothing Congress


Another day of carnage
In the USA
Little children
Eight, nine, ten and eleven years old,
Their life cut short,
By a mad person
With an automatic rifle
What will we all do?
Every week
More innocent people are
Victims of...

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What Is Happening?

Yes, the little Genie asked
What is happening?
Children aren’t being taught
To tell time,
They can’t look at the clock and
Know whether it’s one o’clock
Or it’s 10 o’clock
Who is teaching the children?
Yes, the little Genie asked
What...

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Let’s Go Back in Time


			Oh, if only I could turn the hands of time
			Back to the way the world was in the ‘50’s, 60’s and 70’s,
			We used to have old-fashioned values,
			People had family dinners,
			Everyone dressed...

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Time to Laugh

				The whole world is upside down,
				Need a laugh, need a clown,
				The whole world is lopside crazy,
				Time to stop and pick a daisy,
				Everything is who said, you said,
				I just want to hear good ole...

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Somebody Needs Some Sunshine


			It’s raining again,
			the bad luck kind
			the rain that brings problems
			problems with no end
			the person being rained on
			doesn’t deserve the downpour,
			he deserves sunshine
			sunshine to bring him luck
			sunshine to make him smile,
			Please God, tell...

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Ben Matlock-He Was The Best


				Ben Matlock
				Attorney at Law
				Atlanta, Georgia,
				That’s where he was, y’all,
				He was one of a kind,
				Answers he would find,
				A hit series on CBS,
				His show reruns on Hallmark
				And MeTV,
				He never lost a case,
				His colleagues...

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Disaster Looming


		Since this virus
		Has come to be,
		All unnatural
		Happenings we see,
		In the store,
		Pray it’s not later,
		That you find toilet paper!
		Hurry! We need more
		Everyone’s breaking down the door!
		No sanitizers!  No bread! No eggs!
		No napkins!  No...

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Published by Poetry Explosion of PA
In Loving Memory of my Dad, Peter J. Mariotti
He left this world on May 9, 2011.  I miss him so.



50 Years-Korean War



		Dad, you were one of the foot soldiers,
		When...

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Rock n Roll

			Rock n roll
			Do the stroll
			The sounds of the 50’s and 60’s
			Elvis Presley singing about “Hound Dog”
			Girls screaming at his feet,
			Elvis “The King”
			Rock n roll
			Has that beat
			Frankie Avalon singing “Venus”
			Bobby Rydell, you can’t “Forget...

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Beautiful San Francisco


						In Northern California,
						By the Bay,
						There it is,
						That beautiful city,
						It’s the city Tony Bennett
						Sings of
						“I Left My Heart in San Francisco”
						Those lovely trolley cars,
						Make it so unique,
						Nob Hill, a street we all know,
						Fisherman’s Wharf,...

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The War Rages On



The war in Ukraine
It rages on
More refugees,
More orphans,
Mothers with children
Trying to settle
In Poland,
The war in Ukraine
It rages on
The city of Mariupol
Nearly destroyed
Russian tanks
And missiles
Deployed everywhere
Hypersonic missiles
Attacking Arms Depot,
Apartment buildings,
Schools, even churches
Being attacked...

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Life Should Be Like Disneyland

Life should be like Disneyland,
Everyday a little bit of Never Never Land,
Dreams fill your heart,
They give us a new start,
A delightful way to fill the day,
Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse,
Spread happiness...

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How Do I  Find Success?


				Writing away, day by day,
				Words are what I do,
				Writing a story
				Every character has to have some glory,
				Writing a poem
				Line by line,
				Making that poem rhyme,
				Writing a book,
				That’s what I undertook,
				And the...

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The Magic Tree


			The magic tree
			It calls to me
			It brings me whispers of things to be,
			Voices of the past pass through the leaves
			Speaking to me of things gone by,
			I hear the voices of the ones I...

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The Magic Tree


			The magic tree
			It calls to me
			It brings me whispers of things to be,
			Voices of the past pass through the leaves
			Speaking to me of things gone by,
			I hear the voices of the ones I...

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The Magic Tree


			The magic tree
			It calls to me
			It brings me whispers of things to be,
			Voices of the past pass through the leaves
			Speaking to me of things gone by,
			I hear the voices of the ones I...

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What Happened to the World I Once Knew?


		What happened to the world I once knew?
		The one where people had respect,
		And now that’s only a few,
		What happened to the way life used to be?
		When people used...

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Celine Rose Mariotti
136 Kyles Way
Shelton, CT  06484-6614
e-mail:  celinem@aol.com


Astronaut In Space


			The first step on Mars,
			An astronaut goes far,
			He samples the soil,
			He can feel his blood boil,
			The Red Planet,
			A new world to explore,
			The Red Planet,
			Plenty...

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Stick With It


			The going can get tough
			And life itself is rough
			Don’t chomp at the bit
			Stick with it

			The world can be mean
			A lot of changes in the scene
			Don’t chomp at the bit
			Stick with it

			Prayers are never...

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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow


		Yesterday rolls through my mind,
		It seems like only a matter of time,
		Like it only happened the day before,
		But it happened years back,
		So coming back to the present,
		To today, where I am now,
		I...

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Celine Rose Mariotti 




I’m Only a Polar Bear


		Gosh, why do people not care?
		about me, a Polar Bear,
		I live in a cold, cold, place
		I wish you could see my face
		I protect my young cubs,
		but people I...

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Good Times in Las Vegas


					It’s our favorite vacation,
					Las Vegas, land of neon lights
					Entertainment, standing ovations,
					It’s our favorite place to go,
					To see a great show
					To gamble, we love those slot machines,
					Trying to win some money,
					That’s the...

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Astronaut In Space


			The first step on Mars,
			An astronaut goes far,
			He samples the soil,
			He can feel his blood boil,
			The Red Planet,
			A new world to explore,
			The Red Planet,
			Plenty in store,
			An astronaut is super human,
			He has abilities none...

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