Long Marquee Poems

A Statue Speaks

The morning takes it's first breath of daylight
Exhaling the sunrise that fills the sky with colored 
brilliance.                ...

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They are conflicted haunted images from black and white photos of America 1933, when there was no place left to run. 

It was the hunger of people lined up, scraps of food ladled out, the...

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Brighter days and encouragement succeeded from when I had stepped out from the gloom.
I found beyond the door there was greater light to visualize nature and beauty than what I could have imagined. 
The swan...

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There’s an old village green where a marquee was seen
I don’t do ‘Bah humbug’, don’t want to be mean
A little fake snow ain’t a Christmassy scene
But the reindeer and Santa Claus might well have been

But...

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Resorting nature of Years and year's,
Moving miles and miles,
Life is just a bit of moments filled with sheer joy as I share it with You, my lovely Adam.
You won't believe, Its even been more better...

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Strikingly crafty logomaniac presents...
what else... his trademark blatherskite!

While sprawled comfortably
numb upon davenport
Iowa daily dose of poetic mishmash,
thus yours truly couches, kneads, sports...
his imponderable matted
swiftly styled balderdash
noah intent to kindle
potential ark enemy, nor abash

please pardon your
garden...

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(There's a thirteenth 'zodiacal' constellation, Ophiucus, The Serpent Wrestler/Holder, or the "Twelth Symbol," as here used. In some ancient cultures, serpents were revered as feminine symbols of rebirth/healing, and bees as symbols of wisdom, while...

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every day a betterone
improving on those days gone by
some might ask you why
tell it cause you love me
tell them it's cause you care
tell them aint nothing like being loved
and aint nothing like me and you
she...

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The thought of Parades, Fireworks, and everything in between from Macy’s Herald Square. It was the capturing moment of the heart by a Five Year Old boy being the writer. I was a member of...

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The sidewalk crumbles beneath the weight of digging hands
Hands that are trying to find a meaning in something that has no such
And in the mist we can only see what we want to see because...

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Marquee gave me a choice.  "What would I rather be, a better writer, or to be  able to use my  computer?" They notified me.

Their telephone number is 1-800-562-1502 and they are open...

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Oh readers, may my brevity be realized in this passage
Oh fruitful earth, may you please ignore our credulity 
Oh bountiful harvest, may you please continue to feed our souls
Oh radiant stars, may you please not...

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Spinning throughout this carticious cyclone and tattered by its storm?!

Standing; although within tricklings from fresh wounds yet still exposed

To be cast amid this subliminal subdivisions print and dyes, second act....

Entering stage left while exiting its...

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Too many people hoping now, and wishing things would change
afraid the Five still in the race are acting pretty strange
They can't believe what's going on, dishonesty brings shame
pass the buck to someone else, when they're...

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And the colored girls sing  (A tribute to Lou Reed)
 

“Sugar Plum Fairy came and hit the streets”

Dragging the soul of a contender
who painted crooked lines and dotted futures
Spinning lies on the edges of...

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*Image of Betty White by Pinterest.



Betty White RIP



Alas!
She Passed,

Betty,
Firstly,

Then White,
Finite,

Icon,
Like On,

TV,
Marquee,

AM,
FM,

Invest,
Her Best,

Female,
Prevail,

Guinness,
Booked As,

Premiere,
Career,

Shadows,
Gameshows,

Mary,
Murray,

Ted And,
Sue Ann,

High-Strung,
Sharp-Tongue,

Antics,
Frantics,

Leaven,
Seven,

Golden,
Stolen,

Bea, Rue,
Stan Too,

Miles And,
Nylund,

Fourth Gal,
Estelle,

Neighbor,
Failure,

Drop Dead,
She Did,

Gun Shot,
In Shock,

Hearts Race,
Shot Vase,

Herring,
War Scene,

Rose Tell,
Naught Well,

Funny,
Zany,

Skip Skit,
Lost It,

Girls Said,
And Begged,

Show Say,
No Way,

Were Told,
Too...

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He always knew
when he got that return call from you:
The deal was done,
the negotiation was won

Sometimes winning meant a compromise
But the reason he was considered 
one of the wireless best;
he never used the bait-and-switch,
he never...

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Delilah’s read the marquee
But Delilah was really old Gus.
A man you don’t mess with or anger
A regular old ornery cuss.
But Delilah’s was on the marquee
For Delilah brought thoughts of delight.
And delightful thoughts just had to...

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Mr. Prim provoked shame, guilt, and fear
In every heart, mind, and soul of Redding
Pointing his long, boney finger at whoever was near
Screaming out sinner, to hell you are heading!

Mr. Prim went to church three times...

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Walking down the Great White Broadway Lane
The marquee street
That just came be beat
Some say I could be lame
The dialog of having pride
As the music started to pump up
A reason to sing came
Now hold your ears,...

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New York City being Entertainment to the world
One’s dream in reality in talent being heard
Dramatics and dance in utterance of words
The dream in the New York City dance
The opportunity in being the chance
Broadway, the Great...

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As I was walking late one night along a downtown street
I came upon a sad, sad sight that led to hope’s deplete.

The painted ladies paced the night in black stiletto heels,
and searched beneath the neon...

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Some days when it is time for work,
although still tired I do not shirk,
but struggle to get out of bed
while thoughts of sleep stay in my head.

My workplace is a large marquee
that’s put in place...

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Oh how this bodice is dressed in taffeta,
Lined with hundreds of lavender pleats
Spiraling, drooping, whirling
All over my voluptuous contour …
Bare these limbs grinding on soft moss
To tap among rustled displays
From many a lovers’ heat to...

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She's playing the lead
On the stage of her life
The role of a wife and mother
A rehearsed performance
Over the years
With lost feelings in the scenes with her lover

When the play first opened
Still learning her part
The acting,...

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