Long Medal winner Poems

Her golden locks glide grandly through our gladioli gilded garden gateway,
I gulp ginormous groundbreaking gulleys, 
telltale tear tsunamis cut cataclysmic currents,
raw reckless rupture of romantic render,
terror-stricken tangential tamper seal evidence
on lumpen lunge lonesome lachrymose levee...

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For Dwina, in celebration of Talia's
graduation from high school.

Dear mother, warm around me--
tender home for just this while;
so close together, you and I
I feel good when you smile.

Dear mother, here you've brought me
to this world...

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Johnny-Jump-Ups nestle into the forest floor mosses,
Along with dainty Jack-in-the-Pulpits hiding beneath
The larger fronds of swampy ferns soaking up moisture
From the dew-laden flowering branches of laurel
Where I find myself dreaming in the verdant woodland,
Edging the...

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My sister said, "Let's go dancing.""Not a chance." 
 "I don't know how. I don't know how to dance."

"They give beginner's lessons at The Yellow Rose.”
 "They'll have a live band to keep you on...

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I’ve always been your number two
The person left behind

That person staring at your back
While you’re waiting in a line

I’m your knight in shining armor when the clouds are full of grey
But I’m the coal in...

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Life can be like a beautiful ballet
Few will see the hard work behind it,
What you show is what others assay
The rules are exacting, never forget,
First, you think you have it mastered
Then, you realize you are...

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As far as my eyes could see were old stones
Storied lives, some remembered, most forgotten,
Once were flesh and blood, now only dry bones.

I wondered how many of them were misbegotten
Their worth now easily assessed with...

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Can I claim to be Christian without casting judgment
in ways that aren’t Christ-like? Aspiring to faith proves faith’s real?
Or does saying, “I’m Christian,” more grant I’m a sinner
apart from God’s Grace that Christ bought on...

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The hallowed evening is deafeningly here
Goblins and witches' loud shrieks are near,
Shelled corn raining down our outer wall
Our whimpering dog is cringing in the hall,
Some snotty-nosed kid bangs on the door
A plastic pumpkin for candy...

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Appealing to my better angels, I try once again
To write a poem which will appeal to the heart,
I pause ever so slightly, wondering where to start
I look out my window, it is beginning to rain.

The...

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Do not think me overly confident
Because I believe the obvious fact?
Do I come across as arrogant
Because I have thought processes you lack?

Do not yourself be as the ignorant are
Who buy into wild conspiracy theory
Or follow...

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Hallowed evening is deafeningly here
Goblins and witches loud shrieks are near
Shelled corn raining down our outer wall
Our whimpering dog is cringing in the hall
Some snotty-nosed kid bangs on the door
A plastic pumpkin for candy wants...

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I sat by the riverbank today and wondered
How long it takes the water to get to the Gulf
Considered things my inquisitive mind ponders
Like what is so enjoyable about playing golf?

Save for an afternoon stroll, I...

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I am so glad I live in America
My freedoms I treasure living here,
That I have peace, no living in fear
For my great love of trivia!

My friends are very special to me
For my family, especially my...

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Inevitability looms like the imminent sunset 
Beyond an unchanging bleak western horizon, 
Oft illustrated by those “death and taxes” 
More certain than next blood moon a’risin’. 
 
The lottery of life assures the loss of...

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As a seventeen year old competitive swimmer,
the other swimmer I looked up to was Mark Spitz,
he was a multiple gold medal winner,
a wonder in the water, a swimming blitz.

I had Olympic dreams,
my element was the...

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When morning comes too early in the day,
And I have not yet begun to plan the afternoon
I shall make some time for myself to play.

For such a day leaves room to be the buffoon,
And find...

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RuPaul is one of the happiest people I know
Spreading joy and sunshine wherever she goes,
Quick-witted and sharp as a tack they say
She’s worth a few million dollars in residual pay,
[always dresses to the nines, be...

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I stand alone on a hillside barren
Of trees and rocks, and similar thing,
Once they were lush with foliage green
But now they are stripped of everything.
Ancient mountains verdant ripped away
The price of greed more than evident,
By...

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I want a Christmas every day
Not a Santa Claus in his sleigh,
Or bringing presents to the good
Loving each other, as we should.

Peace on earth, a small price to pay
I want a Christmas every day,
Filled with...

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The meadow is a charming place
Mother Nature undisturbed
Calm and peaceful, ever-changing,
I wander there unperturbed.

Seasons come and go unbidden
Without human interferences
A single path neatly transverses,
There are no barbed wire fences.

While butterflies lazily flutter 
Wildflowers flourish in...

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You come thoughtfully to me at nightfall,
Offer a precious gift of calm repose
Donning your customary velvet shawl,
Peeking through the windowpane, I suppose
Watching me dress in warm flannel night clothes. 
Chirp softly to let me know...

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From prehistoric stone there was sharpened a point then a spike:
chiselled and engraved and hoisted and thrust,
raised high above men toward a target lofty, afar in a field.

Competitors rose from primordial waters, 
harpooning dreams and...

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Was Backbencher 
Academics Top Ranker 
Sports Medal Winner 
Dramas ace Performer 

Backbencher Teachers pain 
Not all dimwits and vain 
Real life, celebrity genes in vein 
Adept user of Left, Right Brain

For pranks often punished 
Outside...

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I am wondering are sighs everlasting
Or do they come and go like noisome vapors
Some the eternal remains of unburied flesh
How loathsome the infinite unexplained sigh
Which can be beautiful nipping at love’s heels
Limitless in breadth and...

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