Long Memorializing Poems

Roman à clef tragicomedy...
overlaid with façade of fiction = Mein Kampf

in summer re:
typed out during winter of my discontent,
when yours truly no spring chicken
stirred ruse to expatiate poetically
regarding following rhyming reason,
hence mine lovely bones 
into...

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I drove down the boulevard as I did a thousand other times
Passing by the aged blue-gray house - the bachelor's pad across the street
Hunkered down like storm clouds in a mist of yesterday's legacy 
And...

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Three Cheers To Ann Maria Reeves Jarvis

Momma mia man date
comb the second Sunday 
during month of May
can be traced back 
to ancient Greeks and Romans
devotional festivals held
to honor mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele
setting precedent for...

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the bittersweet silent story of my life age
fifty and nine automatically rebroadcast 
     in indelible (yet never washed out) beige
indistinguishably linkedin, when counting 
     the last three...

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Momma mia man date
comb the second Sunday 
during month of May
can be traced back 
to ancient Greeks and Romans
devotional festivals held
to honor mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele
setting precedent for Mother's Day
where early Christians fancied festival
known...

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The King's Wife - Te Arri Vahine

Gauguin’s painting of “The King’s Wife,”
immortalized a goddess of Tahiti, Pacific paradise.
Mesmerizing mahogany muse memorializing his canvas,
she’s a tropical Venus on a bed of forest green grass.
Nature’s umbrella, a...

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momma mia man date
comb the second Sunday during month of May
can be traced back to ancient Greeks and Romans
festivals held 

     to honor mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele
setting precedent for Mother's...

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On the shadowed banks of river they sat together
Adulating setting sun quivering in rippling currents
Where golden filaments shimmered on blue water
Forming and breaking ephemeral circular motions
Undulating amber rays on eve’s buoyant emotions.

Her dimples smiled upon...

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Momma mia man date
comb the second Sunday during month of May
can be traced back to ancient Greeks and Romans
festivals held
to honor mother goddesses Rhea and Cybele
setting precedent for Mother's Day
where early Christians fancied festival
known as “Mothering...

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On the banks of river folks gathered solemnly
Where in repose lay the body of his father;
Dry dead-wood was stacked in layers they built,
Fire was crackling, burning, heads were bowing,
Memorializing deeds in voices of the elders--
That...

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He sang of the wreck of 1975
Memorializing sailors who didn't survive 
Honouring heroes in the story he tells
Visiting the cathedral still ringing its bells
29 chimes every year for their souls
The Mariners church where the solemn...

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Here I go again, focused on myself.
Remembering, analyzing,
Memorializing tragedy.
Thinking, endless thinking.
Suicides, death of grandmas, past loves.
Pining about passions and losses.
The condo I had to let go.
The jobs I left behind.
And the cemetery lots.
My mind wonders...

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On the morning of April 19, 1995, 
Terror was heard through the Oklahoma sky.
 
At 9:02 A.M. the explosion did occur, 
And the blue common day turned into a blur.
 
A memorial was built to...

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Christmas celebrations come
	so long awaited 
and eagerly anticipated,
	suddenly, surprisingly here.

Preparations all done 
        and now complete the day
as the arrivals come with presents one by one,
	and  wrappings...

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The echo of a thought lodged inside me, 
a disjointed welter of crushed feelings 
tinged with a sadness that finds no escape, 
haunts my sleep and takes on a dark shape.

My past joys now a...

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The dim past houses warriors of yesterday
whose  lachrymose trail of tears 
continue to whet the sympathy of one diehard
dilettante commissar born and bred
upon the soil those indigenous Tribes 
(with that ill-fitting misnomer of noble...

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Unyielding stone, the furniture
au naturel, no dress lace tablecloth
concealing ants scavenging our picnic lunch. Loathe
are we to flick them while they steal our cheese and crackers.

Siblings ensconced, diffused canopy of oak
umbrellas, searing sun bewitches charming...

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Black Americans marching on the street
protest white cops on a black killing spree.
And many will likely be gassed or beat;
to unlock change; unity is the key.

The racist hounds of hell have been let loose,
and Death's...

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I'll never forget the pain and the grief
I felt at my mom's bedside when she died.
As denial morphed into disbelief, 
reality loosed its arrow inside.

An excruciating pain pierced my heart 
as Death's hand touched my...

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Mother's day 
A day for reflection 
A day for rejoicing 
A day of thanksgiving 

Mother's day 
A day of understanding 
A day of appreciating 
A day of acknowledging 

Mother's day 
A day memorializing all the...

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Deluged with the nostalgic era of you,
Your lush verdant scent lining 
Wistful sentiments upon idle reflections 
Scattered in fragments and fine dustings, as 
I acquaint myself with futile intricacies—
Devoted to your unwritten absence, 
Wandering in...

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He whispers his warmest greetings on
loves adorned ears.
He tells me he shall have no other
and only time will relinquish,
what we share in years.

Cool to thy hand, this token of 
gratitude...
Given with delight and fidelity..
He loves...

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