Long Mumbled Poems
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Caregiving Stories Continued
Wounded Sacred Dementia
My last foster care-provider
and -receiver story
is also a sad story
of my last special needs adoption
of bipolar born,
and oppositionally reared,
alcoholism.
My BiPolar Wounded Child
turned an auspicious five
on the day I first saw her,
and promptly rejected...
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Categories:
mumbled, caregiving, health, humor, love, parents,
Form:
Political Verse
The Witch At Inverness
Please take this time to steer your thoughts
To a wretched land of lochs and glens.
Where a village was tasked and the people fraught
At the woe and sadness life could send.
With the Dragons gone and the...
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Categories:
mumbled, adventure, children, magic,
Form:
Rhyme
Celena, Brave Celena- Part 1
From Judges 11.
Pronunciation: Seh-LAY-nah
His brothers cast the young man out, the child of an harlot;
He fled away to distant Tob before they found an outlet
For anger, more than what they'd done, to fully disinherit
And drive...
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Categories:
mumbled, assonance, bible, christian, dance, goodbye,
Form:
Narrative
Preface
Greetings to those who would willingly seek admission to theater of the absurd. Zoltan Goliath and Otis Trench are masters of the avant-garde genre silent musicals for the imaginary stage, an art form sui generis....
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Categories:
mumbled, allegory, literature,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Chapter 168--- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLYANNA: Desharah turns 21, this LOVE fest
October 2051
Damali and Desharah celebrated her birthday with Sedanah
Born on the same date one year apart. "Thank you both
And thanks Seda for being older than me!" "No problem
Cousin. She played footsie...
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Categories:
mumbled, appreciation, brother, celebration, confidence, october,
Form:
Free verse
A Rum n Raisin Special - Seeking Milton
Their human ma and pa were spark out in reclining chairs
But Rum and Raisin watched the TV with enraptured stares
The western had just ended with the credits rolling past
And Raisin said, “That gunslinger was super...
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Categories:
mumbled, cat, remember,
Form:
Narrative
Session 3: Tech Support Notes From the Missing File and Mushroom Soup Case
The Almost Omniscient, Omnipresent, Omnipotent Tech God Oisin
Session 3: Tech support notes from the messed up file and mushroom soup case
“Hello this is Oisin. How may I help you?” Oisin says in his polite business...
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Categories:
mumbled, humor, satire, technology,
Form:
Prose
A Rather Uncomfortable Story
PART I
The girl was walking with the boy. The color of her cotton saree was lighter green. Her face was a little worried. Some might not fully understand the situation, some might see her...
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Categories:
mumbled, best friend,
Form:
Prose
The Miracle of Marshside Lea
In Marshside Lea, there stood a tree, old in trunk and bough
'Twas long ago, this tale, although, it may still stand there now
And in its shade, the young sheep played as often did young lambs
Whilst...
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Categories:
mumbled, allegory, angel, animal, crazy, fantasy, farm, tree,
Form:
Rhyme
Recollections of a Reckless Youth
Warning: Mature themes, though at the time.
Recollections of a...
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Categories:
mumbled, life,
Form:
I do not know?
The Doghouse
when I met you, I was dying. for the very first time in my life, but certainly not the last- you made sure of that
when I met you I was dying. I hadn’t eaten in...
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Categories:
mumbled, for her, love hurts, miss you, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
A Tale of Two Drive-Throughs
“Goooood morning! I’m Wade, and I’m having a fantastic morning here at Starbucks! What can I get started for you today?”
I look over at the Starbucks drive-through lane from the Goodwill donation drop-off...
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Categories:
mumbled, america, appreciation, encouraging, good morning, happiness, smile,
Form:
Free verse
Einstein Speaks
Old Albert was frustrated.
He knew his famous ego-identity came from this solar eco-system
with four interdependent dimensional voices.
He felt his own original moment began with ZeroSum nutritional balance
between eco-centered womb
and emerging ego-centered identity,
And, he felt...
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Categories:
mumbled, age, death, depression, dream, environment, health, integrity,
Form:
Political Verse
Over the Edge
Jack and Sam
were two inseparable souls
Best friends tend to be like that,
especially if both were born on the same day
They were two good looking kids,
who liked to play rough and tumble
Didn't mind scraping their knees...
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Categories:
mumbled, best friend, death, horror, sad,
Form:
Epic
Hang Man
This has been a hot minute to say the cold hard truth. I second that! Glasses full of hours turn hands into long time. Darkness saves the day. Light work is easy. Take care; bear...
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Categories:
mumbled, adventure, analogy, conflict, imagery, metaphor, truth,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Sufi Monk Credentialing
This self-explanatory English poem of mine was originally drafted Monday (evening) August 5, 2013, while I was still in Independence, Missouri. I revised it a bit in November and December of 2014, while “traveling” in...
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Categories:
mumbled, community, courage, fairy, freedom, funny, islamic, political,
Form:
Pastoral
love’s last press
silly dream …
but it’s mine nonetheless
wait …
wait for it …
I’ll wait for it now and ever
to feel that press
the press of sweet tenderness
that melting mouth that met mine all
those aching moonrises ago
the first - a...
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Categories:
mumbled, analogy, death, love, passion,
Form:
Free verse
I Heard the Wise Words
I HEARD THE WISE WORDS
The day wise words were spoken
It was over near the beaten path;
Where I first heard them uttered.
“Beware of the fool in his folly
Who may be clever in presenting his story;
Only for...
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Categories:
mumbled, life, voice, wisdom, words,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Scratch
Back when the strange appeared uncommon,
I knew I was just beginning
To scratch the surface of the truth.
So I got myself a shovel.
As I dug deeper, I discovered my scent so jaded
As to not...
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Categories:
mumbled, allegory, journey,
Form:
Blank verse
I Heard the Wise Words
I HEARD THE WISE WORDS
The day wise words were spoken
It was over near the beaten path;
Where I first heard them uttered.
“Beware of the fool in his folly
Who may be clever in presenting his story;
Only for...
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Categories:
mumbled, judgement, perspective, religion,
Form:
Prose Poetry
The World Around Us
Awaking blithe each morning,
with eyes upon the World,
I wonder, are we mourning
with ebon flags unfurled –
or are they but a warning,
some draped like snakes and curled,
stray stars and stripes adorning,
sent from the netherworld.
I wander through...
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Categories:
mumbled, earth, environment, war,
Form:
Rhyme
circles and catcalls
I’m standing in the common room, turning in circles. I’ve so many things to do, all at once, I can’t figure out which way to jump. A time management problem, I suppose, maybe I should...
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Categories:
mumbled, class, friend, friendship, humor, perspective, school, student,
Form:
Free verse
Anonymous Travelers
ANONYMOUS TRAVELERS
The luminous Southern Cross, had a clear blue sky as a background
to shine off its splendor majestically in that long ago night.
The approaching morning was calm and the pleasing breeze would...
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Categories:
mumbled, anxiety,
Form:
Light Verse
Evacuation and Loss
The night shone for the full moon,
Sky brewing a coarse monsoon,
Bolted were windows, locked were doors,
The frequency of death frighteningly soared.
But who was this infant high upon the hill?
He denied the storm and just stood...
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Categories:
mumbled, bereavement, child, depression, family, fear, lost love,
Form:
Narrative
Should the Levee Ever Break, Act 1, Scene 1, Part 6
The curtain rises on Bumblebee Babineaux walking self-confidently along Chartres Street.
Bumblebee [singing]: Ain’t nothin’ gonna break my stride, nobody’s gonna slow me down. Oh, no, I got to keep on movin’…
Tom Sickley, a disingenuous...
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Categories:
mumbled, allegory,
Form:
Prose