Long Nervy Poems

I never told anyone how my ears reverberate in a silent room.
The whirring drone ever present, a conquistador of my private spaces.
This is my cohabitation with an industrial generator.
But I’ve graduated from the torment. 
My...

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Walking a mile in God's shoes,
You’d have the blues,
With humanity, the bad news,

If you were God, from above, writing love,...............................................(1 John 4:8 &16)
To a blinded mind, in time, line,
How would you say a light, to...

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So which is the more valuable,
Our good friends or our lovers?
And just where does the difference lie,
In truth or under covers?

When waves of darkness swamp your boat
And you are feeling lonely,
Is clarity or warmth preferred
Or...

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Watching the marching ants, while I wondering their monotonous strife,
A weary one left the line, away he walked to a lonesome land.
Hands on head with faltering gait, dearth of joy he wandered a bit.
There he...

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Dedicated to Kyle, my son ... my smile




I recall many unique meals of special appeal
but one dinner replays on a fav memory reel
that I shall never forfeit or agree to forget.
This meal was years ago...

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The Unlocked Creaky Gate

The giant iron gate creaked 
At the touch of my feverish hands.
Without permission 
I unbolted the unlocked gate.
Sweaty forehead, numb hands,
Iced feet, my stomach tightened,
The palpitation of the heart 
Grew loud and...

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The TCM channel caught my eye
playing movies termed "film noir"
intriguing movies where someone lies
and theres a body lying on the floor,

The old black and white movie draws me in
with Bogie and Bacall or Stanwyck and...

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Confidently
The door swings open, to the furthest reach of its hinges
Air set alight by her presence, the crowd is drawn
Swinging her arms without a care, they are boundless
With steps that echo, evidently faultless and proud
Cutting...

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 Seated in a corner to my left
Were travellers who appeared to be deaf
I knew not who these men were
And their purpose I have no true care

Slung over his shoulder, one rose to aim
At the...

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What this contagious smudge?
Spreading in their walk of life
With that fondness on its look
And behaving in us too august
From its stockpile and reserves
As everyone keeps impatient
And nervy well at his seconds
A mutual support it's to...

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Oh to the whoa, Honey, today I saw a trio of funny!
Mercy be, I saw three furry cats that all wore hats;
one was skinny and curvy, two chunky, but sturdy.
Curvy was all a-curtsy in a...

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familiar foot traffic
past a garden, plush
         menagerie of color and scents
nervy stance
from a snowball bush, resplendent 
    with white rounded vases of blooms
 ...

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Daring to Walk Around the House Shirtless
I am a daring woman, a wanton woman, a top heavy woman.
My 44 Double D’s are pressing down hard on my chest today.
I decide to free them, to let...

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Extraneous by Ragner Dylan Pokorney

It's sad when your bed is twice your size
It's misery, when your coffins bigger
Left here as Ner'er-do-well
Nervy and full of nettle
Neglect never wanted
Nor I never wanted to give

On a day excused...

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Looking inside yourself is no east task
things found there aren't too nice
but you can't ignore for ever
ignorance will eventually charge a price

One so alone so often
even in crowds an only one
but have accepted this years...

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If I knew that going to my aunt's place
Would end up with me on a wild goose chase 
On a hunt for that prized necklace
She lost because she was reckless,
I wouldn’t have bothered coming at...

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Swimming in mire of memory,
Searching the fish of forgetfulness,
Those are not the good days;
Nervous eyes will get attacked,
Leaving residue of a small heart,

Beat the soft cheeks like egg;
Hands smack the sensitive back,
Infernal, Thrashed till tears,
Suspense...

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Tinsel, Tinsel
Fun is the principal
Sparkle gold
On show
The best form of fun
I and thou cat does know
When it's cold outside with bitter snow
You give my cat
An elegant golden attire
It mingles well
With her coat of silky fire
Bringing...

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LOVELINESS

Lovely smile glisten on your face , cheerful, frolic.
Overwhelming deep dimple sinks in left cheek.
Valentine of my Heart, I would like to kiss.
Engrossed in your charm : You are my best bliss.
Looking into your dreamy...

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Jingle jangle went her wrists,
jangle jingle rang the rings that swung from bell-roped ears.
Unless she shook like a tambourine, she could hardly be seen.

When in motion Bodhrán drums and pursed wind-blown pipes
marched upright, legs as...

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Looking back,  so long ago 
Comes recollections of an Airforce Show
Cathy and I were scheduled to sing
entertain Service Men, that was our thing

Out in the crowd of a thousand or more
One guy kept staring,...

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what more can an aged wish for
than giggling grand kids whispering overhead
hiding here,or seeking there
adding a little more warmth,to the warming hearth
children,o,offspring is the tears of joy
that can only console the sagging earth
fullfilled by the...

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Elections are less than a week away
  And all the candidates have something to say.

  With nervy tenure the ads were on the wing
  Tossing the dirt as far and as much...

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Hear O maiden, on whom desire springs forth
It brews mine soul, chiming taste after port
Have thou detour, pursuit never will cease
Inside dungeon, dwells memoirs begging peace.

Not once does sole eddy whispers’ depart
Birds dance at lightning’s...

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A rattle snake sunning itself
on a well walked hiking path.

I should have killed it
I had a 410 shot pistol
carried just for that purpose.

I just edged around it and walked on.
I mean it really was a...

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