Long Nosh Poems

For this Turk Turku is a 1-horse
city but he has got to have horse
sense. He will not be as happy as a peacock in Turkey.
Hindi, the Turk word for turkey, is how we'll call this...

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Hopalong was a frog
Who dreamed of a better life
Dreaming of a kiss from a princess
Who he could take for a wife
 
Now, dreams don’t often come true
But this was his lucky day
It just so happened...

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Six months gone now since that dark night, I was kitchen-bound for a bite
Hoping I in icebox there a slice of pumpkin pie could score –
While I searched, I heard a ringing, an insistent ding-a-linging,
Louder...

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[Written last year, or perhaps the year before
But youtube was awash with parodies in a
Similar vein. Unless I didn’t look properly, I
Haven’t posted it before... so here you go...]

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Now I’m Yorkshire peasant stock
I sup ale instead of drinking wine
And I tend to nosh my scranny
Not sit down proper and dine

There’s a restaurant down our street
Not really for the likes of me
Attendants to park...

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Each morning, for several years,
We’ve fed the squirrels and birds.
Oh, the fun we have watched
And the beautiful songs we've heard.
Families have started and grown.
Once two squirrels, now eight.
Cardinals, among many other birds,
Know feeding time….are never...

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Her iciness gaze ensnared my foolish heart.
I was cast in the role of a comic swing.
Her infectious smile entices my depart. 
She led my nervous hand to the Devil's ring!! 

I was cast in the...

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We six sheep of Bethlehem be
Bogg, Whiff, Wheep, the triplets and me*
We all get fed and sleep in this shed
It's simple, but so are we!

O star of wonder, star so bright
Guiding strange folk here tonight
Unsuspecting...

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It feels like hell to be stuck!

It feels overwhelmingly annoying not to know when to break out  of the cage, when captured like a beast against your will.

Set loose the chains of poverty, inferiority...

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in Pando's shadow a young maiden sings
wander'd to and fro peat bog feet sloshing
auburn locks adorned in daisy crowned rings
quite unaware that something was watching 

one with thick skinned carion heart at core
to scavenge Middlemist's...

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" Unforseen Evolution"

Meant for something better
Wait for me.... the world is changing!

I swear l will find you and when l am on top she will say l do it good this a journey of a...

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Dare me to diagnose my condition?
 
I'm diagnosed with depression
Or rather does depression have me
Even the sad rain cries for me
Or do I cry because of rain

I’m bipolar type one
Or so I’ve been diagnosed
My depression tells...

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chakra shot, aura ignored
inner peace left unexplored
feelings sans a sounding board
blest I’ve left the mindless horde

friends, none that lie to me
or neighbors that like to see
a banshee wailing jamboree 
self-reproach is absentee

no dogs, cats, or...

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Oh Ann! Oh Ann! Poster girl of the radical Right!
Love to have you to myself one night!
We could nosh on bagles and cream cheese
As you dutifully serve me on your knees
As we listen to some...

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People always travel in
Their own peculiar way – 
Airline tickets, restaurants
And where they choose to stay.

Some use points to pay their fare;
Others upgrade seats.
Many read while flying,
While a number send out tweets.

Certain people like hotels
Familiar...

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Rushing wheels now veer the streets
Racing in maddening motions
We stand submerged in several screeching sounds
Inundated by the indulgence of mechanical slaves 
And the wails of a whirling world
 
Invisible wires stretched from north to south...

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I am in my house,
With a panicked mouse.
Coming back from the fridge
Going through the sand-ridge
Into its hole in a jiffy
Then squeaking out - Yippee !

Then come two rats
With a hard pat on the back
Running along...

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It was our first date and I had to impress her
While fighting the urge to move in and caress her
I’d have to be subtle and somewhat refined
And show her an intellect dwells in my mind
It...

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Tease the crowd, post things, small?
Ignore over 800 shootings in Chicago.
Don’t you dare make a fuss at all.
Just sip French wine, nosh on escargot.


The truth is, that many do truly care.
Yet, the hesitant ones, resist...

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Last Saturday, my husband and I went for a ride,
To enjoy the sunshine and the countryside.
First, we stopped to eat:
What a treat...
The place we chose was not posh,
You could not find much better nosh.
Homegrown salad...

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A festive Jewish holiday*
We celebrate today,
When children dress in costumes
And much merriment holds sway.

An evil man named Haman
Tried to have the Jews all killed.
The king, whose wife was Jewish,
Saw that deed was unfulfilled.

Since Haman wore...

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"Invigoration by infatuation"

She found me at my lowest point!
I was down and out had no mattress on the floor, no food. It was begging and borrowing to keep the stomach from growling.

In my murky ways,...

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Dreamy eyes with morning wonder. 
Cup of Java after good night's slumber. 
Wash away the midnight dust. 
Plan the day you both discussed. 
Hike along the winding trail. 
Autumn sunshine..treetops veil. 
Sparking water runs rocks...

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It is up to us
If blissful beams will brew from the 
Bloom of our bounteous bond

It is up to us
If moving melodies will mount from this duet
In a magnificent mode made up by the Master

It...

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Away with work
I'm going to the pub
Not to sink my woes
Just get some grub

My room is tiny
Cats can't swing
My keyboard's here
But I can't sing

I'm four floors up 
The view is fine
This bed is huge
I lie...

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