Long Oddness Poems

"Oak" 

The guardians
stood around and 
shook their heads

great thoughts 
quivering 
from the ground, roots up, 

as if to walk 
confidently 
with great armies

yet hesitation 
was witnessed
in their waving gestures

perplexed 
and touching 
green crowns, 

there they...

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I had a passion for vibrant flowers, and I was often found in the garden,
As one gains the haunting night bird songs, in burgundy skies darkening.

My garden had many varieties of flowers, in countless appealing...

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I was a successful, scientific explorer, traveling to the remote, distant lands,
Bettering noble lives of many, like budding, green spring which understands.

And every day held fruitful discovery, as when the autumn colors are flying,
Or when...

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The poet Basho, whose name is acclaimed
worldwide for haiku esteemed,
wrote myriad works for their greatness famed
and frequently nature themed.

Japan in the sixteen hundreds was where
his lyric verses were penned
mid trips solitary in open air
which continued...

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There was an old lady, a frumpy old bag
who people called horrid, a witch and a hag
And 'though she was ugly and danced 'mid moonbeams
all was not quite as it might've then seemed

Old-fashioned black clothing...

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Written: February 15, 2024
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I ultimately rule over these stunning valleys,
Elm trees with mossy brows line the alleys.
Where distant...

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Written  Upon A Visit To Shanksville After 9/11



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Bully Rules


Pick your targets carefully
Soft and easy
Gentle and less inclined
To fight back

Choose them wisely
Look for the touch of timidity
Some frail weakness
Or physical oddness

Manage the brow beating
With loud and threatening words
To drown down
The quieter voices

Swagger self-assured
Before...

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We used to make music together
But now those songs just don't matter
Kids used to line up to see us
They used to line up to hear us
But now they just don't matter

I just wanna lay down...

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Angel of the odd
Made my face savaging in 
mud 
Water of happiness 
gushed from broken 
gourd
Love is giveth,hate then 
defy God 

With Angel Of The Odd
I sit on a cursed love
Emotional spanks finding 
no end
Prospecting...

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If my usual wasn't so ordinary
And didn't span great feats of generic
It may just be shy of extraordinary 
A mediocrity so bland I'm hysteric

Enormity in normalcy's highest gear
Worked out so hard and never got abs
Without...

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Far Beyond

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Like a mother of many faces 
Many countenances 
Changing through the ages
What is written is important but more important is the yet unfilled pages

Her hands are pale yet very dexterous 
She has to be ambidextrous...

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That cacophony of little, irritating noises inside me
Finally, tell me how we would pray for forgiveness.
The reckless condonation of a wickedness spree.
That cacophony of little, irritating noises inside me
We have no reason to suppose we possess...

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I woke with moonbeams in my eyes,
feeling oddness had passed this way.
Opened a window, with surprise,
saw wee faeries, clear as day,
some rode on dragonflies in play
They danced and spun on moonlit lawn.
That's when I spied...

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Written: May 14, 2023

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Your dewdrops are bedazzling on dunes,
Hides enticing sparks so haphazardly fumes.
Your eyes,...

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Today I saw the woman 
who seemed missing of her smile. 
I watched her there
and we started to stare 
at each other for a while. 

I looked at her mouth 
and heard her say, 
“To...

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Artist of the butterfly realm
Dancing a dream others dare not follow
Enticing your dendrites to play
Enjoying your imagination in the best of ways

Earthly silence in every day commonality
No one sees what you are about behind intelligent...

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nature thrives on bestrewn oddness.
earth is tame in its fresh safeness.
the same for the rest of the world.  
yellow, black, and white are all furled.

The geese there on guavas feed.
Cows may swallow the grass...

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As i sit and read your work, I ponder on it long and hard, think to myself Do you know me. Have we meet . this oddness is fair but with the many games I...

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To many recycled tears
We are spinning on mary go round
Round & round
Our relationship is at the lowest ebb
In retrospect i feel our old skool serene flow
Deep in your brown eyes is emptiness
Homless heart ache can...

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It may be just a portion
Perhaps a small detail
To get your fire scorching
Or lift your deceiving veil

One tenth of a second
The pressure of my finger
A tangible gift beckoned
It will forever linger

My quirkiness is a blessing
Oddness...

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