Long On key Poems

ELECTRIFICATION   OF  UDELNAYA   MARKET



Thank goodness
New glass steel towers are cleaning up the mess
Of Udelnaya market.  Traffic was too fast  *
Street is pedestrianised and bypassed
Bright lights are lit ...

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Remember Beefsteak Charlies?
I don’t remember the last time I saw one
but every time I see one of those
tomatoes, I remember Charlie
my Charlie, the one who befriended me
he didn’t have to, after all					
he was my grandfather.
Charlie...

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the stink of the swamp slaps you in the face in the same exact spot
never disappointing, memorizing the land mark where you began to hold your breath
after years you become accustomed, how will you know...

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they’re sensitive my words
exposed wires
like veins hidden 
under the scars
of too many verbal attacks 
like swarms of vampire bats 
who puncture the night
turn the downpour red

you’ve never been able to stay on key
or open doors...

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"Run! Run along and play, Baby T!"
Mama Rex told her little one, as she pitter-patted from the cave.
"Wait! Did you brush your ... teeth?" she trailed off,
Realizing Baby T was now out of earshot.

She was...

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The summer has long since faded
The sky seems eternally grey, 
A white carpet laid down on the landscape clearing the green grass away.
The house is chilly this morning, 
Out to the woodbox I go
When suddenly...

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Even the hollow reed voices across sand, dry plains, 
startling lilt, notes we can remember.
We can forget. Forgetting is our salvation, 
not reincarnation.
When memory is destroyed, we are spared
thorns, destiny.
No further life.
Peace be with you.
With...

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forever seemed to long for me
so i chose to make it start today
i went to church, (which is rare for me)
and sadly for you, i ran away.

i sat through the horrible singing
even though it was...

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She drives me like a bus
And tests me to know who's boss
When she wakes, I'm either happy or sad,
Gloomy or mad

She wakes up before I do 
But would never ask what I'd like to do
Rather...

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A cat is a singer
Always on key.
A cat is a tourist, 
With the world to see.

A cat is a guard;
A protector of the night.
Sometimes, a teddy bear,
To make the dark alright.

A cat is a sailor!
(Though...

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Looking out the window of the train
I noticed a beautiful woman waving.
Everything in me wanted me to get up and wave
at her: but in my mind I said
to myself why, the distance and the odds...

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Good morning, folks...John Doe here 
Live- from Channel WXYZ-TV 
Bringing you today and tomorrow's weather forecast...
And how the weekend's weather just might be 

Saturday morning starts off very nice 
Sunny and warm with the high...

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JUST WANTED A GLIMPSE
Just wanted to get a glimpse of you
But I don’t know why you’re so far away
What have I done wrong, not to see you?
All I ask for is a dose of you,...

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youth
play while growing up
play when living toward your dreams
play when you are old

drowning
the trick of swimming
is to know when to stroke it
and when to float it

snuff
when terminating 
some life, plant or animal,
rejoice its being

lessen
serenity prayer
reminds...

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Oh how I wish we danced
  what a sight it would have been
  the dance I took from him,
you
  floating on air, without a care
  angelic wings adorned,
  music swaying...

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As I lie and I listen
To the crickets legs twisting
They play loud, a long song
Throughout night to dawn
Like a choir on key
They sing loud just for me
Their tunes hum, through my head
While I’m sleeping, in...

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The Ear and the Mike
The Note on the Papers not True
Until its heard on the air on cue
When it falls on its face uncut
It comes back for more like a slut

It will swear that’s its...

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On the stage,
Lights are blaring,
Crowds in a rage,
Everyone is staring;
Eyes are watering,
Lip is quivering,
Knees are buckling,
Thoughts keep racing;
Will I mess up?
Will I pass out?
Will I throw up?
There’s so much doubt;
What were the notes?
What were the...

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Singing gently sneaks inward
often taking us unaware with
unusual new tones and nontones.
Note how wild wind flutters leaves
driving ears to stand and snatch
soft sounds of cool air tapping.

An unexpected blast booms when
boiled water readily rumbles
on key,...

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Turn down the lights
This night our love flows free,
Hold me close
And dance with me.

Candle light glowing
Your scent makes me hungry,
Feeling your warmth
Please dance with me.

My fingers in your hair
The music soft and dreamy,
Your hands upon...

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As the darken night fades and the daylight hour appears
As I wonder hoping the sun will rise soon
The sunlight glistening down after the moon
Instead the melody of the raindrops against the pane
Shattered is the rhythm...

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Song of My Heart

Heart song,
Midsummer dream,
Intones sweet poetry,
Love notes resolve in harmonies -
Vespers 

Music,
Weaves themes of joy,
Transposes dawn and dusk
Tableaus of half-notes bind lost chords -
In tune

Verses 
Winsome lyrics
Tempos sing in duets,
My song breathes in...

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Hello all! This next poem is a very special poem because it was written by my father when I was very young and because of him, he has passed his talent to write poetry down...

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Colors living in my head, 
paint pictures bold.  
My soul receives the mystical light; 
art in an etheric paint tube.

My soul, it mixes blues and greens; 
a palette only God and I can see....

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What happened to you?
You used to be so sweet.
The one and only guy,
My eyes would ever meet.

You were my man,
Once upon a time.
Giving me flowers,
And sweet valentines.

Now all I know,
Is you deserted me.
Won’t look me...

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