Long One for the road Poems

Note: This is the 2nd half of one of my MANY long story works, and the 1st half can be accessed, of course, at "poems by Mark Stellinga" on the soup.
My wife and I were...

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The man that I’d looked up to most when I was just a kid...that I’d preferred to my own dad...of whom I was ashamed...
Often prompted speculation he - without my knowing - likely was my...

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Here's the deal, folks...
   This is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece had to be posted in 2 parts. 
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                           I
On the hill betwixt Carlisle and Deep Creek
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Okay I am going to write another funny poem
then I will call it a night
Bed time
Is there sofa time
Recliner time?
Why?
I am in them more than I am in bed
Do you like twins?
I just love twins
Especially...

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You are charged with a misdemeanor,
based on witnesses
who thought they head you saying you were leaving
even though you knew
you dinged this red truck's door.

I know they saw me like that
but that's because they could not...

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April 6 Wagontire, Oregon 
1973

In 1973, I went on a road trip 
With my father

We left Berkeley to go to Yakima
Where my father had a summer cabin

He was a college professor
And had July and August...

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Look at the lines begging your touch, beautifully, aerodynamically sound.
The color and aesthetics call for you to blend and wrap around.
The curves, and lines nurture you, adding layers to what you touch.
Feel the connection between...

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Once in a blue moon I have been told
The cliché’s clan gets together with the Catch Phrase posy

If I have told you once I have told you a thousand times this story or are you...

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Since RBT was introduced I mainly drink alone, 
but gee I miss the bar at Kel's and all the mates I've known. 
Old Boozer, Lefty, Mitch and Binge ... I wonder if the crew 
still...

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THE COBBLESTONE ROAD

I was a road of cobblestone that led folks through the town,
The people bought and sold on me from everywhere around.
I saw the feet of priests and kings, of children and the aged,
All...

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Whilst the huge auditorium focused on the plushness of seat,
Lost little children were dying in a street
Far away, out of sight
Out of view of money’s might

Whilst the missionary was struggling to make ends meet
Well-dressed ushers...

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In our leisurely drive across the country one of our delights
was an old school house in Nebraska…where we were blessed to spend the night.

We were already in the middle of nowhere….when ‘turn here’ our GPS...

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I want to write a funny poem
Why does the chicken cross the road?
Because it was tired of the pen
Did you get the joke about tomorrow?
Yeah it is never here
How can you know that you are...

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The sertraline queen of New Orleans
Getting high on her brandy and coke.
Perched on a bar stool, surveying the scene,
While she lights up another smoke.

Tom Waits is playing on the radio 
“In the neighbourhood”, plodding and...

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A new poem ?

The Way

I stumbled through the darkness
Throughout my living years
Wandering, staggering, running
Possessed by all my fears

I hid amongst the shadows
There I tried to make my home
Yet, never could stay settled 
Bound in life...

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One For The Road


A mother cries, at her babies smile,
Because everything is alright.
A father lies dying in his car,
He’s not coming home tonight.


If only he had changed his ways,
If only he had used his head...

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Observe and see
Festive cheer warms;
Spirits set free

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Cherry blossoms
Pink carpet pathway;
Waiting patiently

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Here's to you
Sakura moments;
Sparkling sunshine

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Moon overhead
View from my window;
Tender conversations

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Mahjong games
Relatives chit-chat;
My winning streak

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Touch of magic
Spring wind rustles;
Cheery blossoms fall

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Moonlight stroll
Old arch bridge;
Squeaky wood groans

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Two...

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In the fading heat of a waning falling October night

Trick and Treat travel on their broomstick’s front seat

high speed velocity twin turbo engines in roaring flight

‘We must beat others to hallowed doors and beat defeat’


‘No...

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At the moment of our birth,
we begin a journey on earth,
knowing nothing of what awaits.
Being a one way uncharted road,
it’s where we’ll gather a disparate load
of indiscriminate likes, loves and hates.

Our road  may be...

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A fragile Force

O’ year after year, and even day after day,
I come to grasp the grandeur of what is at play.
The importance of the LIFE that is available to all,
The significance in rising after we...

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The alarm goes off I hit the floor jump in the shower and close the door. 
Coffee brews while I get washed up. When I'm done in the shower, I have a few cups. I...

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Latest war news: Israeli airstrike killed 200 at Jabalia refugee camp.


In case you didn't know, there were eight refugee camps in Gaza, some tent cities, some cement-blocks, some housing third generation refugees; can't imagine a...

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Another long night ahead, into the creeping dawn.
 
Consumed with literary prowess screaming expletives behind my eyes,

 Lit solely under humming tungsten vibes, worlds collide with brillant violence.

 Seeking sweet serenity of all possiblities; lay...

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If Tables Talked
By: Tom Wright
2/4/99

You say It's only a wooden table.
While in a sense , that's true,
yet it possesses character and warmth
much like unto It's previous owners.
I should think that as we dust and polish...

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