Long Orangy Poems

I always wanted to be a medieval jester,
the one who sneaks up behind the queen
and makes her guess who caressed her.
I always wanted to be the Lord of Misrule,
King Lear's sad fool,
and the one who...

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clink clunk the bones go clank
hanging there from the curtain rail
large pumpkin and shaping knife ready
it will be a great party time, without fail

when you enter the room you need to
swish swash the spray net...

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Crossroads to where life began
Fear of dark cold round me again

In the twilight before the morn
Scattered grass iced, forlorn
Silence in the air ash orangy dawn
Fire burnt out like clouds in storm

Life in vain for a...

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Gravity enters my thoughts, what ever goes up has to come down. As i start my descent from
the summit of this giant of the Grampians. My journey down is so different to the ascent.
Clouds build...

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Stand still, look to the skies
every second the pattern changes,
watch the clouds sail past
being blown by the winds of time.

Colours change, from the dark 
cloudless sky with stars atwinkling,
to a sky of clouds, wind making leaves
tumble and...

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RAINBOW LADY

(Life begins at forty...  Walter B. Pitkin)

Yes, if you believe in miracles.
If you take lows for pinnacles.

I will turn the page tomorrow,
sign a fresh lease come what may,
forty windblown years behind me,
a few...

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The Fat and Skinny of IF

If I were fat I would wish to float
As a cloud in the evening summer sky
With the approaching of dawn's light beaming about 
It's rays like flashlight beams all aroud...

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Just awake curtains drawn, I view a scene beyond the glass 
The colours that befall my eyes are nothing more than class

There are greys and blues with purple twists like a carpet in the sky
With...

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Tell me that you've felt a failure
In doing what was right
While pillows dampen, salted
In dying sleepless night
A wonder, wonders bless the wicked
And the same thing in reverse
Ensure the gnarled vines of virtue
Not easily traversed
With once...

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Undulations on the horizon
Leave a most beautiful sight
As their outline becomes clear
Whilst the sundowns at night

Above these darkened ancient
Are different colours of cloud
Their beauty quietly shows
For to me they shout out loud

As the suns about...

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