Long Pah Poems

(Continuing the trip through Hell of Dante with poet Virgilio)

Pah-peh Sah-tan, Pah-peh Sah-tan al-ept!”,
Started Pluto with his hoarse voice toss
And that gentle wise, who any knowledge kept,

Told to encourage me: “don’t have a loss 
By...

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The Lay of The Best Man - Part 4

I ask you this: Have you ever known a man to ‘buckle under stress’?
Or have you never seen a man have a ‘moment of madness’?
Have you not...

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Awaiting a growth spurt that never happened

When a boy,
I wanted to be as tall as my father
(he passed away October seventh
two thousand and twenty
linkedin to congestive heart failure),
who stood at his prime
about six feet and...

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And was it not foretold from the days of my youth
Your lives predicted in an absolute truth.

You, Young Nick, spawn of the Old Nick, do that which you must do.
Do it quickly.
You have put it...

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I’ll Never Understand Humans   

   Hi, My name is Lady, and I live a dogs life, yes I’m a lazy mutt, but, 
before you go getting the wrong idea, I’m integral...

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Auf Wiedersehn

   Well here at last it's party time,in shorts and dirndl dress.
   Excitedly we travelled to the fest, a night of pleasure lay ahead.
   We knew from past...

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A rage disorder she says
a blessing I tell her as I admire how white her doctor coat is. Stupid color for people who work with blood.
 Anger issues and compliance- complications she diagnosis me with.
...

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INSIDE D DAY
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS


The weather is really lousy rained all day
I’m so nervous and edgy, I’m learning to pray
We are prepped and ready to complete our tasks
Now’s the moment, the hour, for the invasion...

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Don't look back; it's about the future.
    No, No! Think; the past; it's who you are.
The past, the past, there's nasty back there.
    Some love and soft warmth, too, there must be.
You think? Look ahead...

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Dear Love,
Just a quick note:
You caught me unawares
I thought I lived in circles
You taught me to accept squares
I write to ask for guidance
As straight lines tend to bend
The route we thought before us
Down a different...

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MIND GOES ON VACATION    

My mind likes to go on vacation
but where it goes is anyone’s guess.
It will just take off without notice 
leaves me and my head…an empty mess.

Its so irresponsible,...

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Within the Crescent City,
an exotic beauty dwells.
Amid spires and temple domes,
finds the Priestess, Mirabel.

Her hair the color of Raven wings,
almond eyes a sultry brown.
She bears the kiss of Destiny,
upon her face and brow.

Upon the day...

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Stan was a conductor of a band,
Stan thought he was very grand.
In the park most summer days,
From the bandstand, Stanley plays.
With his bandleaders uniform on,
He ceremoniously raises his baton.
The musicians all look dignified,
As they picked...

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Joie de Vivre - isn’t life sweet,
especially when you add a treat
like a delicious patisserie,
crème glacée, éclairs, le pan de mie,
chocolat, and le tarte aux fruits?

Eat not just fiber, cheese and meat!
Though you should eat...

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After: Harlequin’s Carnival by Joan Miro, 1925.PD 
After: Bing Crosby - Swinging On A Star (1944)

I try to apply colors like words that shape poems, 
like notes that shape music.  - Joan Miro

Listen to...

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What a nice sleep I had, no more yawn,
that tingling prick of hunger, all have gone.
slurping creamy milk, a tummy full upon 
my soft cuddly mom calling 'Cootchy John'.

When  will Dad  blow bubbles...

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The best part of vacations

Is they alter your routine,

Like giving up the tuba

For the jangly tambourine.


You leave your comfort zone behind

And venture into where

Nobody knows who you might be

And no one seems to care.


You visit...

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DON’T CALL ME LAZY!!!

I woke up this morning
Two hours after Noon
Had little bite to eat
Went back in bed quite soon.

Don’t say that !…Not lazy!
Have P.A.H. disease.
So..thank you very much,
 I’ll sleep if I well please!

Never...

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Okay Rico
he say we can jam
ska the genre
Woman take my hand
Okay She-Rasta
you sure you
aint got no man
Pah-pah
woogie woogie
grind and boogie
wasta loopa de
whoompa whoomp-whoomp
Gal wiggle for me.
She paht Dough: deh Phat too!
Smile she staring
think she looking...

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Poetry in motion 
Take me out … the ballgame
bats and balls a'soaring
Root, toot, toot … the home team
'round the bases scoring.

Poetry in motion
Daddy and daughter dance
…hard to give her away
Wedding music magic
Dad won’t stand in...

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As all  poets will know,  there are times

when it's difficult searching for rhymes.

What on earth can rhyme with 'cabbage.'

apart from 'ravage' and 'savage'?

Hmm, I dimly recall the name 'Babbage.'

Charles Babbage, I think, was...

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