Long Parasol Poems

One Step from the Fire

Martha lounges in her rocking chair book in knotted hand in her studio

On the wall a poster of Chipperfield Circus whom she had wanted to join

Just above a small marble statue...

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MY TREE

Beside the Kinta River still it stands
Colossus of the primal forest panoply
The tree a native of the fecund land
It’s limbs support the graceful arcing canopy
Each arm like a single tree of temperate terre
Forming structure...

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I dreamed one night that I was a little seed
                        A little...

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 A funny thing happened on the way to the Art Museum, 
I saw a seagull fly above a man wearing a soldier’s beret.
He landed on the arena of the respected Roman Colosseum,
pooped all over...

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The Red Parasol Contest
Sponsor: Eve Roper


Wandering along the soft shores of Vermont,
I carry my red parasol as Bluebell shares fond
memories with me of good times with her lover.  
I listened with intent, but my...

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No Primus Inter Pares

Germans at the Costa Brava they just cannot yield
‘Brava’ the fight and they are conquering once more

Always the first on the beach or the striped deck chair but
The towel goes right up...

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Heading to a cauldron in the dry sea of sands
Far afield the Sahara shores devoid of life
With an array of dexterous army riding further North
Our horses neighs as honed swords beholds Amir al-Mu'mini's hands
Death on...

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My Child, 
I Need You to Realize, When the Storms of Life Threaten Security
Like A Predator Stalking it's Prey
Unpredictable Devastation May Occur
But Storms are not Here to Stay
When Peace is Plundered,  Security Shattered In...

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CHILDREN OF SPRING

Spring spreads out her parasol
 In April, June – always May;
Invites the children of her garden
Come with her to play today.

Yellow Daffodil stands straight up
 Announcing Spring with his horn;
Spring arriving! See! Spring...

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The year is made up 
of four awesome and adored seasons:
one has evergreen trees,
it's the home of hummingbirds!
These trees are decorated with snow
and staring at them: we feel great emotions!
Meadows have turned white
and grandma drinks...

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Resting it ever-so-gently on her
            shoulder, the young girl twirled
              the...

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It was raining the day I went to the art gallery for a visit,
I was lonely and wanted to just get lost among the beautiful art;
My shoes clicked on the polished floors and I begged...

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Football, volleyball, baseball, softball, 
Racquetball, handball, basketball, hardball. . . . 
There're lots of sports in the world you play with a ball, 
And you can't play any of them if you're an oddball. 

If...

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What do I look like to you?
How many times have you seen me?
Yet you haven't seen it yet?

Don't you see the monster I truly am?
Often I wish to release you...

You are worth so much more...

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The whispering begins  Maybe our Fairy God Mother came Sunday night and changed  Ma’am
Oh Dot we can only wish so , I’m a little apprehensive, Al  what does  aperentcive mean I...

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The breeze a scent of salt and fish			
beneath a wash of puffy cloud--			
soft cotton hung upon a wish--			
the breeze a scent of salt and fish.			
The waves whispered in briny swish		
secrets to girls with heads unbowed;	
the...

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There was never anything fallacious about his eyes.
The way he glared and stared without a veiled disguise.
Though I was intricate and he was slightly complicated,
I was always curious as to how he learned to tantalize
me...

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Written: December 07, 2023
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An art display with free and delightful assets,
Blemishes and brightness of nature...

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The Lady



In a town that stretches eleven blocks
There is a girl who walks just on one side.
She peeps into seven stores
Along her way. 
Just on one side of town.
There is the other side, of course.
She...

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Hello my exotic, glorious maiden,
By now they all know you are taken.
I possessively, poetically, clearly, and eloquently
Told them you are promised to me, a sensual, delicately,       
Known beauty, could...

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You've got time to book free
So, in two weeks you're off 
You've got time to pack up
You'll enjoy the travelling
Learn so much there
It'll be good for you to relax

We've got two weeks off 
A count...

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for my mother

In a photo jaundiced with age, you kneel 
on a sidewalk somewhere in time and space, 
when I was in the time and space
in the place before we're born. Daddy's girl, 
doomed daughter,...

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AUTUMN LEAVES FALL

I folded my umbrella after the rain stopped  
the little beads of water formed crystals
on the golden leaves of autumn laying on the ground
I put away my parasol and shook the water...

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The birth of beautiful, beloved babes
Blazing love burning in mothers' heart
Flaming hot as sun above or hell below
Fierce, piercing passionate obsession
All engulfing, all consuming
Total control of every cell & vessel
And every second of every hour
Arouses...

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Four Cafes

Winter mists swirl up from puddles on the cobblestones blurring the names of the four cafes facing the narrow boulevard.  Townspeople and visitors walk briskly with their heads down, collars up, against January’s...

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