Long Perked up Poems

How I Got Richer and What I Did Next



I struck a sly deal with some Wall Street investors.
I shorted 'em stocks that didn't exist!
But they got me back (those post-empty-nesters)
by making fake deals I couldn't...

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A Bagpipe am I,
My drones point to the sky!
I am magic they say, since the wizard ‘spelled’ on me that day.

He gave me the gift of immortal time,
I could travel through centuries,
T’was a gift.
It was...

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He stood and aimlessly watched the parade of patrons and volunteers that wandered daily past his kennel.  All so familiar, so ordinary.  Just like every other day he mused.  Nothing new. ...

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There once was a southern lass 
Who was looking for a good-looking guy to make a pass,
She thought fast and decided to sell them gas. 

Now here comes Marty 
And he was a dude who...

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Young James Pruitt was an ordinary boy;
he grew up in an ordinary town.
But set a spell, and I’ll tell a tale
of how some not-so-ordinary things went down.

See, James was a good boy; he did his...

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I keep on observing couples pass me by oh so merrily,
Getting me all perked up, but at the same time, a bit of jealousy
I am deserving of no one and I know you'd disagree
Getting me...

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It was a dark and moonless night. The lights were out. The TV low.
My hubby and I were relaxed, cuddled close, as the TV set the room aglow.
The telly had a “Flying Saucer Abduction”, with...

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When I woke up early and rose up with the lark,
I was up so darned early, skies remained dark,
But being happy I rose up to greet the new day,
So after my breakfast I was soon...

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Where’s the tinsel that made the tree look cold
have not seen the popcorn that was hung so old
those huge colorful bulbs always got into a snag
 I did the tree back then and I just...

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Hunting is her game..
'Lady' is her name
Antics of a hilarious Basset hound!



Lady was home alone
All she had was her green plastic bone

Her owners had gone out for the day
And Lady really wanted to play

Miserable, she...

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V.
It was several minutes before Singh spoke
said,“There was a beacon on your life raft,
we saw here it went after you ship sank,
knew if you reached ground then things would be bad.”

At this Zack perked up...

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His name was Emmet Patterson,
and back in 1863,
he led a cavalry unit
patrolling deep in Tennessee.

The state was firm in Union hands,
Tte Civil War in its third year,
but the threat of partisan raids
meant that he was...

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I am a basset hound and I love to play
I can run and jump all day
I really love magic and tricks
I also love chocolate bics
Yummy! They are so good 
I would eat a packet a...

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 Seasonal sensational Love 

 These lovely eyes bracing the glimpse of Trees, Mountain,
           And Rain in parallel, Falling in its pioneeringly expressive ways!!
Clutching my...

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A madman pushed me off the track, lucky not much harm
I sat in the Hospital waiting room with just a broken arm.
They handed me a form to fill, 20 genders, 10 types of race -
I...

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He walks the moonlit moor,
With eyes all aglow,
Hunting down his next victim,
Bringing death unto us all.

His ears are perked up,
Listening to the sounds,
That fill the night sky,
From the bats to faint footsteps,
And horses neighing in...

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Tim was the new judge in Deadwood Flat
Not really qualified, just a rancher at that
He first case was of the outlaw, Horace Slade
Caught red handed in a cattle raid

The jury took ten minutes to recommend...

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In the lovely Campanian countryside, amid
verdant hills and mountains...where Virgil
stopped to rest,while jeourneying to visit Cybele's temple, 
lie a fertile valley where chestnut and walnut trees
abound...there is hidden the bustling town of my birth!
Narrow streets...

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Pray, spare this man of a rare calibre, 
Fine, let him prove how good he’s as singer.

Soon as Malhar was sung, rain cooled the breeze,
Leaves perked up to listen from nearby trees,

Beats of Mridang on...

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He’s never quite lived up to his name of Mighty Jack,
Always falling short of first place on the big oval track.
Jockey Joe would be his rider that day, 
Who wasn’t thrilled but he needed the...

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Brady was the naughtiest puppy in the whole city.
     At night such a baby, during the day sassy and witty.
He had eight siblings and must have been defiant.
Oh no! My naughty...

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A young boy was told a good night,
a good night to sleep right and tight.
But crawling in the sheets of his bed,
in the corner he found three eyes
glowing red.
A malicious monster crawled into light,
a frantic...

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When he was a young boy in India Kabir loved to read neath his favorite tree…
only pausing to watch the clouds…
some times he’d read in silence…other times…aloud.

One day while reading he noticed…out of the corner...

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Upon this monumental door, a sense of gratitude came before my eyes
If stabbed by paths of fear and wrath, new trust came pouring down
For behind the glittering forest, and a pomegrante stained sky
Enhancing was this...

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I was a broken down man with many problems to sort
You raised my head from the sand and stood me straight as a sword.
I turned to clay in your hands indeed I need to be...

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