Long Piper Poems

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The Night and Great Food

Pleurotus ostreatus var. columbinus and Allium sativum and Olea europaea and Piper nigrum and Bos Taurus and Capparis Spinosaand Capsicum annuum. (set aside)
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Mi Rice
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ingredients
1.5 cup Washed and drained rice (more info about the rice variety in the description)
3 cloves of garlic
1 inch piece of ginger
1 tbsp butter
4 cardamom
4 cloves
10 black peppercorns
1/4 tsp turmeric powder
1 sprig of curry leaves
1 pandan leaf
1/4 cup chopped onion
2 cup chicken or vegetable stock
1/4 cup unsweetened coconut cream (or thick coconut milk)
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4 cups of pigfeet broth strained and degreased.
2 cups of chicken stock
2 1/2 cups of sweet sherry
1 T ground ginger
2 T McCormick seasoning
2 cups of carrots
1 large onion
3 T minced garlic
2 chopped jalopeno peppers
1/4 cup of lemon grass
2 teaspoons of fishstock
thyme
basil
anise
rosemary
2 cup of crumbled bacon
4 chicken thighs
4 guina hen thighs
1 whole rabbit
salt and pepper meat,add ingredientsi add remaining ingredeints bake for 40 minutes until fall off the bone tender.
Serve with mushrooms and rice!
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Form: Ballad


Premium Member Once Upon Perdition

The apostate looked out his window,
and started to believe 
As genuflecting pylons, 
sent ramifications through the trees
Chaos looked at reason,
was it about to make a plea
I see Satan’s raising an army 
or so the nihilists agreed

The Crier rang his Leper bell, 
‘our town’s a Godless apparition’
Least he filled hearts with envy, 
of a once dreaded condition 
Now the King prayed for calm,
in another pagan act of contrition 
After his son died at birth, 
he had proscribed all religion

Atheists came from all around, 
excommunication filled the air
Roots now faced horizontal, 
trying to feed off despair 
Anxious to leave town, 
random leaves block civic square 
And steeplejacks are disorientated, 
from neglecting their repairs

That hole’s not deep enough, 
winked the piper to the knave
He could never resist a shortcut, 
even digging his own grave 
But the madness continued,
hermits set fire each other’s caves
Shedding light on the void,
by burning alive it’s willing slaves

And as the apocalypse gathered pace, 
populations slowly died
Some genius came forward, 
a real madman in disguise 
Said we need a scapegoat, 
a dimwit, an ultimate sacrifice 
He was crucified for being too clever, 
they much preferred no advice 

And whilst writing this story,
that apparently makes no sense 
The Queen was in her chambers,
hanging herself from suspense
Children butcher themselves gaily, 
having learned how to fence
As for putting the fear of God into us,
the wicked come crawling to repent 

So finally when heaven reopened, 
a total eclipse tried darken that day 
Never to see man overshadowed again,
Sun went nova, vaporising all life away 




By
David Kavanagh
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Kintsugi

when her shadow cracked

fragments entered her mind

shards of false gold

pierced façade and persona

left her in pieces

splintered images and illusions


the mask had been held tight

a rope strangled the puppet

clown’s grimace incised

by strings of attachment

and forced assimilation


a mirage in the making

projection of fake courage

pied piper tune on the march

dissonant shrieking contour

silhouette of crushed empty words


with no choice left

she picked up the pieces

and timid surface tension

adhered to the task

of reconstructing a narrative

without othering

gendering

ab-normalising all rupture


when she looked at the mosaic

the patchwork montage

appeared more sustainable

self-sufficient and rewarding

as the sum of all parts

had been hidden in a whole

where the light needed to fill

crevices and fissures


and she began to accept

time lines and gaps

which assembled 

the shape of outlines 

of necessary change 


12th August 2021

Premium Member When the Piper Was Not Paid

The rampant rats made everyone afraid.
As they multiplied, trepidation stayed.
At first, there was no one who could be found
to free the village from rats that abound.

In the town, was there anyone around?
Along came a piper with a haunting sound.
He approached people with temerity.
“I shall play the sounds that will make you free.
As the rats listen to my melody,
they will leave your town as they follow me.
For my services, there is a large fee.
I will rid you of your problem; you’ll see!”

Soon, the rats all disappeared magically.
Not one rat was in the vicinity.
However, when the piper asked for pay,
the townspeople told him to go away.
“We find there’s no need for compensation.
Nothing’s in writing, no obligation.”

This breach of contract made the piper cross.
“People of this town, you will incur loss.”
His melody took the children away.
No one saw them again after that day.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member Beyond Control

just thinking … that emotion is the new reason

unadulterated feeling removed from the brink of

a showcase of intuition relieved and narrated by

the heart at the threshold of sentiment and passion


conscience on the royal road to magic sensations

when the hyena of analysis morphs into a dolphin

a unicorn pokes the terrified bubble of the mind

and driftwood flies to the tune of a universal soul 


recycled trash dissolves the mental heap of tips

of an iceberg polar bears and penguins transcend

madness as cure for insanity and crazy bedlam

if you discard the straightjacket of conjecture


refute the shackles prise open trapdoor’s springs

refuse to mediate between prescriptions and levitation

encourage the sleeping giant to rise to the challenge

stop to engage with a dangerous theatre of rationale


when bells and whistles chime and synapses jingle

and an inner pied piper heals the rat race of cogitation

the cogs of internal hamster wheels come off the trolley

spin on an axis of intuition and alite from just thinking


30th December 2020


The Piper Is Paid

 mixed verse 


The Pied Piper was our town's private eye. 
He rode alone on his piebald horse,
kept his nose in everyone’s pie
declaring humble pie of course.

Piety overrode his able grace
when last fall, he alit in some cow pies.
There he earned a pie in the face,
free gift from our local magpie.

translated from the Geek (below):

Altogether armed, a tricky young torchbearer 
strode our streets on his multicolored mount -
Our intrusive inspector, had a flair for abuse,
abject apologies too numerous to count.

One autumn, alighting in a field, offensive odor
rivaled his religious reek. Wading a stream
he entered the dwelling of a loquacious goose
who gladly greeted him -  à la charity cream.*


*charity cream refers to the practice of throwing pies in the face (whipped cream sometimes shaving cream) to support a favorite charity..
Form: Verse

Premium Member Paying the Piper

Paying The Piper
By: Tom
1/26/2021

In my twenties, when woken, I felt juiced,
long before age started plowing my field.
Now, I’ve sleepless nights, most pain induced,
and four hours sleep is a good nights yield.

When in my twenties,
I’d work all day and howl most nights,
thinking who needs sleep, I’ll sleep when I’m old.
Now I spend time reviewing those highlights,
thinking perhaps my twenties were too bold.

Now in my eighties,
I lack sleep, due to my pain’s after effects,
derived from those “twenties” nights of howling.
I don’t have to guess about what comes next,
when I wake up and my face is scowling.
© Tom Wright  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Lyric

The Pocket Bus

The pocket is in the pocket
The pocket is in the purse
The purse is in the bag
And the bag is in the purse
One dollar for a dime
And one dime for a coin
The coin is in the lie
And the lie is in the coin
The pocket is full
when the purse is empty
And the purse is empty
 When the pocket is full
The call is in the store 
And everyone is asking for more
Seven days of strength
is moving beyond the den
The villain is in the train
And there is nothing more to gain
One more pain, one more gain
The exodus is moving closer
And the order is making us wiser
There is no more sunset on the plain  
But the helpless few, and the damage gain
The wonder and the blame is searching
For a plan to move beyond the land
Everyone is going off the land,
To join the bigger band
The threat is real 
And the people are full of zeal
The villain and the mercer 
The piper and the scraper
The wonder and the sellers 
The shoppers and the gain 
They will ask you for more
When you walk through the door
But they have nothing else left to gain.
The music is playing on the left
With a pompous tune that will end at noon
The right is on the right 
And they are singing with all their might
But they are not totally right
The pocket is in the bus, 
And they are causing a lot of fuss
Morning and the evening will soon be done
And the night will be on the run
Day will break with without a shame
The pain will cease 
And my spirit will finally be at ease.

Premium Member Sweet Cinders

exhaling gentle winds
breathing softly  
blowing across
the deep blue ocean
a whispering 
soul speaking
through those eyes
shining stars
silently looking 
ore emotions
embracing one dream

you princess
who bewitches feelings
encircling deeply
enchanting the heart
leaving your glass footprints
upon white cold snow
warming winter
delightfully intoxicating 
hypnotizing starts

engulfing emotions
lovingly encircles feelings
tasting sweet surrender
hair of the softest silk
blushing enchantress 
captivating beauty
cherry lips speak
captivating birds
charming words
sings out 
in song

a piper plays
this tune
blowing magically
from deep pipes
to give love freely
receiving kisses
embracing rewards
love returned

echoes sweetly 
sings an ocean song
so sweetly princess 
mesmerizing  deeply
captivating charms 
this world dreams
in your delight

Premium Member Static in the Fabric of Time

Watch existence burn; see vermilion flames flicker in my eyes
Whilst you stand amongst the ashes and bones of what was never meant to be.
Inhale the murky smoke of contempt,
Choke on particles formed from your contrition.
Feel the accelerating heat scorch distressed flesh.
Quiet—lest my demons hear you scream.
Perched, waiting to devour
A soul so frigid, frostbite seeps from your stagnant veins.
Mercy is nowhere to be found.
Hysterical laughter escapes from my broken lips
As you writhe in pain, trying to escape.
Vines of razor-wire belladonna barricade;
The hunter is now wholly ensnared.
Visions of the past materialize like static,
Disrupting the penultimate bits of your sanity.
Microscopic questions flow rapidly:
Is this version of reality just a delusion,
Disrupting the very fabric of time?
Or are you suffering for your incompetence?
The smell of sulphur grows stronger with each thought.
Through melting breezes, the Pied Piper plays
Such sweet music—wrath’s revenge.
The Devil’s Inferno is calling you home.
© Sara Jama  Create an image from this poem.

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