Long Poach Poems

One fine blustering autumn day an old man puts on his boots pulls up his trousers off he goes,
If anyone wondered where he was going it was to a forest a good long walk it...

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Grisly bared horror jawbones Kristallnacht
totalitarian brandishes, flaunts, launches 
global threat half cocked.

Vladimir Putin itching
to loose nuclear bomb
end of the world scenario ofttimes
iterated throughout history
though an atheist (actually Unitarian),
no doubt this, that or another psalm
countless times...

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...At that he laughed, and she seemed quite surprised,
he said, “Oh yeah, I guess that you have got me.
A man must be gay if he won’t jump at
rhe chance to get a crack at some...

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She wore pineapple rings for glasses
and walked like jelly dances
I didn't rate her chances
She used to wee standing up
she cooked lemon a'la duck
won the lottery, grumbled what bad luck
like a surgical nip, without the tuck.
She'd...

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Vladimir Putin itching
to loose nuclear bomb
end of the world scenario ofttimes
iterated throughout history
though an atheist (actually Unitarian),
no doubt this, that or another psalm
countless times the Bible
references Armageddon and doomsday
impossible mission to remain
cool, collected and calm.

Whether...

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Elegant in burnt orange afterglow, 
sparkling starlight opens the show.
Neighbors and strangers appear all aroun’, 
porch lights and car lights enlighten the town.

They arrive afoot and atop handlebars.
Tots wave from strollers like famed movie stars.
Mothers...

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Pursuit for elusive prey
teases yours truly
into treacherous catacombs
dangerous mentally
challenging pitfalls,

sets small hairs of back
on camp creeks edge
of night, where dark shadows
evoke outer limits
of twilight zone

prompting me constantly questioning
purposefulness, qua hair raising pursuit
embarking these modern roman...

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Pursuit for elusive prey
teases yours truly
into treacherous catacombs
dangerous mentally
challenging pitfalls,

sets small hairs of back
on camp creeks edge
of night, where dark shadows
evoke outer limits
of twilight zone

prompting me constantly questioning
purposefulness, qua hair raising pursuit
embarking these modern roman...

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blue war red hot political issues dont amount 
to a hill of beans 
   when Sword of Damocles  count
approaches zero hour 
   as global tensions mount

signaling increased chance 
 ...

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This poem, which is loaded with math terms, is to be sung to the tune of Subterranean Homesick Blues.  What was I thinking?  

Johnny’s in the basement
Working on geometry
You’ll see my intent
A theorem...

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“This poetry. I never know what I'm going to say.
I don't plan it.
When I'm outside the saying of it,
I get very quiet and rarely speak at all.”
Rumi

Poetry, 
sometimes you can be cruel, 
manipulating me to...

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Once Glad Tiding

We thought what he did was only experimental
But turns effects he had were monumental
On whole world and what it would experience
And regarding plan now is running interference.

Absolutely no one could do better than...

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At last, Mr. J Bugman is now a retired Judge-man.

For many years he has punished many, spared few.

His verdicts never alter even if there is no hangman.

He had no rest, no serenity, working is all...

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It is Labor Day
I am paid not work
but what am I to do
the festive trimmings are not attached
so the perk is an useless quirk and
my boring schedule quickly fills in the gaps
as usual, my alarm...

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Les C. More back from the vay-cay holidays,
giving my poetry peeps
a look-see at an odd Klondike meet




He ain’t nothing but
small potatoes
Trying to live
big-talk lettuce large

His backsliding snowshoes
walk so holey
That short con grifter grin
spin tall tales...

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Loving you lady, is more than divine
You light up my life in a radiant shine
You gracefully go in the gold of the day
To follow the flow of a bold river way

Your lips are the dells...

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Living Dangerously!

If earth’s life (from its birth) took one twenty-four-hour day,
then man (in God’s love?), has had barely two seconds to praise
Him, while dinosaurs, (their eggs all toast), reigned for hours?
Is there reason or rhyme...

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When you carry a 12 bore
There's a rule thats unspoken
It was always carried 
With the barrel broken
The hammers uncocked
Nestled against the firing pin
A pair of No 6 short
Snugly nestled in.

We didn't poach by moonlight
We were...

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Evacuate, immigrate, 
contravene-covenant 
escape, 

encroachment 
foreign attachment 
intrusive? 

"Independent Culture", 

solidify 
political ignorance-political unrest 
cultural arrogance-social injustice, 

 
social engineering? 

terrorism? 
communism? 
weaponsa? 
corruption 
disease released! 

persecuted religious belief? 
exiled 
dormant hatred 
personality disorder? 
dysfunction?...

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If a grill you approach or you roast or you bake
Or you boil or you poach, you have made a mistake.
If you steam or flambe or you stew or saute,
I suggest when you're cooking you...

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In the jungle's heart, where shadows and spirits blend,
A silent hunter, a forest's friend.
Stripes of amber, black and gold,
The tale of power, courage and bold.

Its eyes burn bright, flaming hue,
Reflecting the skies of cerulean blue.
Its...

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The Life of a  Poor Cockroach
By Franklin Price
12/3/2016

The life of a poor cockroach
A  very thankless life to live
Humans think that we are dirty
Have less than nothing we can give

We live our lives within...

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I wanna spread you thin, 
creamy, on a bagel
toasted
fresh
hot
savor each bite
lick you off - 
my fingers 
the corner of my mouth…
I’ll leave a bit to make you laugh.
Save it for later
I’ll say it’s a snack...

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Mongoose can rarely tell the time. It is relevant to in flight formation to adjust the seconds using buffalo horns. Wild driving of a boat by a dalmatian on a sunset lake. Spots are great....

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I know when you abase me at kunan, was sniffy day for me.
My people at that time were surrounded by threat and poverty.
Know it they are dearest for me.
I warn you sacrilegious nation,
Hacklers are arriving...

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