Long Pompoms Poems

Good morning Poison Squirrels,
Today I am going to address your bowel problems

My class groans.
We don’t like to think about them.
We are teens.

Your mouth chews up food, right? Asks Mr. Lee.
Our science teacher is way too...

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Are you a football fan?

Are you into BIG TIME college football, where my
home town, Georgia Bulldogs are defending, two-time
national champions? Their season began last week
or maybe you’re an NFL fan (they start playing this week).

Ivy...

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Live Art

Dream your dreams I pray thee; orchestrate your play I beseech thee and write the song you always wished to dance to; strum the guitar; blow the trumpet; bang the drums I ask you...

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My pearl heart rests 
              in the chiffon sands 
of forsaken memories, 
         ...

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As dark canvas unfurls bit by bit
Randomly gulping down acrylic paints of dusk
To satisfy his own thirst, not for long, to sprawl
Into a magical cosmos - flapping his dark wings atop
Swirling soft fair clouds that...

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Little Yellow Bus
	
First day of school yellow bus stopping at the mailbox,
Bouncing down country roads - pausing next to city sidewalks.

Nothing seems to stop you not autumn rain nor sleet
Morning and by afternoon you travel...

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If I were a jukebox, long-forgotten,
Languishing amidst some rusting antiques 
In a cold, cramped barn mostly filled with junk 
I would summon all the strength I could muster, 
Light up those bubbly circuits around my...

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Milk is bad for kitties
Unless its from their moms
When they are itty bitties
They play with all pompoms

Chocolate is bad for puppies
They can get real sick
So if you treat your puppies
Be careful what you pick

Fish will...

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pimpernel on my thighs 
eloquence and delectation
conversations with the wise
reveal to me which death i must die.

lily in the valley
bravery passion and determination
whatever has to be done 
is a puzzling bird song

eyes lifted skyward past...

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Too fragile stems hold heliotrope heads
Taffeta flaunted purple pompoms preposterous
Let us lie on the grass, smoke cigarettes
Aft petal papering conjure new year's purpose

Behold from below the branches spread
Frilly dusk shock puffs, dancing shuffle clusters
Obscure wombs...

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If I were a jukebox, long-forgotten,
Languishing amidst some rusting antiques 
In a cold, cramped barn mostly filled with junk 
I would summon all the strength I could muster, 
Light up those bubbly circuits around my...

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As I was reading Red Fish Blue Fish One Fish Two Fish to a bunch of bouncy kindergarteners
I could not help but feel pleased at their attentiveness.  They were mesmerized. Was it my voice,...

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Let's Hear It

Growing up a teen in the 60s
A Baby boomer baby I'm known
High school was like stepping into another world
Of fun sports to join, watch, and stir
Class spirit Homecoming football games
Proms with the big...

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Little Yellow Bus
	
First day of school yellow bus stopping at the mailbox,
Bouncing down country roads - pausing next to city sidewalks.

Nothing seems to stop you not autumn rain nor early sleet
Morning and by afternoon you...

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The timely excuse for an otter is not to entertain. It is to sunbathe on a towel. Meetings with alligators should be assessed by the writhing tides of a single thought. When dressing a whale...

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loud exuberant cheering
the hats are on
everyone has pompoms
every time their god opens his mouth
they go nuts
shades of Hitler

they are so loud none can hear what he says
he makes all kinds of claims
mostly lies
they hear him...

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I know that something's going on-
	my mama's acting very strange.
She seems so happy moving things-
	then brings a tree into our house!

On it, she's hanging balls and lights,
	long ropes of beads and candy canes;
and pretty boxes,...

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