Long Quarts Poems

On the first day of Christmas my hubby gave to me
A large whoopie pie

On the Second day of Christmas my hubby gave to me
Two fishing poles and a large whoopie pie

On the third day of...

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I owe appreciative courtesy to alternative press...

for enlightening my senses
to the evocative, reciprocative
and suffocative
auditory and visual material
publicized in The Nation
magazine January 2025 issue
on page 59 about Macklemore
(his given birth name
Benjamin Hammond Haggerty)
an American rapper
composed protest...

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I watched her at times, gazing into another world
Her head was past dwelling in the clouds
Way up high, and at times she would fall back to the ground.
She wore stars in her hair, milky way’s...

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...Two plus two equals four...

I've often wondered,

...four plus four equals eight...

as I look back on my life,

...eight plus eight equals..., and so on,

if the sum of my experiences
is the essence of who I am.
Is that...

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Q:  What did some contemporary prophets see in their visions and dreams?

A:  Enemy drones, planes and paratroopers, tanks and soldiers most often
     in New York City.  They have...

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I (the Apostle John) watched as the Lamb (Jesus Christ) opened the first of the 
seven seals.  Than I heard one of the four living creatures say in a voice like
thunder, "Come!"  I...

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China charges 1 million annually
For each panda in our zoos
If we won't pay in full
Then the pandas we will lose
Nasty Panda's the exception
No one wants him here or there
He was paid 1 million dollars
To abscond...

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Thy arms are opened
                               ...

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The Bandits Rendezvous
By Franklin Price
9/1/2019

Once upon, a Far East time, in nineteen sixty eight
The GEEIA squad made history on a non-remembered date
The plan had come together to build a club house new
When it was completed,...

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There once was an alchemist gifted with the mortar and pestle,
Who could combine magic with herbs and wax in a glass vessel.

She used charms and floral elixirs to make enchanted scented candles,
Which melted under flames...

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Ten pig ears cut into 3/4- 1/2 stripes
Ten 3/4 inch slabs of pork belly
Roll the pigears into circles and use the pork belly to seal the rolls. Using skewers  put two rolls to five...

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Growing up, they said that she was our 'half' sister.                         ...

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It was summertime and healing from the winter’s dark
Felt like memories were alone and silent, warring with the doubts
Leaves green and dancing with the breeze, wings of hope
Laughing at the lost moments when we played...

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I had a little misunderstanding 'bout a fellas size in shoes, the other night. 
I said he wore a size eight boot, he said he wore a twelve, and you know he's right. 
So Mister...

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In my life, narrow margins matter
Opening my eyes wide
To better perspectives which don’t flatter
Dispensable pride riding on the tide 

Where populism portrays norms
To which I don’t subscribe
Despite unusual forms and storms
I ride although I can’t...

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Blame the parents
for rising their kids
with a foul language...
sins have a wage!

Only respect and morality 
make good citizens of society,
but many like to poke fun
at anyone who can't run.


By looking at them one realizes
they came...

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Sitting on the porch
neath the old Oak,
breakfast is over,
bacon, fried yeast bread and peach preserves
canned by hand in ancient jars.
They’ve seen their share of life,
garden tomatoes,
blanched to remove the skin,
peeled and crushed,
a smidge of salt...

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The Pekwachnamaykoskwaskwaypinwanik
Melting and Annealing Process Company
was Established in @029

He was no engineer! He thought he
was smart but he was actually foolish.

One of his Gal Companions told
him to stop breathing on her candy bar.
She liked Mars...

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With light might they sparkle

Karst Experiments which labors and
Chores
Might there mindfulness to produce
For who adores
Folk of value to stem and stern
Together in the name of science which
Lessons learned.

They wanted to create
A stone
A beautiful stone
One to...

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3 cups of shredded beef
2 cups of chopped onions
3 tablespoons of minced garlic
1 tablespoon of cayenne pepper
1 cup of green peppers
1/4 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup chopped carrots
1 cup of brussel sprouts chopped fine
2 cups of...

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The bars are all closed and I’ve got a full tank, 
So we could idle all night.
I’ll buy us breakfast at the Swamp Pike Diner. 
We’ll welcome dawn’s early light.
It’s been seven long years since...

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I use to watch my ole man
Make 3 ton piles of sawdust
Into press bricks. He'd go into
Town with his truck loaded and
a concession stand and sell the
wood rocks and rice noodle soup
on the weekends.
He went...

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Imagine That
The sky turned into a dome of solid quarts
Amplified each day in multicolor beams
With an orange sun that dazzled low
Covered in pink edges looming over
The marbled Earth stopped quick
Gravity stepped in thick with cosmic...

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Hold it jumping knife
Lead me now 
Off pride quality resembling stationary trains 
Under velvet willows 
xylem yields Zephaniah 
Angelic baritone can decorate 
Everything from giants hollering inspirational jargon 
Kids leaping mysteriously 
No-one obscures problematically quaint...

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2 yucca roots peeled and diced
3 quarts of boiling salted water
add roots, when softened
remove from water
and smash them while they are hot
allow to cool

measure two cups
add, 3 egg yolks
2 teaspoons of white pepper
 2tablespoons of...

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