Long Quat Poems

Earth crosses her heart at midnight
Shaking loose dust upon battered edge
Scorn mocks the piercing night as daylight 
Moves swiftly with open jaws waiting for a fight.

I can recall the days when she was in full...

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Born in 1874 Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill 
Nicknamed Winnie, with a Bulldog spirit ~ resembled my Bulldog Bill
In thinking time sat on his ‘Throne’, Lord Privy Seal rang Winston’s phone   
Yelling his retort...

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Inspiration - What Child Is This - by Greensleeves

Lord, you sent your son to show us the way,
and dead-   in his mother's arms he lay;
an innocent child was born under a sparkling star,
his...

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You taught me to love, 
You taught me to learn,
And here I build, I try to earn,
These wings which with I'll soar above.. 

Virtue not vice you taught me to sow, 
Each day thus wiser...

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The ghetto’s the realm for new immigrants,
In society now they are the peasants.
Brown, yellow or white they’re hated by all
Welcomed with a communication wall.

They’re only good for the dole, which we pay,
They’re given houses, without...

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The light chiffon veneers of winter's face


                    Slow-deliquesce as rangy shadows wane


    ...

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I say farewell my love-   oh, I am falling apart,
we have reached the end of the road . . . two now one;
yes, so true-   I need to walk away...

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