Long Reals Poems

"The Unicorn and The Sticky Asphalt Jungle"



Bedtime stories
now walk through fog
The Unicorn skips 
on lines of sticky Asphalt

The father writes his play
The mother seen as absent
becomes deus ex machina
she will be the only one 

to...

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"Kris Kringle Kisses Kalliope"

A Dream: the 4th Christmas.





deck the halls 
with memories
poets whisper pasts
that are ne’er forgotten

where presents 
a life 
that’s neatly wrapped
and attempts at 

frostily forgotten 

tucked under
that big 
beautiful
green fir tree

where all the...

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"50 Words for Poe: Styx"




Sleep now

Your Nepenthe has been taken
listen to your dream 
what you pay alms for
requires surveillance
this is where she is reached and seen
in her dreams she dreams within your dream

He whistles in...

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some sought remedy
it was less likely that these approaches
would yield fact: after all in
the broader realm of it's being
it paled in comparison to what
it wished and wanted to be.
But as one who likes action, and...

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"The Pavane" 

Autumn leaves
whistle nonchalantly
along the left-behind

paths of serendipity
hesitantly touch fingers
lightly for a while, tipping

lost in the wastelands
winter beckons 
love unconditionally

magic listens
and arrives
in the laps go-lightly

of racing hares
tossed salad years
and marshmallow dreams

of servile tortoise
pleasantville sown...

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Where to start
When will words 
Fall
Fall out

Darkest before dawn
But when will dawn finally 
appear
After darkness has become so 
near
After closest companion were
Demons 
Dogs
Dark dreams
That haunts

Tears to fond a friend
Of little girl nearing end

Every turn
Seems to...

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HEAL MY SWOLEN HEART YOU HOLDER OF ITS PAINFULL BEAT,
REPEATING STRONG SENSATIONS WHICH DEVOUR ME,
NO LONGER STRONG ENOUGH ALONE,
MY SOLITUDE SHOWS MOMENTS THAT I'VE TRIED TO HIDE,
SUDDENLY THE ANGUISH FROM INSIDE BECOMES ALIVE,
AROUND HERE THERE...

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My witchy teardrops, dandelion oil, mystical, magickal dust
Faerie Tales, cockatiels, sandwiched between rusted trust
Of movie reels, bootlegged steals, cyber-world, & for reals
Myself as a wild-child & lonely found you across the sea
At the time you...

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A perfect triangle
As he stood in the shadow
Of the dead eye windows of his home
His face alway up
Stars or cries of cloud
his theatre
The sounds that based from his neon lit blue ears
He tugged at some...

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I just read a beautiful series of thankful poems by Jim Yerman and am inspired to give it a go.

I'm so thankful when I cast a thought
(For I'm a one for being overwrought)
To all the...

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A little girl with fairy tale dreams; playmates only she can see
spending her time playing like she was big...eating honeysuckles and serving tea
her playmates loved to listen to her talk, she did it very well
she...

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Just a quick sat waiting in the car poem with a lighter mood

Just remembering all those times, I said I had a dream
A proper one, not a get rich quick scheme 
Some people had the...

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That tiny pause to skirt the truth, half-reals you'd paraphrase,
The subtle softly spinning gyre of cunning in your gaze,
Vague reflections from your skin - a shedding, sheltering plaque,
All concerned syllables sent swiftly bouncing off your...

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A daytime in Madrid
Gray sky overhead
The mist forms rows
Eyeing, hesitating
As spectators in a field
Hovering for kickoff

Masses of zealots
Shining bands of fans
In the style of a royal army
The sound of shoes trampling
Moving to a specific ground
Hovering...

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I’m a sea-going servant some call me, John
I love, love to sail, sail on
From ocean to ocean I sail, sail on
Encompassing rough high waters of the ocean
Devoted to the seas, tis my dream
To ride the...

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My heart races fast,
as I remember the feel of his hands on my neck.
The way that he looks at me,
with those dazzlingly beautiful eyes.
My mind reals as soon as his lips touch mine,
I lose my...

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Back in the days when fences were constructed to lean on 
I had my fathers smile my mother's apron now they're gone
Along with brother's camera and his filming laughter reels 
Along with sister's bumbling ways...

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02/1/16
See No Evil 

Too long ago our world could once be described as the halcyon days,
Having $20 made you feel exuberant and one would even consider you opulent and for that I’m amazed;
Just as the...

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help me to defeat the enemy who has come to a conclusion the you and  will 
naver be anything more than a seed that will never get to be planted. an flower 
that will...

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The world fell apart for a little while
Just that while perhaps is all it takes
In a world where there isn't a know how
It becomes a world of lies, deceits and fakes

The many roles given to...

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Today I began to think of  yesterday,
Realizing yesterday was today and will be tomorrow,
How I wonder shall I do today all over again knowing,
Tomorrow it will be yesterday , The pain as fresh as
morning...

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I’m so confused, what do they want?
Those judges seem to goad and taunt
One week they ask for something new
Then criticize when you try to!

To my dawg, Randy, I’ll throw a bone
For Paula, I’ll make it...

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Chill winds surge atop placid lake
Reflections of rapture shattered 
My hope of redemption laying in shards
Tears flow, dreams end in desolation

A tempest beats against the keep
The palisade of my heart overwhelmed
My hope of atonement laying...

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Local municipalities county stately across the nation internationally
I haven't been this way before I have a traveling heart
Diverse and deceived my mind reals
My mouth speaks of Truth and hold not in part
Who am I and...

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I do not display, but am. 
Where the heart lies.
In truth. I try to discover the centre 
of sorrow and bliss. 
Life has not given 
me full text of death.
The shadows are larger than reals.

You...

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