Long Rotary Poems

“le livre bleu” 

Terabytes.
lonely poets, writers, 
musicians and artists play here,
they wear masks that cover
vermillion dripping smiles
over sharp little wolverine teeth,
they drown their sorrows in their muses -
contemporary little monsters – Still Life, 
they call...

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It is time. Yes. It is time. Time for all time telling devices to climb up trees. The grandfather clocks can climb the oaks. The watches can climb the willows. The alarm clocks can climb...

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Incredible Product Warnings

By Elton Camp

Far from folly this hair dry warning is keeping
In telling snoozers, “Do not use while sleeping”

Thinking of putting a curl in your colon or tongue? 
“For external use only,” on curling...

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I left Friday midmorning for a weekend getaway
A four-hour jaunt to Aspen; just wanted to play
No purpose for the trip; just for the experience
New to Colorado, I desired to feel its sense.

If you would care...

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We can’t go out so what to do?
How do we spend our time?
Imagination, racing thoughts
My brain on overtime.

There’s gardening, painting, DIY
Non urgent jobs to do,
They’re boring and predictable,
I need stimulus, tried and true.

That lazy dog...

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i once was a jobless man,
then i prayed to God for a job,
with all my engineering education,
i couldn't find a job,
all the women i had,
fate called them away from me;
life became meanless to me,
day and...

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One two three pea leap. Wow. A slip knot is neither a sleep nor a striped strap. But stealing from an arsenal area is not a wonderful idea is it really? Well come on....is it?...

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Every year with Christmas coming in a park near Forest Lake,
the Lion’s Club and Rotary Club help to add to Christmas cheer
by organizing something special for the district to partake,
along with all the different church...

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The Night Before New Year's Eve
By Franklin Price
12/30 2015

The Night before New Year's eve is here
The same time for Christmas, a week ago did appear
Time stops for no one does not march in place
As we...

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Space Hoppers, Power Cuts, Texan Bars & Playschool,
Record Players, Tiny Tears, Ford Capri’s (I thought were cool),
Bag Puss, Mrs Thatch, Wonder Woman, Rainbow,
George, Zippy, Rod & Jane, Bungle - have I got them all?
 
Dial...

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After checking the Sears and Roebuck and Montgomery Wards catalogs until their pages were torn and faded, we took one last look at the sales ads in the local newspaper, donned our socks and sandal,...

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We two are designed to these ebbs and troughs,  
Gyro dynamic tempos to clench the soul, 
And gnawingly let go,
Let flow 
Far far away into sunsets,
And let grow further away into context,
 Vegetate a...

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I
Ayanda is a Zulu name (A to Z already), my daughter
Brindha is her aunt in KwaZulu-Natal, my "sister" - remember -
Calling cousins siblings is common among us (Tina's daughter, 
by marriage to my uncle Krish,...

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Was it Saxony Asia or Asia Saxony?


Was it Saxony Asia or Asia Saxony?
From Japan to Germany Rotarian so many!

An occasion for mix up of cultures irrespective of race & creed for world understanding

High quality entertainment,...

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Mnid playrugond a laynbirth mzaing plzuze.
Intricately woven words amaze with nuzzle.
Nurturing emotions, they ascend,
Delicate meanings, they transcend.

Piercing through the depths of the soul.
Liberating thoughts from their hidden role.
Awakening dormant expressions with grace.
Yielding to the poet's...

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Easy Elimination of Stupid People 

By Elton Camp

(Note:  All these are paraphrases of actual product warnings)

For meeting this goal, the best way to go about
Just remove warning labels, let it sort itself out
From the...

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But the button wants to do its thing
How many things can the button do
If you push the button down longer
the button then becomes slightly
more uncomfortable 
I think it is like a trigger mechanism
you could amble...

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The Candlemaker’s Office 
     was sparsely filled. 

The worn brass door knob —
     a patina 
     countless hands
     ...

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Times have changed at such a fast rate
With technology I don’t understand
I feel like an alien in my own world
Im so completely out of date!

Oh, for the simple days of little frustration
When the t.v had...

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When I was 6 I started school and growing up
meant responsibilities. Part of the responsibilities that I took up was answering the 
phone. Not any phone but my own phone, it was powder pink. Just...

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Scripted messages on a phonograph what's that reach
                     Letters forms uniformed text messages what preach
...

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Why do we search so far and wide


for fruitless quests of worth?


Or confirmation of valued deed


from external source unimpressed?


Why strive for others to conform while


espousing how needy they are?


Then when eventually let down, no surprise...

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I ride the bus...

Tilt a bit, balance-
ponder later. Yolk yellow 
and sky blue, chalk

grey paint. Steel
rectangles; winding parallel 
lines. Circles- Eternal.

Toothed horizons-
golden rose shaped sunset
tauten, its nectar 

steeps; blushes. Inks gnarled
columns of trees, dusky, their
limbs...

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One wish filled afternoon
I fashioned a knife out of a spoon
The following banal morning
I held it up as I was adorning
its hand carved ivory handle
to the light of a flickering candle
It appeared to dance and...

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I used to have cheese as a slice 
Boring , but it still tasted nice 
Then in Christmas 23 
I had a present bought for me 
What a marvel, what a sight 
Greeted my eyes...

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