Long Rumoured Poems

"Smooth Big Cat"



He was one of those guys you just knew would be a dud. "Be nice", she said to herself.

She met him on the upswing from the abyss of a dismally closed final chapter....

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Elizabeth Ann "Liz" Sherman is a fictional character in the Hellboy Comic book
series. She is human.  Born in Kansas City, USA,  She was quite a normal child
until her pyrokinetic abilities manifested at about...

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Continued from The Eye of the Sea part 1


The first mate, dour and sparse of words
Claimed few things were his pleasure
And too much beer had brought him here,
That and the rumoured treasure.

The cook was thin,...

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Aman was his real name, friends called him ‘Zero’,
Helping others was second nature to this little hero,
He had calmness and peace of a Himalayan sage,
It was surprising to see in someone that age!

The arithmetic teacher...

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Poet: Ken Jordan
Poem: Stagecoach Mary
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written: January/2014


 Mary Fields,
(1832-1914).

born a slave,
somewhere in
Tennessee,

on the 
Dunnes
Plantation -

She  became 
the first
African American
(male or female)
to deliver 
the U. S. mail
in 
America -

She was 
a tall
 woman, 
over 6 Ft, 
and 
strong,

weighting
over
two hundred
pounds,

who 
didn't shy
 away 
from 
a brawl
or
two
if need
be -

She rolled 
cigars, 
chewed...

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The full moon lit up the night sky
A wisp of cloud passed it by
To add to an eerie atmosphere
As if something gruesome might appear.

The gates to the graveyard groaned in the wind
As did the groans...

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FORTINGALL YEW
 
Is it true; Fortingall Yew, that, our Jesus Christ you knew back in the by gone day
Nay; says Fortingall Yew, rumour was to the British isles is Jesus, was on his way

Came to...

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We decided to turn Paradise into real estate.
Trouble was, we weren’t too sure where to find it,
Though experts had located it somewhere
Slightly west or east (left or right, looking north)
Of a point midway between the...

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Smelly Nelly was quite a charming girl,
She wore her hair in braids instead of curls,
Bathing several times per day in the Jewish way,
Yet many scoffed and sniffed,
exclaiming she smelt like manure in hay,
Nelly used expensive...

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His gold teeth glistened in the sun
As ‘Long Ben Avery’ turned
To face his captives, head lowered,
Their providence to learn

For Avery was a pirate bold
Trained in the Kings’ Navy
Who, disillusioned with his lot,
Captained a mutiny

He seized...

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A centipede found its way into our home
My hairs stood on end for hours on end! 

And while we tried learning about it on Google search, 
in a dark and damp crevice it made its...

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At one time it was said
From Hull to Valparaiso,
Or  any deep sea port
Any Mariner might know,
You could find a body who’d
Heard of the old Earl de Grey,
Many had even been there
On an onshore off...

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The prime objective of school dinners
Must have been to make them taste as awful as possible
Too runny or to thick
Aesthetically disgusting 
And the result was they make you gag and sick.

The screwed up faces in...

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Charlie Norton has expanded 
Ever since his work was seen
And favourably commended 
By an Equerry to the Queen
He’s added Panto Dames instruction 
With an optional modular course
For white faced clown technique
And lead end Panto Horse
This...

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A West Saxon King of Wessex and grace
He dealt with the Danes a convincing deface
Father of Navy and military blow
A legalised system the people should Know
Nation divided the Danes bowed to truce
Example in history for...

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It is whispered in the delta blues, a fierce burning sound
That moves up from the waters edge and drifts and swirls around;
And snakes lithely through the grass and weaves through the trees,
For driving down the...

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'Gallery near me'
I typed into Google
What's this!
15 minutes away
Free
Open Monday to Sunday
I've been there before
What have they got...
Pictures of nature :/
Cartoon illustration :/
Half remembered dreams :D
The parking was easy
As the rain poured down
The cartoons were...

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We’re here to remember you, Tony McDuff
Though most of us here knew you better as ‘Puff’
You’d take any challenge, no matter how rough
Alas your last struggle was simply too tough

That trusty old Harley you’d ride...

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SHELLS STARTED IT

my brain is lackadaisical
it does not want to think
put words together
find a theme.

my eyes wander petulantly 
about the room like a lost bird
looking for a place to lite
a nest of soft moss to...

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We had turned the western fold
ecliped in the setinenrs nold
Where abendindeta was told 
This story is far too old
  with dreams shealtering the bold 
 In a time dangerous and so cold
This story is...

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SECRET OF THE FOREST
The truth was concealed with many branches
Well cushioned with intertwining vines
In the dark forest  at the foothills
It lay hidden since ancient times

After the demise of the reigning emperor
The enemies broke into...

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Rumoured to conduce a mine shaft abandoned
      Reserve behind rural residential too steep to traverse
      Sacred scope gazes at Gold Coast Grand Canyon 
 ...

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THE SECRET OF THE FOREST
The truth was concealed with many branches
Well cushioned with intertwining vines
In the dark forest  at the foothills
It lay hidden since ancient times

After the demise of the reigning emperor
The enemies broke...

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A BRIEF HISTORY WITH PLATO

At the beginning Plato reigned
in a way they never quite explained
or understood; the mutual attraction
obviated thoughts of sexual satisfaction.

For so long being together sharing time
was enough, and in retrospect sublime;
beyond that...

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I have yet to see a copy of my book...

Schrodinger’s Book

It’s dull in this box, thought Schrodinger’s Cat
Waiting to not be, or be
I fancy a look
At a curious book
'Cos I'm well intellectual, me

I’m partial to...

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