Long Seventy four Poems

Number forty six - White House occupant re:
guarding President elect Joe Biden

Within mein hermitage
now dwells one euphoric troglodyte who wept
upon hearing unbelievable news,
(albeit at snail's pace schlepped
finally proclamation emancipation
gave reasonable rhyme yours truly to ejaculate
(not...

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Born in Ireland in eighteen seventy four
He was a remarkably brave explorer
Three times to Antartica he did go
To that barren wilderness of ice and snow.

Once with Captain Scott and twice on his own
And it was...

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There have been songs, poems and discussions ad infinitum on this subject, and as 
I?ve only received word a moment ago, yes, it?s confirmed now by an affiliate who?s 
in know news @  as...

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During childhood
It was all about imagination,
As in opening a window
For a fun, medieval war with full set of armor and a sword
And fighting the foes who comes to fight.
I'd always made it unfair
For my enemies;
Seventy-four...

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My dearest Anna,

It has been three Tuesdays since I lost you.
I will never forget seeing you, just lying there.
I went to our regular coffee shop, at the regular time.
For the second week in a row...

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Doth it not thrill thee, Poet,
Dead and dust though thy art,
To feel how I press thy singing
Close to my heart?

By Richard Le Gallienne
(The Passionate Reader to His Poet)

Mama had a purple leather book
Of  Henry...

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I’m afraid that I’m often no more than a victim
For rarely am I a clear victor in life,
With an outlook that’s often more morbid than cheery,
I draw bad results as if courting a wife!

Could it...

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The last thing my doctor said to me as I walked out the door
Remember you’re not twenty, dear you’re almost seventy-four
As I turned to leave I thought to myself it won’t be such a chore
My...

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Summer nights in Centerville, sleeping on the top bunk bed;
A transistor radio playing low, lying right there near my head.
The Big Red Machine was in their prime; those boys could sure play ball;
I fell asleep...

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I have something to say,but the tears come too fast-
My heart is breaking ,but I know that I'll last,
For I have always known that my God is with me-
And He will see me through no...

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THE JOURNEY OF A REFUGEE

Running from an economy full of hate
hunger will place him behind bars unless he relocates
war and crisis lingering with the hope to end soon
have pocketed young lives since five bloody Junes
a...

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Running from an economy full of hate
hunger will place him behind bars unless he relocates
war and crisis lingering with the hope to end soon
have pocketed young lives since five bloody Junes
a new home is the...

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I walk outside after an 8 hour shift
Having no idea, it is a seventy-four degree day.
I am wearing my wooly hat, that covers most of my face,
And my coat is buttoned up to my nose.

How...

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In November of 2011, Dad was told that he was terminal and wouldn't survive.
He was diagnosed with Leukemia and he passed away at the age of sixty-five.
Dad worked hard for many years to feed his...

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There are mornings when I’m doom and gloomy,
Other days I can wake up with joy,
But there’s one thing that I know for certain
No one feeling can define the boy!

Almost seventy-four I have critics
Those who judge...

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I thought that I knew everything
Had learned all there was to learn
I thought I had a world of knowledge
Then I turned into a man of twenty-one

I thought I had reached a ripe old age
And was...

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Just like the football I am
small on the ends and big in the middle.
Sharp as a tack and fit as a fiddle,
seventy four (in the waist) and can still bounce back.
Of course it’s pretty hard...

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In our neighborhood, moved a hermetic man named Nit who was gross, unseemly, and unbearable,
The neighbors sent me to see if I could muster up something about him that was care-able.
I sat down on his...

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         F-R-A-U-D



Seventy-four million Americans had their votes cancelled, 
Tis far more than mere shame.

Honest, hard working, some retired, 'twas no accident...
Thefe is fraud and vile, valid blame!

They...

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How I recall the day we saw
The running of the train
A booming voice filled all the earth
"Behold the great Ron Dayne!"

As did their forebears once of old
The enemy contain
So did these Spartans hope to hold
The...

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You were a great actor who was often cast in tough-guy roles.
You did a fantastic job as a police officer on Highway Patrol.
You passed away in 1986 at the age of seventy-four.
When you died, you...

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Three Score and Fourteen
By Franklin Price
11/14/2019

Today is my birthday
Three score and fourteen
It's the very oldest for me
That I have ever seen

I still have all my senses
All five of them still there
I have a bald spot...

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Among the clutter ‘neath my bed
I stashed a Playboy, filled with dread
Its dog-eared pages Mom would find
And holler, loud, how I’d go blind,

So home I’d race right after school,
Praying fate had not been cruel—
I flew...

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Don’t wanna go down there wait for death 
comfy & warm in the dead of winter, 
be able to walk around in shorts & tee shirt
or worst scenario. 
A light jacket and long pants on...

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I can remember a February 
away back in nineteen seventy-four
'Twas a first meeting of my family
and my intended whom I'd spoken for.

Two hour ride to Kentucky's western part
with a basketball game planned to follow 
home-cooked...

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