Long Shant Poems

In a sudden nodding shift,
I was lifted into the air by the hard wings of the Devil
His putrid stench waking me from what seemed all dream
And upon a balcony of singed vine and blackened soot,
He...

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You dig into my skin with your claws of distrustful disdain
Why don’t you welcome the Healing rain?
I promise that it will wash away the troublesome pain 
That bullies you to the extreme – try, darling,...

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Oh, For The Simpler Times
Y2K is coming
Written: by  Tom Wright
2000 

I eagerly watch,
as darkness gives way to dawn;
as preening birds
begin to stir.
I sip hot coffee, 
stretch and yawn,
and lament that things
aren't as they were.

The...

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An email written to eldest daughter
December 28th, 2019,
which unwittingly, magically, accidentally...
resurfaced while scrolling
thru outdated emails 
and OpenOffice documents of mine
thee evening of February 20th, 2022.

The remaining lines 
comprising reasonable poetic rhyme
sent to said offspring
more than...

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Papa unexpectedly overtaken with woe
flashback shook me complex edifice
head, shoulder, knees in to toe
quietly processing silent film status quo
shant upended jollity
between when a little girl no
matter mine nonconformist
mien unconditionally accepted,

ye dear daughter(s) don't know
sudden onset...

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America 
By: Tom Wright
1/28/99

America, so beautiful
what does she mean to me?
Foremost, I can worship God,
in a land where I'm free.

A land where opportunities,
exist within my reach.
I'm free to pick and choose at will,
holding office, or...

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I prayed for you why quite a hopeless canto 
indeed the angels turned their backs sighing 
refrain from singing lovely hymns the cherubim 
clinging with desperation while the holy spirit
 
actually gloated above the bishops...

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One thundering Thursday, in a thicket of trees I had thought I had thunk a real thought.
I was thinking deeply, when alas, creepily, a thought appeared, jeering at the tip of my tongue.
It said “At...

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I wait, and i wait patiently
                             ...

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(Just for fun, folks - and a nod to Old English)

Wat?!?

No jovial banter? No easy give-and-take of rivalry? Naught there be a good-natur'd ribbing between courteous competitors? Nay a rusty-edg'd petulance on propriety's behalf? No...

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Wat?!?

No jovial banter? No easy give-and-take of rivalry? Naught there be a good-natur'd ribbing between courteous competitors? Nay a rusty-edg'd petulance on propriety's behalf? No acrimonious innuendo f'r the sake of the game? Nay there...

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hard, cold ...

with weight to crush
impervious to all, save the elemental
burdenous, and dense with unfeeling matter
oh, it shines in its own way

it is indeed a rare gem
fit for only the most hospitable of environments
and it...

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When once a heart did shine so bright
When once a soul was lifted
When once a smile meant so much
When once a life was gifted

When once a hand reached out
When once a hand was taken
When once...

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My mother always told me growing up
“Don’t let your humming bird arse get
Your alligator mouth in trouble”
I never thought anything about it then
I took it as a warning not to say what was on my...

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My rose, my soul, my heart's delight,
Such treachery this wintry night!
My fathers men hath taken thee
And I know not if thou'llst e're be free.

A spy was in the wood that day
When I met with thee...

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Fingers, Fingers, I just let them go, 
Where they will take this, I just don't know.

They are moving so fast right now they're a blurr,
They are even making my nerves start to stir.

But I am...

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Sharing with my public, sommit like a pub trick. Wonder how its done! knowing that my grubs sick. Meaning my food for thought is nourishment for the mind. Sounds rude ovcourse but no punishment of...

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It was me and my uncle Buster
having dinner at Pearl's Lunchenette.
The sun was as high
as merange on the pie,
'twas a day that I shant soon forget.
Across from us sat old man Dauber,
addressing a man at...

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Jealousy.
Oh sweet Jealousy!
I feel thy bitter sting.
Take seat in my heart
And in my mind,
Take flight on injured wing.
Tis the moment
To endure?
To take one’s heart,
Once loved,
Once clean and pure?
I shant be pressured.
Gain is hopeless.
Thy tree is...

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”...things come in three…”
before I look to TV
my stomach sinks
at the idea already
perhaps more news
to darken my day
watch the tide grow
in stains of decay
another horizon
as Atlantis rising
can it be?
”...don’t scare us…”
why, so we can care.less?
and...

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Her spurs are smaller,
An' so are her jeans.
Her attitudes are taller,
These Cowpoke Queens.

In a Cowboy's world,
She has learned to cope.
Whether gowned an' pearled,
Or a lip full of cope.

She will administer a shot,
Re-bed a stall.
For respect...

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Never say die or you might just believe it.
Those words you ingest go straight to your chest
and if your heart is sick, you might just heave it.
Never say die. There's a mighty reason why-- 
we...

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~I Know . . . I don't Know~
Thee This Crept From me,
Thus dawning of Thy'en Sunlight, is Thus Dawn
of The Mourning Light, Twhich is Thus Mourning
& Mourning Thus Loss Return of Thyn,
twiss is which page...

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Cleopatra my   queen
Very   old,cornerstone is me, oh um. Beef me i  kill 
Will it wasn’t be narcist be yet i crossed me my own childless womb
Be largactyl. Be throat roar...

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