Long Shay Poems

The Castle On White Otter Lake

That rustic, old log castle
Stands facing the lake.
Built by hand, by one man
To acknowledge his presence,
In a changing world, he felt
He could not participate in.
And so chose to live like...

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Subtitled: A Quiz Sic Hull Emotionally Test Ting Senior Event
 
Valedictorian treads across makeshift platform 
   i.e. most likely auditorium stage
marked by pronounced hushed audience, 
   who exude a collective sigh...

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Derek and Eric said I'm Generic, 
a weird name but I'll wear it,
I'm cool, it's epic, Generic's so original 
like the South Park ginger kid,
"gingers have souls bluur".
 
MC Generic the genius generates 
with DJ...

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In believing you have misconstrued what this was and what was meant for you and the part you've played in the time you've stayed..

   The hunter became the huntress the prey seized the...

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Daddy, were you alive when Jesus was born?

No honey, he was born a long time ago, over 2000 years ago.

Where was he born Daddy?

In Bethlehem, a small town in the desert in a manger,

Whats a...

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Prescribed blood tests
present no qualms,
unlikely nothing askew i.e.
ticking time bombs
nor prone to catastrophization,

albeit anticipatory anxiety
plus demeanor of poetically titled
medical practitioner allays, calms
alleviates agitation exhibited
by dad's and/or mom's

panic minimizes si? no sweaty palms,
nonetheless precautionary measure taken
thumbing...

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February fourth nineteen ninety nine...

Signified birth of our second bundle of joy
whereby linkedin chromosomes betwixt
the missus and I intimately expressed ourselves  
and me would alloy
courtesy meiosis the miracle
of human reproduction would deploy
distribution of genetic...

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when into scaly claws, sans first
to sixth grade Precambrian relic
(Missus Batson, Missus Rittenhouse,
Missus Wells, Mister Stout, Missus Shaner,
or Miss Rinderle).

Invariably the majority
     of elementary grades didst accord
accredited ancient authenticated creatures bored
(with...

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She is a wonderful baker…with magical baking skills she is endowed…
being able to make the perfect cookie has always made her proud.

If you ask her friends and family…as a baker they’d shay she’s a 10…
but...

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Alive, yet shaken to the
core of her lovely bones
youngest offspring unexpectedly
lost control of vehicle and groans

papa unable to comfort her,
she inconsolable sobbing tears
muffling thru telephones
safe and sound nonetheless
shook up like rolling stones.

Though dwelling bajillion miles...

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This morning a gust of wind snuck up behind me without making a sound…
nudged me a little forward and knocked my hat onto the ground.

It might have been my imagination but I think I heard...

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Out of nowhere she appeared
Something out of a movie scene
And this time it was no different
Boy meets girl is usually the theme
She came in with her orange hair flowing
With the movie star glasses
Without her ever...

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Shay was her best friend whom she wanted to save
Because she saw a horrible purple bruise.
Felt there was something wrong since she married Dave.
Went to her friend’s family; thought it would be news.

They told her...

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You approached me
 Equivalent
 Shake you wonder
 You make decisions that take you away
 From the encompassing persuasion t
The real chosen view 
You don't know me
 My brown eyes. 
Shine you don't know me 
The...

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Greetings to you bartender, how you do'in today
I'd like a vodka on the rocks, the house brand is OK
I've never been in here before, this place is really nice
If you've got a minute, I could...

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If Hugh jackman,s time as wolverine is thrue . 

Then maybe I can fynd him , sumthing else 2 du !

He could play a part in James d.hudnall,s Espers moovee ,

Or show . And if...

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Miracles

Miracles happen every day.
Miricales happen and mine is, my Jennifer Shay
For you are a daughter that I have been blessed with for a reason.
Maybe it was to keep my sanity for every season.
Your talents run...

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Several times we took the kids
To vacation on Grandpa’s farm
Many a time they’d be walking around
With kittens they found in the barn

Grandpa arranged for a pony to ride
Or to pull them around in a shay
Riding...

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Suzie plakson plays a half Klingon ambassaddor 2 earth , hooz stationed on the moon.
Shay astar plays her dawter , the security chief hooz kind of a goon!
Katie Anne Stuart plays shay,s lover, she never...

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`They say if a good deed you do every day
`It will in deed repay for love will pave the way
`Some say and do not a famous prophet did say
`Hoping to beat the system, but there...

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Your my Son, my little man, my miracle child.
You are my life,my joy, my love.
I need you to make my life complete.
I sit and watch you so still, so many tubes invading your body.
I can't...

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The things people do with the poetic forms:
the Japanese nature’s to keep the thing short;
the Welsh and the Irish like gnashing their teeth.

They’re smashing glass ceilings and breaking the norms.
Just add one more rule, and...

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For years, not a few, and long overdue
I came to this realisation
how little I knew, in fact not a clue
of Classical Civilisation.
So out there I flew, on holiday too,
to garner familiarisation,
to study anew, a modest...

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Today I thought about you,
But not the way that I usually think
But just a touch deeper than yesterday
So; I named today Shay.


Today Shay was Shay
You are angelic as always
Pressing my soul with each thought
Presenting Love...

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Little jellyfish was jealous of the fish and the coral
Especially the sea horse ridden by mermaid Laurel
She was by far the prettiest siren in the blue sea
He dared not touch her, but he loved her...

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