Long Shortest Poems

     by how many badbyes can you measure the length of your day

                 first comes...

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The First Thanksgiving (Sept. 3, 1578)

The shortest distance to Cathay 1
(Land of riches: silks, teas and spices)
Lay to the north to the South Sea. 2
Didn’t Barlow tell the King, 3
Was reserved for England.

The routes ‘round...

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LEONARDO DA VINCI POEMS, EPIGRAMS AND QUOTES

These are my modern English translations of the poems, epigrams and quotes of Leonardo da Vinci. I believe the first six epigrams pertain to the current American election crisis...

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Once upon an evolving time
we were a great first nation,
or second nation,
depending on your historical perspective,
but definitely not a third nation
although some cooperative economists
thought we might be competing ourselves
in that over-invested and ego-inflationary direction.

This first...

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Unquotable quotes: Poets, Poetasters and Platos – XXXVI

     For James McAuley – in remembrance of a memorable week in Cardiff 1965 

The greatest poet ever is NOT Homer, Lao Tse, Ovid,...

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JAKE’S PLAN OF APPROACH

Once Jack awoke, he began to plan his approach. As he was doing this, he noticed many things about the environment that surrounded him.  He paid close attention because these things...

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1)The Awakening 

I know when fantasies became boundless,
it was the first time I sat on the pier;
Bellowing aqua swells rolled in endless
the ocean’s melody hung in my ear; 

Suddenly the size of a grain of...

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She Hasn't Killed me yet
                           58.

   ...

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This is a story about a Butterfly

She escaped the Boilermaker
Through transformation. 
To transform required a period of incubation, 
a need to sleep to dream and 
the freedom of quiet self-contemplation - 
of course, such a...

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Cockroaches are generalized insects with few special adaptations. Most are the size of a thumbnail, but they can be as big as 3.8 inches and weigh 30 grams. Their largest wingspan is 7.3 in. They are...

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Holidays with a change in the weather

      It starts with a chill in the air.  January the first day of the first month. A new thought of expectations, a...

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In my Heavenly Father's house, there are many mansions, and I look forward                      ...

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#IT'S  QUITE THE HONOR...
TO BE A RESIDENT OF THIS TOWN!
KINGS AND QUEENS, A.K.A.
"EMBRACING BEINGS"
WALKING, TALKING, VIBRATING...
FEET FIRMLY HOLDING GROUND!

"STERLING SILVER!"
"STERLING SILVER!"
"SPARKLING STUPENDOUS SENSATIONAL 
SUPER SPECIAL SPECKS..."

OH HOW IT REFLECTS!!!!
{SUCH LUMINOUS LIGHT}
ALL NATURAL, A TRUE...

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I know of a river of more than average 
Sorts...
Meandering, when not dallying to maunder,
Between many differing contours 
And unruly contorts;
Where a privileged youth once
Happily sought -
Pursuing about his passions
In the traditional methods 
By which...

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Daylight Savings Time – March 13th,   2022

A long time graduate courtesy 
Hard Knocks alum,
once again yours truly 
posts reasonable rhyme 
about shortest day of the year.

Two o'clock Ante Meridiem 
nostri Jesu Christi 
hour...

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(The shortest song I wrote so far)

I think about you when I'm wide awake
I daydream you, I sleep with you on my mind 
Contemplating God's Word as well
He is far better than the notion of...

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A handsome rooster with red-breasted feathers, soft and lustrous,
and a head covered with golden plumage,
was too unhappy to sing about his age,
so he embarked on a long journey, sadly departing from his friends.  


Thousands...

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Self destructive, even writing on pages without lines feels chaotic and liberating 
even though I know the frustration I will feel as my words slope downwards, down 
words. They angle, pitching against my embedded need...

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Darkness hangs heavily over my eyes
And you listen to the neurosis in my head
Like most misery it started with apparent happiness
Now I seem too volatile & strong willed.
It's frustrating how desire can transform into disaster
No...

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YOURS TRULY, SHADOW
Good morning infant friend maybe you may not hear me 
But am yours unto the ages of ages 
Just because my friend 
Just because it looks nice your kind 
Just because the light...

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Nothing is devised or divined in the Universe to forever be.
Nothing is held always in truth; nor ever wholly wrong.
So look to those who find in life, wonder, beauty, and song.

Foolish Men:
There's always room for...

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Hello dear ones,

I have been a long time coming, but believe me when I tell you, “It’s worth the wait”. I mean that 'I'm worth waiting for'.  More about that later; but my arrival...

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I just love looking at him. All 160 pound of our beautiful 10 year old dog.
He is a big hunk of love and every day he makes me happy.
He protects us, entertains us, obeys us...

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After hearing from Brick over the phone saying he needed a lift, Bill cradled the phone, adjusted his shoulder holster, slipped on his jacket and carefully donned his beloved Stetson. He skipped down the stairs...

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...He poured over this fact for weeks,
asked others looking for a ‘why,’
pressed by new reports flooding in,
more news of women who had died.

Four months brought no explanation,
and the deaths kept piling up,
the news reported on...

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