Long Shrimps Poems

For ten months now I’ve brooded over coming second place
in the pickle section deeming, it no less than a disgrace.
It was written plain and simple, so there can be no excuse,
that the pickles in this...

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I have slept but I have not slept
I have not slept but I have slept
For the first time in two years
I slept without a word of care
No codes, no crossroads
No railroads, no shiploads
No lizards no...

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East west north or south which way should I go?
East West north or south, I just want to sing and shout
We have just had a nice little shower,
To cool down the boiling temperature, 
but it...

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The poetry of the COVID era (read to the end)

Thai pineapple rice. Wonton and Yaki Soba
Tortufo ice cream. Scallopini veal, halva and also soda
Tamago, octopus and yellowtail. Ribs, pasta fagioli.
Meat lover’s pie, sword fish, big...

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Flesh on show and sun tan lotion
bodies laid on towels or sun lounges 
By the ocean
Salty air wind blown hair
Music streaming from the near by fair
Baby screaming nappies full
Cool guys looking for babes on the...

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9.
like the light 
like the dark 

yet it is full of the sound of steps 
again it wakes up on the forest-road  

taking leave from the yellow construction 
all the sound of the bamboo-flute...

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Outside he walks 
along the streets 
where a legend was born 
and lived in his hometown
of Baltimore
Yes, none other than Babe Ruth

Standing there alone 
in front of his birth place
he daydreams into the past 
of...

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Once in a memory
The boy played by the small stream running near the hospital
where his mother was a patient and time hung heavy this
afternoon in late September.
The boy picked five elongated leaves from a bush...

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Through the bank account
over painted naivety

it is so intense just to be here
between look and expectation
knowing
I'm just one step from alighting
to be
your personal abyss

afford me completeness
in the same way that
high ranked husband
of well polished wife
pays...

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As I recall my past, it was a sea kissed life
summers spent roaming the Rabbit Burrows
cradled by dunes, beyond Tramore strand
towels stretched out on Woodstown beach
soft powdered sand, surrounded by forest
adventures in the Saleens, daring...

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Visits long ago 
to the Blaskets Islands,
to untouched areas 
on the Dingle peninsula
came to mind 
on this sleet winter’s eve.

The peninsula,
nestled in heather mountains.
The coastline,
tongues of lonely white sand.
waved rocks,
drenched in blue mussels
tide pools, 
alive...

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The best poetry stays silent and deep
It cries for attention below still waters
Each one melting into oceans weeping

I still fish poorly in infinity’s pool
With no reward that satisfies
How the fishees goad me cruelly

Titles of poems...

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I: Sheep
 (A poem about Covid)

next door to 19 chimneys
and 'the dark satanic mills'
a flock of sheep is grazing
oblivious in the hills.


II: Other Animals
(They do all exist!)

goblin sharks and pangolins
sea pigs, star-nosed moles

mata matas, sugar...

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We climbed the hills, the sky so wide,  
With every step, our hearts did glide.  
The morning light kissed mountain streams,  
As we sipped our coffee, chasing dreams.  
Then water flooded,...

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If I could live under the sea
I would marry my sweet  mermaid Shelly
Oh how happy the two of us would be
Swimming forever in the deep blue up to the brimme

The fish would wish they...

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Ladies and gentlemen, and all the rest
We do entertain you to the fullest
As pickle members of well-being zest
Showing functional roles for healthy quest
Making us thank God*, we’re uniquely blest!

Ready are we to show our savory...

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The gelatintion of used
 and fry grease waste.
fry your catfish in me
fry your chickens bay-bay
them potatoes fry crisped and all
grease slatting on the wall
shrimps and zuchinni too
baking soda doughnut
fried up too
then when it starts to...

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Historians are mere men.
They sail in the high seas of people
To catch a glimpse at the elusive whale of peace.

Yes, History is not just,
It is the poor outline of the book of Life.

Everyday historians climb...

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Jail cell turnstile ... 
two coming in, one leaving out
Rehabilitated prison farm menu;
criminal cold turkey, 
and hot caught fee bitter words 
makes for a tough cement wall chew
Only the well-adjusted few
will make it thru
Leaving byway...

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Let’s all bring our mortar and pestle
And have a party of great papaya pickle
We call this a famous Thai ‘’som tum”
So delicious! Heavenly awesome!

Let’s first wear our kitchen attire
Dance the Thai music, don’t be shy
Then...

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1 cups of crabmeat
1 cup of pureed shrimp
2 cups of minced goeduck snouts
1 cup of minced catfish
4 cups of mushrooms (chopped fine)
2 tablespoons of cayenne
1/2 cup of lemon juice
6 T of chopped dill
3 tablespoons of...

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“Better to shun the bait than struggle in the snare” 
William Blake

With a fragile earth warm, I lure my Labeo rohita.
Minute minnows manage many magical Mackerels.
Shrimps attract snapper, arowana, and tilapia.
Aren't baits also in the...

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whoomp, whoomp whoomp!
e'er night like dis
and I do love you
cause we special togetta
me and you we like
diamonds and gold
like sweet nectar and kisses
we just right for each otta
I mean love
real love
the kinda love yo bouis...

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What!
Coffee can is empty
He saw in the bin

Earlier,
It's aroma diffuses around the room
Awake, but right on bed he rests
So, it soothes.

Early in the morning
He likes to taste
Inspiration flows afterward

He thought:
My coffee am sure is waiting...

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