Long Sidelong Poems
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Obsession...inspired by 'Portrait Of A Lady' by T.S. Eliot
On winter days the view outside is nebulous at best,
within, the furniture is as it always was, and I am waiting,
waiting for a glimpse of you to...
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Categories:
sidelong, angst, devotion, universe,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Eleven Pm Part OneDo you know what happened
At 11 p.m Tuesday night
I guess you must have it
However much I protest-
But do you know
Of course you don’t:
The victory of ignorance
Come on! I will enlighten you
I took the bi-valve
Flung...
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Categories:
sidelong, fun,
Form:
Free verse
Obsession Part 2Though I'll remember nature's wonders,
sunsets and the breath of spring,
feel the wind blow through my hair
and know the thrill of sunrise cresting.
We see the universe as dancing,
two such different creatures trancing,
we two will never understand
the...
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Categories:
sidelong, lost love, universe,
Form:
Verse
Obsession Pt 2We see the universe as dancing,
two such different creatures trancing,
we two will never understand
the private notions of the other,
even if we take each other's hand.
Coming close to your destruction
you will see the other side,
who says...
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Categories:
sidelong, tribute, writing, universe,
Form:
Verse
Obsession Part 3I shall take my morning walk,
communing with the birds and talking
to myself while reading Kafka,
glancing at the latest headlines.
Dear Stravinsky's 'Rite' is slighted,
(he'll return when ears are righted.)
When I smell a rose I'm prompted
to...
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Categories:
sidelong, love,
Form:
Verse
Obsession Part 3I shall take my morning walk,
communing with the birds and talking
to myself while reading Kafka,
glancing at the latest headlines.
Dear Stravinsky's 'Rite' is slighted,
(he'll return when ears are righted.)
When I smell a rose I'm prompted
to...
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Categories:
sidelong, on writing and words,
Form:
Verse
The Ivy HouseAs a relic of those bygone days, it sits alone and neglected
With turrets high and shutters drawn its mystery story perfected
Bay windows that at one time shone now dirty where dust has caught
The front door...
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Categories:
sidelong, allusion,
Form:
Blank verse
Leaving LondonLeaving London
A thousand flickered lights
Beat out neon
Fantasies animation
Jerks its pseudo motion
Feet by fifty foot tall
On the south river board walk
Juke box gangsters one-armed bandit
Hang street corners
From the eyes red light
By cliché shop windows
Of a thousand...
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Categories:
sidelong, places
Form:
Free verse
Pow Wow / Ct. 2009 (Revised)The concrete and plastic, chrome domed
bricked up auditorIum rang
like a hollow bell,
a meager few red skins circle the stadium seats
like smoke from a mythical “peace” pipe
ragged, distilled, diluted, distraught, “dised”
A 21st century ablution of angst.
Round...
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Categories:
sidelong, native american
Form:
Narrative
We Are BlessedI oft' cast a sidelong glance at this woman I love,
She's been at my side so long,sent from God above,
When I look out at the dawn, I kneel and pray,
Thanking God for her presence for...
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Categories:
sidelong, blessing, love,
Form:
Rhyme
This Generation of Turtlehere i am in the flesh
no victim levelled in scope
22 catches im cashing
not selling the dope
i watched the sunrise
used to pray sometimes
kids thatd played outside
tho fate did seem unkind
chased a better understanding
even struck with fear
i...
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Categories:
sidelong, allegory, bible, encouraging, introspection, kid, metaphor, word
Form:
Rhyme
There Is a Wood Inside My HeartWind blows soft on my bare arms
I ride through deep green woods.
These simple pleasures all I love,
Air on my skin feel good.
The wind shakes leaves for sidelong sun
To make her pictures from.
So much,so rich...
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Categories:
sidelong, allegory, happiness, life, love, nature, seasons, green,
Form:
Lyric
What There Is To Be Said of Homefrom: "Me to You", by Alastair Reid
"...write me about the weather.
Perhaps
a letter across water,
something like this, but better,
would almost take us strangely
closer to home.
Write, and I'll come."
. . . . . . . . ....
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Categories:
sidelong, angst, depression, introspection, music, nostalgia, sad,
Form:
Free verse
Ugly GirlUgly Girl
How much accrued opinion
Of fashion magazines distinction
Did it take
How many diets
And days of self-conscious
How much make up
Did they use
To paint your warm smile
And your sweet bright eyes
How many narrow teases and sidelong glances
And...
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Categories:
sidelong, people, social
Form:
Free verse
The HangmanThe pay is good. The world's abrim
With men in need of dying.
Though being shunned confounds him
Some, he's past the point of trying.
Unwelcome in their church, he prays
Alone for his deliverance,
But can't recall the magic phrase
To...
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Categories:
sidelong, allegory, angst, death, dream, faith, forgiveness, god,
Form:
Rhyme
Dear SonneteerI wonder. . . can you take me to a world
where ladies fair with ringlets in their hair,
with graceful shoulders bared and necks bepearled
wear gowns that billow as they dance on air?
Around the ballroom...
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Categories:
sidelong, romance, poetry,
Form:
Ottava rima
FacesFACES
compelling
features
ageing
into
formal components
of
continuous interest
an
unplanned
unpremeditated
sequence
inventive
& revered
to
capture the soul
images
a
testimony
to mirror
the reflection
setting
apart
sidelong
reactions
to
correlate
the shifts
between
frustrations
& irritations
alongside
the
learned
verbal
& emotional
NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making...
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Categories:
sidelong, poetry,
Form:
Other
Dream FragmentsOpening the latch,
my mind flits out
through sleep’s
window, roams
in a glimmer.
As the elephants
chase me, I dart
like a Norway rat.
My legs lose quick
pace, when mind
returns my body.
Red tiled roof of
my old school…
a pair of eyelashes
darkened...
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Categories:
sidelong, dream,
Form:
Free verse
Obsession Part 4Obsession Part 4
The chill of morning, children yawning,
I am tired, the blush of dawning has me
feeling ill at ease, my spirit sags,
I barely reach the second floor.
'When will you return? Is Paris so much more
than...
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Categories:
sidelong, writing,
Form:
Verse
Figure 8Alt music serenades an aromatic algebra;
delicious, bitter, subtle notes served black.
We dance the math - I swipe, she smiles,
equations we don't know we've become.
She measures quanta
in these mathematical grounds, a coffee shop
where...
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Categories:
sidelong, math, morning, philosophy,
Form:
Free verse
To Be Much Younger Than I AmIf I could be much younger than I am,
with my time in life as yet too brief
to give me evidence and cause
to change my views.
If views I held.
I would know such simple ways to...
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Categories:
sidelong, lost love,
Form:
Free verse
Obsession Part 4The chill of morning, children yawning,
I am tired, the blush of dawning has me
feeling ill at ease, my spirit sags,
I barely reach the second floor.
'When will you return? Is Paris so much more
than you have...
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Categories:
sidelong, hope
Form:
Verse
Reigned In Too EarlyAnonymous whispers, blowing secrets,
softly blown air through lips, syllables
like sidelong glances down cafeteria tables,
avoid directness, avoid contact, see,
girls nearly women don’t speak of love in the same sentence as sex,
girls in...
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Categories:
sidelong, abuse, child abuse,
Form:
Free verse
Cool Rumbling ThunderCOOL RUMBLING THUNDER
today I am…
cool rumbling thunder
behind me are eyes
looking back through
yesterdays hazy
ancient history of
memories left
out in the rain
today I am…
purifying daring
dreams into morning
coffee carefully weaving
tomorrows nets
to arrest hearts
brewing them slowly
forever more
today...
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Categories:
sidelong, change, how i feel, weather,
Form:
I do not know?
Eye LanguageHer eyes speak soul,
anger burns at senseless abuse,
and tears pool at any sad story.
His chocolate orbs entice.
A sidelong glance gathers floss,
dangles trout on the hook.
Her emerald iris's sing,
radiate joy and glow sultry...
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Categories:
sidelong, betrayal, trust,
Form:
Free verse