Long Snook Poems

?I thought that I would never see
Another macho man like me.
Ex-green Beret and Airborne Ranger,
Who never shirked in face of danger.	
But that ancient myth was soon dissolved,
When my wife asked me to get involved,
And accompany...

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I loved you John Wayne!
		I wished you were my father
		or maybe an older brother 
		who’d tutor me to be tough
		when manners weren’t enough
		and toughness was needed
		that civility be heeded
		and not to brag or complain.
		O I...

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'Course as a grim teller of tall tales,
(albeit poetic) reasonable rhyming
quasi roundelay I readily admitted to feign
cuz, stringing words together with
pride and prejudice plus
sense and sensibility, jocularity,
and conformity I dissed deign
(spoiler alert) iamb, trochaic,

dactylic, and...

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Did you ever get a story in your head
A line or two just lying in your bed
You’d like to sleep but you don’t instead
You write your story - hope that it gets read
Don’t ask for...

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I like you
            did I really say that out loud?
she did not look at me
         ...

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My park to me was not see-saws nor swings
instead, a treasure chest of stranger things.
A marble grave, 1891, well kept
where 'Tiny', estate owner's dog now slept.
The long gone Manor House front Portico
and where the star...

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A hot July evening, and nothing had stirred,
the minutes just ticked slowly past,
too hot for much effort, and even the birds
gave up chirping as long shadows cast.
I savoured the moment and reached for my glass,
cold...

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- The Villanelle Of The Look MINDSET MISCONCEPTIONS-

Misconceptions babbling unspoken about the look
Deeply was just so broken and outgoing
Forces could never forget the outcome book

Stories miss read, Mindset was shocked by the rook
He found himself...

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There once was a pigeon 
Who lived in a cage
Its fluffy exterior 
All tormented with rage.
The beaky beast ruled
The entire place
Scaring it's fellow creatures
Venom scribbled all over its face.

"PIGEON PIGEON!!!" all the other animals cried
Look...

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Gotta  have   guts   to   fall   and   rise, 
To buck the trend and wrest the prize,
To   thrust  your  life   in  hands of mates,
To believe in self, tempt the fates.
Each day  give yourself a surprise.

Night's dark mantle...

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The Unknown

Enforcing my authenticity because 
I am a child of the Most High...
I am a citizen of Zion, concealed with zest 
With my quiver full of destructive creativities
Sharpen with ingenuities
Garnished with embellished tongues of Holy...

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The August's heat wave made streets sizzle,
in the fifties there was no air conditioning;
can we imagine the frustrutating feeling 
that made bodies and minds very feeble? 

Summer was fun on that noisy Mulberry Street,
no traffic...

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What I know about fish

You could fit on this dish

But I thought I would give it a try

So I bought me a pole 

Catching fish was my goal

And I thought I could learn on the...

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Life is running among the Pages of time book
Is the journey easy as it looks?
Well the journey is through a flowery/thorny Brook
At times, life runs through flowers and is happy like a snook
While at times,...

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Railroad Tracks
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Down by the riverside under the bridge are the masses 
of those who have chosen to throw in the towel
Although labels are not mine to place on anyone
These broken discarded shells converge in the...

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I snook up to the window
Light was lit inside
Trying to make myself invisible
Against the wall I pressed my side

I shuffled along inch  by inch
was just about to peak
When i heard someone in the room
Raised voices...

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The cats ventured out from every nook,
As if parading from a pretty picture book.
One gave me a very scary look.
It truly had me feeling a little shook.

You’re not afraid of cats? Asked Mother Snook.
I was...

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Announcing its presence it snook in above,
through a window that I'd left ajar,
no time get up and give it a good shove
to close it, the distance was too far.
I was in no position to choose...

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