Long Spicing Poems

Mud and leather
dirt and nerve
bloodied laughter
collision to serve,
distance, drive and demolition
battle axe ambition in the wild air
muscle and mind joined in steeled instinct, 
a stitched pigskin ball, the grail of the Fall
to fumble it means...

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I went fishing with my brother Ron, and a bloke named Tommy Grace.
We had camped along the Tarago where we could fish on Harvey's place.
Ron brought along his rabbit traps; he don't like fishing much...

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(using your best rap rhythm/voice)

The first one's kinda simple, and it's very plain to see;
There is no other God, no other God but me.
The inside scoop, the on-the-level:
Those other little g’s are of the devil.

Ba-da-bim,...

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Amaryllis splendid beauty, Christmas bells of pride thrill us
Birds of Paradise in flight making its opera debut in its crane plumage crown 
Calla Lilly’s endless white elegance bouquet, a peek-a-boo lavender funnel play 
Daffodils, shoo-in...

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----paranoid, pornographic, psychotic, pontific, politically aware, rapping, rhyming, right here, right now in River city, rock and roll up the Yazoo, sad, sadistic, sarcastic, sassy, satanic, schizoid, shitting, silly, sexy, smarmy, smelly, smooth, snarky, snarling,...

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Advance and dance towards destiny
Galumph
Defy the lie and cry of scrutiny
Triumph 

Over hurdles seen and unseen
Drive and dive to arrive
At the intersection where a queen
Awaits your appearance as you strive

To breach odds stacked against success
Meant...

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the fluffy combo of yellow lab &
something else that 
you just can’t put your finger on
(let’s say 80% of the prior & 20% of the latter)---
he sits at the sliding-glass door,
poised to pounce---
ironically in that...

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As I lay on my words
I ponder…
My words! My words!
My sweet pillow of comfort
A cushion of lyrics
Showcasing my thoughts
My secrets
My pain
My words speak tales
My experiences…they spice my words
Like meat in a pot, I cook my...

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In this kingdom of fragmented gates,
I'm frustrated in being chained in a glass mansion.
The world is trying to change me,
forsaking my 'chess of life' into ruins.
I yearn to soar like an unconfined eagle,
but my talons...

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A lesson needed to be taught 
This wandering wolf thought 
Prowling the area Birmingham flats 
Saying “we are not getting into that” 
Finding the villa owned by Astin 
Gate code giving without the asking 
Went...

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My youth is gone; but my energy and enthusiasm
are still in me making me full of zest and gusto.
At seventy, I am more enthusiastic and excited
about life for every day is a new day, an...

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Miles of broken, sunbaked seashells,
resembling pieces of porcelain of lesser value,
lying across a populous beach subdued by misty blue,
as hungry sea-gulls pounce the fiddler's crabs..


The beach entertainer draws huge crowds;
singing funny songs and making comic...

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Friendships fragrance life with a unique bouquet,
Hiking on a mountain trail or speeding down the causeway.
Attentiveness and loyalty brighten amity's soufflé. 
Spicing up each day like a romantic screenplay.

Ablaze with passions as hot as a...

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Yesterday's loud welcome 
Dance of the night. 
Linda-Marie's dot pens 
Celebrate  the happy woman
and the love lair
Spicing the world.

But not just happy woman
The ribful happy man too
Whose rib gladened 
And brought her forth
To rule...

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Telling Stories explained


To impart words of wisdom
one would assume you need to be wise,
there's nothing farther from the truth
If skilled at telling lies. 

A story not necessarily true
but believed true by the teller,
convincingly told and...

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It is not just a mustard seed,
It is associated with smell, sights, people and memories,
Crackling mustard seeds and curry leaves,
In the pan filled with hot-oil,
Mother shouting to keep the tin back in place,
In the rack...

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Deem is the eyes of the darkening sky
it’s time to withdraw, we all know why.

Waiting to see weather’s glorious intent
pleasure analyzing it to some extent.

Evening comes with a fresh cool breath
hustles relegated to a temporary...

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Everybody’s noodle pudding’s
Baked a different way.
If you lined them up, you’d find
A real diverse display.

Mine, which is delicious,
Has two different kinds of fruit – 
Orange slices from the can
And pineapple, to boot;

Sour cream, vanilla, butter,
Eggs...

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Luscious Love


Sweet serene surrender, your love a heaven splendor
In all that is tender, I’ll be the receiver, you the sender
Your love hath no bounds, with sensuous savory sounds
Your cherished heart compounds, within my soul surrounds

In...

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The inventor of the number system and chess;
the originator of algebra, trigonometry and calculus;
with the globe’s largest railway and postal network
and second to none in the height of a bridge.
We speak of the largest government...

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A slide of sticky slimy glue
Newspaper on an orange balloon

Red sheets over all the lights 
Corners full of plastic mites

Spiders hangs from a thread
A fancy lady with out a head

Pumpkins spilling out their guts
Liquid oozing...

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I sat at the bar sipping my lemon and lime
He came over pint in hand and sat on the stool next to mine.

“Haven’t seen you in here before”
I didn’t answer because something in my bag...

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Soup and scouse
Permeate a house
Odors causing wet teeth.
The ingredients in these mixtures are not all sweet.
Some are quite bitter, even sour, on their own.
They do however improve  the mix to no end.
I've had added...

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Within the boxed confines
of ancient wood and plaster
waking, sleeping, dreaming in solitude
Only the cats soft purr
and frisky nature seeks to scatter the
dust bunnies which hide at sunrise.

Within the box of mind
or the box of heart
daily...

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Have to write poems about food for a Food 
Poetry Recital in Shallotte, NC at Roark 
Library end of month of March. 


Slicing Enticing Cake

Had started out when we were slicing, 
An incredible cake seeming...

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