Long Squabbles Poems

An icy chill descends on 13 Beaver Veil Cottage as sisters Ester and Ellie walk gingerly up the steps on this wet and windy night.
This once charming pied-a-terre was now in a final phase denouement.
The...

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n icy chill descends on 13 Beaver Veil Cottage as sisters Ester and Ellie walk gingerly up the steps on this wet and windy night.
This once charming pied-a-terre was now in a final phase denouement.
The...

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My father and I did not share all that much,
More like passing a truck on the road
Parent’s squabbles I overheard offered me clues
And at times I caught glimpse of his load.

His freight always sealed with...

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6 miles up river Arikara are encountered,
they are a people of amenable disposition and are agrarians,
they chuckle with sympathy as we inform them of our grizzly confrontation
and they tell us that disease had forced them...

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To my Valentine

                              As the full...

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Written on 10 September 2023 For:
Vanilla Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Charlotte Puddifoot


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They painted an aesthetic portrait
                    of contentment and prosperity
       ...

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A morning bustles with activity. Folks go about their day, including a Siamese cat creeping past the sidewalk. But appearances are deceiving. This place isn't Disney World. Every day is a struggle for survival. A...

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Dear Sisters, because we are one 
in that we share our DNA,
I put you all together as the “You,” that I love.
I love you for the fact that we all were raised together,
facing every turbulent...

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3/28/21


Sanitized a lot of messes with Lysol
Saw it all through my eyeballs
By being logical during daytime or nightfall

Did no good to dawdle
Helped to be thoughtful
Experienced the pleasant and the awful
Didn't always benefit one side or...

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I can't write down my fantasy football team
Or perhaps I could
Somehow dividing my traits into useful players
My over confident exuberance - striker
Neurotic overthinker - goalie 
Quick thinking analytic condemnor - attack/defence
Overcompensating fixer - whatever periphery...

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They keep watching
Forever observing
Constantly snooping
As the public keeps on fuming

For our safety we are watched constantly
Electronic eyes unable to account
For the nuances of human behaviour
Infiltrate all aspects of living
Criminalizing us
Laying bare all our sins

Intrusive watchmen...

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There was a time when despite regular bun fights,
Sexist attitudes,
Unrealistic demands by key players,
Money problems,
Drunkenness, 
And petty squabbles,
The end product,
That flashed across Cinema and TV screens
Lifted our spirits,
Made us cry, 
Made us believe,
Gave us hope,...

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Soul passion is not a simple task. 
This is grasped as a soulful bask,
To reserve one's sound mind and soul,
To your loved ones, but not a hack. 

They set down those blessed vows as rule,
In...

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THIS HOME OF HORRIBLE HATE

Voices of doom fanned by ugly hate
Our doom Echo in shattered boom
Voices of penury and avoidable hate
Clutched vehemently in tall viral gloom
Amidst squabbles of unequal and mates
Like the cash in the...

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The walls and the couch are my dear friends
Tucked all day in blankets and sheets
Holding direly to my fragile heart 
Worried about what tomorrow holds
Scared of what the night may bring
And  from the window...

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On this typical Sunday morning, 
alone in his room, 
he smells his favorite breakfast being prepared, 
He is almost overwhelmed by the barrage of 
fragrances wafting from two teenage daughters' rooms.

The loving tug at his...

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We were kids, we had our squabbles 
I'd have a fit, and run to tattle
A few disputes, a fib, a shout
Until mom would come to sort it out

Untangling kids she'd gladly strangle...
She'd send us off,...

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lizards 

black tar sweats, squabbles, shakes in the glare of the ocean of blue.
white light engulfs the sky. 
stealing the heat we grip the ground with our claws.
scan the black tar with our yellow eyes....

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Hear ye, hear ye: Listen to my timeless presentation
If you'd like to conquer anger, irritation, or vexation.

My name is Emerson, Ralph Waldo if you please,
I founded Transcedentalism, creating a fresh breeze
Which elevates and fortifies an...

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I want things to be good
When the hawk touches down
Have to stand where we should
When the hawk touches down
When polished and spiffed,
Our spirits will lift
Let us ready the gift
When the hawk touches down

I want things...

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We awakened, we argued, just like we had done before
It was mostly about football, the Celtic versus Rangers score

I would choose my team, as usual he would choose his
Pushing and shoving would then entail, growing...

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I am Married. He's a Prince. Stole my heart at sixteen.
We bought a house. Two dogs, three cats. 
We created two beautiful sons and the American dream.
I'm from nothing, he grew in stability. 
I work...

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The gift he gave her on their wedding night before they drifted off to sleep
was a book…an empty book…which she didn’t get to keep.

I will keep this book, he told her and throughout life’s different...

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The first time our eyes met
We knew, we just knew
Something clicked
We felt it in our hearts
To live our lives together
Sharing hopes and dreams
Together, inseparable
Lovers in love is what we are

We built a life, a happy...

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