Long Squalling Poems

And I begin my own steep climb into 
The Chalkland Downs                        ...

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THE LONGEST DAWN PART 3 H.C.SONNETS

There is nothing, everything, pain and joy
We can’t go back, struggle on for their sakes 
A blank sheet to fill, take heed of the ploy
Think twice move once keep an...

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In the rocking, rolling surf I picked up a random seashell,
And just listened to the sea storms lullaby, the curling of
Spray urged a hushed soft whispering echo, what an ear
Fulfilling symphony impressed my vivid imagination...

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Brutus Iulius Trois Page 04
Venus hastened to answer Aurora 
You still weep for Memnon but where is Memnon's grave?
the squalling Memnonides yearly honor an empty tomb
Immortal Memnon dwells in the hall of slain heroes
disporting himself...

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As the rain gently plays a melodious tune on my old tin roof,
   And the peaceful sound of thunder like the sound of a thousand galloping 
hoofs.
It feels like a spring rain but...

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When Cradle Fails


This is a piece of scandalous news, bound to ruffle  more than just feathers..
A breaking story such as this, human interest and sympathy are very much raised…
With a damning picture of a...

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*I've been called a 'shrew,' told I am self centered, petty, and a few other rather insulting and invective names, so here is my rebuke.


Who plays the straight man for the one known as 'Schmoe?'
It's...

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Misery weighs down your eyes, as you begin to read.
In this dance of lies, you'll forever lead.
If you can't stand, I'll see you on the other side.
Take my hand, for now the son has died.
I'll...

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All alone you sit there in grip of graveyard, hosting demonic thoughts,
Listening to cries of tombstones, squalling from lovers’ somber epitaphs,
Recounting how you chased prospects, innocent souls you courted,
Celebrating your maleficence building bonfires on the...

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I was six when I first had a tooth decay,
I spent squalling in pain almost the whole day;
When my mum brought me to a male dentist,
I ran away upon seeing his muscles and big wrist.

She...

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To forgive is like taking a plunge into a nightmare. Its worse to hold a grunge but I  may find a temporary solution to why I will not make a resolution to forgive my...

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Garden sentinel, carrion he’s stripping 
Woolf tail wagging white fangs ripping 
Stream-of-consciousness telling, spewing
Dog’s breakfast masticating, chewing

Mourning doves cooing, woo-OO-ing
Backyard cricket legs rubbing, chirping
Hot summer night simmering, squalling
Beginnings long day ending, waning

Winged silhouette floating, rising
Sleepy...

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Café Watch


Sitting in a café, watching life pass by.
People rushing into shops; important stuff to buy.
Groups of foreign workers, stopping, shaking hands;
Local people bustling by – can’t interrupt their plans.

Outside, a lonely busker tries hard...

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Singing in the Rain by fodyne




By the time 
I teetered 
on my first bike
I learned
to       fa-la-la       
sing through     ...

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Squalling seagulls sip the morning sunshine
Greeting new sun, spanning over vast sea
Wailing upon hills, watching freedom shine
Sprinkling over prairies echoes of glee

Greeting new sun, spanning over vast sea
Sailing air on pointed bills and webbed feet
Sprinkling...

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Floating With the Summer Breeze

Squalling seagulls sip the morning sunshine
      beaming down from azure skies at daybreak;
   smoothly gliding o’er the peaceful shoreline;
     ...

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I think that I shall never see, a stranger bird with a pedigree 
Receiving his reward for shame and greed 
Then tared and feathered and tied to a tree  
Old Rip Schneider’s deeds of...

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I call for you 
when my stomach hurts
I call for you 
when I cannot swallow

I call for you from ghosted parts of my body
that are disturbed in the performance 
of the smallest acts of mercy

How...

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The one who gave me life,
(With the assistance from his wife).
He was there when I entered this world,
With squalling lungs and hair that curled.

Whenever I would fall flat on my face,
He would lift me back...

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Iced feathered snow-capped hilltops
Frozen flaken iced ever squalling over grounds and rocks
Cold cooling winds against the windows
This lady snow capes sub freezing beneath them
Craving eye the sleepy silent snow 
escapes on plowed powder
Caring I heard...

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As I soared at forty-thousand feet strapped in the aluminum-tubed aerie,
Racing through my skull was a tune made famous by Peter, Paul and Mary!
They made leaving on a jet plane sound so very romantic and...

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A life of sailing journeys
Beckons to embrace
Catching the wind in the sails
Dealbation heaven opening to the cloud full sky.
Early morning radiant sunrise, 
Filling everyone with spiritual pride. Being
Guiding into the horizon all the way out...

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Squalling seagulls sip the morning sunshine,
in an eternal war of sea and shore;
there is something so haunting in their whine,
when a single call turns to a loud roar.

In an eternal war of sea and shore,
the...

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I, a salty scarecrow, roam the shoreline
          The moon melts soft like butter on the reach
          ...

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SEAGULLS

     Squalling seagulls sip the morning sunshine
      Expert efficient on hunting skill  
     Unique distinct character superfine.
    ...

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