Long Stalactites Poems

Grey Bane and the Dark Lord


Perched on a stalagmite jutting up from the floor
Hugo was staring at length across the cave
My eyes accustomed to the glow followed his gaze
Frozen in ice was my Love whom...

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A Friend in the Dark


A soft screeching sound over head brought me back
With Grey Bane in hand I swung quickly around
When I saw what it was I broke out in laughter
The little guy flew to...

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Right up until you were honest 
I found hope in the regressing of your sentences 
From fine wine to a poisoned chalice 
Remembering you in the corner of the grocery store 
Sparked the overwhelming urge...

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China Tour Diary Moment #2
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AZURE MOUNTAIN GORGE



Mile after mile we take the China roads;
Highways beckon now as our tour meanders;
Vistas speak beauty as coach bears our load;
Silence fills endow as wind blows plunder.


Springtime in China...

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I was on me way to Adelaide, to watch the Blues take on the Crows,
it’ll be a super effort winning there, as every Vic here knows,
I could have flown and watched the game and done...

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Cavernous

I do not believe !, nor do I want to believe 
that the delineations you pain upon the canvass’
of our, oh so brief time upon this plane together
represents the true you, the real you, the...

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... stalactites hung like dystopian snot from a statue 

her brain was frozen and formed ice in her mind

a lacuna without inlet or outlet arrested in time

mind’s skates tied up in bundles of snowflakes

gloves off...

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driving through streets of angst and apathy
driving to the place where I can actualize my desire
to eat a 12 piece bucket of chicken hunks

smiling at the coo-koo bird with tits exposed
the paper words speaking in...

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Diamond Mountain Cave
(Phu Pha Phet Cave)

The largest cave here in Thailand
Has an eighteen acres in total size
It is not that easy for us to find
But if we’ll get in there, it’s a big surprise!

We need...

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through the key-hole surgery of my delicate heart 
you have reached into the inner sanctum of my soul 
in Plato’s cave where I have locked away my demons 
betrayed by worm casts of secretive earthworms...

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Grand Hope Flower
CA Hospital over 
a century of healing
Construction din
all of downtown one 
enormous construction 
site with all its might 
peeling into daylight 

Executive traffic thinks 
it’s funny, whizzes as 
acorns drop onto 
windshields and...

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K through Twelve,
it's called.

Students and teachers
walk the halls.

From beginning to end
behaving like they should

Or else. . .

One knows that
the attic is filled with cobwebs,
of course,
and dusty musty old textbooks
discarded lessons and copies
of one's grade reports.

But...

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The clock struck twelve,
the midnight started swinging.
Volcanic developments going in the mind,
for the erupting magma of art and creativity.
Pages of literature and fiction,
turning the history of hope,
in sweat drenched hands.
The dictionary turning and tuning
the fate...

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Most people go bananas 
over chocolate
I'm well nuts about nuts 
as well
Stuff them in chocolate
ice-cream or sherbet.

Yeah munch on peanuts
brunch on hazelnuts
Ah lunch on pecan nuts
or crunch on chestnuts

For nuts could never 
drive one nuts
Ironically...

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      Clover superlative lovers, sprung via same stem
      Umbrella immunity protects sprites supple
      Filter purity lacy leaf shade kindly dapples...

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Long 
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Floating fluttering fleurs
are jewels in fuchsia and magenta
transmuting into taffy hue
with the kiss of dappled sunlight
like her cheeks that blush in pink
with his wondering wink.

The willows are stalactites 
seducing newly bloomed nympheas
slumbering in Egyptian blue...

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Through eldritch streets I walked alone
With shadows on my track,
Full jellied was  my every bone,
I thought my mind would crack.

Through mist and morbid mire I went
To revel where gargoyles dwell,
A guest whose soul was...

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Caves are dark, dank, sinister havens for rising damp
Mere cavities in the ground, veiled from light of day
Yet caves are heralded, admired and cherished
For a swarm of reasons, just mind the bats

Caves are drop inns
Hikers...

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Apparent normalcy of seeing Simon crouched on bathroom tiles, 
engrossed in energetic chewing, fails to filter my distress.

From outer body standpoint, hovered below ceiling's heat lamp, 
I monitor the horror of my daughter's distraught face.

Ginger...

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What a strange word is mnemonic
far easier to say than to write or spell!
It sound like a disease or nonsense incensed to mislead
But after you get over that it makes sense
to use phases the remember...

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In spite of enjoying a very happy life

There are things I wish I had done

Like running naked through the Trevi Fountain

Or climbing the pyramids with a Nun

Walking the length of The Great Wall of China

While...

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My husband acted like a complete jerk
had countless affairs with women at work

He wore spray on jeans which fit so tight
and aftershave called ‘Tonight’s the night’

I knew for sure that things weren’t right
as he’d hide...

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Cave of wonders,
Caverns so deep,
Through vast rooms I wander,
So many secrets to keep.

The path tightens,
The corridors weave,
Mysterious sounds frighten,
Seeing the magic others see,

Deeper down I go
To unknown steps below,
Exploring further and anyone’s been,
There seems to...

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Touch would a finger to the elegant and smooth cheek
That shines from tears as apple leaves after rain
You weep with happiness, me and yourself do not sparing,
All trying to understand the mystery of the lines...

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