Long Standup Poems

In April of this year I began preparing a new organic gardening patch,
planning to have it ready for next year's expansion from a too-small garden
in front of my recently acquired Connecticut Cape Cod home.

I have...

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Poet: Ken Jordan
Poem: Watts Is Burning
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written: July/2014

Watts is burning, and the powers that be,
show no interest in putting out the flames -

Six fiery days of hell erupts, set ablaze by 
a racial city government...

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At five years old, starting out in kindergarten
I went to school with my favorite best friends
Girls and boys I’d known as my local hearten
The ones I loved so I had no need for amends

We lived...

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I fast boy, this aint no foot race
What you playing?
What, you think you got a game ginni in your game pack
Well, I paint Black
And stain them in Pain on rare occasions
Occassionaly coming up in death...

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One does not have to die to be a hero,
Though many heroes paid the ultimate price,
That is but one among many scenarios,
Of steel, faith, valor and noble sacrifice.

Heroes dwell in neighborhoods across the land,
Who work...

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A woman says to her dentist, “Don't know what's worse
Having a tooth pulled or having a baby”
Dentist says, “Must adjust the chair to make us more comfortable
So make up your mind, got others waiting”

A Chinese...

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Standup my Black Brother and walk that extra mile, because we now have a reason to stand tall and walk proud. Continue to Live, and dream the dream that you’ve hoped for, because in due...

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He discerns my deepest feelings
He is pleased when I am kneeling
I give my heart to true worship
Jesus, thank you for your purchase
~
He accepts prayers and praises
Thoughts set in different phrases
Blisses felt in unique churches
Jesus, thank...

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The first time I saw Marilena
she was wearing a dull dress
under an ill-fitting jacket
and her hair was in braids

I got up early as I always did
To catch the school bus
For that long trek
So when lunch...

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Be Courageous Above All in everything
You do and become involved in since the 
Inverse of doing this is often anathema
To leaning forward and getting things
Done and becoming a viable and vibrant
Force in your own life...

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I open the old door and it squeaks,
then a cobwebbed, dusty ceiling appears...
what I find brings me to tears:
a moaning cat about to die, his weak heart still beats. 


If all cats have nine lives...

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A Surviv---or 

I know how it feels to be unwanted
ignored, made fun of and at times taunted
beat up, spit on, embarrassed and disgraced
abandoned betrayed and things thrown in my face
denied, discouraged, used, then abused
So before...

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Most Illusive

Can thin spaces be created by a Priest
Closer to God and distance not increased
And about some things I must be blunt
Still trying to decide what I need and want.

What if for while longer I...

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Lights. Camera. Action!
These boys are crazy. I know because I am their drama teacher.
They are eight and nine and fearless.
I have to keep them happy and alive for an hour.

They threw out my ideas the...

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I think I'll open a tragedy club
where people can come to weep
I'll tell the saddest stories around
admission will be cheap

I'll call the venue Tragic Relief
where heartache is the norm
and "open mike night" amateurs
can mournfully perform

To...

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I'm feeling rather silly today

Not that that's so unusual

But I'm feeling even more silly than usual

Read on and methinks

You'll understand exactly what I mean

Have thoughts of what it would be like

To be a ravishing female

Rather...

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I sit by the door 
 waiting for news
if she's in the hospital
or if it was just a fluke
I stare at the sky waiting
for realy great news
all of a sudden mom 
turns her head with
Tears...

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I'm feeling rather silly today
Not that that's so unusual
But I'm feeling even more silly than usual
Read on and methinks
You'll understand exactly what I mean
Have thoughts of what it would be like
To be a ravishing female
Rather...

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Adam said to God ,I am old and tired
let the young men populate the world
i want to rest
God said' Adam your seed is the first
your not done, eat more cake"
If God looked at France and...

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Thanks peoples who gave me pain,
Everything turns into gain..
Much I learnt much is remain,
Words are running in my blood through my veins..
Sucking people I met in my life ,
They had words, worked like a knife.
Never...

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VIETNAM VET SOLDIER'S NIGHTMARE

Another dream –
I could not wake –
Escape from what would follow--
Grasping for a secret word, the letters stark and hollow--
I was trapped entangled there,
Just beyond the reach
Of men that could release me
Or...

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The time has come to bare my soul
It's certainly long overdue
The greatest passion in my life has been
To get laughs and more than a few

A standup comedian I'd sure like to be
If I had to...

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Delete, Delete, Delete

These days I'm learning how to delete, delete, delete
Unto unfortunate circumstances there are many people
I must delete, delete, delete
Everyone needs to own and know how to standup and fully meet
Up to even politicians...

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April 20—Standup Comedy – The  Insult Comedy Tour!

How and why he 
Remains so popular 
With some Americans
Remains a mystery.

He remains me 
Of an old-time insult
Comedian, Don Rickles
 
Who was infamous
For insulting his audience
Who loved...

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Who are you to take my rights
and have me live each day in fright?

We are all born the same in God's delight
why must you be smug materially, while I have to daily fight?

Laws remain the...

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