Long Taggle Poems

Raggle Taggle gypsy boy
born somewhere different
in the countryside, though
not far from a big city.

Hanzi, at the age of eight
he used to live as a gypsy boy,
going from here to there 
and everywhere.
He has never had...

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Mangy-Monkey;
Gum thief.
Raggle-taggle,
Tail-waggle;
Bone-breath.

Gaggling geese, 
Webbed feet;
Penny-anney,
Corn-candy.
Snakes-alive,
About five;
Or six,
Playing tricks.

Babbling brook,
Nearby nooks
And crannies;
Harboring teeth.

Fighting bribing,
Monkey-see,
Monkey-do.
Fickle-furred,
Out-turned
Waddle-feet,
Bearing bird.

Roaring-money,
Never tamed;
Hungry for
Avian-brain.

Itchy-scratchy,
Eggy-hatchey;
Teeny-tiny,
Shells cracking.

Tourists gawking,
Feathered-squawking;
Metallic-clanging,
Cage doors.

All this,
Attended quick;
When hungry
Bellies roar.
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This rag-taggle crew climbed out of a Chevrolet car.
We can’t read a map, they said, and we are going far.
Who is your brightest thinker? I asked. Who could I teach?
They all began to holler “That...

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