Long Tariff Poems

No more faxes, no more phones                             ...

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No more faxes, no more phones                             ...

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I am reading Wendell Berry stories
again,
still,
today.

And notice
over these past several weeks
he unfolds two bipolar themes.

Berry is,
was,
a cooperative Southern neighborhood farmer
of organic hospitality.
His protagonists grow on multigenerational farms
as Berry grows into writing while farming,
thereby farming readers
co-investing...

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Watch then the battlefield, from the comfort of your chair
And push the button carelessly, when you can’t stomach any more.
Tell us of the sights you’ve seen, from your bought and paid for seat,
Boast of bombs...

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When the 21st century stepped into its third decade, the major tone of the world sharply switched. Internecine confrontation, cartelism and calumniation snaffled the high pitch, while comprehension, cooperation and cosmopolitanism, like ill-adapting burdens and...

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feeling his vitamin injection a new adventure begins
a slapstick epic of unfathomable implication here unfolds
as the rat gnawed curtain rises at Ye Bone and Gristle
among the clattering of wooden pints of bitter ale
the floor show...

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IF EVER I HAD A COUNTRY - LXXVII

IF ever I had a country proud of its wall-less porous boundary

And if ever by no mistake of the Supreme High Command of the International Militaro-Business Conspiracy I...

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**THE MAN AND THE PEANUT**

Who was George Washington Carver?, black educator and scientist;
and maybe even some crimes he tried to abolish;
Then he devoted special attention to agriculture development;
From the sweet potatoes;
He developed things like dyes,
...

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rain comes rain
rain wets my pain,
wets my dust of gain,
cleans my walking lane,
find I inside a path of sane 

rain comes on empty green fields
cows, calves, goats run away dancing


rain comes and wets nature
dogs, cocks,...

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   ~ Rapid Rap-style Chant ~  

  Pass over, Pass over, pass out
  Pass over, Pass over, pass out
    Drink the four cups of wine
  ...

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MR FOX

Mr. Fox lives on mice and berries and so does his vixen whom he marries. It was after they had 5 kits when they decided to settle down and find a nice den outside...

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“Wind Song”




When the rain came it raised a torrent
music, little by little, raised the levy
light pebbles rolled over one by one
took with them 
all their 
flotsam and jetsam
leaves ferrying Black Ravens carried on

Brook babbling
listened to...

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Crumpling Paper
	By J.R.Wren

Caw, Caw, the voice is rusty and the fry will always be true
The crows don’t know a suit, a camera, nor a comma splice
War Machine MSNBC has messy hair and forgot to tie...

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BHARAT SANCHAR NIGAM LIMITED: THE SONG OF ETERNITY
A poet gets rest, a poet is drowsy
When Internet speed goes down to zero
Screen shows searching searching searching
(Who are you searching for my sweet Inta?)
2 hours, 3 hours,...

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No raised pinnacle marked the place
No pure white limestone shining
Where Ramesses slept looked commonplace
to foil the robbers scrying.
Yet he had moved the earth and sky
this pharaoh disdained all rivals.
His bounty buried beneath the sand
portrayed a...

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Hands tick in motion but I hear naught         
of the onslaught of killing time depicted. 
Minutes run past me in tarred darkness
as the visions in my brain...

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My
Mind
Often ponders
About odd things,
As I watch the sun rise
In the sky each engaging new day.
Soil is the beginning of all and the end.
Religion is the salve for the truth of mortality.
Elitism is a trick to...

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Gold scattered on the temple steps
its metamorphosis of wealth
disdained in greed a saviors poverty
coins for a foreclosure of faith
dirt to wash clean the hands of the godless

Each inferior tier of society
upon the holy ground pay...

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A nation of interesting and laughing facts
housing ‘backward never’ animals
with three times more sheep to humans in its corners
and the inventor of the selfie, attracting over 200 global settlers.

A known city for cockroach racing
has its...

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The Bridge & It's Tender
By: Tom Wright
9/20/99

The venerable toll Bridge
is consistent in It's job.
It stands minute by minute, hour by hour,
and day by day.
Always there,
spanning that un-crossable gulf.
Providing for all who wish to cross,
a more...

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Drain the swamp because it stinks
Before the White House sinks 
In it there isn’t an alligator or snake
Only a crooked politician on the take
Around the rim shady women lay
Just to collect their hush money pay...

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First boost given by childhood privilege
Level defined by class, income 
Indicate potential, an esteemed image
Gains permit exclusive decorum
Height obtained owes society's support
Top promotion opens rosy resort

Tariff emphasis applies gradual gravity
Wherewithal relies on deals won
Obligated to...

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every song, every line scrawled,
of poetry and of prose,
rasps at this open wound,
and calls back your absence,
like a disturbed spirit summoned,
to possess old familiar haunts,
these scrapes and slashes teach,
my senses what is refined,
and show that...

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a tranquil sea two hearts combined two bands of gold on fingers entwined
a voyage of trust a crew of two started by many finished by few
a sacred oath to herald the start the perfect end...

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"Ring the bells that still can ring  Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in"
            ...

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