Long Throttle Poems
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Enola GayEnola Gay
There on the ‘North Field’ tarmac of Tinian Island, Marianas;
Taxis the sleek designed ‘Boeing B-29 Superfortress’ to ready for take-off. 1
Glistening, polished aluminum under the blaring floodlights filmed for posterity,
Maneuvers' the ‘Enola Gay’, chosen...
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Categories:
throttle, education, history, usa, war, world, world war
Form:
Verse
Today Is DifferentToday is assiduously
religiously different,
as I review our local RiverEast News.
Every week
Mike Thompson writes a solid Editorial
in a compelling voice.
I expect to only add
my hearty sacred
happy secular "Amen!"
Our nearly fearless Editor and Chief
calls for political "ACCOUNTABILITY!"
like...
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Categories:
throttle, america, health, integrity, prayer, spiritual, spoken word,
Form:
Political Verse
Oncle Albert - Part 1Here he stands, Edwardian vogue, sometimes with his spats,
sometimes with his brogues below his dungarees. With rounded collar points and tie, and jacket donned below this flying suit, his waste is tied with simple...
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Categories:
throttle, flying, history,
Form:
Narrative
How I Got Richer and What I Did NextHow I Got Richer and What I Did Next
I struck a sly deal with some Wall Street investors.
I shorted 'em stocks that didn't exist!
But they got me back (those post-empty-nesters)
by making fake deals I couldn't...
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Categories:
throttle, allegory, funny, heaven, humor, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
My Corporate Life and How It All EndedI met with some bankers in fine textured suits.
I struck a deal quick. (I had such a knack.)
I offered rare cacti and tropical fruits –
a cure-all for things that ail your back.
I served 'em...
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Categories:
throttle, business, humor, humorous, money, political, satire,
Form:
Couplet
MarlinoTwo, perhaps three miles out to sea, beyond the reef to Zapatillas,
Bocas’ dual sand-edged footprint jewels with jungle centre trees,
Francesco’s outboard boat heads out to Caribbean’s deeper blue.
Where sun burns softer gringo skin, but...
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Categories:
throttle, fish, fishing, sea,
Form:
Narrative
Doppler Radar Killed Our Classic Car - 2nd Half As Text Plus Full AudioHere's the deal, folks...
This is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece had to be posted in 2 parts.
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Categories:
throttle, car,
Form:
Narrative
Laughing Pines, Part OneNow, if you’re going to Laughing Pines,
I’d laugh and say, “You can’t get there from here”.
Should you go remember to forget your baggage behind.
Just pack a sense of humor and an open mind.
My dyslexic directions...
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Categories:
throttle, allusion, analogy, humor, imagery, imagination, metaphor, travel,
Form:
Rhyme
History's Sad SongHistory's Sad Song (Revised)
throughout my life
I've heard many a sad song
relating to the lyrics
that seemed to play too long
way back during the Crusade
where religious debt was paid
by the bloodlust of so many
could not ye God...
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Categories:
throttle, introspection, life, , western,
Form:
Free verse
Tom and Terry - At Milton Creek[My recent poem ‘The Dimly Lit House’ received a
Comment from Charles Messina that it could be a Tom and
Jerry episode… what can I say? Something went ‘Ping!’]
...
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Categories:
throttle, cat, western,
Form:
Rhyme
Resurrection Machine
In the purple shadows of the black's monoliths, where an ancient echo calls forth, at the blurry forge of "Ralkon Dis",
a salient dragon from mystery's petra cliffs drifts you...
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Categories:
throttle, art,
Form:
Rhyme
The Compensatory Man Par ExcellenceI seldom indulge in letter writing
Because I consider it
To be a cold and illusory
Means of communication.
I will only send someone a letter
If I'm certain it's going to serve
A definite...
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Categories:
throttle, me,
Form:
Free verse
Manchester United 1958-Part 1 of 3Manchester United 1958-Part 1 of 3
by Robert (Bob) Moore © 2015
I remember the 6th February, in 1958,
the day before my 16 birthday, everything was great
I was working at the CIS, an Insurance mob in...
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Categories:
throttle, death, funeral,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Some Men Die To SurviveSome men die to survive
the Hard endures
the Soft succumbs stews in juices reproduces exults
disappears
the heartless breaks cracks crumbles
drags
the Ephemeral down the ravines of the also-ran rivers
...
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Categories:
throttle, death, destiny, god, history, religion, spoken word,
Form:
Free verse
For Delbert and Nellie -- Both Audio and TextThis lucky youngster definitely got an ample helping of “love” whenever he visited his grandparents on their farm.
...
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Categories:
throttle, childhood, grandparents,
Form:
Narrative
The Greatest AfflictionAddictions, restrictions, afflictions, decisions,
A needle, a bottle, step down hard on that throttle!
Disaster, no more laughter, destruction for years after.
Placate, eradicate, fornicate, masturbate,
Addiction. Restriction. Addiction.
No more art, no more heart, another false start.
No...
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Categories:
throttle, addiction, body, corruption, health, humanity, life, lost
Form:
Prose Poetry
Curse of Miscalculation Dkhe was not dumb
but he struck his thumb
now he was dumb-struck
and screamed jolly good
his hand in plaster
and bad luck his master
he could not drive his truck
to bide his time
he drank some wine
set out to...
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Categories:
throttle, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Eye of Horus and the Seat of Me
"Eye of Horus and the Seat of Me"
When I looked
into
your eyes
Blue Sky
reflected in
the Heart of mine
I sat true
in the
Seat of Me
Amygdala
holding the gears
in my hand
your hands
over...
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Categories:
throttle, blue, faith, i am, love, sky, trust,
Form:
Free verse
Flight 82Roaring engines, wheels on tarmac
Flight 82 is running late
Pilots push the throttle forward
Flight 82 disappears into the black
The nose rises, the speed quickens
G-forces push you through your seat
Inkiness outside the windows thickens
The planes’ destination silently...
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Categories:
throttle, death, travel, god, god,
Form:
Verse
Genie In the Bottle
Only foolhardy Homer simpletons
wanna rub this lamp ...
Release the purging power of the hydroGen
All divided brainiac Lisa Simpsons
should be in one camp ...
Keeping a cap on the atomic bottle
It’s madness to proceed any other way
To...
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Categories:
throttle, dark, death, truth, wisdom,
Form:
Ode
The Someones---Angels On This Earth"The Someones....Angels On This Earth"
I once saw a man offer to take a homeless man into a restaurant and get him something to eat other than "discarded" food! (That...
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Categories:
throttle, caregiving, life, people, simple, symbolism,
Form:
Free verse
Grim Reaper DefiedFour times, nay, five it's true, Grim Reaper defied.
The first was when down Hollywood streets I flew at Ninety five.
Averting wheel, I turned it fast
and struck my head on window's glass
Past throngs of people...
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Categories:
throttle, me, car, life, me, time,
Form:
Epic
Stops Along An American Dream - Part 1(Historical train-ride on the first Transcontinental Railroad in 1870 from Omaha to Ogden aboard the Union Pacific Railroad) © 2009 (Jim Sularz)
I can hear the whistle blowing,
two short bursts, it’s...
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Categories:
throttle, america, history, travel,
Form:
Quatrain
IndianapolisThe date is twenty six July,nineteen hundred forty five
soon, only three hundred seventeen would be alive
Eleven hundred ninety six of you assigned
eight hundred seventy nine lives denied,
Two torpedoes, that found their mark
at twelve fourteen...
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Categories:
throttle, dedication, war, men, men,
Form:
Epitaph
The RidersThe pre-dawn stillness was temporarily broken by the sound of crunching gravel as boots meet rock like an orchestra of timpani drums, beating in unison as the wearers make their way to the iron...
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Categories:
throttle, adventure,
Form:
Prose