Long Toodle Poems

The Melter Man, the Melter Man, he upsets kids for fun
And when they've been to Ice Cream Gran, his fun has just begun
He’ll kill their ice creams pronto, like they’ve left them in the sun
By...

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(Boo Hoo Politics was Written following the Brexit and Trump
votes as an observation and not a political declaration.
A few years out of date now but perhaps still fresh
Enough to share)


Boo Hoo Politics


What ever happened to...

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Perhaps like a lightning
bolt of clear out of the blue
rigor mortis (tenon and
three decades hence)
two thousand fifty nine if you
count from January 13th 2019, adieu

attest that day 9 months I did brew
in wound (of the...

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Aahhhh, The Quirky/Idiosyncrasies of MoonBee


Knock, Knock …
Who’s There ?
     Icky …
Icky Who ?
… Never Mind, I’ll Come Back Later …


Knock, Knock …
Who’s There ?
    Juan …
Juan Who ?
I...

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Suddenly frisson aye describe...,
I suddenly feel scared

As told once upon time helloo
from me matt chew
most previous poem ugh goo,
viz freak accident found ninety
degree angled desk corner (ewe
might not bull heave)

rammed, impaled, fricasseed 
smack dab skew
whirred...

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Bigger than bodacious,

higher TCH than contagious-

I poke at the smoke and make a cause to estrange this,

…toodle-to-do in my space ship!


I love how much I can remake this,

and bank the right to go out on...

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With his arm held closely by his side,
President Putin took a ride,
On his steed, so big and strong
Who thought this man could do no wrong,
It is regrettable to say
Only a horse could feel this way.
Putin...

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(a lighter-hearted parody of the masterpiece poem “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe)

Once upon a noonday sunny, while I smiled at something funny
In the park where children play and suitors woo,
’Midst the sound of subtle...

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A Loving Friend I Hold Quite Dear
     By Dane Smith-Johnsen

A loving friend I hold quite dear.
In my heart remains always near.
If oceans, seas, or mountain streams
Should hear us shout our primal...

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He says he's sorry for this...
she says shes sorry for that.
I feel like becoming the cat in the hat.
I'm sorry I got up late zing...tingy...do...
I'm sorry I forgot to set the alarm bing...binky...boo.
I'm sorry there's...

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Kiki Lindstrom had a dog
A tiny puppy poodle
When she took it for a slog
It flipped a puppy's noodle

Kiki think about your pup
And think about the clover
When you try to pick it up
You have to pick...

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My last poem will be a humdinger, will include
a hummingbird in a ruby throated cowl
sipping satisfyingly in Caren’s Krutsinger’s
faerie garden - we’ll be sipping tea or something

stronger. Our muses are quite old by then,
and surely...

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Toodle-oo ! Much I ride on holy rays, 
     Into the abyss, into gaiety of space,
          Dwell over the illumination of divine,
...

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I gat lots of attitude
It’s not like you didn’t know
I will do as I please
Just so you know

What's it gatta do with you what I do?
Do I care what you do?
I am me and not...

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CENSORED: a kind of unfinished symphony


This hammer made my finger sting
The flaming, silly, soppy thing
Now I’ve hit my poor old thumb
Oh my giddy aunt, ho hum

My right leg’s broke below the knee
Goodness gracious, pity me
I...

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“Off went the Postman, Toodle-oo! In his uniform of postal blue…”
—Allan Ahlberg, The Jolly Postman


RED CARDINAL

The
heavy bird landing
on his heart,
with joyful wings -
an angel’s.
As the dearly departed,
her name was uttered
in golden pen,
pronounced…
and it began.
The miracle,...

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“Okay then, alright then, toodle-loo, bye-bye!”
Sure love to hear that again
My first wife would end each phone conversation
With this familiar old refrain

Once uttering these words of sheer finality 
It was over, finis, a done deal
Even...

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“Okay then, alright then, toodle-loo, bye-bye!”
Sure love to hear that again
My first wife would end each phone conversation
With this familiar old refrain

Once uttering these words of sheer finality 
It was over, finis, a done deal
Even...

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You promised me the stars and moon 
You promised me the sun
You promised we’d be happy 
You promised we’d have fun

You vowed to me undying love
You said you’d always care
You said that till forever
You’re life...

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Caught briefly in the moment’s light 
A time of fertile imagination 
To ponder the passing flickering
And see the image in shady spot
A fleeting will o the wisp you might say
That spurs the heart and spawns...

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God is love, and love is what you always must do.
To get into heaven with a toodle-dee-lou.
Jesus said love Him with your heart and your soul.
To love God and Jesus is your ultimate goal.

Love Him...

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are we jealous or mediocre
no shows won’t know
class dismissed on with the show
more than one hand to clap
less than two fingers to snap
great minds work trenches
keepin’ track of one’s senses
as we trolley through space
last stop’s...

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Spring is in the past, toodle-oo
Happy of summer satori
Now enlighten in my eyes thru 
I hear footsteps in its glory
In sunshine of summer debut

Following today's new found day
Birds in the trees, swinging, and sing
Drifting on...

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