Long Totes Poems

This was last Saturday night. We were at a rooftop party in downtown New Haven thrown by ‘DocHouse.’ Doc-House is kind of a frat-house, owned by Dr. Melon, where he and seven doctoral students live....

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MY PRAYERS ARE WITH MY FAMILY 
AND OTHER MILITARY FAMILIES WHO 
ENDURE SUCH HARDSHIPS USUALLY 
AFTER GOING TO ONE OF OUR DOCTORS 
APPOINTMENTS WE ARE TERRIFIED 
WE BARRICADE OUR FRONT DOOR 
CHAIN LOCKS CHAINS NONE...

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If my rhymes rugged and clucking might be
As it would better fit to wretched hole
Above which are pointing all rocks to see,

I would express my concept as a whole
More clearly; but since I do not...

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What’s fair is fair

I walked into Macys Department Store the other day
thinking I’d buy a few items for the summer
I entered on the first floor and was met by
counter after counter of cosmetics and perfume
with...

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Si està convençut que la independència és impossible, dir-los que és impossible de ser silenciós, impossible i no tenir una veu impossible és ser inhumà i acceptar ratlles. Tenim el dret a viure. Creiem en...

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Born with a complex like a tormented fugitive in a constant flight from a life of acceptance, his Life is filled with questions and complexities. There is no room 

for blame. In a secret place,...

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The Mocking-Bird


He did n’t know much music 
When first he come along; 
An’ all the birds went wonderin’ 
Why he did n’t sing a song.

They primped their feathers in the sun, 
An’ sung their sweetest...

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A football star with super speed,
Our prom king, Kyle, has gone to seed.
No longer likely to succeed,
He's out of work and hooked on weed.

Behind you's Jennifer, the one
Who led our cheers and planned our fun.
Most...

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There comes a time when death greets life,
Embrace this rhyme to forfeit strife,
Death swings new chimes to fling new jive.


So many years have brought new cares,
The dead my dear live a new flair,
Attend woes here...

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Sorting boxes, packing clothes
Assaulted by the past
When you stood and said forever
You both thought it would last
A jewellery box, a trinket here
A gift they never used
A present from five years ago
You smile, a bit bemused
The...

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All in double

179,878 people worldwide - from doctors to engineers - from nations to individuals - all people are managing to double the number of happy people - creating clients and friends.

Giving people what they...

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Just down the gravel road a piece is an old-time country store.
On its saggin' shelves are things you won't find much anymore.
Ladies in bright calico barter with Mr. Draper their eggs and butter,
As they visit...

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Hunters In The Snow

Slowly, the hunters break stride through the snow,
Hunched over in failure their heads hung low.
Below the hill where villagers at play,
Will soon be sad with no food on the way.

The meagre kill...

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what do we bring to sacrifice,
to the altar of our fears
will the fear, itself, suffice
to wipe away these grieving tears

here, a satchel i take in stride
through the machine, my will to cede
and here, too, a...

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(I wote this after seeing an older man laboriously carrying water in a bucket and 
watering his small corn plants one-by-one.  The field was large and the task seemed 
to me to be hopeless....

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The invitations were sent to alumni far and near,
To gather for the school reunion later in the year.
The ultimate occasion to turn on all the old charm,
And fondly remember those who have bought the farm!

Ladies...

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SubSaharan Bride:

There was a huge everlasting impression
As he unveiled her with great fascination
Firstly, in a fantasy of his vivid emotions
She becomes his past, present and future
Lastly, with bliss and high degree passion
Saying “I do”, she...

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SubSaharan Bride:

There was a huge everlasting impression
As he unveiled her with great fascination
Firstly, in a fantasy of his vivid emotions
She becomes his past, present and future
Lastly, with bliss and high degree passion
Saying “I do”, she...

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Laura when the sky is blue I only see your eyes
Laura when you look at me my heart does palpitize

In melting all the bark away you surely get the prize
If ever crust could be so...

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They’re covering ears to ignore
They’re smothering children for sure
It’s like the beast from the ocean
And the whore set in motion
Like the blind follows blind
F---ed up youths fragile minds
It’s just a brainwash for children
If there were...

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My Quirk


A thing that bothers me the most,
the quirk that nags at me each day,
my study desktop capped with stuff -
its cluttered surface on display.

Poetry books, card-making drafts,
some poem lines on scribbled notes;
variety of pencils,...

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HILLBILLIES BYBILLIES AND BLOWBILLIES--

Once upon a time in the land of Frilly
Lived a tatter torn family  the McFrelly’s
On the outskirts of Arkansas the county of Mountain Lily,
Just below the Mason Dixie line acts involuntarily
They...

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Last name here, First step there, only one allay...
Vestige sagacity, flaxen ochroid genes skitter down, 
Diddle drizzled dints to acquiesce an ugly axis,
Whet of whiled grime, tips on me thus to dawn,
In hands of lonely...

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It's my fifth day of unemployment
and I'm going a little bit crazy.
I'd expected to sit around and relax
and in general behave quite lazy.

Day one, I made a scrapbook
and rearranged all my craft totes.
Day two I...

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I've known him since high school,
He had an immense impact on me,
Tosseled, curly blonde hair,
And always with a smile,
A musician's musician,
With talent a tad lower
Than he gave on,
I feared no audience when he was there,
He...

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