Long Touch and go Poems

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Spring: Beginning, the practice run, 
      Hello, hallowed ..., Aubade;
Cringe reflections and spare the fun,
     hues, tints, oh yes, and shade,   
  ...

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Jessica Casey the punters dream- Sequel to Shy Julie 

They came from near - they came from far
Bus ferry and train and some by car
THE GOLDEN EGG GRAND FINAL
One greyhound in mind
Jessica Casey -The Select...

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In the deepest shadows of life,
we threatened to disappear from inside and die from outside due to an endemic or experimental weapon designed to kill or perhaps a designated terrorist sent for a mission from...

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There are pets and then there are people in fur coats.                        ...

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She Woke up Pregnant

She started out like any other weekday on her way to school,

Excited about the award she won for her poem titled "Nobodies fool".

Now her poem was about her struggles from the environment...

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LOOK AT EM CRAWLING...

At the old Darreel pub out near Mungindi....
Trapper Joe he rode up, he come from Boggabri...
The DTs were bad with this poor old bugger Jack...
Look at em crawling he did mutter ...
And...

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outward brain stem hummock
     analogously, (asper bound
minuscule magnum opus)
     figuratively paginated with drowned
atavistic animal instincts

     roar back to life upon found
perceived or real...

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Well over a hundred years ago
The illustrious Vincent Willem Van Gogh
A genius somewhat like Michelangelo
With thousands of artworks in his cluttered studio
From the sublime to the grotesque for show
Might have been better off working as...

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Outward brain stem hummock
analogously, (asper bound
minuscule magnum opus)
figuratively paginated with drowned
atavistic animal instincts

roar back to life upon found
perceived or real threat adrenaline
splashes cerebral hemispheres
triggering body electric
to become alert as a bloodhound

countless millenniums ago
the flight or...

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Like the wind life is just a whisper of touch and go
 Like the wind life whispers in the ear that reality is just a world of pain and hurt 
entwined with joy
 When the...

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Today was crisp and clear.
But a slight nip was in the air.
Decided to steal a few hours.
I grabbed a chair to sit over there.

Found a spot under the mighty oak.
In shade under it's whispering leaves.
I...

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Written By Carolyn Devonshire
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Have you ever noticed that beautiful woman,
the one who’s been single for years?
In this world where connection is at our fingertips,
where voices ping and echo across social feeds,
still, she stands alone.

It begs the question, doesn’t...

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Addicts injecting, ingesting,
 and inhaling their drugs.
   It's a dangerous life,
 trying to keep pace with the thugs.

     The addict uses,
 and pays dearly for the sin.
  ...

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Time to load up the family Dodge and hit the open road.
Our backs to California, the wheels rolling east towards the deep south. 
Arriving by plane wasn’t an option, the car was our only transportation...

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When my wife left, 
I mourned for her.
   We are no longer,
The way we were.

   The loss changed every 
Single thing I know.
   I linger in eternity,
In touch and...

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personally, it means too much
to me
the touch and go
of our new synapsis
and
where does the new horizon 
exist?
well, it must be in some undiscovered
dimension
that we, as humans, are trying to
crack into
so the general ideal is to
satiate...

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In quantum mechanics particles remain entangled 
And connected over huge distances.
So that actions performed on one particle 
Still affect the others in the web or wave.
Einstein called entanglement "Spooky at a distance"
Because he couldn't explain...

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They tell me pick up the pieces,
 time to move-on,
    Nothing left of love,
 it's up and gone.

    I can't seem to recall anything good,
 I can't remember,
 ...

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I think it's time for me to go now but I'm without a place to go
and I'm too stubborn to move
I think it's time for me to simmer down; I would agree because I can
hardly...

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A Bug’s Life

I hate bugs that annoy me. 
You know the ones. 
The hit and run, touch and go… hahaha.

At the picnic it is the ant. 
They are really more than one, so ants…
Everywhere, especially...

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There was a man named Carlton, who came 
from a rural town.
He was well-liked by all within his community, 
he was the town judge.
Everyone gave him much respect. However, 
he had another group that he...

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Through its foliage nature reveals art
When it snows see the imagination start
The seasons stand watch for birth and rebirth
Winter's endless sameness snows over earth
Sun sends crystals to shine on our altar
Earth's essential for life is...

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he grew up in the city of hard knocks

running wild avoiding dirty cops

BROOKLYN is his home and the ghetto is where he roamed

from a child he always was a fighter 

only when he got older...

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I was pulled from a swimming pool when I was 7 years old
   gasping, frightened, cold
   must learn to be water safe before I go in over my head

I was struck...

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