Long Tra la la Poems

holler say what
yo yo yo
all the saint over there rise on up
git on up
everybody else where
git on up hold them arms, hand and eyes up toward the heavens
things gonna git better 
(when you)
Pray
(when you)
Praise so....

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Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
The stockings were hung by the chimney with care,
In hopes that St Nicholas soon would be there.

The children...

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VOICES OF LOVE-

So many voices, herald above;
So much love, in hearts of the young;
Many sing pretty but their voices are dirty;
Those the songs they sing aren’t worthy;
Mouthing out heavenly things;
Teasing the tongue 3 year old...

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Click a tee, click a tee, click a tee click,
Flick a dee, fick a dee, fick a dee, flick,
I do all of this to attract you my dear,
To lose you is my only fear,
I’ll sing...

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Tic, tac, I’m waiting to hear
Ti, ta, my hands shake with the beat
A relapse of this self-produced Parkinson.
------I finally hear something beautiful
My toes curl up and down and dance to the music.
I float away and...

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She hailed from that little town of Manhattan 
She sailed storms,tides thus far and all through the harmattan.

He was born in France, 
 thought he got here by chance 

She was bent on running away...

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To write poetry for me is passionate cause,
At first glance, you might think it's advice,
But with sharing what I think are lessons I’ve learned,
I could save myself making the same mistake twice,
And you pausing to...

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1.
We men are all chauvinist pigs tra-la-la, 
And love to take girls to our digs tra-la-la
Though girl snorts when she laughs, 
We don't care about gaffes, 
When our hearts find they're all dancing jigs tra-la-la!

2.
I'm...

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Placid winter cuddles close, lacing exotic spring.
Tapestry of flowers, birds in heavenly wings.
Wakes up a green canopy, exalted in chirpy trill
Peeps, cheeps in rhythm, clatter in medley thrill.

Dappled throat, bright feather, flitters branch to branch.
Gyrating...

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Read,       (pronounced RED
I Read,     (pronounced Reed)
Follow's  me, As I read;
I see, I see, I saw, something real;
No one knows but me and me;

He's is...

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A parody of “The Last Waltz” song written by: Barry Mason and Les Reed
One Last Ode
I wondered if I’d write ever again
Inklings of my heart that flow through my pen
Then words came cascading from sky...

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A Villanelle Tra La La 
Tra la la-I couldn't stop thinking bout this song
Twas just so minuscule and kind
This I could never forget this verse twangs bings-bongs

That morn, hearing this new verse encounters so long...

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Didn’t digest my all-dressed pizza
Suffering now from insomnia
A touch of every possible phobia
Mostly of ravenous bacteria 
And humongous tarantula
O yes, and the sordid mafia
Did I call my Grandmamma
Did I put away the spatula
Did I book...

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Come away with me, come away with me
Let’s tra la la, la la la come away together

Come away with me, come away with me
Let’s tra la la, la la la come away together
Let’s take a...

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A RATTLING RHYME

Hannah McCustopha, married to Mustapha,
Couldn’t stop chattering, just like her dear Mama.
Yat ta ta Ya ta ta, Na ta ta Na ta ta.
That was the cause of Ma’s parting from her papa.

The feminine...

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DOG DAYS… (or when my wife was in  hospital)
Dog days change the way you think about days
some days you feel  their  paws dig into your dream
other days when she’s home you feel...

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Rescue me from boughs of folly
Tra la la la la, such misery
‘Tis the time to make most jolly
Tra la la la, la, it’s blizzardly.
Heavy coats and boots we’re wearin’
Tra la la la la, la …...

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Oh with a soul of fire
baby you’ll be crying,
like a heavenly choir
Tra la la, Jim Dandy,
oh how long will it be?
I can’t love you enough.
You, me and Tweedle Dee
together in New York,
just a lucky old...

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Ho-hum, another poem
  Need a rhyme -- Carpe diem
Some ask why...tra-la-la
  Ordered pizza cooked by Lisa  

I was a poet, but then I blew it
  Cursed my editor; it didn't matter
'Cos...

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Some songs are sad songs: dum de dum dum dum.  
Others are cheerful: tra la la  la ling 
And people are the same. Some may become
A sadden lot, see gloom in everything.
And then...

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