Long Trotting Poems

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Neigh say being corralled and cult shod

Neigh say being  corralled & cult shod 

"Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis"
translation = thus always I 
bring death to tyrants.”

Above the fray of twittering, 
squabbling, and madding crowds,
an arrogantly belligerent creature deified, 
yet vilified...

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Categories: trotting, 12th grade, age, allusion, america, fate, history,
Form: Free verse


Putin non gmo gluten free cheese on the ritz as a celiac to follow

Putin non gmo gluten free cheese on the ritz as a celiac to follow

Initially written March 18th, 2023
and revised exactly two years later
tweaking the poem here and there
courtesy adding or subtracting Nabisco  
National Biscuit...

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Categories: trotting, absence, adventure, analogy, birth, humorous, jesus, mystery,
Form: Free verse

Umpteenth heat wave since onset of summer sizzles Delaware Valley today July 16th, 2024

Umpteenth heat wave since onset of summer
sizzles Delaware Valley today July 16th, 2024

Said geographical area composed of counties
located in Southeastern Pennsylvania,
South Jersey, Delaware, and
Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Sweltering temperatures
figuratively grip human zoo
bipedal hominids (yours truly,
an olive...

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Categories: trotting, america, earth, grave, humanity, july, summer,
Form: Free verse

Similar If Not Identical To Last Year

Similar if not identical to last year...   
umpteenth heat wave since onset of summer...
sizzles Delaware Valley today August 26th, 2022

Said geographical area composed of counties
located in Southeastern Pennsylvania,
South Jersey, Delaware, and
Eastern Shore of...

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Categories: trotting, 11th grade, 12th grade, bereavement, betrayal, environment,
Form: Free verse
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Me and My Guitar

I'd grown tired of all the stress and worries of my life.
I thought it might be best to take a rest.
I’d hop into my car and drive off into the starlight
Without a real direction, maybe...

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Categories: trotting, travel,
Form: Rhyme


Time bracketed between initial birthday and present birthdate

Time bracketed between initial birthday and present birthdate

October seventeenth
nineteen hundred sixty one 
and October seventeenth
two thousand twenty four
represents, signals,
and traces sixty three orbitz
completed round the sun.
by one cherished,
(despite lapse of calling,
emailing, or texting),
nevertheless loved,
and prized...

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Categories: trotting, 2nd grade, 3rd grade, adventure, age, america,
Form: Free verse

Umpteenth Heat Wave Since Onset of Summer

Umpteenth heat wave since onset of summer...
sizzles Delaware Valley today August 25th, 2021

Said geographical area composed of counties
located in Southeastern Pennsylvania,
South Jersey, Delaware, and
Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Sweltering temperatures
figuratively grip human zoo
bipedal hominids (yours truly,
an olive...

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Categories: trotting, america, august, confusion, death, earth, future, health,
Form: Free verse

I Guess So

When we were young,
I held my long tongue
Foolishly sheepish 
Life is a sea full of fish

Good times spent with you mindlessly 
Boy, I don't feel guilty for being your minion of troublesome crime...spent so playfully...

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Categories: trotting, deep, depression, desire,
Form: Free verse

A magnet for tsuris

A magnet for tsuris

Summation notation of achievements
wrought absolute zero
pridefulness to self -
a veritable highstrong yoyo
(lame at walking the dog)
a solitudinarian devoid of xoxo
methinks (writer of these words)
Hebrew a legacy of woe
courtesy self apathy
expanding across his...

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Categories: trotting, adventure, age, angst, baby, birth, emotions, girlfriend,
Form: Free verse

April 5, 2023 Refracted Reflections

April 5, 2023 – refracted reflections:

The following lines
haphazardly linkedin 
slap dash fashion
over the course 
of dazed and confused days,
therefore desist reading 
any profound meaning
if you dear reader dare expend 
energy and time perusing 
meandering gibberish....

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Categories: trotting, 12th grade, adventure, allegory, appreciation, beautiful, desire,
Form: Free verse

Motion Sickness


My people love marching!
Attending rain dancing parades,
doing a bunch of fire-breathing talking
Little drummer boys and girls
playing foot soldier pretend grown up
Just defending the truth,
those marionette walkers will yell at you
in designer protest fashion
Motion activate the...

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Categories: trotting, allusion, culture, leadership, truth,
Form: Elegy

Since English language my mother tongue, no surprise

Since English language my mother tongue, no surprise...

etymology encurtains, encompasses,
and encapsulates healthy fixation
why I can spend countless hours
engrossed with printed material
courtesy select magazines or books,
plus aiming to craft satisfactory
poems or prose as an avocation
to share...

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Categories: trotting, addiction, analogy, books, dream, imagination, joy, language,
Form: Free verse

The Branches

Thorns and prickles dangle at the root of the tree and the temperature is shouting at a hundred and seventy degree; destiny is baking a global cake and you have to get your slice before...

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Categories: trotting, business, career, color, creation, culture, earth, i
Form: Narrative

Just because an impetus arose

Just because an impetus arose...

to repost poem
(I chanced to locate
amidst plethora of poems on hard drive
of Macbook Pro)
written more'n a half decade ago
before yours truly 
blissfully oblivious to crypto- 
currency shenanigans linked into

fiendish scammers after...

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Categories: trotting, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence, america, angst,
Form: Free verse

Concepts Phantasmagorical

When the cows come home to roost,
	or the crows are grazing grass,
It’s time I wrote a rhyme,
	until yesterday returns to pass!
If bats in the belfry stay sleeping,
	until the clock strikes the noon of day,
Tis then...

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Categories: trotting, fantasy, humor,
Form: Rhyme

Aiding and Abetting

It’s great living in a country town that still can offer peace,
when I come home from a stressful day to finally release
all the tension from a hectic job, that near leaves me in a heap,
and...

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Categories: trotting, humor,
Form: Rhyme

Odyssey From Africa 10b 11a

After two more hours of watching 
When the night was at its deepest 
Han roused Kwona for her vigil
Till the first light of the morning 

But a mood of laughter took them
By some magic of...

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Categories: trotting, adventure, africa, animal, history, mythology, nature,
Form: Narrative
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Behind the Yellow Door

Looking out at the old oak  tree in my front yard today, I finally realize I, like she, has been stripped of all my former beauty by the passing of the seasons. 

I know...

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Categories: trotting, family, house, life,
Form: Personification

The last hula hoop

Let me have the last look at you before you do the final “hula hoop.”
Let me have the final look at you before try on your new shoes. Some sizes just don't fit; you have...

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Categories: trotting, appreciation, best friend, creation, dedication, deep, emotions,
Form: Narrative

Last Will & Testament

To Mr. Otto Osips Ochs
My friend, the dream is exhausted
But as long as you chase it, I will follow
Mr. Dylan Thomas 
Perhaps destiny it’s self will spare us
To yours, mine, our struggle 
Their smiles
Here’s to...

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Categories: trotting, art, life, music, peace, people, seasons, time,
Form: Ballad

Butterflies In My Garden

There are butterflies in my garden;
           can you believe it?

Two or three of its kind; big and small. 
All very cute and very colorful 
Delightful...

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Categories: trotting, beautiful, butterfly, color, cool, creation, fantasy, garden,
Form: Free verse

A Categorization Is Neither a Cat Clapping Nor a Centimeter of Cubic Cakes

A slipper stained in a knot is appearing to emulate a wanton soup. Wanton soup is grinning a beaming smile. Whirling around. Nine noodles nimbly nick niceties. And the prawn dance begins as they fling...

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Categories: trotting, age, america, angel, animal, baseball, basketball,
Form: I do not know?

Ever the Gracious Recipient of Largesse

Ever the gracious recipient of largesse!

Estrangement swiftly harries stylishly tailors
mine psyche courtesy family of origin, plus
eldest daughter, whose doth rage against this
human machine, albeit yours truly, beatle
browed, black crows, foo fighter (biological
daughter), a presumption aye...

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Categories: trotting, abuse, anger, childhood, conflict, dark, depression, father,
Form: Free verse

Life Is a Jungle

One person, you think may equal one mind 
but in each personality, there is much more to find.
Homo sapiens and the animal kingdom are separated in ways, 
but are connected secretly, in each soul there...

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Categories: trotting, animals, imagination, people, visionary, animal, animal, emotions,
Form: Rhyme

Story of the Trees

I talked to trees about you. 
I told them “don’t they importunate.”
“I texted you already”
I miss you every day.
Will tell you I need to do something
Once upon a time in a faraway mountain
Speaking in a...

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Categories: trotting, appreciation, bird, butterfly, caregiving, dedication, freedom, happiness,
Form: Ballad
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