Long Tuber Poems

Yesterday I worked with Wole Soyinka in his 
farm; a farm of poetry where we harvested words
And sow imagery like a spring of seedlings.
I kept pace with him in the field of words until
He smiled...

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Is the thought of Science a scary premise mixed with some progress and
 a whole lot regret, like oh that science, what will they think of next, or some
disgusting human made virulent virus that only...

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There I was just chillen with all my homeies in the big zip block bag. We were all talking about the latest ozome spray, and we were wondering if it would work on us, since...

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from birth until this moment with your family as supporting team
the journey within your space/ time continuum stream
found trials and tribulations comprising the spool o yar existential ream

some incidents assessed in retrospect might now appear
as...

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A drunkard, a thief and a con man,
Who was known by the name Greedy Jack,
Lived a life so vile Satan watched him awhile,
Said, "Of sin in his life there's no lack."

He decided to pay Jack...

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I know not the paint of your face nor the slang of your name
I know not the acoustic of your voice nor the creed before your knees 
I know not the double of helixes taut...

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Retrieved Passage 3:
From The Book of Days, Sonnet 2


For Lo! I must relate this tome to you
who gather here to listen and believe
to tell the story I believe is true
before my sanity (BARK!) takes its...

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How steep is the slope in front of you
that you see it practically impossible to climb?
How wide is this Ocean
which seem insane to cross over?

Brace up, put your mind together
and just imagine the snow falls...

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From The Lost Book of Tuberlantis
(Translated from the Spudscrit by The Potato of Terror)


Retrieved Passage 1:
Prologue

Many leagues beneath the sea
where the flat-winged sloth skate flies
lie the million fossil eyes
of Tuberlantis: drowned city.

There tuber groovers, bright...

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*NO LOVE FOR  LAZY MAN*

If no food for lazy man 
Should he still be loved 
The night covers his nakedness
But daybreak is his worst enemy 
The sun is never good on his skin
The rain...

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If I were a prisoner on death row
just hours away from execution
I would NOT order a meal of calamari with ratatouille,
filet mignon with truffles and Strawberry Sherbet.

I would reject a plate of Duck Liver Terrine...

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Sixth graders have had the unit on careers. I have introduced hundreds of them today.
We have had guest speakers up the yin-yang, and down the other side of the room
I am confident they know about...

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Earth blanketed
in plush, green, quilted fabric from which
boundless rows of life emerge.
A season of reward, given for seasons of reserve.
Woodlands. Cavernous, leaf-bound sentinels.
Refuge and shelter to every frail, native creature.
The green leaf of summer refreshes...

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We are all home, the whole family,
How lovely, peaceful and fun again,
talking and laughing so very happily,
like rainbow, sunshine amidst rain!

Children are happy to be with dad,
The schools are shut for some days,
Mum leaning on...

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I wanted him to be a scientist.
He did not want that; he was willful and stubborn.
So, I let my dream go, but I was angry.

She wanted to become a doctor.
I discouraged this because of all...

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A wondrous title I'll admit
I wonder what I'll do with it?
Does genius color mind that dreams
Potato's link to TV screens?

A TV's 'tube' is close to 'tuber,'
Round and fat (predating Uber)
X-ray beams are bent to preen
Fluorescent...

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Happy weepingwillow's  form
fuzzy fir tree squirrels dorm
barking dogwood wag their flowers
cuddly cattail's cotton towers

Booksmart reed's bend with the flow
golden sunflowers brightly glow
double pair tree's sweetened fruit
treasure chestnut bamboo shoots

Goofy daffydils love themselves
blinded seaweed tuber...

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Every day just this time
I wait for you with full zeal
From my window to look you,
To watch you.
Because your presence 
Helps to make a radical change
Within a few minutes in our
Sultry environment,
The fair beauty.
I became...

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The Terrible Ghastly Beastliness of
"THE POTATO CADAVER UNDEAD REVIVAL" (sonnet)
The Potato of Terror, April 24th 2002

They dug him up with a great pointed spade,
Awoke him from his rest of ninety years,
And O what a great...

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Flying Potatoes
By The Potato of Terror 28/3/05; revised 1/2/14

Flying potatoes permeate my days,
Float gently through the attic of my brain;
Winging their way through smoochy summer haze
And tapping tarantellas in the rain.

I want to romp where...

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The eaten word even truer                              ...

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I will not need math or such
I’ll be a U-tuber, the eight-year-old informs me.
I’ll be rich and famous, and live in a mansion.

What will you be doing on U-tube? I ask.
It doesn’t matter, she says....

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Dead wood for bed
Withered cotton for a mattress
I don’t pluck fruits
I gather them ripe from the ground
A tasty tuber protrudes
With delight I up root it
Cobwebs hang in my ceiling
Ant routes run up and down my...

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To Live or not to Live

To live or not to live,
..duly optimistic about one's, 
capabilities bearing flowers,
in fantastic shape and brilliant colours 
	referring to the shape of its tuber,
for a direction to its waiter.

"Within the...

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(U)(U)(U)(U)(U)(U)(U)(U)(U)(U)(U)(U)(U)(U)(U)(U)(U)(U)(U)(U)(U)(U)(U)(U)

                    Longboard Surfer Bro
            ...

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