Long Tuxedos Poems

Dedicated to Valerie Haper, actress and John Denver, singer!
Who were just wo, of hundreds who launched  the Hunger Project,
In 1976!
Original title was a Salute to Valerie Haper. But it was not
adequate. It was more...

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As time flies, so her emotion swiftly fries,
As life frowns to dust, so her affection swiftly drowns to lust,
As love turns to coal, so her smile swiftly runs to the cold,
As sunset sets away, so...

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Dragon polished his nails and admired himself in the mirror once again; a daily ritual getting so old.  The one lousy hair on his chin, protruding from a small wart which he called a,...

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Doctors getting exposed like popes,
Caught pulling the rope a dope,
Falling down the entropic slope,
No integrity - can't cope,
Seats of power to dethrone,
Why don't y'all extradite your own?
If ya catch a sleeper near ya,
Take that tommy...

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One Word…

>>>IS>>>


Poetry…is…
Wears the words of smiles and tears,
And speaks of stumbling through graveyards
And up the aisles to ancient altars;
Falling off of sidewalks and through the cracks of life
Then rising up to stargaze from thin lines;
Tripping...

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LIFE IS POETRY...POETRY IS…

Poetry wears the words of smiles and tears,
And speaks of stumbling through graveyards
And up the aisles to ancient altars;
Falling off of sidewalks and through the cracks of life
Then rising up to stargaze...

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Food and wine, at it's cocktail's best
classical sound been heard, anyone could rest, 
men in tuxedos, woman in their best gowns
talking at civil manners, with smiles, enjoying the party, 
small laughs and whispers, elite people...

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WHEN WE HAD "MAUREEN" TO DINE

The table was set for eight, all curtains drawn
Each joint of meat neatly piled up, all as sawn

Upstairs the guests were getting ready to dine
Men in their black tuxedos; looking...

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As I walked into the room
which is  filled with many people
women dressed up in their evening gowns
and men with their tuxedos

Romantic as can be
soft candles lit on tables...
colorful lights- dancing around
across the way... on...

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Making money, making change, sunglasses tinted, hair like flames. Wearing extravagant tuxedos and suits, black shoes twinkling like shooting stars. Eyes sparkling with a warming gleam, smile big yet fake, advertised in a magazine. Many...

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what answers do you need to calm your curiosity 
	do you so doubt the truth of our first kiss
	have you watched so long that you no longer see me
	what secrets did you think i could...

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Remain receptive and objective
Though environment spins crazy
Twisting and insisting subjective
Attempting to drive away Daisy 

To coerce you to surrender
To wills and seals bent
On nurturing and culturing agenda
You feel reel Hell sent

Messages within passages manipulated
Slanted, blunted,...

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Baltimore Tales


lazy fat cat meowing, begging for a meal,
mother baking cookies, grates an orange peel. 

husband’s belly flopping, cold beer in his hand,
watching Jimmy Kimmel, singing with the band.

little Susie playing, with her pregnant worn...

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Girls Gone Wild
Careful, you may just have a child 
Drugs and alcohol plague the alleyway 
Stay away as there is a price to pay
Is the meaning of Mardi Gras to go buck wild
Let’s look and...

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IF ever I had a country : XXXI - XXXII

                         ...

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Every time i see you i want to take off my clothes
Its like a bad habit picked up from not seeing you enough
I would strip bare and set myself up in your favorite pose
You know...

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The ballroom looked inviting
as I stood at the entrance door
the lights were brightly shining
from the ceiling to the floor

The music filled the air
as couples danced the waltz
all men looked debonair
in their well made tuxedos

I lingered...

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Orange lights shine from street lamps, 
orange lights shine on what is paved,
Something about the tail end of our conversation 
left me feeling slightly vague. 

This car has 
Translucent windows, 
like a submarine out at...

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Verses in italics by Jesse Whitehead
Verses in normal font by Timothy Hicks



birds in tuxedos
marching through snow
stifled laughter
 
a pair of short legs
behind the coats
 
patient as molasses
a surprise in waiting
tiny curled toes
 
it slipped through...

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Tick... Tock... Tick... Tock,
the flying bird hits a rock.
Black apparels
grace the ting of dangling bells.
Faded emotion, the atmosphere sells.
Ashes and cremation; worthless pearls.
Lids kiss.
Reeds diss.
The log is laid.
A perfect box was made.
Last wishes, we prayed.
Endless...

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Flamingos in the mud with wet flat feet,
   search for curly shrimp to eat.
   They preen and rest in their Mangrove nest.
   
   Eagles, America's great bird...

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A four piece string ensemble competes
with fluted crystal glasses harmonizing
to the tinkling of fine silverware
underpinned by the purring whispers 
of well-to-do's and their hobnobbery.

Buttery lobster and rib-eyed supper in
opulent gravies and exotic spices;
cornucopia fruits on...

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Had an invite to a ball in Lake Tahoe
at the Ritz Carlton what a surprise.
To celebrate in true old fashioned style
opened a door couldn’t believe my eyes

The ballroom was all of a glitter
with walls of...

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they probably wouldn’t.
They would sing instead, since talking for them, 
Has no melody, you see...

These walls, serenade the shadows,  dancing on every side,
Like a fast midnight ride...
There are upside down, silhouettes of every song...

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Post-hippie and pre-disco kids were we,
not clearly fitting one sole category.
Girls dressed formal for our biggest dance.
No short-shorts or those fab bell-bottom pants.
Exploring options at each fashion store,
we girls picked gowns whose length was to...

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