Long Ukelele Poems

"When Heaven gets overcrowded, place another setting at The Last Supper table," ... by the Poet.

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part 28

at least we know what to avoid in a civilization
hypnotism for one
and angst which merely resembles authenticity
by attempting to dissect the inconsequential
which boils down to the matter of
detecting the inconsequential in the first place
what...

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waved away from certain topics
Yolanda and her Singing Saw blade
captured the intellectual integrity
of a generation in readjustment
freedom springs only from freedom kids
so lock your shields and set your pikes
and whatever else unmasks the poseurs
making mischief...

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God Save the King! So echoed round 
the village halls, the pubs, the streets
the day our Charlie Prince was crowned. 
Homes decked with bunting, cake, and treats.

We celebrated with a rave, 
or knees-up, as my...

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*Image of Palm Tree Lights Trunk Wrap by Christmas Lights, Etc.

ILMO Our Eldest Brother Kimo (James)

Our sixties Christmas--as my memory serves, where
our eldest brother freshly cut one Norfolk Pine from
our country grove. He then rope-tied...

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        Glide of Falcon broken, channel smoothed 
        Transmission snap equals idle start
        Dysfunctional...

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Students Shaky Sing-A-Long

***A bolted school bus amidst bobbing heads rolls downhill...  

Fictitious dank bathroom basin bailing;
a mother's kiss and general list spelled.
That rickety school bus horn toots, trailing;
wide-eyed, groomed hair, texts deftly being held.  

Screeched...

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*Image of Mom Playing the Organ by My Family Pics.

Songstress Sings Songs

The Doxology chorus though widely sung owns a verse that 
accompanies, although, beyond seasons past, ought of considerable 
length be, my wholly FAVE song...

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Theres just something that i cant put words to
And it absolutely has to do with how i feel for you
When you look at me your eyes turn a different blue
If only you could see what...

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I HAVE EVERY THING.
I have a family,
The only member in it was me.
I have a partner in crime,
We both steal some time.
To beat the cancer and disease.
I have a partner in music,
We both played by...

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I am unsure if there's some general word I am going for, but it best fits into the mix, and that would be, 'inspiration.' Having that said ... straight to the heart of the matter...

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*Image of Mom Playing at the Church by Family Photo

Pride of Place

Our matriarch, a great musician of sorts,
The piano, her centerpiece, she supports,
Coaching youthful kids even kids in shorts,
Performing at nights at resplendent resorts.
~0~ ...

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to think of granddad is to relish memories
    of summer days and nights in his farm by a creek,
        near a hidden, rainbow-haloed waterfall.

there, before...

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 Into The Fire I Go to wield Jewels Out The Winepress
 from Drudges to Diadems,
 from Valleys of Darkness to Bethlehem
 Upright, Scintillating like Shem in Jerusalem
 Into Ethers of Brahma where the Sun...

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