Long Uncork Poems

Toddlers' Exploration: 

Cardboard drum, a thunderous beast,
Playful roars in tiny fists and feasts.
Fleeting wings glide, dreams just out of reach,
Soaring through tales of barnyard Waddles and Squeaks,
Moo! Quack! Giggles tumble and bump.
Flaps flapping, bright colors...

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American Pies and Porkies

I’m not American though I spent a year in California the land of beaches Hollywood 
‘flower power’ ‘Big Sur’ with dopey dreams and have walked ‘bear’-foot in Yosemite
thus I followed the elections...

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A poem unlived
is a poem merely written -- 

sustenance our words

let the body digest with heartfelt
regurgitation – a poem unlived
is a poem merely written
 
as well as tasty center, a healthy chew
needs skin-like peachy, tickly...

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He served as a deacon in his church and was as pious as they come.
(But on the side, he sold whiskey from a thirty-gallon drum!)
He taught the junior high Sunday school class and was a...

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"Just take this chalk," (so went his talk, 
to servants sent before): 
"And do not balk. When you uncork 
good liquor, mark the door." 

This way, the churchman planned to pass, 
when pausing for a...

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While Waiting for Him

Wanst there was a prithe lady
And to all of her woes pray thee
Loved one king's kind son was kilt
Body was thrown in the water a jilt.

Out uv all of her mind she...

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He served as a deacon in his church and was as pious as they come.
(But on the side, he sold whiskey from a thirty-gallon drum!)
He taught junior high Sunday School and was a Bible scholar.
(But...

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THE COLD CLING OF SPRING

Pretty petals ferociously fall as Spring releases its fury.
Blooming cherry blossoms in disarray, decry a disaster.

Rosebuds refuse to unfurl like a flummoxed fist of stubbornness.
Like moray eels, the moss morphs into...

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Written: December 07, 2023
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An art display with free and delightful assets,
Blemishes and brightness of nature...

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I think my job is really done,
and yet, what was the sense
in raising you, my bearded son?
So that you beat it hence?

The anguish, pain and rocky nights!
And now — a vacant nest?
I close the door,...

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Eyes are a beauty like no other,
Where your deepest sense shines like lustrous glass;
The perfect crystal structure,
A divine un-shattered over easeful stars.

Today I looked upon the light.

Today I woke from a heavy slumber
With memory much...

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Military scholars constantly cull through the ancient scrolls
detailing battles of long ago
Searching always for hidden keys
to effect modern strategic victories
War games that summate a predictive winning end game 
But none in the past held the...

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Voices around our thanksgiving table
reminiscing, recalling the year’s events,
happily affirming that we are still alive.

The older generation begin to tell stories
about the good ol’ days of yesteryear,
what they still remember of age four and five.

All...

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Let us sit at the table and enjoy a big feast
for I have baked the apple pie without yeast 
I sang to the turkey and now he feels fine
so go ahead, uncork a bottle of...

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My pen hovers over paper
I think what can I write
I really want to pen a poem
But maybe not tonight

I cannot get the flow to come
My head is like a sieve
If only I could start a...

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The Valley of Loss

My dear, we've run out of words, I see
Calm is the garden except your tree
A cherry blossom dying in my mind
Now barren of pink in Spring's glee

How can our moons bled into...

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Smear it across the pages to satisfy your cravings,
Uncork that bottle, let it flow down the throat.
Knock on your opening passage,
To that unfamiliar figure, pass the mirror.
I have come in peace, outsider,
At what part of...

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A storm, a mind
brought to snow globe capacity with dust to shake
glittering, glittering 'till it falls
and settles too gently
Never satisfied with objects which let you look
but not touch their innards
I always sought to pry such...

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Mussolini Bernieisimo

Every time he did present a discord
All of us really became very bored
His personality was a complete flop
Appearance reminded us of cyclops.

Only difference was he had two eyes
And bad things said about him denies
After...

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without any delay
biden president next day
trump waddled away

about trump did shout
you always will seem to pout
and take the wrong route

my mind did engage
history was on each page
always stage to stage

never was faded
my hair which had...

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Dork Using A Fork Horn Hiaku

We once knew a dork;
Should eat donut with a fork;
Keep flakes from his clothes.

Let me describe he background 
of how this haiku came about. 
Yesterday, I had eaten a donut
with...

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Yeah, so 
        I looked in the looking glass, 
not much there to 
        write home about 
except the cardiac veins,...

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Today, I'll endeavor to teach you
a recipe to keep Christmas true.
You'll need to start with a loving heart,
or all your plans will soon fall apart.

Decorating a tree sets the mood,
so smile and bring out the...

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Terrace 
overlooking 
ripening fields 
waves of golden wheat
poppy red cheeks 
bread and beauty mix
sloping to azurin sea
veil of stars 
meeting horizon
autumn leaves
satin lit
with what splendor 
the sun 
retires to sleep
points of lights
in darkness glide
fishermen' catch...

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Thrice better is the cowardly creeper 
Than a passionless lion laxing tame,
Who toothless lies as lesser beasts
Plot and paw jungle's sleeker game. 

More inspiring than any genius wit
Is the dim-footed guesser ever out
For new surprises...

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