Long Unrepeatable Poems

"The perils of a possible crash landing with a touch of humor to end it" 
~~ The Poet ~~
" Burlesque is poetry that treats a serious subject, humorously, or is simply a trivial story." ~~...

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the    m  u  s  i  c    took   CONTROL
our heartbeats replaced by   B   A   S   S
breathing...

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In the avenues of thought you stirred up ripples 
And waves, and raised all the dust that had settled 
On everything that sat within the circumference
Of a space between two meanings
A tale of two cities

And...

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Today is a time in your life;
a precious time of your life
for today is a precious gift
that would be gone, as it’s an unrepeatable gift.

It cannot be taken back.
No matter how much you want it...

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So you, say you so individual
truth to be comforted by original

And there on the pavement
as the collection of sidewalk shoes pass
the crowd stitched together by fashionable thread
in this beating brain box irrelevant
so constrained to the...

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rift in dark abyss
vent outpouring fire from hell~
animals fleeing

1/8/2020



WHY hi-ku
hi-ku (is a label I use to differentiate English language 'haiku' from the translations of the original Japanese verseform)

POETRY OF THE NOUN Many older Japanese haiku...

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A secret accord written in breaths,
Configured in kisses and celestial caresses,
A saga-rhapsody we inscribe in flights of love,
Upon this stringless harp called Love.
Ancestral pact,
Woven from sacred gestures, liturgies of the bodies
That hide behind a curtain...

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November falls, leaf blown and drab with early twilight; 
did I in some haste to feel the Summer balm 
speed acceleration of the old main drag, 
burn youthful currency as a hated flag? 
I stand...

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Butterflies
Rays of sunlight on a crochet of colors, contrast and shapes.
Feet slowly walking; heart beating fast with excitement
Where will he be?
Eyes searching, ears listening, hands reaching, fingers clenching.

There he is.
Beautiful. Gracious. Delicate. Soft, unimaginable patterns...

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she showered the sky in anthracite crimson and sepia

	eclipsed broken pencils and crayons moulded together

took a fading snap shot in memory of what’s yet to come


a soft touch surpassed clawed grips of splintered sorrow

	outlined peripheral...

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Staff Meeting
	
	At my desk each morning, 
	over my first cup off coffee, 
	I call the staff meeting to order, 
	a gathering together 
	of my various bits and parts 
	that scattered in the night, 
	each to...

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Through the seasons in your life
What matters changes
In first flush of youth
Scholarly accolades count
Belonging in your social circle
The right trainers and hoodie
Maturity shifts needs and priorities
A good job, 
Nice home, new car
Two point four children
A...

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A Sister’s Letter

In a letter I found written to your sister,
you wrote no problem existed too large or small
she could not bring it to you for counsel and support.

Best sister in the world, I read...

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