Long Up his sleeve Poems

*Note 
I had to bring this one back, though I've been posting mostly new writes here that PS hasn't seen before. This poem has been edited many times over the years. I consider it to...

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The whips will crack across the back
of the steers that won’t move on.
Every day comes closer now
for the day they will be gone.
All these ‘beeves’ on the trail,
will be yarded sold and railed,
and the cowboys...

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[ For Contest : Ghost of Frankenstein 
Sponsor : Tom Woody
submitted: 9/5/25 ]

Many starry nights I lay
in my wooden cabin next to your 
sanctuary waiting for whisperings
from your past, wisdom words

I wrote odes about a...

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“Please,” I said to God one day,
“I just need a friend.
One who’ll stay with me,
From beginning to end.”
I didn’t hear an answer,
I guess He was pretty busy,
I’ll try again later,
Maybe He’ll get back with me.
“I...

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For such a low gudgeon, Dorian in high dudgeon.
The puppet popped atop amid internal turmoil,
Of the Russian, for the Russian and by the Russian,
He spent nearly 3 years trafficking spoils

The puppet popped atop amid internal...

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In the Winter of Night of Darkness -
                           ...

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“I am somebody’s child, and I need attention, I am somebody’s child and I need affection, I am somebody’s child and I need love and devotion”, she murmured as she walked through the door. She...

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I Don’t Know What To Say To Katie Clemens
By Steve Body
Copyright 2009


I don’t know what to say to Katie Clemens.
All the words are jumbled in my head.
They all seem small and empty when I think...

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ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING

My husband had a restaurant
For thirty two years,
Much frustration, kitchen hell
And staff in tears.
The Oasis was a place to dine
Of note,
When exhausted, we drove down, 
To the coast and surfed the waves on our...

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I could see the way you look at him when he sat down in that chair, all the life had gone out of him and he collapse on the ground looking at the sky above...

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Tom's Cat Tom
 by Joan Donnelly Ellis (intended as a picture story book for children)

Some cats are really ugly and others are really cute, like mine, Bart. Bart can be bad though. He is sometimes...

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He was overwhelmed with greif when he got the news that I would not be returning any time soon, tears began to flow and anxiety began to grow. He has been planning this meeting for...

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Quiet save for a morning glory’s cue 
Daylight decks the sky cerulean blue 
Sunday and like the hues of color wheels 
Old Man Dan hunts for all his fishing creels 

The rye grass cradles tiny...

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Something is amidst
There's foul play 
It doesn't add up
The numbers are way off.

Yet, here we are
Shaking in fear
Seeing a country
Stabbed in the chest
As crimson blood
0Stains the nation.

There's no way
That it was decided
From the get-go
Not all...

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'Why so serious?'
                          He would say as he started to...

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The King of Trumpland

From TV land and a brash hotel
Appeared a huckster who lived to sell
Dreams to those who longed to hear
A voice free of bull, pity and fear,
Selling the dream of a new frontier,
He...

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She had Velvet eyes, Satin lips
Silk skin … Seamless hips

Threaded her way into his heart
and Stitched his mind up Tight
But the Needle Point, was coming
Pricking… with all its might! …

… Posed her Textile-smile
Watched Fabric –...

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Three Pigs
by Melanie D Palmer

There were three pigs.
One was rich and had common sense.
The middle one was poor and dense,
Youngest one was book smart with a bit o scense (common sense & cents).

Smart pig built...

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Setting : My dream house by the sea
 
It's another long hard day for u. Finished working and went for the usual run.In the middle of  winding down, ur cell phone rings........ it's me........

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This is a story about a boy so bold
A story around campfires; a hero I suppose
When people talk about him, some say he knows
The truth of his story still yet to be told

A strong young...

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While strolling through the graveyard the other day, I was drawn,
To a host of stones with creative and pithy epitaphs etched thereon!
Such flowing poetic verse is deemed worthy of recording for posterity,
Due to its peculiarity,...

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“Moves are slower, concentration intense, as style and wits are pitted.
Finally, the remaining white knight makes a brilliant challenge admitted.
The black king weak from the affray, a pawn keeps danger at bay.
With its faithful pawn...

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The poker game wuz progressin' purty well 'til Iron Mike started a ruckus!
Seems he had some spare aces up his sleeve, that dirty, sneaky cuss!
One-Eyed Pete didn't cotton to them shenanigans and drew his forty-four!
Iron...

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You shall know,

The truth and,

Will set you free.

This message is for,

Me, my family, the

Old and the youth.

The truth is what God,

Loves. Lies are what the,

Enemy loves and want,

You to believe. He has,

Many of those up...

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I was strolling through Evergreen Cemetery the other day,
Glancing at epitaphs etched upon various stones along the way.
Some flowing verse was out of this world but I can only assume,
That the authors were forthcoming in...

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