Long Upwind Poems

Himalayas

Eons ago in the planet’s evolution,
During tectonic plate movement: 1
The Indian Island Ma moved northward
Crashing into the Eurasian continent,
To form the Himalayan mountains. 2

Out of the chaos, towering peaks arose,
Piercing heavenly soft, white cotton clouds,
Bursting...

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It took him two trips to set it all up.
He kept it simple just the way 
he thought she'd like it.. 
A basket of fruit and ritz crackers
ham and cheese sandwiches,,,
and her favorite
a giant wedge...

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Shards rain down
around me
    ringing upon the ground,
displacing the silence
that was assaulting me
mere moments ago.
Had to get out 
and even as the blood
drips from my many wounds
I lurch into motion
  ...

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By the barrage of flies, bald John can tell how
Safe his meal is for feasting. The spotted
fawn yet battered breathes. 
Clean blood is poison, he knows,
So before he drinks, he waits for the devil
To pee...

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Midway through the season, 
Just as the tulips were fading 
A breeze from the north carried portents of late frost. 
Leaves began rustling more yellow than green 
Mixed with their whispers the faintest of sounds...

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BUT   ESPECIALLY   EAST   LANSING


Cell phone with a woodywoodpecker ringtone;
Russian style  of guitar-playing with strummed beats;
Regina-Saskatoon red-eye with “collapsible” seats;
Getting a ticket for 2 minutes in a Lansing no-parking...

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Above the sea

another ocean

and just as blue

Sailing upwind

is all impossible

But don't give up yet

Little by little I come to you

We' d catch each wave

We'll ride the tide

Little by little,We'll  make it right

I don't believe...

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Late one night under a moonlight glow,
I questioned my life and alter-ego,
Am I the dunderhead that had it all wrong?
Was I just a chorus in someone else’s song?

Reminiscing to the voice of an owl,
Wondering what...

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Late one night under a moonlight glow,
I questioned my life and alter-ego,
Am I the dunderhead that had it all wrong?
Was I just a chorus in someone else’s song?

Reminiscing to the voice of an owl,
Wondering what...

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I see a green, slimy smog coming from your mouth 
It smells so bad, it should have come from down south 
You smile like it's no big deal 
If bad breath was a move in...

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Above the sea

another ocean

and just as blue

Sailing upwind

is all impossible

But don't give up yet

Little by little I come to you

We'd catch each wave

We'll ride the tide

Little by little,We'll make it right

I don't believe in fairies

but...

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What you desire
is on the other side of crocodile river
but you've no float and burned the bridge
but if you really want it, just dip right in.
what you desire is on the other side of the...

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Stock-still in gold dawn light while many sleep,
perched, scanning, on abandoned termite heap.
Expectant, skin tingles as in cold breeze
contrasting with the stillness of the trees.
The tracking beeper focuses our minds
as aerial picks target from behind.
Cheetah...

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A bulldog was having a day so fine
The weather was scrumptious simply divine!

The pony came upwind, scared him to death.
He must have fallen into load of meth.

Bulldog’s eyes watered, he thought he might cry.
Cat and...

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Desert Head
The tales they told of ole sailor Fred,
Had skin-grafts a grafted on top of his head,
To keep out the baldness, a triangular patch,
Touch of a p smell coming, perhaps,
 with the new hairy faerie...

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