Long Wild thing Poems

"Birthing the Vortex"



the complexities of a myth
borne from the birth 
of amorphous seat 
in dark matter brain

storming dimensions never seen
merely guessed, intuitive, unblessed
visage of a lost majesty
she’s returning to true self 

all wrapped up in...

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We have gone to the Kruger Park, and are now back,
All roads there are paved,
But for adventure, you can drive along very doable
Sand roads, the crocodile river runs parallel to
These sand roads and if you...

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April my Bangle cat hates my Lap Top                           ...

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While reading Charles Bukowski poetry? 
On the metro ride home? 
Listening to Buddha bar music? 
On my oh too hip iPod? 
 
I begin to see myself as I was? 
Over 30 years ago when...

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Charles Bukowski Road Not Chosen
 
While reading Charles Bukowski poetry
On the metro ride home
Listening to Buddha bar music
On my oh too hip IPod
 
I begin to see myself as I was
Over 30 years ago when...

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She was lean, she was mean, a fighting machine.
Sixteen brothers had toughened her up.
She was secret woman, our little Arlene.
Raised on cold kerosene from a cup.
 
Our mother had passed when Arlene came into the...

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My Christmas Box by Rob Barratt

We’ll have an X-Men, X-files, X-Box, no socks, X-Factor, Max Factor, Max Bygraves, no war 
graves of a Christmas

I want empathy, an MP3, a hemp-free, hump-free, grump-free,  Humperdink, have-a...

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After the card game that took place in the Bearagroves one day,
One of the Bully Frogs decided to come to our Troll pond, to play.
He was such a cute thing, though rather large for a...

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Inroduction"Wonder Woman" was a cartoon character I read a girl. She 
was super strong and handled huge problems! She was awesome!




I have always wanted to be her! Strong, with those groovy boots, great 
hair and...

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They came over from the barn as quickly as they heard.
They were going to be stern. I laughed and said “absurd!”
Two backed down quickly, Uncle Nick and Cousin Peter.
My grandpa backed up and away, about...

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I am the cloak of absolution that wraps around your thoughts like the blankets on your bed that cling to your never ending desire to be more. Diamond in speech chained in silver I lay...

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You let me fall so easily, 
For a moment in time, 
I really thought you caught me.
I was flying in your arms, 
But it was all a dream
None was reality. 

I'm trapped in a cage
I'm...

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Meow I knew I knew
Meow weather around you
You wrote a cool sonnet
You have one bonnet
Bonnet hand made 
Bonnet of wool never there
There and here and there
There we have a start
Start of my dear smart part
Start...

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The eerie shriek of a wild thing,
Into the air does wail and sing.
The great brown moose feasting on the brush,
Sees a pack of wolves coming at a rush,
The leader wolf will slash and slay,
To feed...

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I stopped awhile, to rest my legs, and spied a crevice in the wall
where mossy stones, and flagstones, lost, are hidden in the vines
I'm quite intrigued, so I must squeeze, and curl myself into a...

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Do you believe in love?

Do you believe in love at first sight?

Do you believe love is like a seed?
     Plant it.
     Water it.
    ...

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As chewing gum loses flavor
Stuck on the bedpost over night
As stale a romance not savored  
`Tis soon moved out of one’s own sight

One's life falls into the decayed
Through carnal mind's flip and floppy
Agape's attention...

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Post-hippie and pre-disco kids were we,
not clearly fitting one sole category.
Girls dressed formal for our biggest dance.
No short-shorts or those fab bell-bottom pants.
Exploring options at each fashion store,
we girls picked gowns whose length was to...

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            I am grateful for the creation
        of nature that God the creator has given to...

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I'm just an average guy,
living a ho-hum life
Everything is going good,
everything's alright
Met this girl,
and I took a hard left turn
Has my daddy confused,
got my mamma concerned
This girl is a wild thing,
she'll let you know
if the...

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Lady Madonna  she's a lady street fighting man, when Julie comes 
around daughter of darkness.
All along the watchtower incense and peppermints; crimson and clover
not dark yet.
Angel of the morning keep me hangin on I...

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There's a path I always take
down to the river where the woods
are dressed down open
The light of the sky
doesn't shine in your eyes
but leads the way to redemption
 
I like to stand there for a moment
on...

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A book I often read my kids
Was Where the Wild Things Are.
The story’s strange and so is Max,
This classic’s costumed star.

His mother called him “Wild Thing”
And then he was sent to bed.
He missed his dinner...

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To bring a bit of happiness to my soul
I’ve got to sing along to a little rock n’ roll
Don’t try and tell me it’s all out of date
Elvis is still rocking, Eddie Cochran's' blues were...

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"It's all about the little things in life."
I say with little reserve.
If they only knew
The little thinsg in life are full moons and first kisses, 
good conversations and hot tea,
the warm breeze that blows through...

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