Long Zaniness Poems

A harrowing drive on the Schuylkill Expressway
(route 76) both heading into
(and a small number of hours later
exiting) center city Philadelphia
to Schwenksville on May 19th, 2024.

Yours truly (a doodling Yankee), and the missus
went to town, NOT...

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A lot of really big trees had died to make that desk. His mother had probably gnawed them down, used her nails to saw the boards, and finished the decorative cutwork with her tongue.
Jennifer Crusie


My...

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Roses are red. Violets are blue,
But Violets for you, PD, just won’t do!
Roses mean passion, for roses are red,
And though I don’t want this to go to your head,
PD, you’re sweeter than dozens of roses
So...

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          God, I am but 
          a mere poet.
          Heaven knows, 
          I show it.

          Not here...

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"If having a sense of humor is considered crazy, 
tell me I'm zany before you walk out my door."             
   ...

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Observationally,
preposterousness 
habiting reconstructionists.

Observationally,
I cry, "Be quarrelsomenesses!"

Observationally,
Yakkers.

Symptomatologically,
Zaniness. 

Decisively,
Babblement can aboon. 
 
-------
 Fractal poetry: a method

1. Use Random Number 
Generator and get 17 for a 
short poem. 
2. Collapse large numbers to 
equal-to/less-than 20. 
3. These...

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Let’s celebrate our…
Ambivalent attitudes
Brave boldness
Creative curiosity
Desirable delightfulness
Enthusiastic expectations
Fabulific Ferociousness
Golden goals
Humanistic hopes
Intelligent imagination
Joyful jolliness
Kinesthetic kindness
Lovely laugh
Marvelous manners
Nonsensical nature
Outstanding optimism
Playful presence
Quintessential qualities
Radical reviews
Savvy sassiness
Terrific tones
Universal understanding
Valiant verbosity
Wonderful wildness
‘xceptional ‘xpectations
Yabba-dabba youthfulness
Zesty zaniness...

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