Long Zigzags Poems

Intro/read aloud:
You deserve a bro hug and a friendly pat...
That's the spirit - keep going forward 
You're getting back of track...I'll try to encourage you without acting awkward...
I leave your side
Without a word...
I can't help,...

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Off kilter

Yup
I sobered up
despite expressing regular
(unleaded and unlettered) 
urge to shtup
expunged courtesy 
system of a down
with shuga (mush)
and everything nice.

	The following crafted some time ago,
when empty nest syndrome 
pulled me psyche taut 
analogous to an...

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Eccentric kook's reasonable rhyme zigzags

Doggone poet laureate
wannabe his index finger wags
nonverbally naysaying those,
who doubt mine posthumous
fame and fortune, which snags
eternal renown within pantheon
of storied writers such foolhardiness nags
yours truly keeps bad company with hags
unemployed day...

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"Le vent se leve, il faut tenter de vivre."
"The wind is rising! We must try to live."
                  ...

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I own the secret club that rise from heaven above,
I own the moon in the sky and it must be loyal to me until the day I die
And the when the sun comes out you...

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Some green; some grayish; some dark or brownish,
Grass-filled; grass-less; some portions clam clownish;
Ups-downs; zigzags; clumpy, ghastly, scary,
Beasts-like fringes clinging to dark aerie...

Herbs, shrubs, trees, climbers, creepers... in kinship,
Growing, like horses uncontrolled by whip;
Thorns, amidst wild...

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"Today don't beg, don't ask, just thank God in silence for all the blessings in your life. Each morning brings a hidden blessing; a blessing which is unique to that day. You deserve all the...

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Living in a realm where 
the air seems to 
be still as stone,
invisible, like a 
ghost of a rose, 
translucent and frozen in 
time of ruthless seconds.

My heart still 
keeps pacing to 
hear the flickering...

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Eyelids  heavy with memories 
Cover lights and shadows of a hospital in ruins. 
A baby with grown-up fingers 
Reads the past in Braille 
Barely touching the meaning of broken cobblestone streets of her past....

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The acrid, metallic taste of the air,
Full of electricty, stirring my hair,
Was just a first sign of thunder storm brewing,
Urging me haste in what I was doing.
The day which had been so arid and bright
Was...

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"Kalapana Queens Bath was a hole in the ground filled with brackish water (salty seawater mixed with fresh mountain filled rainwater) and host to living mysteries," ... by The Poet.

It was a time free of...

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The Mutaitho hill zigzags its way to the borderlines of the sky
And to the opposite poses the historic Muilu hill once a shrine;
Now there between slithers the Kimongo River where huge rocks lie;
It’s on the...

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Sadness bleeds the weeping heart
beyond the clouded penitentiary
where tombstones sit in lighted valleys
and songbirds fall from the skies

Wallowing on gallow’d heels
past lavender of the once scented 
Scraping the white picket fence
till flakes of life rest...

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Jealousy  
You make us slip into
suits of the children we once were-
with buttoned hearts 
to our sleeves
Lips interlocked like 
the sharp zigzags in closed zippers-

Skipping ropes of uncertainty and
playing hide and seek with our
buried...

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Birdsong serenade
Sun beams streaming;
Abrupt illumination

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Food mall gallery
Tempting flavours;
Sensational buzz

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Busy feet scatter
Muddy puddles;
Rain water gushing

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Humid weather burns
Dehydrated faces;
Scotching heatwave

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Severe flu bout
Head dizzy drowsy;
Coughing frustration

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By this bench
Watch busy people;
Pursuing taut agendas

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City fringe footpath
Workday buzz zigzags;
Toils and pursuits

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Old...

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Why is America so ty…
Why must this Country hate it’s people so much?
Why do I have all these questions about how ty this place is…

America… one of the main Country’s that you’ll see have school...

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"Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much." Quote by 
Helen Keller

A story told  long ago of women who God used 
to change the nation because of love
and welfare of...

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When tragedy strikes,
what happens to you?

Do you roll yourself up in
bubble wrap,
box yourself in
and pray that no one finds you?

or do you b-R-e-A-K
into a million pieces
and let others pick you up?


Reality feels like cork,
I push,...

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10
I sprint as I cry in pain
Coach yells, “ RUN, PASS, SCORE”
9
Blocking out all the screaming
And the chaotic noises
8
From the sidelines
I dash through five tough defenders
With everything that I have got
7
Out of breath I devour...

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It Ain't Easy Being Stupid 



 The sweet reggae music 
And the oldies Goldie’s Outbids the 
Noise in the night 

Tall dark and handsome, 
I saw him standing there, 
A well shave face viper 

His...

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At a certain age when memory activity
Reminds me of a dream I never had
Absolutely nothing happens
That hasn't happened many times
I come again, but only to forget myself
More reliably than usual 
And there's another me, just...

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Morning drizzle
Drops of rainbow;
Colours dazzle

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Weather contrast
Hot and dehydrating;
Sticky humidity

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Lonely songbird
Dawn epiphany;
Lost lover's lament

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New journal entry
Ring-bound folio;
Ink stain memory

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Sleepy distractions
Lazy Saturday weather;
Bakery fragrance 

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Towering monolith
War memorial site;
Our glorious dead

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Relics of war here
Public cenotaph;
Never ever forget

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City lights...

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My favorite hummingbirds appear in early Spring
With fast fluttery wings and soft chirps, they sing
And rich emerald and ruby feathers so bright
Seeing them makes my heart skip with delight

Powerful tiny creatures seen in a flash
Flying...

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Pain abates. A silent love zigzags
through his bullet wound. He is an 

Indian mercenary fighting for the 
Allies. He was born with a rusted 

iron spoon in his mouth. Hunger 
made him a soldier. He’s...

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Thunder clapping winds at high speeds
Lightning zigzags across the sky
Bursting the water bubble
The rain pummels down
On my uncovered head
Soaking me but unable
To drown my sorrows
I stand like a deer
Caught in the headlights
Unable to move 
Salty...

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