Short 1967 Poems

on a rock painted
1967
~ a fresh start



posted on June 10, 2018...

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A little life,
Springing from a stagnate pool,
Beautyand, to some, ugliness....

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Good
ain’t good enough
When bad
— is better

(The Uptown Theater 1967: Philadelphia Pennsylvania)
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screams
 running
 from commons
 protests turn red
 scared
 fear
 colors 
 oozing from
 Vietnam's hushed
 cries...

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My Son, Shawn (1967-1999)

He never calls 
Doesn't write a letter
No longer praises songs I pen
His home is on Higher Ground now
He just visits now and then...

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We learn to talk and speak.
Then to sing.
Then to express our views,
And what is in our heart.
We put what we have learned to one,
Our songs of love and protest,...

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sans beginning,middle,or end
in an instant
all at once
we see


a tribute ekphrasis  to Aram Saroyam one word 'lighght' created 1967 controversial then and ever since...

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she reads the day's news
and learns of her new sadness~
notice of his death

Note: inspired by "The Gun", Dragnet, season 1 episode 15, April 27, 1967...

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I remember 
so well 
the friends 
that I made
when childhood 
was wrapped 
in blue sky

but I cannot
remember 
the last time 
we played
 - and whether 
we all said 
goodbye....

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the landscape
became his
art


Richard Long b 1945 Lan artist

A line made by walking in England 1967

http://www.tate.org.uk/servlet/ViewWork?
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How do you push the buttons?
The teenagers looked at each other and shrugged.
The princess phone was from 1967.
Modern and high tech then no doubt. 
How do you get it to start?
There are no buttons!...

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Surveying over her kingdom,
In silent flight on hushed wings,
With eyes that search the field for life
Her ears detect the slightest sound.
She kills her prey and tears it too-
And feeds her hungry one....

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The day has just started,
It lies ahead like a mountain,
With trails that must be followed
And pitfalls that must be overcome.
But I look toward the coming day,
For I will see you,
And I will have many thoughts
Of you today....

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With tricks and puns
Rene had much fun;
Ever looking for the flip side..
The side we never see
Magritte shows us..what might be

Ren Magritte 1898-1967 The Happy Donor

http://arthousereproductions.com/the-happy-donor-p-14519.html?manufacturers_id=635...

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HOMBRE    *


Talk
Softly
Carry a 
Big stick when you 
Walk

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*Note:

HOMBRE  (  1967 )   is the title of an excellent  cowboy movie 
starring Paul Newman  and Richard Boone.


(  Lanterne style   poem  written for   contest   MY FAVORITE MOVIE  )...

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her heart was shanghaied
captured on a sunny beach
with waves lapping happily
in a nineteen sixty-seven day

Beach Boys were singing
From a portable transistor
wind carried happy laughter
he had flecks of gold in his eyes

They were in love
So she let him 
put lotion on her back
A brave move for these times...

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I once knew a man
Named
Peter
Hughes

He
Was
A
Biker

He
Was
A
Barber
Too

He
Said
Never use
A
Comb
When
You
Get
Out
Of
The
Shower

Always
Use
A
Brush

When
He
Got
Back
To
The
House
That afternoon
And asked me
What’s up?

In
A
Rare mood
I was
Silent

He
Said
I’m
All
Easy-rode-out...

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In, a myriad of cackling voices,
the happy shone, 
sprinkled the day, 
left me with joy full in my head.
It was, the time back tracked,
the feeling you get surrounded.
And everything once was ! 
In that sun, of short shadows,
and stones warm, purpose built.
Together, talking, and walking back, 
it may have been then In 1967....

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Las Vegas 1967
Harrah’s, free drinks
Circus Circus, bring the kids
Frontier, win a Chevy

Golden Nugget, best slots
Flamingo Capri, Elvis impersonator
Caesar’s Palace, world’s best buffet

Tropicana, win big
Sahara, all day breakfast
Dunes, best shrimp cocktail thirty cents
Golden Nugget, live girls
I would certainly hope so....

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SHADY LADIES





Hostas


Gael Turnbull(1928-2004,a Scottish doctor-poet created the imagist Spaces form in his collection Briefly (1967) a two line poem with a larger than usual space 
Turnbull  called poems using his device ‘Spaces’, and noted of these ‘The visual “space” is,a pause or hesitation, even a temporary dislocation of attention’ ....

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Swallowing
lightning
Teasing 
the bear
Dharmic
illusions
Circling
a square

Trapping
a rainbow
Embracing
the clowns
Rewriting
language
Up
getting down

Stripping
the moment
Wishes
that fly
Summer
of love
Timeless
 goodbyes 

Alice 
returning
Virtuous
sin
Lost
in the rhythms 
Buried 
—within


(The New Room: September, 2023)...

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Again I write to someone
Who is like myself.
I find her saying what is in my mind.
Strange it is to hear your words
As someone else does speak.
I look down into her eyes
And see the life within her burn.
Her skin is soft and warm to feel,
And smooth as ivory cloth.
Her hair is dark, black like night.
I kiss her once and feel her near
And know that she is mine....

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The mist lifts slowly



A new vista is unveiled

Gael Turnbull(1928-2004,a Scottish doctor-poet created the imagist Spaces form in his collection Briefly (1967) a two line poem with a larger than usual space 
Turnbull  called poems using his device ‘Spaces’, and noted of these ‘The visual “space” is,a pause or hesitation, even a temporary dislocation of attention’ ....

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WINTER SPORTS

Snow falls




The hills are alive

Gael Turnbull(1928-2004,a Scottish doctor-poet created the imagist Spaces form in his collection Briefly (1967) a two line poem with a larger than usual space 
Turnbull  called poems using his device ‘Spaces’, and noted of these ‘The visual “space” is,a pause or hesitation, even a temporary dislocation of attention’ ....

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empty slides in the park



chatter fills the school bus

Gael Turnbull(1928-2004,a Scottish doctor-poet created the imagist Spaces form in his collection Briefly (1967) a two line poem with a larger than usual space 
Turnbull  called poems using his device ‘Spaces’, and noted of these ‘The visual “space” is,a pause or hesitation, even a temporary dislocation of attention’ ....

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