Short Carson Poems

You’ll get where you’re going
—if you don’t go too fast

(Kit Carson: May, 1850)...

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Carson is really a cool
Only if you think like a fool
He is kinda smart
But does he like to fart
Overall he's really a drool...

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Johnny Carson, talk show host,
Best late night show on either coast.
A talented and funny man was he,
His side-kick Ed McMahan agreed....

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Johnny Carson, Jack Paar
Who was late-night TV talk's greatest star?
   Leno, Letterman, and Dick Cavett
   couldn't compare; didn't have it...

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Cute as can be
Always intelligent
Ready to learn
Strong in spirit and brawn
Only son
Needs to express himself


For Carson, a boy in our AWANA class at church....

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Carson, Sullivan, Como to name a few
Well known personalities when TV was new
From younger years  
Memories so dear
Those were the days, they were really big shews...

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Parson Whose Sermon Cotained Arson 

Should have heard sermon from the parson;
Would be hot and set you on fire like arson;


Could make you laugh as if Johnny Carson.

Jim Horn...

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Robert Carson
Dining Room
1891 Parnell Street
Orlando
Orange County
Central Florida
Florida
South East United States
North America
The World
Milky Way
The Universe...

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No Objection

From his mind he needed protection
And no one had an objection
Picture of Carson we saw
That really grabbed my craw
Was with Jesus' at His resurrection.

Jim Horn

I remember Ben having a big picture
of Jesus in his home hallway....

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Comedic contortionist claims clubfeet;
consider carefully, circus clowns cheat.
Chico chipped Carson City's carved concrete
clumsily chiseling cheap cardboard containers.
Charlatans can calm capitol complainers
confounding Congressional campaigners.

July 6, 2022...

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...for Carson McCullers


Terse language scored to the bone   
with naught leftover, 
truth suffusing every word 
without a shred of platitude.

She faced her ghosts with fortitude,
hope and loss a perfect blending.
Straight to the point she spoke her mind,
no careless gesture or equivocation....

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In sentient shades of silence
The heart endures from tyrants
Love lives lachrymosely long
My heart shows its prong.


June.22.2016
PART 2, FULLY BOOKED - Poetry Contest
By nette onclaud

~compose ONE dodoitsu: 7, 7, 7,5 syl count: 4 lines
*The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter ( Carson Mc Culler)...

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A middling, one-eyed person,
yet one thinking she's sexy, 
seen cussing a too fast car 
in Carson City.

A one-eyed, middling person,
yet one thinking she's sexy, 
seen cussing a too slow car
in unknown city.


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11/7/2015

Dodoitsu Doppelganger Contest

Sponsor - Alfred Vassallo

5th place win...

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...for Carson McCullers
           

Terse language 
scored to the bone 
with no leftovers;
pouring sorrow into 
every crucial word 
without a shred of platitude.

She faced her ghosts
with grace and fortitude,
placing hope and loss
in perfect symmetry,
embracing solitude.

Straight to the heart
she spoke the truth,
with no equivocation
or careless gesture....

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...for Carson McCullers
           

Terse language 
scored to the bone 
with no leftovers;
pouring sorrow into 
every crucial word 
without a shred of platitude.

She faced her ghosts
with grace and fortitude,
placing hope and loss
in perfect symmetry,
embracing solitude.

Straight to the heart
she spoke the truth,
with no equivocation
or careless gesture....

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...for Carson McCullers
           

Terse language 
scored to the bone 
with no leftovers;
pouring sorrow into 
every crucial word 
without a shred of platitude.

She faced her ghosts
with grace and fortitude,
placing hope and loss
in perfect symmetry,
embracing solitude.

Straight to the heart
she spoke the truth,
with no equivocation
or careless gesture....

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...for Carson McCullers
           

Terse language 
scored to the bone 
with no leftovers;
pouring sorrow into 
every crucial word 
without a shred of platitude.

She faced her ghosts
with grace and fortitude,
placing hope and loss
in perfect symmetry,
embracing solitude.

Straight to the heart
she spoke the truth,
with no equivocation
or careless gesture....

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At odds about the undertakers fees, Mark Twain jeered:
	“There is a system of extortion going on here!” 
	What horrific prices to pay for just a box and hole
	When it's not the body we care about, but the soul! 

This clerihew is derrived from reading Mark Twains views on burying the dead. His only quotation is the second line.  ( Mark Twain and the Carson City Undertaker) - February 1864

Sandra Hudson, 1/18/2012...

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(Dedicated to Johnny carson who died January 23, 2005.)

He was a great asset to NBC.
Everybody was sorry when he retired, including me.
I used to watch him years ago.
Everybody loved watching Johnny on the Tonight Show.
I have fond memories of Carson and I'm sure that most everyone does.
Leno is good but he's not as good as Johnny was.
Carson was very talented, that can't be denied.
An entire nation mourned when he died....

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Spelling a thing of the past,
Thank-you cards will disappear,
Cursive writing will be lost, 
No more postal mail.

Phone conversations are gone,
All temples of worship close,
Libraries lock their front doors,
No more paper books. 

Good news for Craig Ferguson, 
Entertainer - Late, Late show,
The all new Johnny Carson,
No more Jay Leno. 



Written by Lee Ramage
September 7, 2011
For Linda-Marie’s Contest
“Crystal Ball”
Placed 7th ...

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Terse language scored to the bone 
with naught leftover, 
truth suffusing every word 
without a shred of platitude. 
She faced her challenges with fortitude, 
hope and loss a perfect blending, 
straight to the heart she spoke her mind, 
no careless gesture or equivocation.  

Last Modified: October 06, 2015 at 04:45 pm
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Author Notes



...for Carson McCullers, author of 'The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter.'...

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Could you,Carson, imagine
That Ross gave me a margin,
Gap between us enlarging
With smiles into halls barging...
His words of encouragement
Ones streaked with disparagement,
As they show off management
And preach stricter engagement...

How should I really have felt:
By a pal beaten or belt?
Ross has his wins made 'A must'
And V tattooed on his bust,
Meaning,of course,I may rust
While after victory lust...

My shameful losses annual,
Has Ross been using manual?...

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