Short Chan Poems

Charlie Chan
was an also-ran
till, knock on wood
  ~ 'So far, so good'...

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fearless thrill seeker
broken bones never stop him
the new Jackie Chan


Date written: 01/26/2021...

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R-ight 
I-dea's 
N-atal 
A-crostic 

C-onveys 
H-appiness 
A-nd 
N-obility 

Topic: Birthday of Rina Chan (January 09) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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“Mighty Red Rose”                Than-Bauk Poem

Mighty Red Rose
Tightly  close spikes
Right pose to fight

Written by Dr Ko Ko Thein (a) Dr Martin Chan
Salt Lake City...

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I watch the sun set
      in a distant sky.
Fading
like a bright light
      on our Poetic Horizon.
I raise a glass to you Chan
      "Farewell my friend
farewell"....

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C-lear
H-eaven
A-bates
N-ight

G-ray
I-n
E-arly

E-ffulgence
A-s

T-winkle
I-llumines
U-niverse

Topic: Birthday of Chan Gie Ea Tiu (December 22)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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Charlie
That's Me

Detects
Suspects

Here's Clue
For Flu

Veggie
Suey

Ban Food
No Good

You Do
Flu Through

My Fee
Chablis

Glug Glug
Chug Chug...

So Long
Drink Gone...

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S-hare
Y-our
L-ovely
V-erses
I-n
A-crostic

F-orm
R-ightfully
A-s
N-ice
C-ouplet
E-mploys
S-tylish

C-harm
H-aving
A-wesome
N-ote

Topic: Birthday of Poetess Sylvia Frances Chan (November 22) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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Summer Solstice”      (Starts June 21 )   Tanka Poem

Summer Solstice looms  		  
hot climate of the year booms	
vacationers like			
longest hours of daylight		
season of bird’s paradise.	



Composed by Dr Ko Ko Thein (a) Martin Chan
Salt Lake City...

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Our friendship here had only just started
then you left me alone, broken hearted
you're gone but not forgotten
now life it seems so rotten
ever since the sad day you departed.



We miss you, Chan :)



This was my sadder take on the "poet who broke my heart" contest theme....

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Send for me, should I be gone-
I am but a touch away
In hand with God and we are One
(In folds of light my Mind doth lay)

My shining Soul, both bright and dark,
Was bound by birth to Misery
With lucid lines, I now embark
To write my Life through Poetry

*God Bursts Everywhere Contest Entry*

~JustThatArchaicPoet aka Chan...

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Oh Winnie the Pooh
Why don’t you wear shoes?
Don’t your soft yellow paws hurt?
Do they get covered in dirt?
I myself wear clogs
As they help me to jog.
While wearing my boots and red britches
And I can jump all around and over ditches
Whereas I know you will slowly pad along
Before you stumble over a log
My dear, dear Pooh
Why don’t you wear shoes?
24 January 2013 – Zach Chan...

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Change of sheets
to ivory silk, color of cream
or buttermilk.  Creme
Fraiche to mesh
in golden shine from
open blind.  She's across
the bed to bask, to bask, 
like a cat who knows
and shows the way, a spot
for the poet to store in
winter light, to toast in,
the bed, her host 
in image clear, memory 
dear, her cat C. Chan 
curled by winter window 
for winter sun, its 
chill undone....

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Dapper Yan was born in Sudan 
in the back seat of a van 
his mother's name was Ann  
His father's name was dapper dan 
and little Yan had a sister named Maryanne
All together there is a 100 in the clan
They were spread all over the land some in Spokane 
A couple cousins in Iran 
And every year Dapper dan 
would take his son dapper Yan 
with some of the clan on a caravan
to visit his uncle Chan can in Japan....

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If the Result is Insult:
Rethink that course of thought!
For what can lead to the Heart's revolt
Is not the path I sought...
Wayward walking; trouble stalking
(When one lets loose their tongue!)
I can accept the poets' balking-
At least, when I cease to run,
And stop to take ownership
Of all the mistakes I've made
Vacation for my guilty trip-
As I apologize today

*Submit a Smile Contest Entry

~JustThatArchaicPoet aka Chan :)...

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Oh, my Children; how thee I neglect!
Self-absorbed in Percocet
Mired in pain, I should like to explain-
That I am far from perfect

A better father you deserve:
Better-tempered, kinder moods
One not so consumed by nerves
And left to bitter broods

Oh, my Children, how you Sorrow
For your father, and his affections
Hope, my darlings, for the morrow
That he will find a new direction

*Portrait of a Poet Contest Entry*

~JustThatArchaicPoet aka Chan

9-1-13...

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Je t’aime


        I met this French Girl
And I said to her, je t’aime
	I met this German Girl
And l said to her, ich liebe dich
	I met this Italian Girl
And I said to her, tia amo
	I met this Malay Girl
And I said to her, aku cinta padamu
	I met this Korean Girl
And I said to her, sa rang hae yo
	I met this Thai Girl
And I said to her, chan rak khun

        I may know how 
to “This” In many Languages
	But I am only
Saying  that  “I Love You”. 


Travis “Ceijaeh” Klelin...

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Candles lit up in the dark
Romantic movie--doors are locked
Petals all across the bed
From a rose so dark and red
Wine is being chilled on ice
So the flavors really nice

A new nightgown of silk and lace
To put a smile on his face
Chocolate melted on a berry
Making your mouth really merry

For a special night of love
To make an angel from above
A little one to call your own
And raise until she's finally grown


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