Short Finn Poems

Huck Finn
        East of Eden
    The Age of Chivalry
Tibetan Book of the Dead
               Finis...

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'Unity!' preached President Joe
                                    ~ whose nose then grew like Pinocchio's...

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He was late every single day.
Spoke badly of his fellow man.
Kept asking them about his pay.
Lied and cheated, Horman T. Finn.
A good first day, new job? No way....

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A young rogue named Finn
Ran away with an escaped slave,Jim,
Down the river on a raft
On the Mississippi this tale was craft-
Encounters & adventures,fore and aft....

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Said a sweet young chick from Finland
“I’m so happy to be from the inland,”
It’s simply a fact
The Finn girls attract
The finest fellows from the Rhineland.

written June 25, 2021...

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Were
the
poems
of Oisin
a translation or
Jamie Mac's imagination ?

Note:James Macpherson author in 1762 of Fingal(Finn mac cool) epic on the 'White Stranger'
of Irish mythology and Giants Causeway legend....

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He fancies himself Mark Twain the chicken slayer said.
His hat is ridiculous, I would not wear it even if I was dead.
Tom Sawyer or Huck Finn? You mean asked a reader well bred.
Not sure said the chicken slayer, but look at that stupid hat on his head!...

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Finn boasted he was all Irish
A DNA test he would relish
When Danes showed up
He got lost in his cup
And said DNA was all rubbish

Finn's kids never did care
That they had bright blond hair
But still he was wrought
At the very thought
That Danes were everywhere...

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  Poetry’s for me
  Don’t need Plot
    Character
       or Theme
  
  Nor Beginning
    Middle 
      or Ending

  Activate the senses
    Stir up an emotion 
      or two 
  Slip in a Mickey Finn
  
       POW!

  Dip the ladle in the punch
    Invite the world to try it
...

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Celtic witch on a windy day
Herding cats somewhere far away
She looks Irish observed a man from Finn
With ginger hair and that freckled chin.

Celtic witch danced a Halloween jig.
Heading toward a village that had one pig
But full of cats who numbered thirty-three
I think she looks Scottish, if you ask me....

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School
       Wood stove
                     One big room
                           Teacher, six grades, love
                                         Chaos, respect, learning, fun
                      Dodge Ball, lunch box, blue crayons, Huckleberry Finn








For Nigel's contest, sigh...way back when......

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The Duke and the Dauphin 
    two snake-oil salesmen in 'Huck Finn'
  chased by folks brandishing paddles with nails
    ridden plum out of the county on a rail... 

  Joseph R. Biden and Donald J. Trump
    peddling their rancid cologne to the masses
  Such a pair of stubborn mules, those two
    Let's stick their dunderheads in fertilized mule-asses...

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Why is this little guy sleeping again?
I asked several people including his twin.
If you let him sleep, it will be a win-win.
If you don’t, you’ll have to answer to Finn.

Who is Finn? I asked his cousin and twin.
They gave me weird looks and a simple grin.
Just wake him up if you dare, said his twin.
But I did not do it, because I was now afraid of Finn....

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Hank built the loveliest quirkiest cottage for his wife, Finn.
She had specific ideas, and incorporated each one in.
Everyone who saw it wanted one for themselves and asked.
But Finn said “no, this was a labor of love that Hank amassed.
No one else is getting a quirky cottage like mine, it’s one of a kind.”
We all loved this cottage and Hank; she had married a gold mind....

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Waiting for an epiphany
Something…anything…
A life in transit
Keyhole visions… narrowed too fine
Cynicism, mockery doing rounds
Despairing times… out of bounds

What could’ve been and what is…
Funny how the story doesn’t change
Driftwood listless, aimless
Who is your huckleberry finn?
Hypocrisies, deceit, lies and everything lame
That just leaves god left to blame...

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found and lost
schizo psychotic alterego
mirror image but much free
unhurried, carefree & ready to let go

stains on your cheeks!
did you ever cry?
the rope is too short
do you think you can try?

close your mind!
the haunting will not end
open your eyes
Its broken you cannot mend

where is huckleberry finn?
was it worth your while
time will stand still
you can curse and smile...

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To Mom and Dad


I'm sure She was quiet pretty
As He, possessed the charm
Much, the blessing and the pity
When She chose, to take his arm

I don't recall that moment
When lust fill sparks,  appeared 
But I'm sure it's changed the course
Of my journey, through these years

Though life, be cold and cruel
There would only be one sin
If couldn't write---------My poems
About McGee and Finn...

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The blue-skinned elf pirate did not fit in
We tried to chase her off again and again
She had a certain power that was a win-win.
Along with her magical pirate queen twin.

Sometimes I tripped and fell on my soft bubbly chin
When I tried to scare her and her green-skinned elf twin.
Blue-skinned elf thought it was hilarious and gave me a grin.
Which put me in a bad mood, said my cousin Sir Finn....

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robin family is annoyed at Spokane’s rainy weather
They get a yellow umbrella and stay together
Let’s go back to the Midwest says the father, loud.
Yes! The wife agrees, looking at a new storm cloud.

They huddle together, bracing their feathers in the wind.
Mommy, Daddy, Zin and her twin brother, Finn.
At the end of the storm, they decide to stay.
Their nest is marvelous with cushy places to lay....

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Like a little fur in my Mexican cocoa said my old grandma
She is not kidding yelled out my ornery Grandpa Pa.
Saw a furry creature sitting in her cocoa cup.
He did not care at all, did not even try to sit up

You want a creature swimming in your food?
Sure do said granny. He puts me in a great mood.
She is crazy! Yelled grandpa, whose name is Joe P. Finn.
And we always thought he was the strange one until then....

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Finn and Freda’s Christmas wishes were known only to each other.
Trusted protective older sister, and Finn, her impish little brother. 
Helpful hints were solicited by parents for many determined days.
Important questions asked in a variety of creatively subtle ways.
Neither child would violate the trusted confidentiality of the other.
Treasured trait that is strong fifty years later in this sister and her brother....

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Was it a bat?  
Poor Richard missed the mark again
Knowing less that good old Peter Finn

Who is counting?
Maybe another sunset passes before
A gentleman glows anew with pride

Masterfully a gentile spaced his words for maximum intensity.
A younger man can only muse what old men find attractive.
Best to bet the richness surpasses all the whims of youth.  

Of note to all, before the darkness falls again, to find your peace within....

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Were
the
poems
of Oisin
a translation or
Jamie Mac's imagination ?

Note:James Macpherson author in 1762 of Fingal(Finn mac cool) epic on the 'White Stranger'of Irish mythology and Giants Causeway legend.
Flinging, splattering,dripping drop..by..drop
Unaware of the present,random spontaneity
in liquid flowing paint.
Motion made visible,memories
arrested in space,the painting 
lives a life of its own in pure
harmony of easy give and take....

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The boys were sitting all around the table with McGee
As he took to task to pour the glass of every man he'd see

"It's my anniversary" he would boast and say it loud
"50 years of married bliss" He shouted to the crowd

Remembering his first one he lean toward good Ole' Finn
"A trip to Hawaii, was the gift I gave her then"

Finn said "After 50 years what gift could she now lack ?"
McGee just smiled and softy said," I think I'll bring her back"...

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It was a marvelous day
on the old fare-way
as McGee wiggled up to the ball
waving his putter, when Finn smartly uttered
"Just hit it and cut with the stall"
But 'ole McGee wanted to be
in perfect form for this stroke
So he wiggled again and, Then settled in
In efforts that he might not choke
Then turned to Finn and said with a grin
"My wife's at the clubhouse I fear"
Then, Finn spoke again " It's useless my friend
I don't think you can Hit her from here"...

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