Short Largo Poems

Those eyes that connect beyond the story
That capture so strongly
Even in black and white the sparks are felt
And consolidate Bogey Bacall love...

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Othello was playing the Cello
That may come as a surprise
He was sad and mellow about the deaths and lies
He played very softly
Then stabbed himself and died...

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Schneeglöckchen / Snowdrops / Campanillas  de las nieves 

Zaghaftes Weiß
Die ersten Schneeglöckchen
Nach langem Winter


Timid white
The first snowdrops appear
After a long winter 


Tímido blanco
Las primeras campanillas 
Después de largo invierno...

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fuerzas intermolecular
de amor
la fundacion
de la estructura
de las virtudes
los perros
estaban comiendo
en silencio
la interaccion de calor
de largo que van fleches
de la cpmpasion
induccion electrostatica
de las fuerzas de dispersion
de la guerra
decaparese
de un amor
el sol esconde
volver de nuevo...

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My heart is filled with such a longing
To be with those from my yesterdays
The days grow short, yet the nights are long
Sweet horns, play for me..and take me home.




Inspired by the negro spiritual “ Going Home’.
There is some dispute about who wrote this piece ,
But it is based on Largo..from Antonin Dvorak’s
Symphony from the New World....

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Destellos son tus ojos bellos
cuando la noche pasa
y la luna llena me abriga

En mi soledad cansada
mis sueños se durmieron
y los tuyos opaque por un largo tiempo

pero no eterno ...

Paciencia y perseverancia
son todo lo que tengo
durante estos tiempos ajenos

El futuro ilumina
el presente complicado
aire fresco entrara a nuestras ventanas

y bailaremos sonriendo ......

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My bathroom isn’t big enough
For boxes filled with files,
Though someone’s bathroom we all know
Has cartons stacked in piles.

The government’s top secrets
Share a space, perhaps, with Charmin,
Or Renuzit, Dove or Lysol,
All incredibly alarmin.’

For the guests at Mar-a-Largo,
If a bathroom they were needing,
We must hope they didn’t poke around
In search of some light reading....

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Shall our neighbor to the Great White North
become our fifty-first state? 
To be proudly crowned their eleventh province might prove a better fate
Fresh air, clear lakes and grand vistas not to be beat
Maro-O-largo/Maple Leaf Hotel would make such a grand winter retreat
Call me a Tory turncoat if you must and I'll heartily agree
Oh Canada, my Canada, I'll stand on guard for thee!...

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hand in hand the news sink in
as their world collapses and scatters
the veil over their head ever so thin
they parade largo in a daze
hollow eyes clouded by spatters
treasuring however many days
loud incessant echoing ring of chime 
undying love to the soul all that matters
across the gritty sands of time
till empty as the hourglass shatters



submitted on June 9, 2018 for contest RHYME TIME 4- 10 LINES sponsored by LAURA LOO  -  RANKED 2ND...

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With pegs and pins in a bucket that’s full, 
She hangs her music to dry,
Where it hums a tune majestically soft, 
And it hums it up to the sky,

And the Lento and Largo sways in the breeze, 
The Staccato hangs with the blues,
And the Accent hangs on the opposite side, 
Hangs with its bright dancing shoes,

Every day she hangs her music to dry, 
With a beautiful song in her mind,
Every day she hangs each note in the air, 
Up on her musical line....

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Warm spring breezes come home to stay
After a vacation in the southern hemisphere,
Where they stayed on a Caribbean cay.

Escaping winter’s bitter snow and ice here,
In December they spent a week on Largo Key
Wafting softly under the sky blue and clear.

Every other season the warm breezes roam,
But they know they are expected to stay
For the springtime in Kentucky, my home.

We welcome them especially on Derby day
Which comes every first Saturday in May.


May 31, 2021...

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