Short Nelson Poems

Then again, I'd smoke a blunt with anyone....

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off kilter music
metronome off by a beat
willie nelson way...

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1908-1934  Not taken soon enough! Not only the good die young.

For Epigram Contest
By: Richard Lamoureux...

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Barbara Eden
She played Jeannie way back when
And if major Nelson got out of line
She'd turn him into a porcupine...

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In History, Nelson fought the Spanish
This powerful Armada did vanish
My ancestor was in thrall
Kismet Hardy had a ball
No invasion, the infidels, banished...

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Did Nelson give one scintilla
about France’s silly flotilla?
No! Nor was he bashful at court,
though of the quite gaseous sort,
as his farts smelled of vanilla....

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I don’t limit who reads my verse,
only who I answer

Each word thick-skinned and armor-clad
all questions zero-sum 

(To Nelson Riddle & Frank Sinatra: March, 2021)...

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I sit and watch you, 
Trying to figure out this.
Making you think out,
What will this poem be about.
That’s the trick making you think.

Evan Nelson
“Bag of Tricks”...

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N-ew 
E-arly 
L-ight 
S-hines 
O-nce 
N-ature 

L-ets 
U-nequaled 
B-eacon 
A-ppear 
O-penly 

Topic: Birthday of Nelson M. Lubao (August 26) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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When i have 
taken the 
journey of 
no return,

   Tell my 
grand-
grand 
children_ 'i 
lived in the 
times of 
Nelson 
Mandela: ha-ha-ha 
now that alone is 
music to my 
ears...

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N-ew
E-arly
L-ight
S-tarts
O-pening
N-icely

A-llowing
P-icture
O-f
S-plendor
T-o
O-ffer
L-ucidity

Topic: Birthday of Nelson Apostol (December 27)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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N-atal
E-vent
L-ets
S-alutation
O-f
N-oble

A-uthor
P-oetically
O-ffer
S-plendid
T-heme
O-f
L-ines

Topic: Birthday of Nelson Apostol (December 27) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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Her
Nelson
Mandela
tenacity
has final reward
with elated cries of
glee in newly elected
democracy. This much honored
lady of Burma birth is free at
last to share her worth in her peaceful mirth....

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N-icely 
E-njoy 
L-iterary 
S-tatement's 
O-ccasional 
N-ote 

A-s 
P-ractical 
O-pus 
S-tarts 
T-o 
O-pen 
L-ife 

Topic: Birthday of Nelson Apostol (December 27) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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Unfamiliar flag,
It's up and down
Today I saw it
Weeping on its knees.
Murmuring students
Hold tears, someone
Else is dead again
The university mourns.
Death, why in our abundance
Is your harvest so rich?...

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On the road again, just like dear old Willy Nelson
Methinks it's time to settle down, it's really hard on my melon
Time to put down roots
Put away my boots
And enjoy the attention of my loving sweet harem...

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Major Nelson was Jeannie's dreamy man
"Yes, Master," - his wishes, part of her plan
If by blinking eyes
Gals could fix their guys
Then this gal is a Jeannie superfan!

2/11/19

For Limerick 4 contest
Sponsor: Joseph May...

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YOU GOT IT!
IT’S RIGHT HERE
IT NEVER COMES BACK
LIKE YOU HERE
WITH ME
SO RIGHT
ALL ALONG
YOU SEE 
YOU GOT IT!
LIKE I GOT YOURS 
JUST IN TIME
(FOR LEFT BEHIND!)
CAUSE AND EFFECT
THE BEST YET
YOU GOT IT 
					
  Alex Nelson...

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JEANETTE AND NELSON

jeanette and nelson
nothing sweeter, more serene
a lost innocence



Sweethearts of the 30s –
We old timers can’t forget them
And when they sing together
We weep.
          Jeanette McDonald
                   And
              Nelson Eddy...

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always on my mind...

   should have loved you more, babe...how

      could I be so blind...  



'Always on my Mind,' recorded by Willie Nelson


        
        September 04, 2019
  Sing Me a Senryu Poetry Contest
    Sponsor: Maureen McGreavy...

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Yes, indeed. Alright. I'm lily-white
    all 9+ feet of me, a tricolor sight

  But now I'm 'racist' and 'insensitive'
    because 'brown pigment I lack'
  
  A half-nelson applied to my aching 'red-neck'
    Cry 'UNCLE,' they scream, the political hacks...

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Poem Would Prepare

When each poem I started to prepare,
Them with others had wanted to share;
After ink dried,
Then provide;
Some salt on poem was able to spare.

Remember when he had asked Lord Nelson 
to pass the salt in Master and Commander.

Jim Horn...

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Major  Nelson was such a handsome guy
 Happened to be apple of jeannie's eye
          Decorated astronaut
        Ranking near the very top
He was just cool and he didn't even try
       














2-3-19
 Limerick 4 Contest
Sponsor: Joseph May...

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I wonder, maybe you do too, let me know your thoughts on this;

A sunny day would have no significence if there was no rain.
Likewise, Goodness must have a counterpoint, to give it validity.
 Just a thought?
I invite any comments, please.   Your humble servant, tom....

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Limerick: Once Lucy met Heidelberg Man

   for Nelson Mandela

Once Lucy met Heidelberg Man
Then Neanderthal and Peking Man
Tortoise said to the Turtle:
“Where’s your doggone girdle!”
“What a disgrace to my race,” said Bushman!

© T. Wignesan – Paris, 2013...

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