Short New York State Poems

Trump Did Willfully and Knowing

All things Trump did were,
Willfully and knowingly,
Done and committed.

This is what New York State
courts are saying about Trump
campaign and contribution 
violations.

Jim Horn...

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tapping my feet to Uptown Girl
Captain Jack, Say Goodbye to Hollywood
Swinging my partner to Piano Man
Billy Joel, Billy Joel, Billy Joel!

New York State of Mind
Only the Good die young
Good night Saigon
It's still rock and roll to me!
Billy Joel, Billy Joel, Billy Joel!...

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New York State- I must claim is the best-
since my birth- still my home- passed the test.
Country life- pure and free
Hudson Valley grants me-
and one hour from that Big Apple zest!


July 17, 2019

Premiere Contest: State Limerick
Sponsor: Kevin Shaw

"Big Apple" is a nickname for New York City.

Syllables: 9,9,6,6,9 

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Lets get the mind right
Keep the prize in sight
Lets get prepared
For the metaphors I write
Its all in a line
Got the New York state of mind
My hand is out to reach 
I’m about to take what’s mine
My thoughts so wrong
That my brain should be fined
I’m tired of being broke
You thought I had weed heads with me
My dreams went up in smoke 
My thoughts will become reality
Commit no more Fatalities
Take this, take that
Will soon be my morality...

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Both the ignorant and wise

Have the nerve to criticize

But I've heard the crocodile cries

And the smiley-faced lies

Of those New York cynics

 

I’ve been bloodied and bruised

Wrongly blamed and bemused

Now negativity’s infused

All my patience has been used

By those New York cynics

 

Now I step on those stones

That once broke my bones

But I’ve become one of those drones

Just another of the clones

Yeah, I’m a New York cynic...

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