Short Peace Pipe Poems

dwelling on the past
can offer us no repast
share that peace pipe, fast...

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Smoke signals
From Indian village says,
My blanket is on fire
From smoking peace pipe in bed...

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Indian chief floating in the sky
Smoking peace pipe, relaxing
With tear in his eye
As he looks down on Mother Earth
Land that gave his forefathers birth...

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the war is over

                                     preparing pardons

                                        pass the peace pipe





October 17th 2018

Today Cannabis has been decriminalized in Canada....

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Politics
in Hyde Park
was at the end of a shtick

FDR’s mouthpiece
a cigarette holder
suspended over
his spinning wheels

Pearl Harbor
a puff of smoke

It was a new deal
It was big

The peace pipe
signaling
W A R

USA
evened the score

...

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Hi Yo, Silver...says, the Lone Ranger 
When Tonto, gets deep into danger 
From his tongue of Cherokee 
He yells out "kemosabe" 
Then they smoke peace pipes in the manger 


Limerick 3 Poetry Contest 
Sponsor Joseph May 
1-28-2019 

(99779 syllable count)...

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God banished from the Garden of Eden,
Adam and Eve after the fruit eating,
now we deal with thorns and thistles,
dysfunctional sin issues,
throughout our hectic life,
He is our peace pipe,
please don't delay,
come what may,
He says,
pray.






1-21-17...

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ONENESS



The heart of

my ancestors

beat not,

but their love does,

all in one accord,

our drums beat

for them,

and our love

always

once again,

beats our heart,

we are united,

warrior and peace pipe,

in 

the light of the sun.




Date: 08/31/2019
howmanysyllables
3,4,2,4,5,3,2,3,2,3,3,5,6,1,5...

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Listen to poem:

Drumming songs of the night fire tribe,
     Warrior dancing spirit parts,
          Tongues of the prairie songs stars guide,
Drumming songs of the night fire tribe,
               Deep shadows of the hawkeye charts,
          The wolf scent smokes of the peace pipe,
Drumming songs of the night fire tribe,
     Warrior dancing spirit parts.


Date: 08/25/2019...

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Quiet porch and a lazy chair,
sitting for a while is a song.
A blue collar stereotype.

Highlights visible from the air,
bold italics will show up strong.
Iconic, working that pinstripe. 

Dusk saunters in devil may care,
sizzling whatever could go wrong?
Tipple a taste of this peace pipe. 

Like a view of the county fair,
the big girl rides go all night long.
Such fine architectural hype.

I have built my diorama, 
a caricature of drama. 
...

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I think the hippies had it right 
pop a red and watch the lights
pray against the cold machine
tie dye the world in tranquility
breaking bread with old friends
lend your heart -become undead
                  BUT
Sometimes the world has blight
evil eclipsing the gilded righteous
time to put away the peace pipe
march within the muck and fight 
clip the wing of evil before it flies
dust off the camo-burn away tie dye 
                  BUT
For the most part the hippies had it right....

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