Short Phoebe Poems

Phoebes
I love
You so
So much
I can’t 
Make it through
My day without you...

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sings “phoebe phoebe”
subtleties over coffee
a cast over day...

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thirsty phoebe lands
'pon birdbath rim, flies away....
below freezing morn    ...

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phoebe could just weep
birdbath dry; no bath, no drink....
gardener depressed  ...

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lizzard 'pon gutter  
phoebe builds mud nest on fan....
 rain droplets glitter  ...

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the eastern phoebe
so excited can’t stop tweets -
house to house, “it’s Spring”

3/27/2023...

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Fee Bee is the Queen of the Hive
With drones to make her feel alive
She eats royal jelly
To fill up her belly
So the Hive will survive and thrive...

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Persnickety Phoebe parades pompously
Privately, we make fun where she can’t see
We are kind of mean
Think we are unseen
But Karma comes back indubitably...

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an autumn wind blows
wet, cold, whipping, stripping leaves....
phoebe returns home
winter won't be easy here
prediction, a cold winter     ...

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Facing west
Flaming gold descends 
Light extinguished
She sleeps with Poseidon

Phoebe rises from Poseidon's seat
Silver light on Erebus' shadow
Rebirth promise of beginnings
Herald of the dawn...

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Oh Saturn. The great harvester.
How strange you seem
With your remarkable rings.
Remants perhaps of a destroyed moon.
Or left over from the strange nebular material 
From which thou were created.
But even stranger still is the new Phoebe ring,
Many many times larger than even Saturn itself.


*Work in progress*...

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Phoebe Buffay 
Plays her guitar every day
She often sings ‘Smelly cat’
Sadly her voice is very flat

Ross Geller
Is quite a nerdy feller
He said Rachel’s name when he got wed
His bride Emily probably wished him dead!

Ross and Pheobe starred in Friends

Clerihew 2 Poetry Contest


Sponsored by Joseph May

09/30/21...

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WOMEN OF AUTHORITY
Women of the world may
lead,teach and oversee.
Deborah a leader upon God’s
call and Miriam & Esther ,
females to name but three.
In later times these four 
as well,Anna,Phoebe,Priscilla
& Junia and many more;
freed by Jesus’ law.In Him
we see neither Greek nor Gentile
male or female or the unfree.

Inspired by Gal 2:28 and Gen 2:18...

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They put a power-gate across our road.
We live secure here, locked inside. We punch
the keypad numbers, the bar swings free.

And yet, one neighbor’s in a gurney-bed,
his lungs like punctured tires. He lies
among plucked feather comforters. Are we

safe or free? A phoebe flashes overhead.
What do birds care for metal barriers?
Take in sky with every breath you breathe....

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DEBORAH &CO
Women of the world may
lead,teach and oversee.
Deborah a leader upon God’s
call with Miriam & Esther ,
females to name the famou three.

In later times these four
Anna,Phoebe,Priscilla
& Junia and many more
all freed by Jesus’
from  patriarchal law.

In Him we see neither Greek
Gentile male female or the unfree.

Inspired by Gal 2:28 and Gen 2:18...

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Terrific tornadoes predicted
On guard
Trees tremble, leaves shake
Be safe
Phoebe fanfare inflamed
In tweets
Errands to run
Save them
Stillest darkness, imperceptible danger
Don’t be fooled
The weather map in ugly shades of red
Holding my breath
Shelter contains walls, floor, roof
Please stay
And windows and doors
Stay closed
Terrific tornadoes predicted
On guard
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fondue's folksy fiendish foolish fiery Phoebe
fondly followed foppish fish foraging fibster Fee
ferocious foggy falls focus folklore fancy-free
fifty-fifty finnish fish foisted fiddle faddle fantasy
foolhardy footprint festered foofaraw foxy
feuding French fowls feverishly fighting fibster fee
fortunate footstools fostered finished folksy Phoebe
folly of finding feverishly fertile f-words is forever up to me....

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The wild turkeys disappeared
just before Thanksgiving.
But the flickers are back. I haven’t seen 
the phoebe since last summer.
The nesting hawk is gone.

Searching through the cupboard
for a ladle, I find
a rolling pin that wasn’t mine.
I wonder if the former
lady of the house baked pumpkin pie.

She didn’t leave so much
as her reflection
in a mirror, on a window pane. 
We live like birds here
in our seasons....

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WOMEN OF AUTHORITY
Women of the world may
lead,teach and oversee.
Deborah a leader upon God’s
call and Miriam & Esther ,
females to name but three.
In later times these four 
as well,Anna,Phoebe,Priscilla
& Junia and many more;
freed by Jesus’ law.In Him
we see neither Grrek nor Gentile
male or female or the unfree.
Inspired by Gal 2:28 and Gen 2:18

Listen to me recite this and my anthology of poetry on youtube under name ichthyschiro...

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It's okay
It's all okay
Don't mind me
I'm just trying to feel free
I just want
To sleep
Maybe I'll try
Counting Sheep.

It's dark and
It's cold she
Won't go till she gets a hold
On my life
Forever
I can't fight
She's far 
Too clever


When i watch
The stars at night
They reflect
My fears my fright
Is it the stars?
Or is it me?
In the reflected
Windowlight

She's staring at me
Her eyes wide and bright.
Sleep Tight Phoebe
I know I won't tonight....

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School was crummy. Classmates mean.
Holden Caulfield, aged sixteen
dropped out to the New York City scene.
There he wandered, Sorrow's Son,
overgrown but underdone.
Seared by girls, it wasn't fun.
Broke, disheartened, home he slid.
Sister Phoebe, a perky kid
boosted him up. She really did,
but only for a moment though.
Down the skids alas he'll go
landing in a shrink chateau.
Oh what torment must be his
who God damns yet feels. Gee whiz!
Youth is ruff. It really is....

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