Short Quincy Poems

A staid old art collector in Quincy
dotes on cats but with people is chintzy
He willed old shoes to his wife
and to his son a jackknife
His tabby got a Monet and Da Vinci

Written 2/13/22...

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cheer your sweetheart's days
being cool won’t keep love warm
find one hundred ways

9/8/19

Quincy Jones / James Ingram - One Hundred Ways (1981)

Sing Me A Senryu Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Maureen McGreavy...

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With only twelve notes
the music commands
Some white and some black
their harmony grand 

Scoring the melody
eternal and free
Whether Quincy or Frank,
Prince, Peggy, or me

Heaven the audience
 Angels out front
Truth for a drummer
Sandalphon conducts

All time in abeyance
the chorus in song
Both gates swinging open
—the silence is gone  

(The New Room: April, 2023)...

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The Blackberries in Quincy
Are almost ready to pick
My annual event on 
Making myself sick

You drive for hours
Knowing it's going to take
High hopes of canning
And pies to bake

Wrestling through bushes
For hours on end
One for the bucket
Two for the mouth over again

Fingers are sore
From the thorns along the vine
A full days work shows
An empty pail, full stomach, but all mine...

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Quincy, Illinois: 1962
 
          long before Barack Obama
 
Those days my father toiled in Quincy,
two weeks, no more,
he said he saw no blacks, except for
two young ladies busing dishes.
Daisy badges on their uniforms
announced their names,
their years of service.
He still remembers how
through all his meals
he wanted to stand 
and shout:
Where do you live?
What do you do 
for recreation?
 

Donal Mahoney...

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When clarity visits 
go with it,
Write quick
and don't twist it, 
As you already know,
Our minds
are like the wind, 
Conditioned knowing failure,
Easily blown away,
In many ways... 
Modern distractions 
distracting almost everyone, 
So many settle, 
Stagnant 
like raw metal, 
Till that day 
you stand up tall, 
Focusing on 
cause 
and effects,
The path 
of crafting
ya craft,
Let's try this...
Why not?

Quincy Mac
Date Written: 15.1.2017...

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