Short Tae Poems

Yoda clever was right on cue
And Obie did swell tae kwon do
But one day unique
In star wars double speak
Must be "May the 4th" be with you...

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A dinae ken ma purage frae ma ale
Ma heed is burlin roon, a canae stan’
A’m no the yin tae swalie toast sae stale
an’ cannae yet get up withoot a han’...

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Tak a swally wae mae will ye?
toast tae a life goan past
tae a wee lassie pure et last

Am no gonie lie
ets time fur her tae die..

So swally doon yer whisky son
goat a joab tae be dun

we'll fuk her err
wack er roon the heid
til she's deed
shes a bonnie wee lass nae 
mare...

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A shrivelled presence. 
A mere shadow. 
Curled tightly in 
foetal submission 
unconscious tae owr 
subconscious fears. 
Eyes dart back 
an fourth amongst 
the participants in 
this ritual of ruination. 
Never lingering though 
fir fear of also 
being snared in 
the abyss's gaze....

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Husband and Wife

Heated
Uncontrollable 
Sensation 
Bursting
Abrupt overly 
Nudity highlighted
Distinctively breasted,

Accented atom's
Nature's beauty
Deliciously delighted In A

Whine  (Dance)
Intensely, seductively to 
For tae it's
Eternal light, of happiness, as 
one...

Carma Reed
01-09-13...

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He had earned a black belt in tae kwon do

   Breaking slabs of concrete with his big toe

      And butting planks with his head

         Had left him nearly brain dead

            Glazed eyes resulted from many a blow

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
© All Rights Reserved

Placed No. 7 in Linda-Marie's "Let's Limerick" Contest - October 2010...

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The August fields all fallow now.
The sweet grasses lay long a bed.
The posies taken the pastours’ bowe.
Brash breezes brush Queen Ann’s fair head.
Black butterflies crest crown instead.

Tufts of purple clover hold court,
‘neath a spread of pristine comfort.
Honey beis are swarmin’ in delight.
Sparrows’sweet song the morn transport.
Summers’ day passes in tae night....

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perversley an in accordance 
wae mad men a tried tae 
conterfeit ma future but 
successfully a succumed tae 
the lies of the past.In ma mair 
lucid moments a new they wir 
pure pish,if only hindsights eye 
wiz mair pronounced cause am 
distressed an dismayed it how 
easily a wiz played and 
persuaded tae believe thit two 
an two wir five,disgracefully 
and owtrageously a hiv 
complied wae the greatist of 
lies....

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were in an oot eh aw the pubs
sent looking for my da.
i hope we find him soon 
coz wait tae u see my ma.
shes gawn mental shouting an bawling
coz theres nothing tae eat.
shes pacing aroon the room 
shes stamping her feet.
shes looking oot the windey
coz she hears um singing
coming up the street.
shes raging an a hink shes gonna greet.
there ma da stoats in way a massive grin
aw stop aw that moaning 
will yeh big yin....

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were in an oot eh aw the pubs
sent looking for my da.
i hope we find him soon 
coz wait tae u see my ma.
shes gawn mental shouting an bawling
coz theres nothing tae eat.
shes pacing aroon the room 
shes stamping her feet.
shes looking oot the windey
coz she hears um singing
coming up the street.
shes raging an a hink shes gonna greet.
there ma da stoats in way a massive grin
aw stop aw that moaning 
will yeh big yin....

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me.....rigid (surprised)
Get tae  (your bothering me go away)
Naw mate it Chips no ing fries (we call them chips)
wit r u gawking it mate (yes can i help you)
Suffering  (yeah life i give in)
Tap us a fag (slang for cigarette) could i get a cigarette

the next bits a brain frizzle
if Pokémon had diarrhea would they call it the squirtles?
I'm going back to the sound only i can hear
the voice behind the curtain
that sees wherever i stare...

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Ah hink ay ye each an' every day
 i hink ay ye in a huir uv a special way
 i hink ay ye in aw 'at ye dae 
fur ye pure techt th' warld tae me
 ain Ah loove.  

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I think of  you each and every day
I think of you in a very special way 
I think of you in all that you do
for you mean all the world to me
and I love you.


for the dialect's make the world go round
conteset, sponsored  by Deborah Guzzi....

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when i got home from school
my mother was watching 
oprah again
with a shopping bag
of ice on her knee
when i asked her 
what happened
she said 

“i dont want to talk about it” 

and later i found out
she was working out
to a tae bo dvd
when her knee
popped out of her socket
and nobody was home
and she doesnt drive
and she had no friends
so she had to pop it
back into her socket
herself and she said
it was the worst day
of her life...

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Tae Kwon Do, gymnastics,
Swimming, piano and ballet,
Music, baseball, fencing,
An activity a day.

Such a far cry from my youth - 
If mem'ry is my guide,
When school was done, we had a snack
And met our friends outside.

On skates or bikes we got around;
With jump ropes, balls or chalk,
We entertained ourselves with no one
Watching like a hawk.

That freedom now does not exist
In suburbs or the city
And looking back, I have to say
It really is a pity....

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