Short Vancouver Poems

We are
On this day
Vancouver cloudy sunny muggy
Bus to downtown
Beige library
Another day
Another prism of life...

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Athlete kabob meat to skewer
Olympic games meet the sewer
Those ratings too flat
Create new dangers that
Pander to the TV viewer...

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There was a strange dame in Vancouver
who insisted on being a hoover.
She sucked in much dust
till her health went bust
and the council had to remove her....

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There was a diva from Vancouver

Her car was a Octane blue Lancer

Modelling was her passion

Day came, to show fashion

She lay in bed due to a hangover!...

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There once was a witch in Vancouver
Who traded her broom for a hoover.
She encountered a glitch
When she turned on the switch
'Cause the hoover took off and pursued her....

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Winnipeg, Vancouver and old Montreal
Canada Mints, Inuits, and your lovely fall
Trudeau, Pierre and Justin
Quebecans I can trust in
with Canada Dry in hand, I toast you all!

11/12/22...

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Opened a can of tuna, yummy yum yum
My niece in Vancouver knew we were having some
Her cats, they declared
Needed dough for the airfare
To partake of the festivities or be stricken dumb...

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Opened a can of tuna, yummy yum yum
My niece in Vancouver knew we were having some
Her cats, they declared
Needed scratch for the airfare
To partake of the festivities or be stricken dumb...

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Snow
No mo'
Adios
On the Left Coast
Good old Vancouver
Sunshine doth improve 'er
Magic in the air this day
A new spring but few hours away
Winter’s exiles repatriating
Flora and fauna be celebrating...

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Ilchee, the "Moon Girl".
She paddled her own canoe ~
Bronze gaze, heart of steel.



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Canada, land of good 
manners, polite people
until we lose the Cup
and angry crowds of testosterone
go wild 
burn cars and porta-potties
hurl bottles, bricks, 
street signs and threats 
at lines of riot masks
and batons ready 
for adrenaline 
almost as high 
as that elusive win...

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Taking Canada's Game To The World

Gladiators on ice,
Taking Canada’s game to the World.
A nation’s heroes at war:
From Vancouver Island to Newfoundland,
And from Tuktoyaktuk to Iqaluit,
And places in-between!
Canada’s team, who will it be?
(P.S.) I say, “Go Winnipeg Jets!”...

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I passed a store that just sold brooms
On Granville Isle, B.C.
Two sisters weave them in Vancouver
For their company.

I marveled at the many styles
In varied shapes and sizes
That many folk no longer use
As home life modernizes.

I rarely use a broom myself
But, swept up by temptation,
I bought a mini version
As a kitchen decoration....

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Winter came.
All of a sudden.
February 2019.

Snow, snow, snow
Rarely seen in Vancouver.

But it happens.
Snow comes
As though Mother Nature
Is enraged
By man's uncaring soul.

Uncaring to ecology,
Uncaring to emissions
That kill all of nature.

Winter, white winter,
Snow falling.
Beautiful but bitter,
Bitter cold, minus 8 centigrade....

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Oliver Smart so full of 
pride
Loved to toboggan, on his 
bum he did slide
Yippee he would yell as he 
conquered the hill
Maybe I’ll go to Vancouver, 
compete, what a thrill
Pictures of gold medals in 
his head did deluge
Instead to find out that his 
sport was the luge   
Crazy canucks he 
exclaimed with a shout
Sorry boys but this Oliver’s 
out...

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The ghost must live
in a different time zone.
Or it waits until 
just before dawn
to make its rattly noises.
.
They live in a yellow hive of four
in the old wooden house
where the snow comes early
north of where the long trains go.
.
They live in a blue
knot of three, spiring
in a Vancouver tower.
.
We are two
green on an eastern harbor. 
.
I can only
hear the breathing....

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She pushes my wheelchair
   Rolling me past the nurses station
     Rolling me down the long bright hallway
    Rolls me into the room with all those machines 
 All I want to do is go for a   l o n g  w a l k  _  —  _  — _  —  _  — _  — _



For Julia Ward’s Rehabilitation contest.
Written May 24th 2018.

AR Strong has assisted many people on their road to recovery.
A great facility in Vancouver Canada....

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More Horn Haiku
had been wearing broach
while horses did pull a coach
winter would approach 

way we like to live
should always be positive
ourselves to God give 

How is this for more of my
Horn Haiku. Just saw Pike
Place Market and Borchart
Gardens in commercials.

Write some poems about
Vancouver and Victoria.

would see Gloria
entering euphoria
while in Victoria

James Thesarious Hilarious Horn
(Thomas)...

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To see a city, you must walk,
Each neighborhood inviting
And areas, like waterfronts,
Give reasons for delighting.

To stroll the streets, check out the stores 
And people watch, together
With sampling the local wares 
Works well in any weather.

But when the sun is shining and
It's not too hot or cold,
It's great to be a tourist 
With reality on hold.

We wore our soles out and for sure,
Tomorrow we will suffer 
But motivation in a place
Like this just makes us tougher....

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Tiring of travels 
Tired of seeing new places
Even cruises with all their comforts
Just happy being traveless 
No more restlessness 
Just being happy in Vancouver
With its mild summers, mild winters

Tired of waiting in airports
Delayed flights
Hotels with uncomfortable beds

Time to just be restful at home
And avoid all the hassles of travel
Only reminisce of happy moments
In the past
Traveling in my youth
Europe, South America, Asia

Just reminisce now
Of past travels....

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