Adventure Warning Poems

Could have wished, would have shown me earlier,
If it weren't only for the tranquil color,
Covering energy, wasted serene past finally dissipated,
Uncomfortable in others' comfort, glossy...

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I love spending nights on the lake.
Once the oven-like sun disappears,
things get suddenly quiet, except for
the occasional hoot of an owl, crickets, frogs
and the soft...

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if only we still had
all the time in the world
and our youth to squander
all the paths to explore
and wander at our leisure

the echo amplified
do you...

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A step in my head
Is like walking through a minefield

Pat LeDuc
January 9, 2020

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Beware the tunnels dark and deep, where many nasty creatures sleep.
Beware the oceans vast and wide, where many nasty creatures hide.
Beware the high and open...

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Oh! Me.
Oh! My.
It's a hurricane 
With no aim
Who has been given a name
Which may seem plain.
Massive turning white clouds with 
One eye
Going high
In To the...

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...inspired by 'Life During Wartime'
   by Talking Heads


The bank sign blinks its message late at night,
two types of information for the indolent,
the traffic...

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Wish I, future could not see.
Sad I am, for what will be.
Tell you, I won’t to any degree.
Days these are, troubling to me,
Heed time, bold...

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hoot hoot says the owl
who who says the dove
the dog gave a little growl
an eagle was seen high above
the flowers are blooming in the heat...

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-For the broken sailor-

Alone:
ship's tattered,
sail's worn,
how I'm torn.
Stolen
was the sea from
the boat.
Immovable 
is the boat
from this spot.
How hurt I remain....

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By the misty pools
Huge toads lie in wait for prey
Do not trespass here...

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