Category: Poetry
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Broke the Bank Agian
Broke the Bank Again Broke the bank last timeThey want to do it againBankrupt next gen’s hopes A mean dirty trickDeceit, November repeatStick it to our kids And generations unbornKeep them wage-slavingIn debt forever –LE – 9/9/25
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My Blogging – A Curiosity – A Meditation
My Blogging – A Curiosity – A Meditation all my dreamssupposedcreativitymy pedantrymy vapidegocentricitiesfalling byvirtual gravitythrough myfingers andtablet keysonto thedigital pagebefore me for my‘vast’bloggingaudienceto read can’t helpbut wonderhow theycan wasteso muchtime onthe mentalgymnasticsthat nowdefine me thepomposityof the ideadefies mycuriosity –LE – 9/8/25
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September Morning Meditations
September Morning Meditation Gazing at the sun-dappledWall of the zen gardenUnder cloudless skies Not a leaf rustlesIn the morning’s still, cool airMorning doves hoo-whooo –LE – 9/7/25
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Colors Before My Eyes
Colors Before My Eyes Purples and greensRoll up before myClosed eyesAlong with scenes From my idioticRomanticSometimes pedanticForgotten memories Too many timesSmashed out of meBy brass-knuckledReality Only rememberedIn quiet timesWith my ancientEyes closed –LE – 9/6/25
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Love and Marriage
Love and Marriage There’s a thin lineBetween love and hateThat sometimes fadesOr blurs with time…Can becomeFull-blownEnding in crime But take a chanceMake a split?Better the devilYou know than… Based in fearLives searedWith vendettasAnd feudsThat sometimesMake the news Love and marriage…Goes together like aHorse and carriage…–Frank Sinatra What’s love got toDo with itGot to do with…
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Nights In White Satin
Nights In White Satinby Moody Blues Nights in white satin,Never reaching the end,Letters I’ve written,Never meaning to send. Beauty I’d always missedWith these eyes before,Just what the truth isI can’t say anymore. ‘Cause I love you,Yes, I love you,Oh, how, I love you. Gazing at people,Some hand in hand,Just what I’m going thruThey can understand.…
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First Long September Morning Ride
First Long September Morning Ride Twenty-three miles beginning to end70% chance of rain Google said But no sky-spittle hit the pathLeaf-blown by park staff Bright blue marbled sky north and westSlate-gray to the south and east Southern mountains hidden inSmoggy mist-veils, almost unseeable But sun prevailed by ride’s endSweat dripping down my face As I…
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Maximum Efficiency – Judo
Maximum Efficiency – Judo A concept common toEastern martial artsOne I first learned inJudo classes from the start Maximum efficiencyUse of energyMotion and momentumLarge results withMinimum effortsAlso applying the physicsOf levers and fulcrums Another principle is:Aside from class warsOne’s only true enemyIs one’s selfNot your opponentAcross the mat orIn the street One must defeat one’s…
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Memoir Addendum – Old Symptoms Of Bronchitis Mostly Gone
Memoir Addendum – Old Symptoms Of Bronchitis Mostly Gone Spent most of my formative yearsTill the end of my first short marriageIn and around the glittering miasmaOf a small steel mill townAt the mouth of the Black RiverOn Lake Erie’s southern shore Walking home in the darkAfter late orchestra rehearsalsOr Judo classes and the likeThe…
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Love’s Magic Spell Or Love Potion No. … 9?
Love’s Magic Spell Or Love Potion No. … 9? Combinations of hormonesPheromones and desiresPleasing or seductivePersonalities andIntoxicating words A combination thatIf projected and overlaid wellWith our own mixedChemical hormonal stewProduces the enchantment ofLove How long can the enchantment lastKnowing full wellThe only constant in life is change? Depends on the strength ofThe ‘love cocktail’ andThe…
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