Tag: Poetry
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Santa Catalinas
Santa Catalinas Santa Catalinasunder a cerulean skysharp shadows definevertical and diagonalridges and cutaways the stark, austere northern boundary ofthe Tucson basinpainted in pinks and graysthe long rays of sunset then disappear ghosts in the darkidling over the sleepingcountryside long beforehumanity thrived and will remainlong after we’re gone –LE – 3/29/24
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Ramblings
Another old one… Ramblings I’m empty pocket blue, riding a steel rail into the murky night. Time and miles roll by as I fly through ambiguous sights. As I close my eyes to all things consider, my life’s flight from stop, go, right turn, left, and wrong, impregnates the reverse with dreams of my…
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It’s Better Than Sex
Another old one from my Hiram days… It’s Better Than Sex That’s an intriguing idea. But if true –Why so many new feet on the wheel, andWhy so many new shoes?Why the millions in health club dues?Why the millions for mouthwash,Deodorant, and facial goo’s? If there is anything better than sex,Then where’s our patent, our…
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Nowhere in No Time
Nowhere in No Timeby Eilen Jewell Well the shape I’m inI’m a sight for sore eyesBeen rung out and hung outStrung out on the lineAnd all the girls they line upAt the bar downtownEverybody’s waitin’ for somethin’ to go down I’m just passin throughDon’t pay it no mind’I’ll be nowhere in no timeSee the highway…
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Sunshine of Love
Sunshine of Love in the sunshine of lovemy head is yellow shagmy body supple green as love-shine fadesmane bleaches whiteand supple turns tough white mane worries awayturns sparse, as tough limbsturn brittle and broken as the lions of springrange over the tomb wherethe sunshine of love lies inert –LE – 3/8/24
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Last-Minute Message for a Time Capsule
Last-Minute Message for a Time Capsuleby Philip Appleman I have to tell you this, whoever you are:that on one summer morning here, the oceanpounded in on tumbledown breakers,a south wind, bustling along the shore,whipped the froth into little rainbows,and a reckless gull swept down the beachas if to fly were everything it needed.I thought of…
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This Is The Life
This Is the Lifeby Amy Macdonald Oh, the wind whistles downThe cold dark street tonightAnd the people, they were dancingTo the music vibe And the boys chase the girls with curls in their hairWhile the shy tormented youth sit way over thereAnd the songs get louder each one better than before And you’re singing the…
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Quantum-verse
Quantum-verse What is reality,shadow photons or the seen?Shades of multiverse. Quantum thought is strange.Speaks of dimensionality shifts –freaks-out common sense. So, what is our life,simple or complex So fundamental,so complex we can’t understand,energy only? –LE – an old one from the early 2010’s
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St. Patty’s Day Ride
St. Patty’s Day Ride Marshmallow clouds humped-up overSurrounding mountainsTucson basin sporting aCerulean sky 9 am sun casting long shadowsBar and QR coding the LoopAnd its shoulders, summarizing allAs we roll by Fresh greasewood scents the airThe yellow blossoms of BrittlebushExploding everywhere, thenHeading home with our usual flare –LE – 3/17/24
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St. Patrick’s Day
St. Patrick’s Day A brewer’s success taleIn shades of kelley greenAnd Black and Tan’s brownGreen beer in pubs all around Too many claim Irish for the dayToo many Kiss me, I’m Irish teesSt. Patty’s Day parades aboundUsually, a huge letdown And the snakes he drove outOf the emerald IslesAbound everywhere elseHe left strife north and…
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