Rhyming
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That Every Patriot Resist
If Lincoln were alive today, Imagine his dismay. He’d thought that after Civil War We’d long endure, but now He wouldn’t be so sure: When Maniacs And Goons Abound, He’d stand again on hallowed ground And would insist That every… Continue reading
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Soundtrack for a Walk with Max
I took Max out today with ears unplugged By pods, no Band, no Dylan, Raitt or Young To set the world a step away and keep the chug of Mowers at bay while Max is blessing bushes, Eying squirrels, wriggling… Continue reading
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Canine Couplets
My mental tractor beam is on the fritz, The carrots fixed although my brain transmits. I excavate the chipmunks’ home – what wrath! My parents nearly drown me in the bath. I’m agent Max, illustrious canine spy; I lurk here… Continue reading
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Three Simple Joys
Succor me in surprised joy. I rise without an ache du jour, All parts accounted for and none too sore – Oh that this would happen more! – Play for me fortissimo joy. Ella is perching on my knees, She… Continue reading
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The Tourist’s Tale
[I wrote this poem in 2019 after a day touring Leeds Castle and Canterbury. It’s VERY loosely modeled on Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales] A gleaming ship at Dover docked ‘neath cliff Of white round sev’n o’clock, anon the throng’d Pilgrims burst… Continue reading
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When Women Step Out of Songs
Alison and Billie Jean party through the night; Their aim is true, they dance on the floor in the round. Run into Carrie Ann and Delta Dawn, to their delight, Just playing games and waiting to be found. .. Elenore… Continue reading
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You Put the Villain in the Villanelle: Modern Pet Peeves
You put the villain in the villanelle, Your SUV sprawled cross two parking spots. A little act that brings a little hell. – In shops and trains you yell into your cell As if the whole world hung upon your… Continue reading
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A Mixed-Up World
In Libya’s capital of Tripoli, It’s difficult to locate a Bialy. *** Albania’s writers have formed a cabal That finds all works of AI banal. *** In Colombia, people love poetry so, That some poets may go iamb loco –… Continue reading
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Trench(coat) Warfare
I didn’t realize people pack When heading off to Nordstrom Rack So I was taken quite aback To see this sign upon the door. ** You brought your gun to Nordstrom Rack – do you expect trench(coat) warfare? ** I’d… Continue reading
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Whence My Line?
I It’s little known that Robert Frost Worked in a golf club’s Found and Lost Where one day he said to the pro Whose woods these are I think I know. II Emily Dickinson tore out her hair – Insomnia… Continue reading
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