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"ambled" poems
Ambled ambitions, an aching audacity; aged adventurer.
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Oct 21, 2014
Oct 21, 2014 at 7:04 PM UTC
A is for Adventure
do you recall the crunch beneath our feet a gesture small as we ambled down the street dirt and gravel I felt pebbles through my shoe I unravelled When I looked at you Where did you come from Are you real? Is this how I’m supposed to feel? A dreamgirl In a dreary place I’ve counted every freckle on your face Sunlight peaked through maple branches in such a tranquil way missed chances to make advances I always hoped you'd stay a fork in the road ahead we went different directions I used many different methods to try and snag your attention Where did you come from Are you real? Is this how I’m supposed to feel? A dreamgirl In a dreary place I’ve counted every freckle on your face you never seemed to notice you just stared ahead heart bloomed as if a lotus while I tugged at a loose thread sometimes I'd begin to speak but choked upon my words so I walked next to you without a peep and together watched the birds Where did you come from Are you real? Is this how I’m supposed to feel? A dreamgirl In a dreary place I’ve counted every freckle on your face it's odd and super subtle the synchronicity insignificant and pointless yet means the world to me quiet walks every afternoon past the garage and dead leaves we watched the starlings courtship do you remember me? Where did you come from Are you real? Is this how I’m supposed to feel? A dreamgirl In a dreary place I’ve counted every freckle on your face
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Feb 26, 2018
Feb 26, 2018 at 2:29 AM UTC
on golden pond
Robert Frost once talked of taking the ‘road less travelled’. Well, I didn’t. When the time came, I blindly went and took the safest road. A very long path where the pitfalls were plenty. I stumbled in the bracken. Stymied by the darkness that fell quickly as I ambled along. The soul bruised, battered and exhausted at every infrequent stop. It was not apparent then that in this venture there was a bleak dead end ahead. I plowed on even though something inside was telling me again and again to turn back. But, slowly, a gleaming light of hope crossed my vista beckoning me home. I crawled. My strength regained as the light intensified. Then the end was in sight - the portal was within grasp. And so, yes, I now take that road less travelled. Standing tall and proud as I gleefully stride down its glowing thoroughfare.   Smiling at the diverse and playful changes that cross my pathway. All told, it’s never too late to trust your instincts and make a difference. Just ask me. And Robert Frost.
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Sep 12, 2018
Sep 12, 2018 at 5:41 PM UTC
The Road Less Travelled
With a steaming mug of coffee in hand I watched: the sun fall, the wind shiver, the leaves stand and land roll, the birds swing, yellow beams dance, and people stride in woollen warmers. She plucked a flower in fool bloom, then ambled away with a bamboo basket. The clink of steel whistled through the air, rousing sleep in the grouchy ones saddled with books and a play toy in hand walking in step with a grown man. I walked there once, trying to keep pace clasping a finger as large as my fist. His snores now fall softly, circling the room while I stand by the window, wearing his shoes.
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Nov 7, 2012
Nov 7, 2012 at 11:36 PM UTC
All Grown Up
Amanda was a Panda She was a lovely lass, Although she had two big black eyes, She retained an air of class. She ambled into the Bamboo Bar To have lunch with Panda Pete one day, And he looked into her eyes And to her he did say. "Oh Amanda with your big black eyes Will you please be forever mine, And promise that you will never Let your panda arms entwine, Any other bloke panda In this bamboo land, Please oh please Amanda, You've got to understand For me there is no other You're the only girl for me, You remind me of my mother, And so we're meant to be, Together as a couple we'll be With our four eyes of black, Oh darling please look at me Why have you turned your back?" She answered very clearly She said "because Pete I'd rather, Find another Panda really, To be my childrens father." Now Panda Pete was really sad He felt total and utter rejection, So he sloped off before he got mad, To a future of dejection. He slunk out of the Bamboo Bar,. Back into the forest outside And jumped into his panda car And took off for a long lonesome ride. Tom Higgins 07/05/2014
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May 26, 2014
May 26, 2014 at 10:40 AM UTC
Amanda the Panda.
the grass, leaning in the south wind , seeming               as if emeralds,   had sent tendrils up               to suckle at the yellow breast, now,   high above     inflamed....               over soft new               grass                              like               strands of green gemstone,               as delicate as humming-bird tongues               teasing nectar               from a titan,               in the sky                                        triumphant in the void,               a golden bead in the baffling blue !               cattails, curling in sway...and two brown eyes bob upon the surface                           of a myriad fertilities.               as if                         nature itself had known, one day                        a poet would come ~               to roam the rambling renascence of these remote ramparts                      in awesome humility ~ and so prepared               a path afflux                 that ambled near               and yes !               an                         anonymous nomad               with nicotine skin and a scabbard of scandalous quills               would indeed               stumble in      as if returning home               to a mansion restored to glory               and seraphic randomness....               a place               that in youth, sustained a quiet, soulful troubadour               by gospels of granite and grain,  grass finch               and faun - ennobling an oracle ... but now               enticed a scholar  from his cot               to jot ephemera               of outlasting spark               before dark-fall                        and so... there               amid all allurement   and soft machines               a word-smith gathered               poesy and prose.                            muse-driven               this one served               an invisible               sovereign                            one                 of unsurpassed virility               who charms       kaleidoscopes               with  offhand sketches                   rescued               from               a landfill                            a basket weaver,                 that unravels to               achieve pure               forms                            a wineskin was decanted in dianthus and hollies -               as ampules of anagrams               were sold unscrambled, to dyslexics               without hope                            a falcon   frolicked above the lowborn lilies...                              with eyes                 too keen               to see a               blur               as the hand               of god                            or a vole                            as a lifeline               on his               palm.
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Sep 8, 2012
Sep 8, 2012 at 6:15 PM UTC
Humming-Bird Tongues, Teasing Nectar From A Titan
the grass, leaning in the south wind , seeming               as if emeralds,   had sent tendrils up               to suckle at the yellow breast, now,   high above     inflamed....               over soft new               grass                              like               strands of green gemstone,               as delicate as humming-bird tongues               teasing nectar               from a titan,               in the sky                                        triumphant in the void,               a golden bead in the baffling blue !               cattails, curling in sway...and two brown eyes bob upon the surface                           of a myriad fertilities.               as if                         nature itself had known, one day                        a poet would come ~               to roam the rambling renascence of these remote ramparts                      in awesome humility ~ and so prepared               a path afflux                 that ambled near               and yes !               an                         anonymous nomad               with nicotine skin and a scabbard of scandalous quills               would indeed               stumble in      as if returning home               to a mansion restored to glory               and seraphic randomness....               a place               that in youth, sustained a quiet, soulful troubadour               by gospels of granite and grain,  grass finch               and faun - ennobling an oracle ... but now               enticed a scholar  from his cot               to jot ephemera               of outlasting spark               before dark-fall                        and so... there               amid all allurement   and soft machines               a word-smith gathered               poesy and prose.                            muse-driven               this one served               an invisible               sovereign                            one                 of unsurpassed virility               who charms       kaleidoscopes               with  offhand sketches                   rescued               from               a landfill                            a basket weaver,                 that unravels to               achieve pure               forms                            a wineskin was decanted in dianthus and hollies -               as ampules of anagrams               were sold unscrambled, to dyslexics               without hope                            a falcon   frolicked above the lowborn lilies...                              with eyes                 too keen               to see a               blur               as the hand               of god                            or a vole                            as a lifeline               on his               palm.
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When Coyote witnessed the Creator making this world he thought I will make a world like that for myself And so he formed a copy of every living thing from the mud from the branches and detritus that he gathered there on the banks of the Columbia River But all of his carefully wrought figures elk and deer fish that sparkle in the shallows black bear who hides from two-leggeds the wings of the air who mingle with the leaves and branches of the forest all melted back into the mud of the riverbank at the next rain Undeterred Coyote set out on a quest He found a new country a pleasant land of vast expanse with every manner of good things When Coyote came into this country his hunger was greater than myth sharp as the edge of a knife And there he spied Crow on a high cliff with a mouth full of deer fat A plan quickly formed in the caverns of his cunning Coyote called out Chief Crow I am told that your voice is as sweet as spring water as pleasing as a woman in the night Sing for me Great Chief and I will reward you richly Crow is a vain creature and being called Chief gave him great pleasure He preened opened his silver wings to the sun and sang his rough song but in a muted tone in order to save his delicious morsel Coyote called out again Oh Chief! That wasn't much. not like the stories I have been told. Please sing your song again with feeling! Crow rose to his full height ****** his sharp beak into the air and gave full voice to his raucous song for the sake of every crow on earth We know the end of this tale because Coyote taught it to our ancestors The deer fat fell to the ground and Coyote trickster scarfed it in an instant Hunger dampened he ambled along the well-beaten path to find the next fool And that is the story of Coyote and Crow. Keep your pride in check or be the next one laid low.
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Aug 4, 2016
Aug 4, 2016 at 4:01 PM UTC
Coyote and Crow
When Coyote witnessed the Creator making this world he thought I will make a world like that for myself And so he formed a copy of every living thing from the mud from the branches and detritus that he gathered there on the banks of the Columbia River But all of his carefully wrought figures elk and deer fish that sparkle in the shallows black bear who hides from two-leggeds the wings of the air who mingle with the leaves and branches of the forest all melted back into the mud of the riverbank at the next rain Undeterred Coyote set out on a quest He found a new country a pleasant land of vast expanse with every manner of good things When Coyote came into this country his hunger was greater than myth sharp as the edge of a knife And there he spied Crow on a high cliff with a mouth full of deer fat A plan quickly formed in the caverns of his cunning Coyote called out Chief Crow I am told that your voice is as sweet as spring water as pleasing as a woman in the night Sing for me Great Chief and I will reward you richly Crow is a vain creature and being called Chief gave him great pleasure He preened opened his silver wings to the sun and sang his rough song but in a muted tone in order to save his delicious morsel Coyote called out again Oh Chief! That wasn't much. not like the stories I have been told. Please sing your song again with feeling! Crow rose to his full height ****** his sharp beak into the air and gave full voice to his raucous song for the sake of every crow on earth We know the end of this tale because Coyote taught it to our ancestors The deer fat fell to the ground and Coyote trickster scarfed it in an instant Hunger dampened he ambled along the well-beaten path to find the next fool And that is the story of Coyote and Crow. Keep your pride in check or be the next one laid low.
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Waiting for me today was a grapy sky, a purplish dusk over titian fields. Then a familiar autumn scent perfumed the air, the fragrant tea olive burst in orange blooms. I ambled and paused a bit, and watched the little ray of sun that lingered on the horizon. I saw an outline of my dream, a vision above the western isles. I held my breath and firmly thought. I have to find my purpose. Embrace my lows and my highs, my weaknesses and strengths, even the creeping darkness and the marvelous sunrise. I have to love life each day. With every sunset as my witness to accomplish something worthwhile.
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Sep 27, 2021
Sep 27, 2021 at 10:12 AM UTC
An Autumn Sunset
We ambled the streets of Harare Meandering aimlessly Fleeting past wide-eyes scanning us enviously Hand in hand we walked into the restaurant Leisurely on Second Street Our hunger awakened Our appetites heightened At almost closing time With no one in overtime mode A signal that here we could only dine on another day Joina City was our next stop Up the lift right to the top 'Closed' it read at the coffee shop Into the nearest chair I went flop! Though hungry, we gabbed non-stop By and by we regarded the clock It chimed 8 o'clock And sadly, it was time to go home Busy and noisy Were the streets of Harare Jabbering crowds, kombis hooting Hawkers, vendors or is it hustlers now - Calling for buyers or just huddled to pass time No chill in Harare Picturesque like a dream Surreal… Hand in hand we dawdled In despair for a hot meal In the shimmering distance Like a mirage in the desert The neon lights read 'Creamy Inn' Something to calm our rambling bellies At last… Nippy evening air hit our souls 'Ice-cream tastes better at night' I said 'I can't believe I'm having ice-cream' He said We frolicked Hand in hand we danced past faces painted with adoration 'What a handsome lover!' They probably thought: My delectable younger brother
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Oct 27, 2017
Oct 27, 2017 at 4:18 PM UTC
Down the Streets of Harare
After the rain, came the heavy snow. Falling with silent thuds through the trees, the bush and below. Muffled crunches of boot ensconced children zipping up parkas against flakes by the million. Stillness in my heart slipping through the broken parts, dripping to the snow in colors of blue and vermillion. The quiet flakes gently holding my confusion and loneliness. Caressing my cheeks as a mother would to her child crying in whispered tearfulness A painful summer ambled slowly away leaving a far fairer autumn but as winter and her snows knocked at my door, the mountain beckoned, and I lost him.
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Nov 14, 2018
Nov 14, 2018 at 11:07 PM UTC
The Mountain
the grass, leaning in the south wind , seeming               as if emeralds,   had sent tendrils up               to suckle at the yellow breast, now,   high above     inflamed....               over soft new               grass                              like               strands of green gemstone,               as delicate as humming-bird tongues               teasing nectar               from a titan,               in the sky                                        triumphant in the void,               a golden bead in the baffling blue !               cattails, curling in sway...and two brown eyes bob upon the surface                           of a myriad fertilities.               as if                         nature itself had known, one day                        a poet would come ~               to roam the rambling renascence of these remote ramparts                      in awesome humility ~ and so prepared               a path afflux                 that ambled near               and yes !               an                         anonymous nomad               with nicotine skin and a scabbard of scandalous quills               would indeed               stumble in      as if returning home               to a mansion restored to glory               and seraphic randomness....               a place               that in youth, sustained a quiet, soulful troubadour               by gospels of granite and grain,  grass finch               and faun - ennobling an oracle ... but now               enticed a scholar  from his cot               to jot ephemera               of outlasting spark               before darkfall                        and so... there               amid all allurement   and soft machines               a word-smith gathered               poesy and prose.                            muse-driven               this one served               an invisible               sovereign                            one                 of unsurpassed virility               who charms       kaleidoscopes               with  offhand sketches                   rescued               from               a landfill                            a basket weaver,                 that unravels to               achieve pure               forms                            a wineskin was decanted in dianthus and hollies -               as ampules of anagrams               were sold unscrambled, to dyslexics               without hope                            a falcon   frolicked above the lowborn lilies...                              with eyes                 too keen               to see a               blur               as the hand               of god                            or a vole                            as a lifeline               on his               palm.
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Sep 27, 2011
Sep 27, 2011 at 5:51 PM UTC
as delicate as humming-bird tongues, teasing nectar from a titan
the grass, leaning in the south wind , seeming               as if emeralds,   had sent tendrils up               to suckle at the yellow breast, now,   high above     inflamed....               over soft new               grass                              like               strands of green gemstone,               as delicate as humming-bird tongues               teasing nectar               from a titan,               in the sky                                        triumphant in the void,               a golden bead in the baffling blue !               cattails, curling in sway...and two brown eyes bob upon the surface                           of a myriad fertilities.               as if                         nature itself had known, one day                        a poet would come ~               to roam the rambling renascence of these remote ramparts                      in awesome humility ~ and so prepared               a path afflux                 that ambled near               and yes !               an                         anonymous nomad               with nicotine skin and a scabbard of scandalous quills               would indeed               stumble in      as if returning home               to a mansion restored to glory               and seraphic randomness....               a place               that in youth, sustained a quiet, soulful troubadour               by gospels of granite and grain,  grass finch               and faun - ennobling an oracle ... but now               enticed a scholar  from his cot               to jot ephemera               of outlasting spark               before darkfall                        and so... there               amid all allurement   and soft machines               a word-smith gathered               poesy and prose.                            muse-driven               this one served               an invisible               sovereign                            one                 of unsurpassed virility               who charms       kaleidoscopes               with  offhand sketches                   rescued               from               a landfill                            a basket weaver,                 that unravels to               achieve pure               forms                            a wineskin was decanted in dianthus and hollies -               as ampules of anagrams               were sold unscrambled, to dyslexics               without hope                            a falcon   frolicked above the lowborn lilies...                              with eyes                 too keen               to see a               blur               as the hand               of god                            or a vole                            as a lifeline               on his               palm.
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A student of mine sat on the steps Clenched, clammy, and bulging with strained strength Periodically overcome by shadows of pathology This night he begged for help through gaps of cyclical consciousness A funeral trail for clarity ambled solemnly to the gymnasium He was surrounded, and they plotted, and advanced, and he was engulfed They were upon him like a ****** seeking seed or vulture carrion He seized on an arched back and suffered under octodemons On that hard wood floor under dead bulbs that swung like momentous pendulums My student transformed into a tiger leaking rage from rusty cage Explained in eloquent detail and prophetic tone his will to **** Blacking out to full extent He was amygdala, he was instinct Battling grown poachers until they stole his fearsome fangs Clipped his claws, and painted over his stripes with calm When contained, vicious umbra cat turned tranquil We sat circular and played lobster ball pass with our toes And talked about buses to New York His mother taught him to be a songbird While the streets moved his feet Goodnight Archery, we hugged I wonder how he's Breathing
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Sep 12, 2011
Sep 12, 2011 at 8:24 PM UTC
112. Tiger 9/13/11
We walked in beauty at daybreak a cool breeze blew through our arms like long feathered eagle spirit wings Sky pressed its cobalt palms together in prayer and bowed to the four directions Stopping to commune with the new baby across the street round, gurgling Buddha face radiant as the sun glittering above us His mother expressed concern over a recent viral infection he'd just gotten over, her greenish gray eyes beaming with maternal devotion in the morningstar light We continued our beauteous trek I paused just off of Island street to take a pine blossom bath Thanking the noble, handsome pine I immersed myself in the aura cleansing prickly, tickling pine needles A dark blue car ambled slowly pass me wondering, "What the heck?!" Laughing, I wandered on... singing to the sun dancing higher in the heavens showering the earth and all my brothers and sisters in Golden Beauty
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Nov 17, 2018
Nov 17, 2018 at 8:38 PM UTC
Sunrise Footsteps
I dreamed I was a butterfly. (Or butterfly was me.) I fluttered by the golden sky, The mountaintops, the sea. I felt the warmth, the sweet caress, The gentle breeze of love. I knew there was no hell below, No heaven up above. I spread my wings and let it go, Forgetful of the past. I dreamed I was a butterfly. I fluttered – free at last. I drifted on the salty waves, Beset by melting ice… Amid long years and short days I freely cast my dice. My dreams came true, and all at once The evil was no more… I let it wash all over me, And then – I crashed ashore. Anon, reborn, I dreamed again. (Or butterfly dreamed on.) My whole existence – pure as Zen, Unique as a black swan. The shards, dispersed along the way, I gathered – one by one. The kintsugi of life I made Was brighter than the sun. The silent flapping of my wings, Akin to sands of time, Sustained a galaxy of springs – Both mortal and divine. I ambled on, both dry and drowsed… The point of no return – I felt at home… When I aroused, A better world was born. My dream, however short it was, Is now a part of me. Now, conscious of a grander cause, I flutter by so free.
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Mar 23, 2017
Mar 23, 2017 at 7:07 AM UTC
Butterfly
Even wan hills looked better in threadbare light You were the whisper of a neon lights noses to the sky in a pitch plastic night I walked by their obstinate legs, haunted by a plastic bag gliding on negligent bursts. upon arrival roughly hung doors of understanding lit by cheap sulfur bulbs. The handles too large for small palms to turn my feet knew better ways home they ambled on beside my plastic ghost.
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Dec 16, 2012
Dec 16, 2012 at 9:17 PM UTC
Plastic Bags. Plastic Night.
**Topsy and Turvy, hassled and harried jostled among a jungle of jumble, so busy they beavered, in search of a bauble upon all the shelves, so deftly they delved, ... within the lair of the piffling frippary. They ambled and rambled, so giddy they gambolled and sought for that trivial trinket or trifle, they rummaged and rifled, their eagerness stifled, through struggle, they strived, from nine until five, ... within the lair of the piffling frippary. Staunch but stressed, their zest so hard pressed for until discovered, found and recovered, they muttered and spluttered, and audibly uttered within the lair of the piffling frippary, ... persuing that piece of paltry frivolity. Now flagging, they floundered, not finding the foible in shambles they rambled, revealing reluctance, and ceding, conceding, they threw in the towel on trembling, tottering knees they now tumbled, ... out of the lair, of the piffling frippary. ...   ...   ...**
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Feb 6, 2012
Feb 6, 2012 at 10:42 AM UTC
... Lair Of The Piffling Frippary ...
Fleas as a breed are troublesome And some much more than most There’s a vegan flea that lives near me By the title of Archibald Post He has a peculiar aptitude For the swift calculation of odds So he hunts for his prey on the high street Leaving peas sound asleep in their pods. When he leapt up and nibbled the ankle Of a bloke as he ambled on by He parked his parasitic posterior And gazed up at the open sky The bitten man stopped and scratched an itch And harassed his smitten limb When a blind man with a Labrador Careered straight into him He fell over and dropped his hamburger The dog lunged and caught it with speed But leading his man into traffic Was the price of this dastardly deed A car swerved and walloped a lamppost Which fell through the front of a florist The bulb set alight an entire display Like a fire in a miniature forest A girl in the office above the street Grabbed her phone to call out some help When she dropped it in her anxiety And it fractured her toe with a yelp She lent on the windowsill urgently And knocked off and apple she’d saved Its descent to the street was in moments complete And the apple was thoroughly paved Archibald smiled, breakfast was served **
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Jun 22, 2013
Jun 22, 2013 at 3:31 PM UTC
Archibald Post - Chaos Flea
Now that my Parents are dead, I guess it's okay To tell what they did To me as a babe. They tore off my limbs And they dug me a grave, Cuz I said that I would But I didn't behave. They split up the parts And dug up a ditch In six different yards So I couldn't restitch. They should've guessed I couldn't stay In eternal rest For more than a day. My hands dug in the dirt To find one another, My feet kicked in the clay To be with each other Once again, to start it all over. I reassembled Under the moon And slowly ambled Up to my room With all my stuffed animals Waiting to be told What they should do. I told them my plan To get my payback, First we'd get Sam And then we'd attack His pretty wife Jan. My lion Simba Clawed out their eyes, My polar bear Nimbus Bit into their thighs And tore off their legs Like they had done mine. My giraffe Mr. Skeep Wrapped his neck around theirs And put them to sleep By stealing their air. My job complete, I walked down the stairs, Got something to eat Then split apart, Said bye to my feet, And went back to the dark Under the streets That my lovely parents Intended for me.
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Oct 2, 2012
Oct 2, 2012 at 12:52 AM UTC
--You're Grounded--
Each on a lone adventure Their holidays collided then combined So shared special self-made memories And as fate became their destination Their destiny took the challenge of distance He ambled along his adventure And she journeyed her way home But the tingling of their meeting lingered And their shared smiles shadowed their thoughts Now love was stretched, but strengthened by distance So when he had more time on her side They were both soon willing to give it a try Soon sinking so deeply in love It was now their connection thrived Only he was at a distance Then they shared almighty adventure Together their traveling passion took them afar So far, for him this time she stretched out And in his land they rested Love had taken them the distance Encountering an exciting diversion They were soon gifted with new life And with this charming commitment Came a decision of destination Whose pathway would take the distance? Back upon the other side they settled But this time it was to become theirs And once harbored in a happy home Their lives expanded and more family was grown Now with no worries of distance So for her he did relocate And for him her family she gave But he need not move on or away For as their relationship has shown Love knows no distance
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Sep 18, 2015
Sep 18, 2015 at 12:02 AM UTC
Love knows no distance
The Drummer Brothers of Ikku Ukku Heard from the bathers that- The Princess had been abducted By the Dark Beast. A bounty of thousand gold coins was announced If you brought her back alive and the beast dead And Death if you brought the beast alive and the Princess dead. The Drummer Brothers of Ikku Ukku Hung their drums around their necks And drummed their way Through the Forest Dark When the Elder Brother drummed the sleep-inducing roll, The storks that roosted in the trees Dropped as if they were one big bunch. He picked them up one by one While the younger one, Elated, Shouted 'Pelicans!' and drummed the defeathering roll Upon which the plumage came off The Elder Brother drummed the roasting roll And the birdflesh caught fire. On the second day a leopard that looked- More like a boulder in leopard's clothing Lurched at the brothers. The Elder Brother drummed the age-reversing roll And the poor old leopard grew younger and younger Until it became a watery foetus which- The Drummer Brothers ate, Dabbing crushed chillies, and sprinkling salt. On the third day a bear of grisly proportions Ambled, roaring, into their sight The Younger Brother drummed an organ-enlarging roll that- Stretched the bear's mammaries far too long- They dragged on the ground like two pythons. The Elder Brother drummed the light-the- candle roll And the oily **** caught fire like wicks. Having vanquished the two deadly beasts The Drummer Brothers of Ikku Ukku met, On the fourth day of their journey, The Dark Beast. The Dark Beast, as it turned out, Was no beast as such But an Outcast once expelled Into the heart of darkness Who wrapped himself In the dark of the Dawn And became one with All the Beasts And rumbled. The Princess' pygmy horse was impaled With the stake coming out of its mouth Grossly gory, its hindlegs missing And the blood, coagulated, hanging like icicles. Near it was the Princess herself, Naked, except for the gold waist chain And the anklets. The Drummer Brothers of Ikku Ukku Drummed a very ordinary roll, Steady and throbbing. The Dark Beast who listened to it Was transported into his past, His memory of listening To the old drummers of Ikku Ukku. Excited, He spun on his heels and stretched out his arms He gyrated and pirouetted- And on reaching the peak of his frenzy Exploded, like a watermelon The pieces flew in all directions. The Drummer Brothers picked them up And licked While the Princess, shaken out of her languor, Rose and sauntered towards them. Holding out her honey hands She said, "Now I belong to both of you." The Younger Brother came up with a plan: The elder one would have her from the waist up While he would have her from the waist down. The Elder Brother approved. Vain and coquettish, The Princess rammed her fists into either drum And said: "I loathe their sound- too unrefined." On the fifth day, The Drummer Brother drummed a jazzed up roll On their new drumhead Made of the Princess' hide.
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Jul 24, 2020
Jul 24, 2020 at 6:15 AM UTC
The Drummer Brothers of Ikku Ukku
The Drummer Brothers of Ikku Ukku Heard from the bathers that- The Princess had been abducted By the Dark Beast. A bounty of thousand gold coins was announced If you brought her back alive and the beast dead And Death if you brought the beast alive and the Princess dead. The Drummer Brothers of Ikku Ukku Hung their drums around their necks And drummed their way Through the Forest Dark When the Elder Brother drummed the sleep-inducing roll, The storks that roosted in the trees Dropped as if they were one big bunch. He picked them up one by one While the younger one, Elated, Shouted 'Pelicans!' and drummed the defeathering roll Upon which the plumage came off The Elder Brother drummed the roasting roll And the birdflesh caught fire. On the second day a leopard that looked- More like a boulder in leopard's clothing Lurched at the brothers. The Elder Brother drummed the age-reversing roll And the poor old leopard grew younger and younger Until it became a watery foetus which- The Drummer Brothers ate, Dabbing crushed chillies, and sprinkling salt. On the third day a bear of grisly proportions Ambled, roaring, into their sight The Younger Brother drummed an organ-enlarging roll that- Stretched the bear's mammaries far too long- They dragged on the ground like two pythons. The Elder Brother drummed the light-the- candle roll And the oily **** caught fire like wicks. Having vanquished the two deadly beasts The Drummer Brothers of Ikku Ukku met, On the fourth day of their journey, The Dark Beast. The Dark Beast, as it turned out, Was no beast as such But an Outcast once expelled Into the heart of darkness Who wrapped himself In the dark of the Dawn And became one with All the Beasts And rumbled. The Princess' pygmy horse was impaled With the stake coming out of its mouth Grossly gory, its hindlegs missing And the blood, coagulated, hanging like icicles. Near it was the Princess herself, Naked, except for the gold waist chain And the anklets. The Drummer Brothers of Ikku Ukku Drummed a very ordinary roll, Steady and throbbing. The Dark Beast who listened to it Was transported into his past, His memory of listening To the old drummers of Ikku Ukku. Excited, He spun on his heels and stretched out his arms He gyrated and pirouetted- And on reaching the peak of his frenzy Exploded, like a watermelon The pieces flew in all directions. The Drummer Brothers picked them up And licked While the Princess, shaken out of her languor, Rose and sauntered towards them. Holding out her honey hands She said, "Now I belong to both of you." The Younger Brother came up with a plan: The elder one would have her from the waist up While he would have her from the waist down. The Elder Brother approved. Vain and coquettish, The Princess rammed her fists into either drum And said: "I loathe their sound- too unrefined." On the fifth day, The Drummer Brother drummed a jazzed up roll On their new drumhead Made of the Princess' hide.
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In a derby and suit, riding tall in the saddle, A stranger paraded one day. He rode through the street of a town in Nebraska, Astride a magnificent Bay. Though stately and proud he was oddly attired, Where cowboys and outlaws abide. And the gun that he wore, of an uncommon bore, Hung uncomfortably high on his side The attention he drew from the unseemly crew Of misfits (an unsavory lot) Was cause to give rise to a keen viewer's eyes Trouble might be more likely than not. Thugs are known to have fun by the threat of a gun To a stranger perceived as a dude. They often get rough and hostile and tuff; By their nature they're rowdy and rude. So it weren't no surprise when there came an up-rise Of cat-calls and whistles that day. While others just smiled, some were getting quite riled, As the stranger dismounted the Bay. He seemed not to care, ignored every dare, As he entered a bar called "The Shed." He called for a brew, then changed it to two; Said,"Take one over there to Big Fred." Now everyone knew that Big Fred was the worst of hooligans staying in town. In Sidney, Nebraska there weren't any faster When it came to shooting men down. The bar keeper trembled and shook as he ambled, Across the floor toting the beer. The mug was half empty when he finally reached Fred, Who now gazed at the dude with a sneer. The bar room grew still and the tension seemed loud. You could feel with a god-awful dread That a message was meant in the beer that was sent By the strangely dressed dude To Big Fred. "So it's you," uttered Fred. "Thought by now you'd be bound, To a Deadwood strike, off mining gold. I had thought you'd forget memories I now regret; I hoped that trail would finally grow cold." "It's the Masterson code and the gambler's creed To even all scores with a rat." And by those word every Sidney buckaroo knew That the stranger who spoke them was Bat. Fred reached for his iron with a lightning fast draw That never quite cleared the leather And no one even saw Bat Masterson's draw That silence Big Fred forever.
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Jul 28, 2011
Jul 28, 2011 at 9:34 PM UTC
The Man on the Bay
In a derby and suit, riding tall in the saddle, A stranger paraded one day. He rode through the street of a town in Nebraska, Astride a magnificent Bay. Though stately and proud he was oddly attired, Where cowboys and outlaws abide. And the gun that he wore, of an uncommon bore, Hung uncomfortably high on his side The attention he drew from the unseemly crew Of misfits (an unsavory lot) Was cause to give rise to a keen viewer's eyes Trouble might be more likely than not. Thugs are known to have fun by the threat of a gun To a stranger perceived as a dude. They often get rough and hostile and tuff; By their nature they're rowdy and rude. So it weren't no surprise when there came an up-rise Of cat-calls and whistles that day. While others just smiled, some were getting quite riled, As the stranger dismounted the Bay. He seemed not to care, ignored every dare, As he entered a bar called "The Shed." He called for a brew, then changed it to two; Said,"Take one over there to Big Fred." Now everyone knew that Big Fred was the worst of hooligans staying in town. In Sidney, Nebraska there weren't any faster When it came to shooting men down. The bar keeper trembled and shook as he ambled, Across the floor toting the beer. The mug was half empty when he finally reached Fred, Who now gazed at the dude with a sneer. The bar room grew still and the tension seemed loud. You could feel with a god-awful dread That a message was meant in the beer that was sent By the strangely dressed dude To Big Fred. "So it's you," uttered Fred. "Thought by now you'd be bound, To a Deadwood strike, off mining gold. I had thought you'd forget memories I now regret; I hoped that trail would finally grow cold." "It's the Masterson code and the gambler's creed To even all scores with a rat." And by those word every Sidney buckaroo knew That the stranger who spoke them was Bat. Fred reached for his iron with a lightning fast draw That never quite cleared the leather And no one even saw Bat Masterson's draw That silence Big Fred forever.
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A heart full of wine and liquor-spotted lips I can’t remember the last time we kissed or how long it lasted for. Yesterday’s makeup across a sham of a smile I always catch a glimpse of you on Sundays; it’s where you used to hold my hand and trace secrets across my forearm. Daisies stripe the path we ambled again and again until the grass was embedded with stumbling prints of your neon Nikes and the soft tap of my feet. I still feel you in my veins The toxin levels rise; I watch it on the monitor. A plastic bracelet wraps my wrist too tight, the way your left hand did. I expected you to burst like a volcano and flood me with heat, scalding my ribs and charing all flesh. I waited for you to make me new, and you didn’t. My hair was the darkest black, and I faded into shadows following you.
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Sep 22, 2014
Sep 22, 2014 at 9:05 PM UTC
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~ In the sunshine corridor of morning trees and loam 'Tween classes, and the faces (off to learn some grey equations) *I said Good Morning to a little bird* Who looked at me so quizzically with little shining eyes That I laughed at myself for being so polite - Til I said farewell We parted with our purpose I to grey and she to blue Then I ambled off to class... and left her to the skies ~
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Aug 27, 2013
Aug 27, 2013 at 4:14 AM UTC
Could I Fly Away With You?