Absence

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One must possess the...

One must possess the patience of Job,

“The patience of Job” applied as an idiom that means to have great patience or endurance in the face of...

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The cusp of becoming

M oving away and being astray
felt like I didn’t belong.
Being back home feels
a...

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Three Crows

Three Crows

Walking on a winters da
I was followed by three crows
Circling overhead
Like vultures...

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Scotch Tape Sweepstakes

Scotch Tape Sweepstakes

The easy to handle
sticky sided material
made of a variety of materials, including
...

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Brainstorming until...

Brainstorming until figuratively blue in the gills...,

and finally gung-ho with a poem title
important to yours truly
not disappointing his Facebook...

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If ye benevolent reader...

If ye benevolent reader count yourself as a wise married man such as me...

(truer words never spoken nor written)
take my word and decline
and absolutely refuse to take...

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I paid no heed to the call...

I paid no heed to the call of the siren(s)

where amble lances
hurled with the might
of off fish hull seductress dances
setting...

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A trunkful of recyclables...

A trunkful of recyclables patiently awaits,

(and cries out long day's journey into night,
no...not for Eugene O'Neill),
but rather being...

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Stretching outer limits of...

Stretching outer limits of incredulity beyond realm of logic

In an attempt to recount how life came about on planet Earth,
thence subsequently spanning across...

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Gotcha! Once respectable...

Gotcha! Once respectable haute cuisine thief Sue She...,

Gotcha! Once respectable haute cuisine thief Sue She...,
a septuagenarian renown for his trademark...

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Turning the maxim...

Turning the maxim familiarity breeds contempt on it's head...

not just in time for Valentine's Day
but the remaining days of our lives
as the world turns...

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Once again, yours truly...

Once again, yours truly takes poetic license.

Whenever the missus irks me or complains...
I tell her don't "Hock me in chinik" nor kvetch
...

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A (starry eyed) burst of...

A (starry eyed) burst of creativity...

at approximately
a painfully early o'clock in the morning
give or take an o'clock
...

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Lost dexterity since...

Lost dexterity since fingers tap away at qwerty keyboard...

since being a student in grade, junior and high school
analogous to geometry proof how lack of use...

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Sic semper evello mortem...

Sic semper evello mortem tyrannis, high bred poiētḗs of mine

("Thus always I cause the death of tyrants.”)
the purported line Brutus uttered
after...

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Shayna Punim - You came a...

Shayna Punim - You came a long way baby!

Though negligible communication
now transpires between us
twenty seven years ago
come...

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Sunday February 2nd, 2025...

Sunday February 2nd, 2025 Groundhog Day

Location: Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. First held on February 2, 1887 prognosticating how...