just mercedes
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pink and green bungalows
one by one re-sided neutral
turning summer to winter
summer's greens have faded now,
fallen leaves litter the driveway
as the bungalow hunches for winter
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summer's greens have faded now,
fallen leaves litter the driveway
as the bungalow hunches for winter
Refugees are traded now
in the latest Brussels giveaway
as European pipedreams splinter
~ I think I just quoted myself - Achebe
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Refugees are traded now
in the latest Brussels giveaway
as European pipedreams splinter
yams and brussels sprouts
give way to spring pea leaves
digging deep
for a splinter of joy
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just mercedes
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yams and brussels sprouts
give way to spring pea leaves
digging deep
for a splinter of joy
on the other side of the equator
the final tomatoes hide behind leaves
faded now, like a splinter of spring
digging into autumn
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on the other side of the equator
the final tomatoes hide behind leaves
faded now, like a splinter of spring
digging into autumn
On the other hand in Ecuador
a backpacker's sued Phil Grieves
of Kentucky, Appalachian coal king
for pinching her bottom
~ I think I just quoted myself - Achebe
just mercedes
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(05-05-2016, 08:43 AM)Achebe Wrote: on the other side of the equator
the final tomatoes hide behind leaves
faded now, like a splinter of spring
digging into autumn
Holidaying in Ecuador
a backpacker sues Phil Grieves
of Kentucky, Appalachian coal king
for pinching her bottom
I'm really struggling to find the three words from the first stanza reused or repurposed in the second. Am I just being very dense?
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(05-05-2016, 08:45 AM)just mercedes Wrote: (05-05-2016, 08:43 AM)Achebe Wrote: on the other side of the equator
the final tomatoes hide behind leaves
faded now, like a splinter of spring
digging into autumn
Holidaying in Ecuador
a backpacker sues Phil Grieves
of Kentucky, Appalachian coal king
for pinching her bottom
I'm really struggling to find the three words from the first stanza reused or repurposed in the second. Am I just being very dense?
I changed it as you were reading.
~ I think I just quoted myself - Achebe
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On the other hand in Ecuador
a backpacker's sued Phil Grieves
of Kentucky, Appalachian coal king
for pinching her bottom
In Ecuador
backpackers perform
equatorial egg tricks
for a bemused king
wae aye man ye radgie
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house for sale:
sea view, missing one wall -
still a good buy
prisoners penned
by three walls, the sea;
low tide:
the moon's pardon
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prisoners penned
by three walls, the sea;
low tide:
the moon's pardon
Prisoners mooning
over barbed wire-
no pardon for those sad sacks
My new watercolor: 'Nightmare After Christmas'/Chris
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Prisoners mooning
over barbed wire-
no pardon for those sad sacks
Wires plucked blue
under a shared moon
seeya next life
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Wires plucked blue
under a shared moon
seeya next life
moonshining hobo
plucks the blues
on a bruised guitar
wae aye man ye radgie
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(love)
moonshining hobo
plucks the blues
on a bruised guitar
shining evening rays
fragmented through clouds
parting is not sweet sorrow
Hobe Sound sings
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shining evening rays
fragmented through clouds
parting is not sweet sorrow
Hobe Sound sings
noctilucent lampposts—
fragmented rays
on the canal
wae aye man ye radgie
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noctilucent lampposts—
fragmented rays
on the canal
unsalted, silted
dark passage, dirty bottom
crab heaven
It could be worse
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Bottom feeders
In up-lit cracks.
Soft shelled crabs
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Bottom feeders
In up-lit cracks.
Soft shelled crabs
up-lit cracks
leg-wrapped poles
dead eyes
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up-lit cracks
leg-wrapped poles
dead eyes
litcrackup—
on a polar axis
eccentric orbits
—TulipCrack
wae aye man ye radgie
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litcrackup—
on a polar axis
eccentric orbits
—TulipCrack
someone lit the tulip
in my crack
probably the eccentric Polack
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someone lit the tulip
in my crack
probably the eccentric Polack
lips cracked
by polar wind
Mawson's revenge
It could be worse
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