'Twas Mulga Bill, from Eaglehawk, that caught the cycling craze;
He turned away the good old horse that served him many days;
He dressed himself in cycling clothes, resplendent to be seen;
He hurried off to town and bought a shining new machine;
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<i>'Beep-beep.
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Advertisement in N.Y. Times
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The saris go by me from the embassies.
Cloth from the moon. Cloth from another planet.
They look back at the leopard like the leopard.
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In the tenth year of Yuanhe I was banished and demoted to be assistant official in Jiujiang. In the summer of the next year I was seeing a friend leave Penpu and heard in the midnight from a neighbouring boat a guitar played in the manner of the capital. Upon inquiry, I found that the player had formerly been a dancing-girl there and in her maturity had been married to a merchant. I invited her to my boat to have her play for us. She told me her story, heyday and then unhappiness. Since my departure from the capital I had not felt sad; but that night, after I left her, I began to realize my banishment. And I wrote this long poem -- six hundred and twelve characters.
I was bidding a guest farewell, at night on the Xunyang River,
Where maple-leaves and full-grown rushes rustled in the autumn.
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The rich house had in the hall
An enormous mirror, very old;
Bought at least eighty years ago.
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Charlie Chaplin whose real name was
Charles Chaplin, in his autobiography,
Gives a glowing account of his association
With Dr. Albert Einstein and his wife Elsa.
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The Teen Flower Arranger
Decades ago I arranged flowers
not as my profession,
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This poem is dedicated to Olfa Drid - who explores the beauty of Intellectual Love in many of her Poems.
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Hi. The name is Lou.
Born in the land of the new moon,
raised in the Pearl of the Orient.
My Grandparents as my Parents,
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Suddenly discovering in the eyes of the very beautiful
Normande cocotte
The eyes of the very learned British Museum assistant.
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Friday mornings:
As I follow Eric the barber to the pay counter,
feeling scraped and trimmed and scented and almost younger,
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Sally bought a toothbrush holder made from gleaming brass
Solid, smooth and golden, it was really class
But she was loathe to spend long dreary hours
Buffing and shining it, after hefty scours
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So he said to me: 'What kind of Asian are you? '
And I said back: Well that's a loaded question, what do you expect me to be?
Because any way slice that egg-roll I'm still pretty much what you want to see
I've played many a far east stereotype
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...who or which is the main topic of this site
in any season, let alone this one in the Northern hemisphere,
as the hormones stir a young man's fancy
and an old man's mind...
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She walked towards me down our street
my fluttering heart missed a beat
My throat went dry I felt oh so shy
and my knees began to knock
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In a little family group they stood
Aggrieved on the petshop floor.
“It bit me and me mam and our Gladys,
And ‘im, that boy by the door”.
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I Have heard sundry men oft times dispute
Of trees, that in one year will twice bear fruit.
But if a man note Tyburn, 'will appear,
That that's a tree that bears twelve times a year.
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Those of you who have followed my blogs on Einstein and Physics theory will recall that I frequently referenced CERN which is an international project near Geneva Switzerland which has as it's goal the re-creation of the conditions of the Big Bang.
The project, planned for years, first fired up in 2008 with mixed results and limited power and problems with the gigantic magnets which accelerate the particles. But, the multi-billion dollar project has drawn fire as the most dangerous tinkering in the history of the world and has been described as a threat to the entire planet. Lawsuits seeking to enjoin its operations have been filed.
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The challenge is posted
a sure promotion is open
only two persons are noted
as both got Masters degree
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It always has been a thought discreet
To know the company you meet;
And sure there may be secret danger
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I am 1st person
You are 2nd person,
He is 3rd person
Our assistant,
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75 Years D-Day on 5 June 2019....
Due to bad weather General Eisenhower commanded (based upon the advice of the 25-years experienced weatherman in Portsmouth)on 4 June THIS DAY must be delayed by 1 DAY, so D-DAY became 6 June 1944, since they departed in the evening of the 5th June and arrived early in the morning at the 6th of June 1944.
Today we commemorate, WE? YOU ALL, D-Day, because, actually, I don't know anything about it, my husband likes to watch the LIVE TV broadcast, he just loves watching war movies, like all other men around the world and this 75 year memorial celebration of D-Day in Portsmouth
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It's a journey . . . that I propose . . . I am not the guide . . . nor technical assistant . . . I will be your fellow passenger . . .
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Now it's April 30 and I'm back from my extended 'fun' trip overseas.
On the ferry boat from Holland to U.K. we encountered quite a breeze.
But I managed to keep what little I ate tucked away in my big tummy,
and managed to sleep, lulled by the waves as I used to be lulled by my mummy.
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What was he thinking?
Joe Cullen, the offensive assistant coach for the Detroit Lions,
Did do very offensive,
He took a trip to Wendy’s;
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Charles goes, with his, against King Rodomont.
Gryphon in Norandino's tournament
Does mighty deeds; Martano turns his front,
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There was declension
In my eye's vision
It was soon detected
As cataract, age-related.
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"My propositions serve as elucidations in the following way:
anyone who understands them eventually recognizes them as
nonsensical, when he has used them -- as steps -- to climb
up beyond them. (He must, so to speak, throw away the ladder
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As one who, long in thickets and in brakes
Entangled, winds now this way and now that
His devious course uncertain, seeking home;
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Betty Liechenstein was not doing a polka, *
But she dancing around the truth.
'Nurse Betty’ as my sister calls her was 'wannabe' nurse,
'Nurse Betty' did intramuscular injections,
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The cats story began in August 2012
When a new kitten wandered to our backyard
While my wife and I traveled to the West coast
For our niece's wedding and our vacation.
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Whom does this stately Navy bring?
O! ‘tis Great Britain's Glorious King,
Convey him then, ye Winds and Seas,
Swift as Desire and calm as Peace.
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Make the other person feel important-and do it sincerely.
— Dale Carnegie
†
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...then something snapped inside my head,
of all the lights the green ones went.
And dimly flick'ring orange glow
with hesitation, drifted in
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If you're lucky to live in a street in town,
Then stand quite still, glance up and down,
And you will find there, a storybook,
Lines of words wherever you look.
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Thank you, Brianna
For two years of excellence
As my assistant.
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1
What’s this? A dish for fat lips.
Who says? A nameless stranger.
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Like an unripe melon
Like a conquer Magellan
Like a handy capped Helen Keller
There is a moonster in the cellar
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Foreclosed signs, dot neighborhood lawns
and boarded houses mark suburban graveyards
along the littered streets of bric-à-brac
lay corpses of the Jones's seared up and charred
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I dreaded this day for weeks,
watching the black X on the calendar march ever closer,
regressing back to toddler years in my mind.
As I pull into the parking lot
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To Farmer Moss, in Langar Vale, came down,
His only daughter, from her school in town;
A tender, timid maid! who knew not how
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HAVENT HEARD FROM YOU IN AGES STOP LOVE YOUR
LATEST SHOW STOP THIS NO PHONE STUFF IS FOR BIRDS
LIKE YOU STOP ONCE SHOUTED UP FROM STREET ONLY
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She disappears into the foreboding night
While her mother is sleeping in the bedroom next to hers,
She’s underage but escapes
To the Atlantis Lounge
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My Blessed Christmas
it rained all day long
with dry spots in between to do the shopping
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Congratulation!
Your new pride and elation:
Your new MSW.
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(Alexa is a voice-operated intelligent personal assistant.)
A pulsating presence, rotund
On our kitchen countertop
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Green hills indistinct water far away
Autumn end river south grass trees wither
Twenty four bridges bright moon night
Jade person what place welcome blow flute
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Why, since you have thrilled me like a flower,
should I not be excited by your skin?
Come let me grow a little younger by the hour
and plant you on my bed. There is no sin
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Ten mile in twenty minutes! 'E done it, sir. That's true.
The big bay 'orse in the further stall--the one wot's next to you.
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Smart lady born of parents God-fearing!
Hard-working and intelligent as well;
You did your job as best as you could do;
Your pleasant attitude was your asset.
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Chat GPT can perform
many assignments.
It can write a poem,
a newspaper column,
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To Dr.C.V.K. when last in Jan 2012, we coursed,
He proffered a book of poems—which in me aroused
The poetic flame and this musing is versed.
Oft have I cruised to many a doctor for salubrity,
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Bobo** said (in a low voice) :"Hey Steve, what the Hell ya doin'?
Spit out that 'bacco, as I shall allow MY players NO chewin'....
unless it's just Double Bubble, and then you've got to share.
Bring some tomorrow, here to Rm.218; bring it to my chair."
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My wife used the 'word' parafake, one evening in our bed.
Now don't get any nasty idea she was speaking of ME, in your nasty head.
In fact I don't believe either of us recall, of WHAT she was speaking,
and 'parafake' isn't even a word in my dictionary. I know; I went peeking.
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Wrinkles are the measurement,
to show the life's management,
some are very near and deep,
and the rest long and steep.
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‘Oh my, what a weird-looking glob of gob! '
was what I first thought when I saw that blob.
Then I embarked on a fact-finding job
into that curious thingamabob.
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death taunts you, it shouldn't
but it does
right out of your reach.
reaching out too the orb
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You choose clothes.
Dash in & out of the changing room.
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Sweet reflection
Sunday, September 16,2018
2: 38 PM
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An aging, cantankerous Jew
thought the blood in his body was blue.
Said his Aryan friend
'it's most likely a blend,
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In 1968 I landed a job in Berriman JHS
thus keeping me out of Viet Nam
but if I faltered and got fired
I’d be there swatting flies and fleeing bullets.
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I needed the teaching job in ‘68
or off to Viet Nam
but when I told what happened
no one believed me.
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and Harry Feldman, two hours already
“Help is on the way, ” said Bob Bonaparte
assistant custodian at Spinoza HS.
Harry repeating for the third time, “Go help the poor
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The culture of corruption never seems to be corrected;
Like many are addicted to smoking, drinking and drugs,
All are forced to be addicted to money for everything!
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Our life is going on according to the will of God;
Our decision is right or wrong based on His will;
At the most man can become a mystic but not a God;
Mystics are believed and worshiped as god for long!
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I woke up late this morning, my phone was dead. I guess I never plugged it in, I found it buried under my pillow (erah!) . I barely had time for anything, just managing to cover the basics as the 'Whoop' sound signaled my first virtual classroom opening. A pop-up announced that the class would be recorded and available later. 'Yessss! ' I thought, as I put in my airpods.
My room is surprisingly full of houseplants. There's a ponytail palm, an anthurium and philodendrons sending down tendrils of heart-shaped leaves from shelves and tables. I drew open my curtains and the room bloomed, morning sunny. It was 22° but my windows are almost always cracked open to let in some real air.
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Over decades, Hanna- Barbera created lots
Of quirky cartoons: from The Flintstones to Top Cat;
From Wacky Races and the Jetsons to Scooby Doo;
From Johnny Quest, Jabberjaw to The New Schmoo;
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How to write your biography,
A White House assistant
So glamorous
That could not be resisted,
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HOUSE OF ILL REPUTE
What do they call the children of
the ladies of the evening?
brothel sprouts
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Si tu veux mon appartement, dors la-dedans
mais entendons-nous clairement:
les livres sont des agents libres.
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SOLVING MYSTERIES
Deep mysteries may be solved by analytic clarities,
but then dissolve as you dismantle their disparities,
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My son has given up his job:
he survived for almost a year
but finished up stressed-out.
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JBO said she would not
fly that particular airline because
the culture was so authoritarian
an assistant pilot would rather
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I. Outnumbered by armour (A reply to William Shakespeare)
Outnumbered by armour
and by men we met the enemy,
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With Persian cats, nobody knows
what they are thinking. It’s the same
with Persian people. Heaven knows
how they intend to play the game
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Nissim Ezekiel is one such poet who suffered the alienation feeling most,
Some sort of rootlessness and uneasiness in being here
And the nativity question baffled him
As for to be called Indian
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It was a solemn rite as e'er
Was seen by mortal man.
The celebrants, the people there,
Were all Republican.
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Planning Of A Housewife
(Sonnets-shakespearen and petrarchan style
alternately)
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Monday, December 07,2009
Riff on Ely Funky Boots' Rare Flower
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Standing at a corner unseen to us,
with his dreadful club
what a busy creature he is.
Always watching our every steps
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They met at a home remodeling show
At the Baltimore Convention Hall.
He was selling floor mops and
She demo’d picture hooks.
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You claim to be a boss to me
And forcefully have your way in me
I may be your assistant
But please keep your distance
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I want to stand up, but if I do,
whose coffee table silence
will these boys rest their feet on?
I want to stand up, but if I do,
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It was my first year of college
when inquisitiveness was marvellous.
A lady assistant professor
entered our gallery to take
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three continuous days
of dilating the pupils
and closure of eyes
strange...pronounced
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Me and Ed and a stretcher
Out on the nootral ground.
(If there's one dead corpse, I'll betcher
There's a 'undred smellin' around.)
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Thursday morning, December 7, 2023 at 11: 06 a.m.,11: 33 a.m. and 11: 59 a.m.; continued on Monday morning, December 11 at 11: 47 a.m. and finished at 12: 42 p.m.
Ever patient, North Carolina Police Agencies—
Wilmington, Cary, Raleigh Police, just to name three
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When a university comes up, I startle to see the nautanki
Of the local teachers
Wanting to be OSDs,
Officers on Special Duty,
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Grandma lives in this town;
in fact all over this town.
Granpa's dead.
Uncle Heery's brain-dead,
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Alliterative Love Letter
Adored and angelic Amelia. Accept an ardent and artless amorist's affections, alleviate an anguished admirer's alarms, and answer an amorous applicant's avowed ardour. Ah, Amelia! all appears an awful aspect! Ambition, avarice and arrogance, alas are attractive allurements, and abase an ardent attachment. Appease an aching and affectionate adorer's alarms, and anon acknowledge affianced Albert's alliance as agreeable and acceptable.
Anxiously awaiting an affectionate and affirmative answer, accept an ardent admirer's aching adieu. Always angelic and admirable Amelia's admiring and affectionate amorist, Albert
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Don't just pop in! !
But, do knock before you enter;
Because, it is time for the harvest.
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1. Marilyn Munro's Fur
It swung from her back like a promise -
Presidents, gangsters, hunted it in packs;
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And I wonder when Congress will allow public nationwide schools...
in the United States to set aside time for children again to pray?
To pray for, or quietly reflect on behalf of, their once great Nation!
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He:
I really think it's only fair
We exchange our vows en plein air
For I am old and you are young
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Attending to needs of patients, listening to their explanations - making comments to allay fears - a physicians assistant helps the doctor take care of all those who enter his practice.
Trust has been built, knowledge is shown through the things he does for each person.
Caring, carefully taking every ailment sincerely and putting effort into easing or alleviating it.
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