The journey does begin when to this measured plane of
conscious time and dust came forth a travelling spirit
seeking warmth and love. Alas the love that willing wisp had
wished came not to he and now a soul on wing his light does
range. To be... – by Joseph Ippolito | 1 View added 2 years ago
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This journey does begin
When to this measured plane
Of cosmic time and dust
Came forth a traveling spirit
Seeking warmth and love
Alas the love that willing wisp had wished
Came not to he and now
A soul on wing his light does range
To be... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 7 Views added 2 years ago
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A poem for the missing and gone
Connie, Terence, Tom and Will
To this day missing they are still
Against their will trapped to fulfill
Auld Clootie's sizzling... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 17 Views added 2 years ago
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Where angels come but few dare go
Jesu' bore the mighty blow
But grace did clothe the blessed child
Given to love, teach, meek and... – by Joseph Ippolito | 20 Views added 3 years ago
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Once in a ferlie wood my maid and I
Did spot a flower once o' ma eye
Tho' now that rose no more is she
Wi' auld flame prince thereby passed... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 262 Views added 6 years ago
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Touche parry thou literary
Cream of its cleek society
Does air the grace disparagingly
Devoid of all hilarity
Who cross the street by rapidly
Quite apt to do so happily
As if that solved a riddle
Of what was in the... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 112 Views added 6 years ago
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I don't do anything anyone states
Who go into places through herding gates
There in I go through the out doors
And leave that same way at super stores
I'm a super sheep
I walk upstairs backwards
Counting the steps
5 steps, left foot first... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 95 Views added 6 years ago
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I don't do anything anyone states
Who go into places through herding gates
There in I go through the out doors
And leave that same way at super stores
I'm a super sheep
I walk upstairs backwards
Counting the steps
5 steps, left foot first... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 110 Views added 7 years ago
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The Rymor and I
1.Thomas the Rymor
2.I
A contemporary... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 83 Views added 7 years ago
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Nirvana, bliss, not a sound, not a hiss
Car speeds by
Peace
Shattered
Night shuns day, all noise away!
Engines blare, a blaze somewhere
Peace
A million tiny... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 139 Views added 7 years ago
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Whit glory an’ whit horror jaunts jilted jolly there
Where evils taint azure blue skies
Frae hell spewed forth its vap’rous... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 113 Views added 7 years ago
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Cups of coffee, losing sleep
Seems the only thing to keep
Is the sanity, which seeps into the bewildered vanity
Creeping into my tears
What was found is ‘lost’, a realm of confused black
Ghosting persona, diminishing willpower
Until all is wholly... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 369 Views added 7 years ago
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Not wan command whit You ha’e plead
Hath no’ been broken o’ Eden’s seed
So I’ll try no’ tae lie, an’ curse an’ swear
Before ah die an’ am nae... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 80 Views added 7 years ago
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Oh what a fate doth lie in wait for all the evildoers
And ev’n me, a sinner be, was ne’er the saint on bended knee
But oh what a joy, a jealous joy, awaits the penitent sinner boy
For a terrible troll stilled a soul here in the North... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 264 Views added 7 years ago
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Oh whit a woe, but oh whit a joy
When wan angel came
Tae save wan little boy
Guid vapour flit frae a sky tae be
Tae salve a spirit sare tae flee
Frae this fleshy vial that I call... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 127 Views added 7 years ago
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Here he comes silently threshing the floor
Here he comes ghosting through wall and through door
Where is he going and what will he do
We’ll soon find out when he comes looking for... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 313 Views added 7 years ago
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The greatest gift ever
Life never-ending
Everlasting, no
Ever-mending, yes
The greatest gift ever
Love never-ending
Everlasting, no
Ever-mending, yes
The greatest truth ever
Life impermanent
Permanent no
Impermanent,... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 80 Views added 7 years ago
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Should ah close ma eyes yince an' e'ermore
Nae mair tae spy braw licht sklentin' thru' ma door
If aw this vain glory hae nae purpose at aw’
Ah did ma best tae love yi'... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 142 Views added 7 years ago
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My heart’s in a wheelchair
Get up and walk she said
You may heal the lame lassie and make it rhyme
But a broken heart heals only in its... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 42 Views added 7 years ago
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A Buddha on the breeze, a tulpa in the trees
One makes you shiver, the other makes you... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 125 Views added 7 years ago
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Sandwood Bay, oh Sandwood Bay
Tae taste delight o’ Shinary
Yir golden dune an’ surfin’ wave
An’ trawl oot yonder an’ hidden... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 177 Views added 7 years ago
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Nae spirit child could e’er say wi’ such Buddha brevity, Daddy, I can’t believe I’m real Like a star, booming in the sky, I watched him fly An exclamation of... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 147 Views added 7 years ago
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Fallen tree has hit the chair
An’ some poor soul wiz sittin’ there
That big auld birch came crashin’ doon
Beneath the light o’ an oglin’... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 92 Views added 7 years ago
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In heaven there’s piannas, with keys a mile wide
And I can hear them tinkling in that familiar style of stride
In heaven there’s piannas, they’re tonking in the stars
Tatum, Burt, Garner and Bach, between Mercury and... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 336 Views added 7 years ago
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River regardless where am I, you flow on after I die,
rushing streams in full blown spate, meeting deadline fate.
Sometimes we just flow peacefully
and at some point we reach the sea,
you’ll still be there and so will I,
but you’ll be somewhere in... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 320 Views added 7 years ago
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An old fashioned Burns theme of farewell in a modern vein; on the dangers of drink, drink driving and neglecting... – by Joseph Mark Ippolito | 122 Views added 7 years ago
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