Walk in Reflections - Short Takes

By Xlibris US

the history can't escape lives in philosophy

drop in anywhere between the Big Whoever and Theory of Relativity

what the circle chain to each his own

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: May 13, 2014
• ISBN: 9781499006179

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walk in reflections

short takes

PATRICK LONGE

Copyright © 2014 by patrick longe.

ISBN:                  Softcover                           978-1-4990-0616-2

                            eBook                                 978-1-4990-0617-9

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the copyright owner.

also available by Patrick Longe

(in print and Ebook at bookstores and internet merchants)

Selected Poems, 293 pg., 2009

Black and White: Photographs and Some Words, 499 pg., 2011

Song In Mind (Lyric Workbook Illustrated), 445 pg., 2012

wacky-wise: streams, certain poems, & the graffiti deal, 322 pg, 2013

and at www.xlibris.com, 1-888-795-4274.

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CONTENTS

Thoughts of the Ages

common sayings from latin with english translations,

here so as…

—and what of it

—to get a sense of

—how you play it

—in the exchange

—where is the key

—the circle be unbroken

—what not fail to

—now are where

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Look About The City

Photographs

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Short Takes

Poetry

all poetry and photography previously unpublished

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Patrick Longe has been writing creatively and taking photographs since the 1980s. His poetry appears regularly in journals and magazines. Strong believer sleep is best medicine and doesn't matter to reader where live, though with wide range of reality out there—probably does matter where parking Louis Armstrong's hat.

Music rots when it gets

too far from the dance.

Poetry atrophies when it gets

too far from music.

Ezra Pound

short takes of poetry

.* with some of the usual just can’t escape

point of view

the coloring see

In the roundabout.

keep it fun (animated sort)

Straight History (The Tigger-Pooh Conspiracy)

the creative jack

the glimpse turns

have faith

sincerely

the mad-ness handle

that voice

exercise poems for today #30

crackle old-fashioned sense

Statue on Corner in Naples, Florida

(at table) so blue

invent the system

remnants of galaxy

untoldsoul

awakes emotion

pieces face

the fair fight

chancellors of turbulence

where the fair echo

everyday man

willingwater

Nobody Can Rule

where power sits home goes out to dinner

tenor of day

some Shaker, some Maker

sucker sweet

notice heed

Language And Touch

Short Poem #60

willow still willow say

to come across

bill the syndicate

turn on sayings

the human pause

short poem #204

six and King (for General O’ Duffy)

same old truth

tables to turn

shade & money

analogy, metaphor, allegory proverb, aphorism, euphemism

set ready #2

widely thought

sharp the smart look

in the trade

the age never leaves

my heart don’t work that way

into the lamplight

what sound says

street craft

good luck politician blues

what memory serve

smileswipe

way to play!

lays down the loser

speaking for the wife

all aboard

sky, sea & stolen breaths

four winds a-blowing

philosophy go on the have to go

when look like visitors

always just passing

"can’t take him down

world held up

High school to The Human Spectacle

AM-1410 WHEN

sometime in the future

buzz off

flak jacket defense

warlock symbolism

work in office

short-circuit

The ID Badge

fast, now past that

it’s the data

deftly so step

the circle draw

smileswipe (version #2)

Serpent’s Kiss

all together desire

age old

Urbane Innocence

dance in the answer

—the umpteenth time— (one smart philistine)

in service

know now

heard mention

dearly so done well

closing time

something called youth

Surroundings

Marked Love

the gaming heart

little saying

what day is it?

Single in wind

Facing Down the Hit Men

Waylands Inn

darkening hair

pond of the rings

short poem #94

in focus

Once I Raged

filmed in Technicolor

Stranger Within

summer lull

paradoxically Complete

subway stops

legendary lover

world-a-whizzin

universal force plays along

hard to argue with

when the time…

lay me down

awakening

mercy, mercy, myself

live tonight myth

upshot at the Sands

defiantly—some rhapsody!

wander like drawn

take on this trick

ether continental

candle light story

take shape—science

two for Tuesday

yes, with the colors

internal dialogue (self)

descending

what’s play (have no art game)

what worth #2

always amusing story

as if yours

’tis the season

unwhy so why

talk the smile

within born the night

winter poetic justice

all in presentation

belly laugh the bottom line

nobody where matter of it

short poem #73

tell of time

here the volley

takes the thought

involuntary commitment

hand dealt asks intelligence

the rings

the fiction rap

famous last words…

river flows home

step ahead (of my own heat)

Present of Time Passing

my girl finance

buzz the boss

how things going

pairs everywhere (this side or that)

openness knows no score

straight line of mad

neurotransmitter boogie

television

free the generation

the nobody nemesis

curtain rises

windy spotlight

nature what ills

elbow drinks

arrayed on rocks

who knows who better

taken with the wind

gathering pulse

private cabaret

invisible train

along for the ride

just the looks

name your avenue

storied me

illiterate rules of culture

here we are with history

Skipper’s Smokehouse

capital letters

on chosen breaths

front put up

ownership time

triumph Living

slipped memory

down with cheat

conceptual Rundown (vague enough to escape)

rivals traffic outlook

flight of the character flaw

the idea of golden days

bear paw of authority

twelve scientists (another part of the story)

story lasts

(how ever got away)

willow still willow sway

clean cut kid

ello devil

writing on wall

five hundred books

steps the abyss

short poem #53

moving pictures

comes perfect time

Corner of Have & None

where accentuate

easily explained

free of symptoms

water moving

finds and lines

American History

mad river right as rain

slumming la-la land

roundball stranger game

throw of inspire

conceptual take two

who let the art directors out?

painted ruse

where the seminal found

timing paid attention to

anti-war song

voice vibe

inhabitants of wind

various states Dionysian

creation take your way

the dust of karma (version #2)

determined eye

no story belongs

universal piece

about what says all

forward there

reflections catch

The Faculties

Cowboy

sidewalk facts

serves purpose

fly like can

keep going

train late season remains

almost combination plate

squared away

It’s the weekend

looking over Time

made in memory

land of nature

figures equal

where landmarks

age of always so?

hardly, down the downside

if truth be…

dreamist

Sight alight

three times around

Money down (shaft of reality)

lookout on mind

with day tangle

slips my mind who reminds

atmosphere matters

direct line

here sits Noble

asks do…

other side of you

8-ball state

anywhere anytime

trailing wind (what so mind)

the take

look say try

Short Poem #67

choice quotient

How Do You Know I’m At Where You’re Putting Me At

one with one and only

the return of the mini-bike

bag of flash

until hobo (what’s a rock ’n roller singer to do?)

to tell story

Rest pressure Even

discuss such

too old to rock ’n roll

moment inside

someone should tell

volition takes

speaking of contradictory

Unmistakably here

Way things turned out

dee-jay lovers

all one girl

take art home

motor city singer

tricks of the trade

pretty good buzz

talking to shade

Daily Digest

strange Godfellows

Know where get Bugaloo Sandwich

terminal tackle

congratulations, you beat the system

big enchilada

middle of tale

on eleven looking for ten

some arrangement

cash in bucket

The Camera Has Gun (Version #2)

in certain light

what solves to the 23rd Power

split the difference

partners land have

nobody & white linen

palm shadows residence

here and now

Solemnity

what say of blues

play A FIN

baseball to inside