Adders Poems - Poems about Adders

Coming Home

...thorns roam across my forehead
a thousand squirms  prevaricate,
of the silhouetted sun dance
the ice cream man can only melt
hounds and the hustlers
rejoice under beam
the dead had quietly spok...

Laying Down With Snakes

...Lay down noiselessly,
as long as you stay still
and breathe lightly, then they will ignore you.

You can smile under your eyelids,
you can pretend that they have legs
and wear business suits.
...

Corrupt Farm

...Corrupt farm, disdainful politics
Corrupt farm, unedifying ethics

The Lion gorges the subservient animals but not grass page
Or even does he gobble other feeds in the forest sage

The pronghor...

Global Propaganda

...The world has no idea 
what it's been missing,
the Death Adders are hissing
and we are deaf to the warning.

Too late to stop the snakes
from spreading the venom,
too late to recognize the Phe...

The Sum of It

...Some snakes are called adders
And I know that's true
Most adders are very good at sums
Others can't add up to two
This must be a worry
For adders who can't add
This could make this type of snak...

Tales of Idolatry

...Do not weep do not mourn
Do not move like a pawn
Back into his tight grasp
For that mans like an asp

Cleopatra is gone thanks
To his venomous pranks
Oh the fatal bite
Delivered so trite

V...

The Fools Think I'M Overtweeting - In Trump's Own Words

...They don’t get it, bunch of fools
Don’t they see how the media drools
Over each and every tweet
Crafted not to be discreet.

Are they blind to my great skill
Of bending media to my will,
Time ...

Belly Full of Lies

...

Listen to what the snake charmers say:
We be sulfuric scaly bellies,
flicking poisonous tongues on the telly
Idoly speak pure Orwellie — 
Down is up   ...  famine be a feast sup
Tell ...

Next Moment

...


Gangsta politicians,
falling stars   ...   twinkling
of an eye 
	disappearing

Leper lips
	 halitosis blowing
Got there gun clips
and stacked deck 
	    poker chips ...
Sin Cit...

Became

...That first non-rhythmical matter, 
Floated on the new dust of light, 
To whet the eleventh spark clatter, 
Such that its dividend split tight; 
A web, a sea of ringed atmosphere, 
Then a cob of ...

Haiku - Senryu

...True desert memories of my time spent in the Libyan desert. (Very early 60's)

The link re. the last senryu gives the details of how a young soldier lost his life by ignoring orders. Not a friend o...

Mermaids

...Beneath the deep blue sea, 
the broken hearts of mermaids bleed,
ululating for their love
happiness awaits above.

“Don't be afraid of the abyss 
the turtle offers his advice 
you cannot help ...

A Warning To Fear

...Some people have purloined from me,
That which meant what I mean to be,

Wicked witches and wizards in hidden lands,
Have taken my life from my hopeless hands.

But now I will fight till my ver...

Snakes and Adders

...T' was a shallow creeping envy,
Of a deviant design;
It slithered In quietly undetected,
To prey upon unsuspecting minds.

It built up false images and verses,
A phoney talent in every way;
Ta...

Babylonia : Part Two - Noahs Walk

...Babylonia : Part Two -
Noah’s walk


Pandas chew bamboo, while you film them in the nude;
Red Elephants are extinct (Apart from a view).
Fly up high, escape the zoo’s!
The latest attraction is...

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