Auctioneer Poems - Poems about Auctioneer

When the Hammer Falls

...
I hear the echo, sharp and clear,
The auctioneer draws bidders near.
“One... two...” — my heartbeat skips a beat,
My dreams laid bare beneath their feet.

The years I toiled, the nights I lost...

An Auction of Global Size

...
I had financially fallen on very difficult times,
and had to sell many of my valued treasures,
including twenty rolls of uncirculated dimes.
To get the best bids, I'd taken great measures.

Mo...

Dark Realms

...
 He came in dressed in black
 and an ominous silence fell over the bidders
 But there was no turning back
 They had entered a vey dark realm

 Then the bidding started
 The bids got higher an...

The Auction

...The auction began and I could feel my pulse patter,
If I don't get this house, my heart it may shatter.

I got my ducks in a row, when I saw the sale poster,
It's been a ride to get here, a real ...

The Emperor Auctions off his Clothes

...Come one, come all, to the grand affair!
The emperor sells his finest robes bare!
After a child called out: "He has no clothes"
What would the crowd bid for those?

The emperor beamed, modelling...

At the Auction House

...The public is invited to
The auction house before
The art is bid on, sold and then
Is carried out the door.

Since I live close, I love to go
To check out the display
And wonder ‘bout the patr...

A LOT OF ERRORS

...
I hadn’t seen her for ages,
But I’d know her anywhere,
With that finely chiseled profile
And that mass of golden hair.

We’d had a rollercoaster romance.
I remembered the thrill of it all,
A...

CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS

...CATULLUS TRANSLATIONS



Catullus LXXXV: 'Odi et Amo'
loose translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

1.
I hate. I love.
You ask, 'Why not refrain?'
I wish I could explain.
I can't, ...

Pre-Auction

...In my neighborhood, there is
A well-known auction space
Where items are displayed before
The auction will take place.

It’s open to the public, so
Today we went to see
Some very famous songs c...

Auction On a Windy Hill

...Beneath billowing sack cloth tent 
An auctioneer jibber-jabbers his words.
Below his red mahogany dais
Sit Fifty Amish American women and girls.
Black-bonnet-ed, bidder-number in hand, 
they chi...

My Ebbing Physical Prowess and Strength

...My ebbing physical prowess and strength

noticeably decreases in one direction.

I take lock, stock and barrel 
to revisit good ole days of yore
quite conscious undeclared state of war
prevail...

Auction of Emotions

...When fate pulls at my haiku of heartstrings,
I curse the syllables of my poetic musings.
If I do not express my sorrows,
how will petals blossom in my garden?

Upon the midst of bewilde...

Hammered Home

...Here lies my auctioneer friend, Ron
One final ‘going, going gone!’
His gavel's laid at rest as well
We bid him now a fond farewell.


14/09/18...

White Knuckles

...
Blue sighs,
purple heart beating pain
Scarlet letters
written on rice paper grain

Black clouds
portend colonial violent reign
Silver pocket lining — 
Ivory Coast watch has a gold ch...

A Rare Violin

...The Stradivarius

(A rare violin)

The Stradivarius lay still, waiting for a master's skill
The silent bow with deep yearnings,
for a master's touch upon its strings.
Across the case a price w...

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