If You Pull a Long Face - Part Xiv
...IF YOU PULL A LONG FACE : Part XIV
IF you pull a long stiff face
Week after week while you parley
You risk stoking the furnace
Ill-chosen words all ending in nay
If you keep pulling the l...
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Categories:
banderillas, america, analogy, conflict, leadership,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Sun Like a Raging Bull
...The summer sky suddenly turned into a zealous stadium.
Sun like a raging bull inside the ring of fuming helium,
full on fire with flaring flames coming out of its nostril.
Fidgeting in the...
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Categories:
banderillas, allusion, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
Matador
...Poet: Ken Jordan
Poem: Matador
Edited by: Sparkle Jordan
written: October/2015
Bravely
he
poses
before
the
gates
of
sudden death -
Poised
to
face
his
most
formidab...
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Categories:
banderillas, animal, art, courage, image,
Form: Verse
The Flamenco Dancer and the Bull
...The Flamenco Dancer and The Bull
The acoustics of your snuffle
is an absolution
of a descending staccato
in an E chord.
Behold, my lancing third,
an urgency to trick you
with my jalapeño-colore...
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Categories:
banderillas, conflict,
Form: Ballad
Ballet of Death
...Ballet of Death
As trumpets prepare emotions
This sordid art knows well
My hooves stomp impatiently
Raising clouds of dust
Enshrouding my entrance
With shouts and whistles
A crowd's tense moments
E...
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Categories:
banderillas, courage,
Form: Free verse