Best Aghast Poems

down past the cold undercurrents of 
Virginia's Woolf, and Sylvia's wrath
searching through their darkest hearts
too many writers take another path

from fulfillment, and in their cups
awash with sullen antidepressants
pondering if they'll get enough
of life to even get past the present

burrowing and borrowing monofilaments
temptingly entice, dangling and...

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I shudder at the dropped ball of life
the layup that was in my wheelhouse
that I punted on 
in favor of greener pastures

think big they say
all the while the little fish 
are floating away
into another's net of fortune

sugar-coating the lost easy-score
no consolation
for my wounded sense of...

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Lilies were aghast at the new hybrid.
She was freckled with orange spots.
How dare she! They whispered.
Some tittered.
Until the garden club ladies appeared
Oohing and praising “spotted medallion orange”.
Now all the lilies wanted to befriend her....

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Aghast.

The full moon
Throws blue light on clouds
Winter night
Dry landscape 
And all lovers sit indoors 
Watching “Come Dancing”...

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Ashen faced Prometheus aghast at inferno gone awry

Whether arsonist at fault
or confluence of ripe conditions
triggering perfect firestorm,
the titan of fire beside himself with misery,
though no fault of his own
the raging bullish conflagration
a taste of inescapable hell
synonymous with the outer limits 
of the twilight zone,
where mercurial...

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I (Samson wannabe) feel aghast at latest turn of events regarding Gaza

Omnipresent grief and horror
abounds toward ceaseless killing fields
impossible mission for me
to summon forth fading magic powers
since Delilah imposter hashtagged,
(and subsequently outed) 
as a mortal (know your) enemy, -
nevertheless became the love of my life...

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I can see the morning racing down the street with a whip circling around its feet and the traffic moving slowly tending to something that is holy.

I wasn’t sure if everyone sees what I see but the golden sun was hiding behind the tree and...

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The best hunting dog in all Baltimore
Was my butt belching blue dog Amador.
Aghast guests once heard a blast
As Blue exuded his past,
Leaving a thief flat, gassed out on the floor.

Date: 2/25/2022
Rhyme: 10, 10, 7, 7, 10...

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