Best Angus Poems

He wore no underwear;
His stag night* was a gas -
We pulled his trousers down
And showed the world his ass.

*bachelor party

For Carol’s Ornery Friends contest
...

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“The Remaining”

PROLOGUE:  “Terra Firma and The Bitumen”


"The slow descent into Hell
Had led Her mind to escape to Heaven
Her firmament was Her Mind
Her body just...

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The 1965 Chevy Impala with aqua dice
parked herself downhill against all advice
From Frankie, Old Tom, Red Angus and Swanee Bryce
Her wheels slipped on gravel that...

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The instructor said,

Go home and write
a page tonight.
And let that page come out of you--
Then, it will be true.

I wonder if it’s that simple?
I am...

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Once Upon a Time Everything was Perfect in Eden, NSW, Australia

This is a story about why snakes are reluctant to leave whenever you see them....

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Clyde's Fine Country Diner is located about a mile south of town.
If you're lookin' fer rib-stickin' grub, its the greatest place aroun'!
Clyde retired after cookin'...

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I can't believe what I heard on the automobile radio the other day!
'Tis further proof that nuts are on the loose and the world is...

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Their paper-like souls burn in nuclear flames;
Ablaze without remorse or contrition
Within them like Hiroshima or Na-
Gasaki on atomic pyres; burning 
Unquenched and unabated until even...

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What e'er became o' Angus McKess
Is a dark and troublin'  mystery,  no less.
But the cruel gossip bein'  
He was reportedly seen
Skinny dippin',...

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Lucky ones

Your pay is to break, to hurt, be bent and stink,
 the bank is your body, selling labor the means.

A wage is a a...

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Board fence entraps three Angus cows
who would much rather go
out and about to their content
than hear from freedom's crow.

Corralled within their space so small
constrained by...

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FAREWELL   TO    NOVA    SCOTIA


A net of cables stretching overhead  in the mist to Dartmouth Bay:
Our boat...

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Rocky Mountains

by Adrian Sutalo

North Park valley where
outdoor adventures await,
Great Lakes to Rocky Mountains 
journey, to seal a cervidae’s fate.

Roads past endless cornfields stretched toward the...

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Angus and Morag decided to get married
Twenty years together – too long they had dallied
So off to the registry office they did go
To book the...

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The highlight of the year for the family is the County Fair!
Folks come from miles around and there's excitement in the air!
They come to ooh!...

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Well, I sit here all day and I practice Chopin
And I bang that poor keyboard like no other man.
What the hell does it get me...

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The new teacher said, "Class listen to me,"
"What do you think the best letter must be?"
One said with force,
"The G of course!" 
She asked, "Angus,...

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"50 Words for Poe: Revenant"


Everywhere he looks for Her his melancholic Ghost Girl
does our lachrymose ignoble Phantom in his own thunder storm


In the Wind Song...

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“Metamorph”





The Invocation of Fire cast,
She imprinted her mark, a
Metamorph holding keys

The Siren,
bare feet, walks
towards 

the blue-green mirror Sea

Out of the cave
from the Underworld
following he

A rope...

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(Isaiah 50: 4, 5 /  Song of Solomon  /  John 11: 23 – 27  /  Revelation 21: 3, 4)


Out of...

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OPENED IN ERROR.

A man had bad news about his mother
Had loads to drink one after another
But later on that night
Was seen happy and bright 
Said...

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Sanofi now and then
Friends I’ve made so many
Working so hard saving every penny
First guy on the scene 
Angus he was great 
Made me feel welcome
That...

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"DRIVE"

Imperial 
bulltwang 
oligarchy
number crunching 
serial winners 
cornflake box 
cracker jacks 
sing some songs 
that cut some flack
Pats on back helps
cut the slack from
wind ringing chimes...

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Did you hear about Angus McMorran
Who was out playing golf with wife,Lauren?
Her incredible force
Sent the ball right off course
But at least it steered clear of...

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The rising sun greets the undulating plains of Elbert County,
Painting the sky in splendid hues, revealing God's rich bounty!
The eternal star exposes the grandeur of...

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