Best Askew Poems

Apricot marmalade wispy clouds upon the blue
canvas, swiftly changing sunrise reveals a surprise_
charcoal gray, a textured smoke billowing askew
across the eastern sky, Suddenly diamond dew
drops fall upon grasses, Everything expressed anew
as the sun rises, the moon bidded
adieu, this day will pass; tomorrow, too
Apricot marmalade wispy...

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It all started when Sleeping Beauty slapped Cinderella 
Then Snow White retaliated and hit her with an umbrella
as Ariel the little Mermaid's tail turned into legs
Prince Erick and Prince Charming stole the Easter bunny's eggs.

As Alice from wonderland grew five times her size
Hansel and Gretel...

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If I were
an astronomer,
a follower of Papa
Galileo through 
th'expanding years,
I should be
less confounded by
that vortex 
in the sky
first spotted
when a learned bro
peeked through
his viewing lens.

"Our home"
he said, "is bigger
than we thought!"
and thus he kicked
the boot of Italy
into a cosmic ocean
where galactic islands drift,

defying that old...

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Twenty First Century Civilization Gone Askew...?

Methinks perchance man
     kind always vain
n'er did appertain
moral hike polar opposite
     from human being:
uncivil, unethical, unsocial, et cetera
     minimally app proxy
     mating, neither didst

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                                         Geese squawking askew
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sheets of light from times that’ve passed &
(patterns of events 
that try to circumvent)
clichés dancing ‘pon the looking glass 
(original overcast clouds 
placing bets upon the rent)
where places drift along the sea 
(introverted romantic something somethings 
being labeled criminal)
as Dali’s clocks did drip & tease...

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No butterflies at Christmas time, you and I know why 
they'd freeze their wings and wouldn't stand a chance 
inside this wintry Palace of snow and fanfare glow. 
But little Suz with her happy trails of dreams galore 
asked Santa for a butterfly, she wanted...

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Unless you're a true celebrity
or one with real notoriety,

        what you think folks think or say
        of you in public or in secrecy

shouldn't bother you in any way
though your hunches persist;

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Lately it appears
As if something is missing
That spark's not quite there
Have you started dismissing
By becoming increasingly distant

Are you growing immune
At an inopportune moment
Unfortunate events
Are now putting dents
Causing you to lament
All the time that's been spent
Your abandonment issues 
Manifest malcontent
Presenting the case
That resent will torment

It's odd
Your...

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Soul Askew

the greed for power, money too,
rich think they are better, due,
halos slip, slip-slides askew,
self serving, self deletes, 
self judges, self repeats,
next time on sorrows street,
reborn, the ever whining meet,
the self bought,
 humble stew,
ironic its not new,
subtle ends, an sour deceit,
parasitics,  souls defeat,
starvation conquers...

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On a clear day in the day room
he will tell anyone he has
had an askew life.

When he was a small boy
out for a Sunday walk 
with his parents
his father would shout
not to walk on the edge
of the sidewalk

and in grammar school
the nuns would get upset
because...

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Looking out to the horizon
The warmest colors, the sun setting just past the water
And yet all I see is a line, slightly askew
Is it me? Is it the world around me?
Why do I feel disoriented?
My heart races
Frustrated, I adjust my own posture
I study the horizon...

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Twenty first century civilization gone?... I askew.

Ah... what luxury to wax poetic 
as freedom to trumpet thoughts, 
ideas, emotions, et cetera will wane,
especially if president number forty five
courtesy wealth and/or stealth
dons the mantle as de facto fractious tyrant 
of these United States 
come November 5th,...

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In the hollow of my chest resides a void  
Where the seats recline 
a whispered voice
Is heard in time.

When echoes once danced 
Now silence abides.
In the backseat of the past
The pulse of life Is heard

When the cars go by
a distant muted drum
In this empty...

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Bent askew, with shadow straight as a die
reflecting my every move and mood
I dwelt upon the hidden grace of being bent.
For curved things are strangely stronger
than straight things, so rare in nature.
So prone to shatter to pick-up-sticks, straight bits
when compliant and inflexible.
Fearing the wind will...

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