Best Asp Poems

ASP OF GRIEF

She buries her head upon this asp of grief —
soft with reptilian fangs, hard with poison.
Her covetous husband lies upon the Nile’s reef.
She holds her abdomen in her arms - his son.

with lunar belly...
the shape of her husband’s seed
...a fateful eclipse

The pit with...

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A-s-p are three high-functioning letters
And while I imagine that some might do better
  Here are some ways to bring them together

At the start of a word we have aspirin and asparagus
Not to mention aspartame, aspects, and aspersions
Then there's aspire, aspirations, and asperity
  And...

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Burlap marinated in back water ponds,
that's what the spirit of truth often dons
always forever and mahogany strong... 
pillar of marble in cyclones of neglect
hold tight to its wings,glide above feiry pits.
   Untruth, the drunk weaving down neon road 
a pair of vertical eyes,...

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ancient deceiver
slithering symbol of kings
perhaps Cleo's bane...

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What is this?

Spit at me, will you??
Hiss and spit and rattle your tail?!?

Be my guest, oh Great Coiled One ...
You are king, after all, and I but a fool!
But THIS jester has dealt with your kind before ...

Oh, yes, and far, FAR worse!
There is another...

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We 
gather 
in towns
we congregate
in famous squares.
We are the new menace 
and we have chosen now 
to gather in this crumbling place.
For this is the year of the rabbit, a glorious season, 
a marvelous kingdom to tear asunder, to rip from time.
By my eyes I...

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Charmion's hand trembles
The snake is enticed to kill
Ptolemaic queen;
Asp slithers down her body
And in deep embrace they sleep.




Form: TANKA
Asp - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Anthony Slausen
03rd May, 2018...

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It's too late in the day to tell you of asps;
it's time for an afternoon nap. 
The taxes are all filed, and on their way
by certified post from the c.p.a.
The afternoon is lazy;
the sun is just beginning to feel its dottage
as it leans on the...

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ASP--


	                                  egyptian cobra
	         ...

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spying a snake

sliding over sand . . .

picnic at sunset


May 6, 2018...

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Beware the perils of the golden asp
whose world is of dust and death 
he moves as smoothly as satin
and is as deadly as anthrax.

How he writhes upon his belly
intent on catching his victim 
ever searching, ever hunting 
preditory, with pure blood lust. 

In the apex...

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Asp

most ancient viper
death kiss in slow movement on
Cleopatra’s hand

5/6/18

Bite Size Poem 2'...

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ONCE AN

A small slithering 
Snake sneaking 
Poison bites on prey

AWAYS AN ASP


May 5, 2018


Asp Contest by Anthony Slausen
N/A...

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Pyramids hued in sand like granite,Egyptian
mummies all wrapped from ages of habits!
In those days were not shotrages in
band-aids,History retells tales of kings
being waited on by servants and hand maids!
Royalty amid tribes of the desert ruled by
Cloepatra's reign,Her fleet sailed and was
manned by slaves at oars...

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I gasped, as asp clasped fast
around my head like a plaster cast cap.
It was coiled round and round
like a ringlet of hair wrapped
around a curler, with head reared up 
poised like spitting cobra.
What spell can I cast to uncoil, unclasp the asp?
For I'm too scared...

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