Best Attests Poems

The gun seems gun-shy in this space;
where deer hides hang on rustic walls
and granddad-tick-tocks beat, instead
of hearts in hollowed skins. The gun

 a “trophy-bagger” in its rack, 
 a loud-mouth predator at rest,
 this motherless, brother-less thug
 perceives no pity-pangs... the gun

now quiet, buckshot empty,...

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Preface preceding promiscuous philandering peccadillos
undermining energy and time not spent with missus
and mother of our precious progeny,
whereby, yours truly sought, (somewhat assertively, modestly,
and zestfully) to elicit – illicit prurient heterosexual predilections
before dark shadow of guilt crept along edge of consciousness
straining outer limits of twilight erogenous...

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Timely sifting, sets slowly drifting
lofty apart, aloof of sort
as lost ships, in tidal dips 
as ocean attests, perils at best
sortie Est, sortie Quest

Through a remembered gate, serpent’s dream abates
love’s reasoning renewed, ego’s reasoning eschew
 the garden that parts, by two reasonings sorts   
the...

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Cuba…Mamma Mia…like most of the Caribbean; part of the 1492 slam…
Slavery, sugar plantations… invasions, upheaval, independence…
Then the American kisses; with a slight twist…who initiated the ’disses’…?
Was it Blaine…is he insane…?
Was it Marti…the heart of the party…?
Or Teller…many say he was the real speller…
Or Estrada Palma…could...

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Pardon any absent adulation, bequeathed capitulation, devoted dedication, indiscretion, blabbering peroration, improper salutation or any unintended vexation if this unknown earthling sent a nearly identical message. He over-looked a small number of errors and hoped that this version accepted as the most satisfactory to me.

Oh...

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Born in Cincinnati that buckeye state 
January 13th 1959 – 57+ years to date
A tangle of arms & legs testing lungs, which sounded great
He kind of resembled a misshapen octopus with oval pate
Glowering inxs of deep purple from blue mood being irate
Thrust out the womb...

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Villanelle: No man can on his own escape written fate

         For Thiru-Valluvar, the “nameless” author of 
the THIRUK-KURAL

Note: In my previous posts, especially on Canto 38, I had expounded
on the man and his work in relation to...

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THEIR MAJESTIES

The appearance of lions attests to their majesty
A creature by Man infused with all sorts of fantasy

There are humans whose brains are afflicted with zoanthropy
They think by killing to absorb a lion's vitality

So they pursue and steal his life with alacrity
Lions have none whom...

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I lean into the fridge to get a bite to eat.
And as my nose attests to,it doesn't smell too sweet!

I'm trying to decipher what that is in that dish.
And much to my dismay,it's month-old tuna fish!

There's odd assorted bowls of only God knows what.
They've been...

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Although yours truly modest,
     the only personal issue
     I will lightly boast about
constitutes lingering
self worthlessness bred
if not prior to first grade,
     than most definitely incipient,
academic deadlines

loomed large with dread
and exacerbated by procrastination
 ...

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So discouraged by my failures that surely displease;
the harder I try, the more they seem to increase.

I lay break on break, dripping with sweat;
some days I restart with another mindset.
 
I can't give up and despite the daily hardships;
I've faith that this dream won't turn...

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Last Name, First Name (Nom Prénom)

To address a person by their surname,
Rather than their given shows disrespect,
Attests, this is vulgar and profane
To the individual referenced.

If the intent is to use the latter,
Say Mr., Mrs., Miss or Ms. prior,
Be courteous and display good manners;
Refined behaviours will...

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Trade tired trust
Ripe remains rust
Aim apt align
Pure pleasure pines


Troubles toss treat
Reach random rest
Asking attests
Pause plunders pit


Teach treatment tales
Rest rowdy rail
Ask approves ale
Paint placards pale


Thrill tales telling
Ride rich  rankings
Apply apt aid
Playthings ply paid


Tribe teachings test
Ripe ramblings rest
Amend artwork
Plenty prompts perks


Trip takes true times
Rouse remote rhymes
After...

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Unquotable quotes: Philosophers – XXII

Take Socrates: the insignia of a true philosopher is the bald pate and the luxuriant beard – the very reason why women make for such pathetic philosophers.
The bald pate facilitates the evaporation of the scorching heat generated by deep thought, and...

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just moments ago, a dawning realization
     arose within this sol son begat
from ma late mother
     and octogenarian widower father,
     oh..no nothing cat

tuss strophic, boot merely the revelation,
     how fist...

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