Best Balls Up Poems

Ugg and Ogg, on a rock they sat.
 The pair were in hiding from the sabred cat.
 They had hunted for a whole week long.
 But, recently it had all gone wrong.

The ladies were waiting in their caves.
 It was roasted Mammoth that they did...

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Caleb is a noisy boy
With a lot of noisy toys
Like cars that "vroom", "boop" and "crash"
And video games that "boom", "fwoop" and "splash"
He's got air planes that "swoosh" and "swish"
Even has bath toys that bubble like fish
He had a balloon that would soar and whistle
Until...

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SKITTLES


© RAJAT KANTI CHAKRABARTY

28 OCTOBER, 2014





                                    Talk of the devil...

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When I woke up this morning,
I felt hopeful, eager, positive and calm.
I was going to teach myself to juggle, 
Tossing balls from palm to palm.

I’d admired street performers perform their tricks,
On the corners of every street.
Buskers, young and old, made every little manoeuvre
Look simple, easy...

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While returning home from my job, in bustling New York City,
The blaring horns of traffic, and the noise were getting to me.

With loud yelling on the sidewalks, and cawing crows up above,
And my poor aching head, I knew that a vacation I would love!

That was...

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Through the eyes of a child a new belief is born 
dad has left home and that is why mommy sighs 
the fridge is bare sometimes all they eat is corn 
must be my fault she thinks that is why mom cries 

Her studies are...

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Oh, the Fourth of July for a kid is a blast,
Though today not so much as it was in the past,
“Cherry Bombs” and “M80s” my faves when a kid,
And our throwing “Torpedoes” not all that we did.

“Roman Candles” shoot colored balls up in the air,
Blast...

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As a ...

	child I was carefree 
		played in the mud 
			football my hero
				goals from the foot

	teenager I had worries
		imagined and real
			twisted illusions
				hands on the trigger

	young man I searched
		for a pearl in the shell
			submerged in an oyster
				cracked abalone dreams

	midlife contender I built castles
		fortresses and embrasures
			aimed for...

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Bubbles blown, float in the air,
Shaking shining, way up there,
Blow them high, watch them fly,
Then pop them, Saying: 'Bye-Bye'!

Blow them, Pop them. 
Float them, Catch them,
Say: 'Bye-Bye'.

Watch them sparkle, watch them grow,
Tiny rainbows, all aglow,
Dancing in the morning light.
Soapy balls up in flight.

Blow them, Pop...

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Life sometimes balls up its fists
            And swings, and I take the hits
           Standing; it's only a glancing blow
     ...

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Can anyone hear me?
 

Today has at least been good,
Standing by you is all I can do,
Talking to myself,
Has become so often,
These feelings have faded into nothing,

My heart hasn't  found it's way,
I thought you knew,
something or maybe everything,
I thought you had felt the same,
Now...

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I was never the reason
to this scene I was late
and yes, my name will probably come up
but you better clear the slate
it's been coming for sometime
only a fool couldn't see
it will hurt for a little while
but you can't blame this on me

the dust you thought...

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Forgive me, mother for I have sinned,
I will chant a drunken hymn:

Virgin Mary, seduce me with salvation 
from my daily woes! I everso 
Crave to be delivered from the damnation
That tears me, so.

The fire in my chest
Balls up all my sorrow
The cinnamon embers warm my...

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Rain upon my lips
Blood within a kiss

An iron curtain
Wrapped around my chest

A pacifist balls up his fists
Ready to fight

Every day is a gift
But every second a curse

One day closer
To the gates of oblivion

My maker stands there
Perplexed by my lack of faith

Perplexed by a lifetime of...

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Blurry eye balls - up to it close.
Right there
clinging
on the screen door swinging.

Mantis, a big bug come to mind-prey,
or are you praying to come inside?

A plus size Insectivore
at my door
basking in its own eerie light.

A deadly beautiful grin
wants to come in.

We are not alone
green aliens...

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