Best Baulk Poems

I just can't "baulk"
i'd rather walk
"than" caulk to do



Copyright Joe Maverick 2011...

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Money was getting extremely tight
And jobs in town were few
McGee was out of work for a while
But his faith in God was true

McGee was often...

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The Lay of The Best Man - Part 4

I ask you this: Have you ever known a man to ‘buckle under stress’?
Or have you never...

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Please be quiet! Our class teacher said 
Pupils giggled, my face flushed bright red
I was so broken hearted
I’d just let rip and farted
That I ran...

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For you, I will see,
For you, I would guarantee,
For you, I could be an emcee,
For you, I will pass oversea,
For all of you, I could...

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One, two, three, 
I’m walking more than before,
Now I’m headed out the door.
Walking steps every day,
If I don’t, I might decay.

Five, six, seven, 
When was...

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I tripped, I slipped into another world
Of mountainous peaks and different birds

Colours of pastels, in blazing hue
Sucked into this scene that I never knew

Gripping, flipping,...

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(The Spanish conquerors of the
Americas read out their legal
document, the "Requerimiento",
to the Indians.  Failure to comply
meant the Spanish were free to
do what they wanted.)

Conquistadors...

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Villanelle : Teach not a dog how not to bark
   (This dog the mawkish villanelle baulks)

Teach not a dog how not to bark
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From far away past where silent orbs
Danced to rhythms of unknown forces forging
Newer niches in cloud then soil then rock,
Smouldering, sizzling silently as time tic...

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When I see a king prawn in its shell
Some vomit I want to expel
This fish food I despise
With ten legs and two eyes
It’s really my...

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I tripped, I slipped into another world
Of mountainous peaks and different birds

Colours of pastels, in blazing hue
Sucked into this scene that I never knew

Gripping, flipping,...

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I awaken after said storm thrown weakened am I
In awe in wonderment as to where I espy

Fervent to silent as I witness this breathing space
As...

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This morning I closed my eyes
They never stayed closed for long
For I was taken to a different place
It was not where I belonged

Quadrants amidst different...

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Gilded silence, gold,
The last leaves' silent fall
Pain silent Late autumn’s
Slow crepuscule

She turns her hands in her apron
Blue patterns, blue
Her smile will never die
The swans swing...

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