Best Befuddling Poems

I am a clown: silly, simple clown. 
People do laugh at me: I often wonder why. 
They call me 'fool' when I am being honest, 
And tell me to shut up when I speak the truth. 

My life is harsh, and every day I struggle:...

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The time was 1969, the place- Home-Economics class in junior high. While guys got sent 
to “shop,” those of us of the softer sex learned culinary skills. I loved those days when the 
room was filled with the sounds of our chatting, laughing and clanging...

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soldier ...

I know I'll never understand
   how maimed you are inside ...
      so many wounds aren't visible
         their scars, you've had to hide

I know your mind is tortured
  ...

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An ogling of her scent, befuddling,
The sight of her voice, quite troubling;
The sound her eyes make, leaves me perplexed,
Her mythical touch left me vexed;
Her skillful beauty, stunning any day,
When I sensed her, it was not in the normal way;
To describe her, simply impossible,
Too many great...

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Alcoholism, the pariah
feeding on the collapse
of self-control 
befuddling the brain's sensibility;
transforming intelligence
into ridicule....

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The Ruba’iyat of Créteil Lake – Part Four

Lovers stroll down her nubile spine blithely to pubic isle
Where under linden boughs and mulberry spread connive smile
Old and young keep parading swathed in bundles of fur wear
While children romp around on tri-cycles with befuddling guile

Leon Blum lyceens...

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If life's giving you trouble,
Last thing to do is to juggle.

The circuses' greatest master,
Made a performance disaster.

He was too old for the show,
But couldn't let go.

One throw went bad, then two, then three,
The audience thought, how bad can this be?

With each ball he'd drop,
The crowd...

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A Sly Skunk’s Non’scents’ 

If you remember correctly, one night, I came upon Steve.
‘Twas a normal day that led to such a befuddling eve.
For, Steve is a skunk who decided to bunk and not leave.
I’ve learned just how quickly this sly little guy can deceive.
You...

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Fool's gold...
In the middle of cross road I stand.
My head growing heavier as I stare
at various paths,
Leading to different directions
with various results of course.

Tick tock!
Tick tock!
As the time waits for no man,
I knew I have to make a massive decision 
A decision I have to...

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She lives in the desert
with skin the color of sandstone
and the texture of an orange.
She’s a man’s man if you ever saw one.
Her carbine seems to have a mind of it’s own,
never knowing, when in the course of conversation
it swings from her side and fires.
Who...

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Ask advice from they of whom it seems
All is as it should be and you risk
Provoking as it were the revelation
That nothing’s ever what it seems to be.

For the wise are not known by their words
Questions are answered with riddles
Befuddling with smug obfuscation
So just do...

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Erst desires manifest, within this dream
Burst of illusions, befuddling our mind
Thirst within our heart renewing all these forms 
Worst are fears we thought we had left behind

Clue to freedom, in each breath pulsation
View void of polarity interchange
Cue, the pause of hearts metanoia
Spew joy oh hermit,...

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In restless sleep my eyes fluttered
   Candle flames sputtered...
       I was lost in a dream

Enchanted night with myriads of stars
   but the moon was surrounded by bars
      Tears fell from...

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Different worlds
Different times
Growing up
In our minds

Neither here nor there
Ambivalence reigned
Father ruled
Mother gained

No holding
No cuddling
Sin running
Reason befuddling

Sickness and disease
Chaos ordered in line
Six days left
To leave it all behind

What's ahead
More of the unknown
Just a basket of fruit 
Showing how creation has grown

Written by Trudy Schrader on 01-27-2024...

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205. She was my dreamer weave, roaming grace in my dreamland
                      Unbridled a mystic riddle, puzzling befuddling kind
      ...

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