Best Brawlers Poems

Written: September 19, 2023
Mocking The Dead Poetry Contest           Sponsored by: Silent One 
"Do not be...

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Never have I ever seen the like
Of a polar bear riding a trike
Or a whale riding an elephant.
Simply, in my book, irrelevant
Things I know I’ll...

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THE RUIN 
an Old English poem about fate & destiny
modern English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

well-hewn was this wall-stone, till Wyrdes wrecked it
and the Colossus...

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I get up to the sound of drilling, banging and speeding cars with sleepy passengers shouting, “a who did a give the order,” and the...

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A gleam of satisfaction radiated from the Vampire’s eyes,
but only for a moment,
then came the thunderous cries,
he shouted as if he were in pain,
eternal life...

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THEY CAME FROM EVERYWHERE
THEY ALL WANTED TO SEE
THE SPECTACLE
THEY KNEW THEY WERE A PART OF HISTORY
THEY STOOD IN LINE
ALL NIGHT TO GET
THE TICKET TO THE...

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I

the fallen, brown, dead and decaying; 
covering mats nature’s mother been laying
arteries swollen by spring’s overflow 
will funnel life to all that must grow

flowers in...

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Tableaus’


An elderly television speaks to her
in a deaf condominium.
Her garden is a cluster of cobwebs,
it rattles and spins as stiff
as the skeletons of the sun.

Her...

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many the marvels 
in the earth’s burgeoning garden
spring is release 
the Lord’s yearly pardon

fallen, the brown, dead and decaying
covering mats nature’s mother laying
rivers refreshed with...

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snow-covered winter came calling
lightning thundered split trees are falling
gurgling streams spread spring’s overflow
bringing new life to all that grow

flowers dressed in red, white and blue
articulate...

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The crowd broke into fisticuffs - 
I heard it on the news -
For Middle Eastern politics
Engenders different views.

It happened in Times Square
Where brawlers gathered for...

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It was never my intent to collect the creepy crawlers
but I couldn't make myself swat them with a broom.
I thought they might be useful one...

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Layered Cake pt 2

Further afield I met a gangster in Liverpool who was alrite
He liked a right tear up and had a job to appear...

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Posey and Shirley two bad men I once knew
Bar room brawlers and stinkers these two
might had made a millionaire
had I told about this pair
Because this...

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The wind is blowing from all directions and the cloud is falling beneath the earth, the hills are standing tall and strong, and my heart...

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