Best Calamity Poems

The Calamity of Nepal  Part  2 Concluded


The crisis of Nepal is not only the result
Of manmade deeds and erratic constructions
Of erecting unplanned houses and roads
Creating illegal buildings and dams
And erecting high mountain reservoirs
On ocean like river Brahmaputra.   08

All   these...

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The king and the queen in a boat
Started lazily out of the moat
When the king got aggressive
'Twas very impressive
To see that the king didn't float!



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I comb my hair
to fit my head~now more
a chore of strands; walk
with my feet at different
angles, they seeming to like
it that way, making amusing
duck-tracks in the snow, steps
for the fox to sniff and blow, 
and a place where the bear can
snort and go – I...

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time light extinguished
all mankind’s final demise
blackout upon us

seas overflow shores
earthquakes open up portals
feeding ravenous

meteorites pelt earth
immense inferno burns realm
earth’s calamity

Copyright © 2012 By Caryl S. Muzzey

Fourth Place Winner ~ "The End Of The World Armageddon” Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Gail Doyle
July 10, 2012...

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Swept by waves of nostalgia
Afloat on longing tides
I assessed this oyster compound
where my heart could not abide.
Aphrodisiac pulls of Neptune
were as lava cooled to stone
What use were pearls of luster
when one had no collarbone?

Heralded by sea trumpets
kelp banners flying high
Sentinels of sea urchins
with pink coral...

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The sirens and mermaids
called up from the deep,
untangled mesh nets
blithely held out by sleep.
There the first to emerge
were the sighs and the nods,
they sank then resurfaced
in clear Morphean pods.

I found myself wandering
on a wide stretch of beach.
My mind squeezed like a lemon,
my thoughts fuzzed like...

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I found myself within a shell
Upon an oyster bed.
A wayward clam stuck out his foot
And struck me on the head.

Hit by this sea of insight
Pearls of wisdom, so to speak:
If  barnacles grow on your backside
That clam'll think you’re a geek....

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Neptune must have used as parchment
Mother-of-pearl to inscribe his laws
For he’d richly rewarded the oysters
With an oceanic spa.

So, while seeking calm through deliberation
And enjoying the mud bubbles of my bath
Who should I spy in the distance?
But Calamity trudging up the path.

His foot arched out proud...

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The Calamity of Nepal  part 1

Too fearful a tragedy
To be described in words
Heart wrenching cries, pierce the sky 
And  sadness in the form of tears
Dominates every face and every eye.  01

The descriptions of horrifying tragedy
From the mouth 
Of those,  who...

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Jimmy Jones from Winnipeg
Celebrated his birthday with a keg,
That round container full of beer
Was kept by Jimmy oh so near,
That night he fell and broke his leg....

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In a far distance across the pitiful horizon	
I scour for thee
I roam the land beneath, above
An empire which called you name it,
For thyself

Conquering the waters of no calamity
Crushing bones
centuries old
No eyes could laid or peek

Queen of the abyss
Pioneer...profound...lustrous
The birth of wishes
Traces of blithe
The haven for...

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I thought I was truly losing my sanity,
With pain screeching, no thought for vanity,
After my horrible health issue late last year,
My physician suggested, my dear,
You need an intravenous course of cortisone.
But what happened in this hospital zone,
And in only one night, was a hysterical delight.

I...

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Forgive me Father, for I have sinned, 
of thigh-high socks and bobby pins. 
Now strewn about, we kiss discreet, 
with pounding hearts, our bodies meet! 

Our love forbidden; a cold fire - it burns, 
within my breast as my stomach turns, 
Blasphemy, Sin! Of this...

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Institutional reformation inside of this nation 
Prisons have risen to the ranks of solicitation

Politicians in formation line up for their vacations
Due to a prisoners isolation

The ideology behind this hypocrisy
Is some kind of demented democracy
And a continuing demagoguery

Oh the humanity
A convicts calamity
Thanks to political insanity...

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Flying china is 
Littering my kitchen floor; 
Cat chasing shadows...

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