Best Charade Poems

With silence weighed,
the moonlight fades
to play charade,
before it's found.

The moon on track,
folds into black,
then staggers back,
without a sound.



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12//8/14   ” Remember what peace there may be in silence.” 
For Nette's Contest DESIDERATA
By Carrie Richards...

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Alas, there lingers deep within
a war that neither side can win
while the vanquished ran and hid
those triumphant forgot they did

and history, that lying vamp
would seat an angel with a tramp
so lives within the soul of men
an urge to fight the war again

for age and “wisdom”...

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There are two famous politicians who hold the stage,
they should be in this year New York's Halloween Parade
to attract huge crowds: they are stuttering Biden and hysterical Harris; 
these two have shaped the theatrical perception of two charade clowns!

One is hideously scary, the other is...

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    "Cruel Charade of Love"




as sweet tender passion of inner soul affection
resurrects rare bloom of relationship to flame
the bitter taste of scorn stung deep beyond cold rejection
attempt to quench a yearning struggle embraced love's foolish game.

to cherish an abomination destroys root core...

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I feel the shadow of fear creeping down the dark hall         
slipping noticed into the room - my eyes squinched tight         
  
But I know that shadow even...

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Hate begets hate,
Fatality it’s sure fate,
The belly of the sated,
Churned by hatred,
The lame marching in defiance,
Gossips in one alliance,
The mute raise their voices in harmony,
As partakers in the ceremony,
Eavesdropping was the pastime of the deaf,
Whistling amused the children with lip and palate cleft,
The blind bystanders...

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Through
the
          looking
               glass
I did
stare
            a surrreal
     ...

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When we first met, I was happy as can be
     I thought we’d stay together til’ the end 
     As the years went by I’m in total misery 
   When we first met, I was...

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Neurotic nauseas stomach knots of graceful plastic smiles 
Finally expose themselves in feathered melodious stretches 
And drip salty satisfaction among depraved spectators....

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Dumb charade was a riot,
they laughed as he could not get,
what she pointed with fret,
he made errors,
as she shouted in clamour,
time was running out fast,
they were trying hard,
and could get object at last,
I was watching all of them,
and was also laughing ahem,
a thought struck me...

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A man's lying words had betrayed
his happy marriage a charade
so many words unspoken

With her smile, his wife's love had fade
a once faithful husband had strayed
a bond had been broken


April 17, 2012 
for Tail Rhyme Time (Black Eyed Susan)...

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It happens to be that we all perceive
in a grand allegiance never brought into question
as though the clocks have been frozen
giving us all tock subtracted from tick
and Change the poster child has a gun to its head
in the hand of an empty headed juvenile
a caricature...

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They stand in rows of silent glory,
awaiting accord's humble return.
Absent are words from the soldier's story.
As for their homes,they often yearn.

Along the lines of thunder and death,
a mission takes them to the hills.
From the moment they draw their last breaths,
sustenance of life receives its will.

Within...

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I have a good charade
I can make a step from a stumble
No need to be afraid
Here in the human jungle
When you’ve a good charade
If you’ve a good charade 

The tigers will not pounce on you
If you’re camouflaged
The gorillas will not pound on you
If they think...

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Its wet and drear in London dear, the pomp in on full trope
Though hope is gone, not dead for Jesus is the only hope!
Its foolish to trust in others; dopes.' In robes and words
In fear and force, its hackneyed ethos, solid dross of course
One hundred...

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