Best Distention Poems

God’s inspirational napalm set ablaze upon the trees of autumn,
Welcome to the ascension of the fall season, bursting forth onto
The leaves once evergreen.
Colors of crisp snapping, auburn reds, fires aglow oranges, and
Subdued darken browns to contrast the mixtures blending, created
By the masterful hands of a...

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Written: May 21, 2024, For Edward Ibeh Contest

“If you look closely you can see that they are all interconnected, symbolic of a never-ending circle in which it is simply impossible for the dog to catch the rabbit.” — Kit Williams


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So, it is your Happy Birthday
                - And -
Do you know exactly what
           That means'
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The grand madam wore double strains of opal perils,
Around her collar of white lace, in eloquence personified,
She’s cultures Lady of utter refinement, curtsying to noble
And high brad’s aristocrats alike.
In fragrances of memories I’ve drifted backwards,
To a time of Lillie’s corsages tied upon white gloved 
Wrists,...

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Sparse lashes span aged lids,
framing an eye that catches light
like the clearest glass.
The softest liquid sheen - of tears?
But the eye stares blankly
without expression. 
No crinkle of joy, no distention of fear,
yet the pupil dilates, eclipsing the iris. 
Snuffing out the moon.
And there, the faintest...

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We have come to the juncture
   They are at the turnaround
                Hey, 
They are headed for Heaven
       Yet, the others'
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You see
I am a monkey
Of distention, but
A monkey just the same
While hanging out
At the MONKEY YMCA
I am having profound thought's
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Not to be truly centered
As a Monkey though
My life is...

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Well I know it's been forever and you didn't know what to do
Fear no more your philosopher is back with his clerihew
Who will be now name victim of this wonderfully silly form
Probably himself and anyone else is his norm

Yes Wayland wires these very quick
Rhyming and...

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So, it is your Happy Birthday
             -And-
Do you know exactly what
        That mean's
Almost like a Human Secular
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April happens
One out of twelve chances
That it has to come each year
And it always seems
To happen out
This way

The vast chance 
The ocean has 
To roll out over me
Is never unwasted,

And it finds my raw, used up hands
Swelling like cold water
Rising in distention
And falling like an...

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*Image of January 14, 2023, by WinCal.

An Existential Curiosity

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Ambitious existent presence to yield,
Hostage that's well endured of a pre-life,
Handcuffed fallible praying to be healed,
Labyrinth attributes drudgery strife.

Redeeming shrilling lob gratis to air,
Longings bounded dreamt outpours great measure,
At times, waft highly for all in despair,
Caught hollowed...

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So, it is your Happy Birthday
Do you know exactly what
         That means'
Almost like a Humna Secular
Devotion fore on this day
You have been chosen
A son of man by distention
        A child...

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We have come to the juncture
We are at the turn-around
Hey, they are headed for Heaven'
Yet, the others'
Are Heaven bound
With no distention
They are lost to be found
And their Spirits'
And Souls' are lost to be found'
They are looking for eternal
Edification, which can only
Be found threw the
Trust of...

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I look at my toes, 
appendages on aging feet;
crusty nail on Hallux 
masked with crimson red;
the others, 
too disfigured, even for this disguise.

You placed your lips around it once; this toe
a while ago, too long ago;
before.
Your lipstick matched the color, I remember.
Faintly.

All ten grip the...

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