Best Drivel Poems


His Piffle of Drivel

An ogre is seldom awakened by poetic lines
but he shakes his fists trying to slander others.
I laugh at his desperate attempts at writing.
Delighting in his flawed efforts at metaphors.

On all fours this ogre creeps around like a spider
Oh what distorted webs he dares to weave...
when he deceives those who do not know
his penchant for whining and absurd cries of wolf.

He aspires to climb to the peak of a mountain
but fails miserably with each witless haiku.
Do not fear in the false bravado of the daft beast,
but feast on his raves as he digs his own grave.

Imagery is lost among his gibberish blabber...
a rather nondescript description of such bluster.
His script is not clever, thought he thinks it is so.
He doesn't scare me or those who know... whatever

Inanity is the work of such a bootlicking fool...
a tool who yammers thinking he impresses others,
but a jester dances for those who seek a false throne.
Does that ring with a piffle of drivel to anyone but me?

Late Night Drivel

I had my 65th birthday on Monday.
Here are some things that were clarified for me by friends.
I hope it is a sign from God that I can still learn!

False, "erectile dysfunction" isn't a labor dispute at the 
new high rise they are building downtown.

False, a "persistent vegetative state" doesn't send
representatives to the U.S. Congress and the Senate, it
does however describe the U.S. Congress.

False, Dr. Neil Clark Warren doesn't have the answer to 
everyone's dating dilemma. He had a wonderful
transvestite, necrophiliac, faith-healer lined up for 
me, but I got cold feet...................Imagine.

True, the only media entity getting lower ratings 
than me and my poetry on PoetrySoup, is MSNBC.

False, Chevy Chase isn't one of the tracks they visit
on NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series.

False, we don't subscribe to the theory that premarital sex
will make you go blind. At my age, it is called "Pre-
Interment-Sex" and I wear bifocals already, anyway.

True, I was really feeling a little low about turning 65
and all, but then I saw Hillary Rodham Clinton on the
tube. Now, I feel like the King of the World!

True, there will never be a clear winner in the battle of the sexes.

True, if you woke up on the wrong side of the bed
this morning, you still "woke up." Be happy!

True, I will never write any of this opinionated drivel
on PoetrySoup again for fear I get banned. If you 
believe that................

Happy April Fools Day Soupers, don't take ya-self too serious

Drivel

You can read this if you want to,
it's entirely up to you.
It's really just a waste of your time.
There's gotta be something you'd rather do!

The things I'm gonna mention
ain't worth the time of day.
But that ain't gonna stop me,
so I'll get underway.

Ageing has its problems,
which is really nothin' new.
As you get older three things happen,
first you lose your memory and - I forget the other two!

My girlfriend made me chicken.
Her chicken made me cough!
I told her, next time, she makes it,
she should take the feathers off!

Another thing don't make no sense,
consequently, I'd like to know.
Why do we call Rush Hour, "Rush Hour",
when the traffic goes so slow?

There's three sure ways to do a job.
You must be clever, I'll admit!
You hire someone; you do it yourself;
or you forbid your kids to do it!

I'm just biding my time with this Drivel.
Sorry I bored you my friend.
Fortunately I ran out of stupid stuff.
That's it - It's over - the end!

Disregard All of the Above!
(Any resemblance to me and a
real poet, depends on what
you're drinking!)


Meaningless Drivel

Lyrical; critical- almost spiritual!
Spheres of fears entangle
Costly crossly motley Miracle
Grows and goads the gamble
Seeming dreaming- brain is bleeding
While I smile, unprepared
Cut the rut in grand proceeding
As I'm breathing in the Air...

*Another experimental piece. I would be curious to see how you interpret it :)

Premium Member Stock Market Drivel

Torrid sunshine blisters reign on pavement,
that colour coded coffee stain slipway,
bearer of insole-laden footwear,
open source channel for glib hot air calculus  from starchy social climber, stock market drivel flies off tongue,
strolling human morph blasé with pin pad digit  as foundation.  
Monumental science, deep seat hi tech driver,
 gigabyte trencherman data daze diet.
Brain spur gourmet chew astride.
Former high  school swot an Eiffel Tower skyline ace thrust  upon a  thrill weaver gold rush,
never found but one can always dream.
YouTube zeitgeist earthling
has this inner sense of being  from another planet,
 this quaint fast lane time zone voyageur.
Like house trained pets they watch their  owner grudgingly abandon sham control.
Wafer thin leash a scrimshaw ornament. 
 The plot thickens but somehow comes undone,
bit part player yearns holistically for untangled bits with interlocking  act,
 in depth scene dialogue now bill topper  if only it would last.
They long for blue flag coast escape, 
homely hide out guest house fringe found loitering perniciously or otherwise.
Birdhouse green leaf copycat 
assembly for well intentioned like minds that rarely think alike unless it suits.
Caught between ephemeral impasse and amber moon orb dalliance, their noble quest waylay but an out of date signage in urgent need of reinvention.

Premium Member On Writing Drivel

I absolutely hate it when I write drivel
I’m thinking my brain is starting to shrivel,
And nothing coming out of it appears civil
Writer’s block is making my head swivel,
Perhaps I’ll take a fetal position and snivel,
Right now, I’m feeling incredibly superficial!

written December 24, 2021


Mindless Sentimental Drivel

mindless sentimental drivel....
foolish babblings of a false dense of happiness
foolish blatherings of a longing heart
mindless sentimental drivel....
ranting and ravings of a heart covered 
in a rose colored haze
ranting and ravings of a mind covered
in an irrational glaze
mindless sentimental drivel....
all consuming gibberish of 
a soul lost deep within the
depths of false love
all consuming gibberish of 
a spirit lost deep within the 
depths of a false reality created within the mind
all consuming gibberish of 
a being lost deep within the 
depths of a false realm of existence 
to far gone to see the truth behind 
the lies that have been created within the 
mind's eye
mindless sentimental drivel....

Drivel

we balanced along 
The embankments edge,
And past the Dead Dog Tree.
The view from the eyes that 
Flew above aerials hum
Left us down in the gravelled
Crawl. Scratch and tap among 
The ash heaps and the concrete
Cracks. Left to lie in the
Heart of the seldom sun.

grind a way to live

wood 
that the river should have known
could change was near 
to         where the bottle 

bound 

for slow boat sound-
ing deep water 
released its first long monologue 
under  a  brand  new  sand  name

the gift of theft

Eight 
hundred 
indie 
fringe godfath-
ers stole thunder from 
forty frayed dandies who thought they 

were today's trendy 
answer to 
tonight's tiny fright-
ened finger 
toads but in fact were 

only dreadnought friends 
of the hidden thrifty fudge in-
ferred from a rougher runty third 

of the grounded ruddy roundheads 
remaining defi-
ant 'til notified not to 
be 

         and 
to return to fraught infight-
ing at their always 
          well funded freehand orgies.
-

loss from a yawn #732

when the seven-ten 

row's worth a throw of the 
rice then the spice may be 

loaded with sauce from some 

bones rolling slowly up-
hill to a pinhead too 

nice not to topple

oil 'em in the crack pot

Launched 
pea-
nuts 
take a 
long time to 
hardly even fake 

making a weird bounc-
ing effort 
once they 
hit 
the 
glow-

ing showroom 
                           floor.

831

The 
other eighteenth 
centurion was rewired to beat whip-
ping cream by trans-
ferring it to one of free flood plain car-
rier amigo acid barriers and then em-
BARK-
ing on his var-
ied 

         own 
creep         dis-
cussing raw plans in a goop text where he         adds 
a spam
and melon 
ball twist to a clutch-
ing figurine piece depicting 

an angle between those sidewind-
ers required for 
hooking spouts 
with ambiguous traces of lawful fake 
muse         bots 
spread-

         ing 
gas unrest using automated pest practices 
that 
put real intel-
ligence to sleep behind the Wheel of Miss
Fortune's even 
grey-
er and darker than usual 
                                           Legion of Heavy Petting Metal Maniacs.

apes on the other side

fast 
knight         shady resurrection is implied in 
first time         hear-
ing sound chase         hounds a-
round besotted worlds    on a string-
y 
         free and translucent branded horse
high           pendejo

color by numbers (#s 1_2_3)

#1
nine red-violet 
idols intervened to 
deliver an enliveningly 
violent diversion for 
our toney tender loins

#2
no fewer than 
four woeful felon were-
wolf loungers re-
newed growling aboard their 
newly tainted yellow-green and 
grunge-splattered gurneys 

#3
for blue-mean burgeoning 
golf states the 
best way to retool blonder 
hair shaft maintenance is 
through nebulous 
globalization combined with 
the further whirled onset of 
bald faced lies

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