Best Emptor Poems

Mighty
mammoths roaming
with dramatic red deer-
paleopathological
cartoons....

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The only true reality
Is humor,
And the fat Buddha laughs,
His fat belly bouncing
In perfect rhythm 
With his gleeful sounds,
While we, 
With drooping corners
Of our mouths
And furrowed...

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I learned the lesson “let the buyer beware”
When I didn’t have that much money I could spare,
Took by an itinerant grifter
Who was quite a likeable...

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Now if I shoot at you with live ammo that's personal,
Words just don't hack it, most thoughts too bizarre
To attribute to anything short of dementia,
With...

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It doesn’t matter if a driver is a woman or man.
Most of the cars on the road are made in Japan.
Many motor vehicles are imported...

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SALVATION ACCORDING TO FAITH


“Help, help!”, I shout out loud, in fear.
‘HELP, HELP!’, echoes of my voice I hear.
Over and over, impinge in my mind
Closer and...

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Lawyer Wainwright harrumphed and rose to his feet
To defend his client in front of the jury,
In what all thought would be an impossible feat,
But approached...

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His profile said all the things, that in his head, he thinks he wants to be
but said none of the things,  that he knew...

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Marian Kaye 2012
The Elements of Pain at Midnight
Can I be perfunctory about pain?
The sound of rain begins…
Having never had much pain
Old age brings opportunity
Why I...

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I really should'a read the fine print

When Evil came calling
On a fine sunny day
I was caught full napping
Didn't know what to say.

The dapper gentleman
With a...

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'Yelp's' a lark, (truth indeed?), maybe servant of greed?
You want 'natural' ratings? Please your advice heed!
Now your model for earning seems blackmail at best,
You pollute...

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As practically any single man knows,
the sharpest thorns can be found on any rose.
It is the man who has to wine and dine.
Most of the...

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PoetrySoup may need to re-think how it allows writers to act as unelected Tyrant of POETRY here. July Morning reads one item, & wants to...

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If it sounds too good to be true
The low price is the clue
So what would you say
To a resort on Waikiki Bay
That costs you but...

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God allowed us to invent them: chess, mancala, Ludo, CC-saga;
And Candy Crunch Saga claims to be played everywhere
Methinks "On all seven continents, including Antartica."
Earlier I...

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