Best Events Poems

My watch is broken, I can not wait for you to get here
The sun is heating,(I cannot believe) today, we're finally meeting.
I'm not quite sure how I'm gonna act or what I'm gonna say
But of one thing I'm sure, when you'll be in front of...

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Go,
go,
go.
Stop.

Turn,
go,
stop.

Turn,
go,
stop.

Go,
go,
go.
Stop....

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Current Events


Frozen pants dance stiffly
to the mad beat of sapless
drumsticks choreographed
by a wicked whimsy of the
winds baton.  Birds cling
tightly knowing that if the
gale subsides for but a moment
they will fall over, be blown
like feathered fur balls on
lone unchartered trips.  Cats
hiss in meek response...

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Chronicler of Events and Emotions

As a Poet and as a Writer . . . 
I’m a Chronicler of Events and Emotions;
I watch, observe, and record all that I see.
It’s truly enough to absorb and understand
Both the grandeur and depravity of mankind.

As I observe events—past, present,...

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*Image of Candlelight by Pixabay.
fiery events

a candle flickers
     ever waning as it melts
          may love spark again? of course

          breath pleased a candle
...

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Art Gallery. Museum. Parks. Zoo.
Cultural Events.
Glazed like raku pottery
In charcoal rainbows warbled all dark
On pidgeon necks
Like hell’s angels, dumbed,
Blowing smoke through your mind
In a haze of dreams
The city is made of a giant fractal wart
On a witch’s cheeks there’s blush.
Movies. Games. Bars. Clubs.
Cultural Events.
Maybe she’s...

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I can be selfish, insecure
 And mean.
   I can hide my dirt,  
 I can choose to come clean.

   I make mistakes,
 I can be hard to handle.
   I can bring peace,
 I can bring scandal.

  ...

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I think back on how you'd kiss my nose, 
and I'd laugh; I remember it all.
Our life was once a merry-go-round,
a true paradise, as I recall.

Today brought a sad turn of events,
I laughed when you said you wished to leave.
But when I looked deep into...

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Villanelle : Nations barely survive the turbulence of international events

Nations barely survive the turbulence of international events
Yet end up like interpersonal relations with other nations
Nations rise and fall yet some hardly ever merit compliments

What great Luxuor grandeur falls now to Egyptian peasants
The glory of five...

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I recall when my father died
The weeping willows cried
Sunflowers hid their face
Morning birds sang "Amazing Grace
That night the moon was blue
He sobbed a heavy dew
Frogs and crickets, respectfully silent
While his world mourned in private

He had been a steward of the land
Turning the soil by hand
Fished...

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Order or Sequence of Events

When with my poems I soon reach an end
To everyone all of them will start to send
First to those whose minds have been bright
Who will enjoy them all and in delight.

Second will be those of a religious sort
Who in their faith...

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Two Words
 
Dream
Scheme

Beam
Team

Shout
Pout

Duel
Shot

Life
Death

Brain
Drain

Stupid
Cupid

Dumb
Numb

Rum
Thumb

Prosecute
Electrocute

Einstein
Infinity

Immigrant
Us

Atom
Bomb

Strength
Weakness

Love
Hurt 

Fate
Destiny

God
Cosmos

Lucifer
Lost

Passion
Torpid

Feelings
Flatline

Politician
Huckster

Glorious
Despicable

Moon
Mars

Space 
Race

Beguile
Style

Truth
Lie

Cake
Pie

Bicycle
Tricycle

Car
Jar

Balloon
Burst

First
Last

Lust
Like

Fist
Fight

Right
Write

Left
Deft

Genius
Idiot

Manners
Rude

Give
Take

Rate
Deflate 

Washington
Jefferson

Hamilton
Burr

Trump
Nixon

Hitler
Wotan

Karloff
Lugosi

Frankenstein
Dracula

Foot
Fall

Think
Blink

Popcorn
Unicorn

Coffin
Fly

Fish
Fry

Good
Bad

Think
Drink

Smile
Scowl

Teeth
Towel

Grimace
Ace

Lash
Bash

Date
Hate

Hurry
Wait

Freeze
Animate

Brave
Wave

Holocaust
Heydrich

Fool
Drool

Slob
Blob

Dead
Undead

Alive
Thrive

Evolution
Revolution

Vampire
Umpire

Wire
Dire

Flour
Flower

Alien
Robot

Klaatu
Gort

Tower
Power

Rush
Hour

Talk
Walk

Hysterical
Empirical

Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved
July 8, 2018 (Short-Form Free Verse)...

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First thing first! Grammys the 4th, Groundhog Day the second 
Emerge badger, shadow or no shadow s p r i n g is beckoned 
B i r t h s t o n e  is  amethyst and the flower is v i o...

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Two Words – Redux One
 
Thumb
Finger

Hand
Foot

Toe
Toes

Blunder
Thunder

Seam
Beam

Stupidity
Contagious

Intelligence
Desired

Planets
Stars

Venus
Mars

Milky
Way

Iambic
Rhyme

Real
Divine

Curve
Time

Nose
Ears

Sticks
Styx

Bald
Hairy

Baloney
Piffle

Top
Bottom

Trump
Mussolini

Charlatan
Fascist

Sun
Mercury

Cosmic
Certitude

Mad
Man

She
Monster

Eyes
Flies

Turd
Bird

Money
Desire

Fruit
Empire

Pain
Pane

Brain
Drain

Red
Blue

Tie
Shoe

Gun 
Bullet

Fun
Bun

Wind
Rain

All
Same

Drugs
Thugs

Atwill
Actor

Lamarr
Actress

Snot
Plot

Rasputin
Putin

Monk
Dictator

Zombie
Walking

Run
Bum

Much
Talk

Franklin
Adams

Madison
Monroe

History
Record

Fake
News

Some
Say

Bale
Hay

Right
Way

Not
Today

Toe
Jam

Computer
Scam

Earthen
Dam

Heaven
Hell

Magic
Spell

Athena
Bubo

Perseus
Andromeda

Poseidon
Kraken

Action
Motion

Yes
No

Yup
Nope

Submarine
Scope

Bismarck
Battleship

Gloom
Doom

Titanic
Tomb

Job
Rob

Bank
Banc

Anne
Frank

Humpty
Dumpty

Big
Egg

Stand
Tall

Rick
Ugarte

Gary Bateman, Copyright © All Rights Reserved
July 22, 2018 (Short-Form Free Verse)...

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Regarding fashion,Punk set out to gauge
The style of hair and clothes which would outrage.
John Lennon's voice was silenced at this time;
Mark Chapman was convicted for the crime.

A technical development unfurled
Which launched the first PC into the world.
And Cable television could diffuse
A twenty-four hour coverage of...

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