Best Foursquare Poems


Ode To a Traffic Cone

Oh noble cone, knight fluorescent.
Rooted, proud and irridescent
Soldier, friend, stalwart defender,
Stood firm betwixt chaos and fender. 
Your pedestal, foursquare foundation. Beacon bold stood at your station.

The wizard's hat sent to protect. Calm, aloof and circumspect.
A cone, a clone, in columns prudent. The holy grail of drunken student.

So we salute you pointy friend, our angel to the journey's end.
Magnificent, little band of brothers. No thought for self, only others.
So much more than shimmering plastic, you are the one true light fantastic.

I'Ve Never Met the Tooth Fairy

"I'VE NEVER MET THE TOOTH FAIRY"


it was the city of La Puente and I was in kindergarten. 
I was nothing significant. 
I was just another kid fighting in the sand box. 
while the kids played foursquare, swung on the swings or rode the silver tricycles with the red handle grips, I kept to myself. 

then one day a little girl showed up out of nowhere. 
her name was Denise. 
she talked with her tongue resting between her lips, her eyes were pinched and when she smiled, her cheek bones shined. 
she wore her hair in pigtails. 
she always had pigtails. 

on another day, I saw her standing by the classroom door. 
she had a skirt on, striped socks, her pigtails and that squishy face. 
I walked over to her and asked why she wasn't playing with the rest of the class. 
she said it was too hot. 

it was then she pulled out a blow pop. 
she smiled while looking at me and said, "I like cherry." 
when I asked why, she said because it made her lips red. 
she said it was her lipstick. 
I stood there thinking about what my mother said: 
"Candy will rot your teeth."

she asked me to be her boyfriend that day and I said yes. 

I look to the sky today and think of all the candy I've avoided. 
I look to the sky today and think of all the whores I've been with and all the **** they create.

I look to the sky today and wish my mother would've said: 
"Women will rot your life."

a few cavities wouldn't be so bad.


By: Chicano Eddie
2-17-2017

First Contact

I was a freshman at wellington and wise 
when a sure footed poet pulled out her knife 
 
my head was split open and locks spread foursquare 
my flesh cut to servings and tongue sliced de jour  
 
the high poetess then clawed out my heart 
before she devoured me bite after bite 
 
the freshman departed, the poet refrained 
with a big wet smile from verse to verse


Holy Cow, Oven Nation Gone Fowl Two Cluck

they would dice many a chive
   by management me from da dive
apartments in hatfield in close proximity 
   to the bloody sorry fate 
   oof a von nee gutt 
   thar slaughter house five.

mine eyes saw gore 
   and remained fixated 
   orbital fixture 
   of poor creatures in a daze
sans reaction averting gaze 
   away from disgusting entrails 

   visible picture amidst the maze
of chutes and ladders 
   stepping on select 
   foursquare did raise
or lower (similar to an elevator) 
   but movable blocks 
   also went cross ways

oh, anyway, this reply 
   written by me - scott math u
passable poet tree - at most true
this email far ye to rue
these twisted sister strands 

   of pearl jammed zz topped
   chromosomal strands being did hew
who only to five feet and ten inches grew
crafts, finesses, 

   indulges love of language
   to prose from fingers flew
   and writes poems 
   cawing all r e'en juiced 
   one angry emu
leaving her/his presents
   custom made doo doo
per comprising a motley crue
of a family - pearl jammed color ague.

please rsvp asap via text
   to me scott matthews my chosen ac/dc label
   i.e. pleasure like rubbing against sable
create r hard woo n intimate scorpion fable
unless ja noah under me ma jib rush
   like inxs o ruck kiss in tower o babe bull
by texting if willing, ready, eager and able
                  
froom - - scotts matthew 
   who lives way off the mainline -
   juiced about a few dirty dozen dancing deeds 
   done dirt cheap miles west of philadelphia,
   and some ten miles east of king o prussia
   pennsylvania who imagines your sultry skin
   silkily soft as a lynx, pussy cat
   rubbing against ma leg under da table.

Sent from my iPhone 456789

What If

what if I
didn’t matter-
would you 
think about me 
not here-
or if I
didn’t exist-
ever never,
would you 
shed a tear
what if I were
a mess-
would you
comb my hair
or if we
were in love-
would you
whisper in
my ear
what if I
were hurt-
would you 
say a prayer
or if I didn’t 
come home-
would that
give you 
a scare
what if I
were injured
would you
be in despair,
or if I 
got you upset-
would that make
you swear
what if I
were tired-
would you give
me a chair
or if I were
on the 
other side-
would you give 
me a stare
what if
I were homeless-
would you
give me some 
socks to wear
or if I already
had one-
could I 
make a pair
what if I
had no money-
would you help
pay my fare
what if I
were hungry-
would you share,
or if I wanted
a steak-
would you 
make it rare
what if I ate 
too much-
would you give
me a glare
or if I
were round-
could you
make me square
what if I
had a flat-
would you
have a spare
or if
I got lost-
would you
send up 
a flare
what if I 
fainted-
would you
give me 
some air
or if I
were Abe Lincoln-
would I 
use foursquare
what if I
were a baby-
would I want my
teddy bear
or if I cheated-
in a game
would you 
say I’m unfair
what if I
danced-
would you
call me 
Fred Astaire,
or if I 
were a fruit-
could I be 
a pair,
what if I 
hit the lotto-
would that make
me a millionaire
maybe so 
or even
a billionaire
what if 
that happened-
would I 
be debonair
or if I had
a deck of cards-
could I play solitaire
what if I 
were santa-
could I have
a rein deer
or downhill skier-
would I take
that dare
what if I
were just me-
would you 
even care.

Jumble Sales

Jumble Sales

 Arts littered to granite threshold,
 Hungred fellow with trapezium limbs,
 Foursquare abstractive cupboard head,
 In a thought out state of presence,
 Designer fingers crawling over pots and bowls
 Of serpents swallowing man head first, into sack
 stomachs,
 Static snails speeding on a space of time,
 And like promiscuous Picasso stroking the buttocks
 Of Madame Desiree,
 Bending to rinse her negligee
 On the bank of Elysees.


Archie Bunker At the Pearly Gates

Archie Bunker at the Pearly Gates

By Elton Camp

Archie almost died at the loading dock
The experience, to him, quite a shock
“If the crate hadn’t missed, I’d be dead”
The scary thought ran through his head

That night he had a most troubling dream
Because completely real to him it did seem
When fluffy white clouds and angels he spied,
Archie then suddenly realized that he had died

“I am sure it will be as I’ve always been told
With the streets all paved with the finest gold.
A place where I can lie about on a cloud all day
And I’ll have a golden harp I can learn to play.”

“I just can’t wait to get my pair of feathery wings.
I’ve always thought I’d like to have them things.
And a glowing halo circling up above my head.
Maybe it ain’t gonna be so bad, this being dead.”

He spotted a neon sign that had the following to say:
“To the pearly gates, please proceed along this way.”
As he trod the narrow path, he glimpsed far over there
A lofty, shining palace--it was a city built foursquare

Archie found the pearly gates and he began to knock
What happened next gave him a most horrible shock
St. Peter had a beak-like nose and quite swarthy skin
Peter look at him with a grin.  “Hello Archie, come in.”

“For me to be around a guy like youse won’t do.
People will think that youse might be a Hebrew.”
Peter told Archie what was historically true:
Each of the earliest Christians had been a Jew.

“And if youse has got any coloreds inside there,
Then whether I come in, I sure as hell don’t care.
If that’s the kind of place heaven’s gonna be,
Then it ain’t no place for a white guy like me.”

Archie then woke up with a piercing scream
“Oh, Edith, I just had the most terrible dream.
I went way up to heaven, but far as I could tell,
I would really just as soon have to live in hell.”

(Note:  This is a parody for the sake of humor
and does not represent my theological views.)
© Elton Camp  Create an image from this poem.

Rhythm of the Sand Pine

Rhythm of the Sand Pine

Lazily waving in the brisk morning air;
Tranquility of a sylvan setting so strikingly rare.
Flailing her arms like the great timberland bear;
This venerable statesman which none can compare.

A mighty conifer standing in the woodland foursquare,
As mysterious and perplexing as the elusive sea hare.
Ancestral descendants of ancient forebears,
Standing at arms, trespassers beware.


May 20, 2016

When the Sun Was Gone

She thought I loved her for the texture of her hair 
Yes, but I also loved her for her flair 
We thought that our love will always float in the air 
We were sure, and for this we stood foursquare 
She thought I loved her for the cocoa brown color of her skin
I could care less because that’s not the reason for our love’s tailspin 
Our souls were joined at some point in passion like a Siamese twin 
Long before our popular love turned into a devotion that had-been 

Perhaps we expected our actions to always be so circumspect
Love is conditional, relationships need an emotional architect 
So, she thought I loved her for the velvet cavity betwixt her thighs 
I don’t apologize, she is a powerful woman, or else please advise 
She thought I am a man-shaped drug the detox to which is painful 
Till I remembered that many of her devotional phrases were so guileful  
Saying that she has been in a hole for so long that it started feeling like home 
Saying that she has been watering a dead flower and every flaw was a syndrome 
Saying that she has justified to many scars by loving a person who’s holding a knife 
Saying that she would rather be in a relationship that is full of love and life 
Saying that she has her boundaries pushed, her thing inside has been awakened 
You might wonder whether her hitting-the-freeway had already been preordained

From the oceans of love, our feelings have been invited ashore 
The absences of which each of us can barely account for
Perhaps we expected ourselves to be as perfect
Little did we know that in this prison of letdown we’re a convict  
But should every slip-up we confect be checked?
Every box of that which doesn’t connect us be ticked? 
We dwell with the denizens of the deep - our ship’s wrecked
We both know that we don’t need a restraining order 
To come to the grips of it that it is over 
Lips that taste the tears, they say are the best for kissing
I pray that you save the kissing for your engagement ring 
So, then I can be happy that I dried my tears to see the stars 
When the sun was gone and that only memories will remain ours

The Howling Wintry Wind

Cold air whistles acquainting
me with Arctic Blast, when
roundly forcing acquiescing
into half foursquare corner, activating
most recent spate of

     ideal linkedin warm weather
ah...,my favorite sweet
     spot for read ding
partially secluded from
     gossip mongers addicting

fellow nosy residents,
     who rarely brave elements
of style lush nature addressing
natural environment, sans leaving
comfort of their hermetically

     sealed apartment adhering
to zero risk exposure
     even during pitch
perfect weather adjusting
cessation to renouncing

"cabin fever" administering
most potent panacea
for heavenly solar fling
nay, most every tenant
     here at Highland Manor

prefers vicariously admiring
terrestrial flora and
fauna, even when nature
bursts forth with adoring
"The Rite of Spring" adorning

     the snapchat buzz zee
     flight of the Bumble Bee
the still frozen, yet slowly aerating
rib rock solid state terra
firmae slowly alleviating

thick slabs of iced over terrain
indiscriminately allocating
patch of landscape
legion limitless almsgiving
then as instagram dusk

preempts afternoon alternating
cathartic, fantastic,
and iambic anesthetizing
magic, opportunistic, and therapeutic
reverie blitzed, viz banshee screaming

mother nature's wound
dead spirit expressing
agony dost vent wrath
heartfelt lament vacillates, manifests,
     and explodes analogous

qua red bull who readily
     didst get smitten angling
to expunge anguishing
cumulative racking torment
     hell bent on annihilating

primate responsible species
akin to a silent spring announcing
slow but inexorable annulling
guardian (nee abuser) role usurped
     by *****sapiens, 

     who need answer
     for relentlessly antagonizing
     writhing, lowing, and bristling
Planet Earth!

New City

New Jerusalem
Coming down from our Great God.
Cubed city foursquare!

The Path To Least Resistance

The Path To Least Resistance - 
By: Sue S. Side

Amp pull ease just sparked insight,
I suddenly became aware,
(actually self actualization
came ohm to roost - dare
ring with mighty stir since this

Earthling orbited thru the atmosphere
back in time many a passing,
quickening, and rip snorting year),
how my current psychological,
neurological, and emotional despair,

sans crafted - plane vanilla
existential plight grounded, nixed,
and shorted former spunky,
quirky, and goofy boyish air
snuffed out, hopscotched

(along buttery, bow jangly rocky 
unlevel road i.e. skeletal derriere)
extinguished courtesy nihilistic fanfare
with counterproductive antiwelfare
of self, when just a tendershoot, nothing

boot bag of unlovely bones when bare
grim reaper das scythe 
did to hunker down
specifically anorexia attired
with trademark black hoodie wear

firmly entrenched, would 
not budge, clear
out, nor disappear
matter of fact arrogant behavior
cannibalistic ornery rode

roughshod, and cavalier
dauntless demeanor debonaire
leaving body electric 
in utmost disrepair,
lo parents trumpeted
 
state of emergency
and sought out consigliere
one Doctor Ted Goldberg care
fully applied his deft, heft,

whence nervosa finally left
after quite long stretch of time
not without a fight, 
and permanently sear
my esprit de corp 

undermining foursquare - buzzfeeding
every epidermal micro hectare
pot tent lee loosed pendulum
within pit of mine being, a nightmare
minimally livingsocial, linkedin

to tomb ma birth family prepare
ring to die just on verge of puberty
analogous to bot sized
wrecking ball lob
bing within me tummy scare

ring the Bejesus
from those who begat me
nonetheless felt immense care
and concern helpless, and lacked app
nowadays accessible within sphere,

viz zitting world wide web,
now holed up in mancave sitting here
reflecting how I sabotaged
vitality, virility and vim stunting
maturation across vast swath of yesteryear!

This Dissembling Man

This Dissembling Man...

Trod thru three
score orbitz with air
tight (hermetically sealed)
lid on his emotions bare
reft of evincing

concern and/or care
ring forever guarded against
incursions upon fragile as chinaware
psyche foregoing giving
healthy breathing room

never to dare
risk challenging discomfort zones
     skirting, hemming, and hawing
     deliberately averting, shying,
     sidestepping away against

welcoming awkward adolescent
     romantic experience, thus
never playfully trying to ensnare
and/or allowing, enabling,
     and providing gamesome

     opportunities providing willingness
     tubby triangulated ascending
ark hay yick teenagehood,
when deux dozen, foursquare,
nor eighteen candlebox birthdays,

nonetheless hungrily glare
ring with salivating
envy peers that hare
tuff hoar did gather
     their rose buds...despite,

     or perhaps because raging
     testosterone overtook coy
     demure lassie tude surrendering,
whence young womanly
     primal urges let machismo insnare

whereat discovering prickly
     "beau" vine love on par
with being a millionaire
despite tiffs that,
     tested one's mettle quickly

     learning the vital lesson
     to turn/beat cutting
edge sword into plowshare
setting the figurative stage,
when feathering one's

nest to prepare
for legal covenant,
     (a death do me part
     binding resolution) endeavoring
     to sustain a lifelong
commitment however difficult and rare.

City of Lights-Light of the City'

High on a bluff, overlooking the city,
Watching night lights come on- it looks so pretty.
Lights in offices as folks finish their work day;
House lights turned on by people home to stay.

A big bank of lights for the school football game.
Neon lights flash out and establishment's name.
See the street lights which are burning so bright,
That they make folks feel secure while walking at night.

Traffic lights , too, going from red to green;
All types, styles, and sizes that can easily be seen.
Don't forget the headlights of thousands of cars.
From this vantage point, they are a myriad of stars.

In a city this large, many people live there;
But I know of a larger one that is built foursquare.
I'm bound for that city, of which I've been told,
The Gates are of pearl; the streets of pure gold.

Though my eyes have never seen it before,
There I will abide- my home for evermore'
In that city, there will be One Light'
'Twill always be day; we'll be done with night.

The walls are fifteen hundred miles long on every side,
And the City will be equally as high.
My Brother's there now, preparing my place.
Soon- oh very soon- I'll behold his dear face'

I can wonder those streets but Ill never be lost;
My reservation was purchased at Calvary's Cross.

Yes, that's where I'm going once this life is through.
My question to you is "Will I see you there too?"
You can reserve a spot now- no need to wait,
Even tomorrow may prove to be too late.

                                                               Arthur Ball(H.S.L.P.)
                                                               October 30, 2005

Canoodling Within Cyberspace

Squarely conscientious, I unwittingly
sanction selfhood acutely triangulate
courtesy webbed geometry jeopardize,
galvanize pluck nudging contrived arc,
virtually courting temptation aware,

sans impetuousness compromises an
anonymous commingling, nonetheless
electronic fraternization enthralls mine
plucky chutzpah possibility intrigues
yours truly sporting impish grinning

smile across world wide web unsure
quasi cryptic communication decrypted
maybe imperfectly interpreting message
this enamored disembodied spirit doth
chance circling foursquare kibitizing

downplaying grand illusion spontaneity
gist ripples thru this human entity while
comfortably cushioned buffered against
disappointment accepting outcome - par
for the course amidst cyber spatial gulf

nothing ventured brings disappointment
more often than not, this solitary fellow,
a beetle browed fool on the hill smarting
over...he ne'er gathered rosebuds fruitless
ruing foregone opportunities, hence tho'

cocooned against adverse outcome revel
at fleeting giddiness affixing envisioned
smile upon unknown reader, or perchance
another veritable stranger, cuz amiability
need not be sole providence aimed at one
select web surfer, but extended warm free

greeting permissible allow one imperfect
troubadour to sprinkle pleasantries to any
person, whose scrolling intersects with my
genuine not "FAKE" aery mission to offer
abiding friendship e'en if limited to realm
of harmonized synthesized online reality.

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