Best Funk Poems

I am recovering my mojo, though I have almost no hair
That damn Chemo stuff took it away, and one day it was not there

And it really did fall out in a matter of days
Almost comical your mind says HEY!

And despite being a woman, I feel...

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day dreams while
pecking the computer
dog days...

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Speak to me of true love
And I’ll show you a dog
Preach to me of wetlands
I’ll take you to a bog

Sing about sweet Christmas cheer
And we’ll read about suicide
Discourse on the sanctity of childhood
I’ll teach you of fratricide

Write poems on the joys of life
And I’ll listen...

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Must be quite strong and take winter in stride
Rugged Canadian winters are hard to describe
The lack of old sol
Main reason we fall
In a funk till the springtime and the robins arrive


© Jack Ellison 2016...

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In what way shall I improvise myself?
Shall I memorize the first way I felt?
And my origin from West Africa
Through the European landing in hell?

Jelly with a honeysuckle belly
Make it catch like rhythm that unfolds
Unremembering the hell til it tells me
Live like I act like a...

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I'm crying in my beer for good reason

     Super Bowl's the last game of the season

          No more tater chips and beer

          ...

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drowning
in fountains of learned ink
and lit keys

Lost and flailing...

Did it ever matter?

nobody would even notice
if sunlight goes black,
hidden behind sleeping will.ows
muffled by snores
and striped-barked trees

stifled pattern
viewed through stubborn lashes,
through discolored eyes

Soon,, the air




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press play to rare funk
man i am loving the groove
relaxes my mind!...

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fack
feck
fink
fock
funk...

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Smooth jazz playing
 on my car radio.
Finding myself reluctantly 
bobbing my head along
to the constant rhythm 
of the mild funk.
Reminding me of 
long car rides with dad, 
and being subjected 
to The WAVE radio station
94.7-- The Soul of 
Southern California.
I’ve now tasted death
and pop a...

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unite me into blue haze

out beyond blue yonder

I'm searching for it, boy, i'm searching for it

mother where are you?

lonely, terrified, open, barren, naked soul

eyes sincerely yearning for blue yonder

"take me to another place"

"it's going to be ok child"

take me to that blue yonder

where i can...

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Birthday Funk

Little ones can’t wait to mark the passage of time,
Presents and cake, everyone making a fuss.
Young folks use this time to push out their chests
And say,” look at me”; I’m responsible, I can vote!”
But pass a certain mark and the gifts you get
consist mostly...

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Was my life really a bore?
Not stuck in it anymore!
Getting out of itcan 
Prove to be a chore!...

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NOTE: This limerick posted 10/31/2020 in 
Alexis Y.’s PEE YEW Collaboration
Take a look at the collaboration on her page! It's hilarious!

I once was peed on by a stinky skunk
Stinky not quite the word – he stunk!
	I tried each known cure
	Retained his allure
I am still surrounded...

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I had the worst terrors last night
My mind was in a gruesome sight
The ‘ol  apocryphal scene
Insighted by the new regime

Migration bill stirs fear among
Farmworkers chant that  It’s Wrong!
Phone app saves Honduran journalist
Can’t go back she’s on their death list
Can’t walk ‘n get food...

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