Best Gawkers Poems

I feel like a star
cast amongst this ambiguousness
of sky
and I'm hanging on
to vacant air

as all the saplings
and gawkers
slurp on lattes
and wish upon my misery

alas, when...

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He heard commotion, "Well Land O'Goshen!! Whatever could it be?
It stirred his notions, and came invading, to wake his fading dreams
As he raised his head,...

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Pulsating honor doth corroded hearts impound
A blustery breeze echoes cries from each, preceding battleground
A recurring, eager parade of reporters, gawkers freely roam distant mound
Below, fatigued,...

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She was as sexy as sexy can be
   Body undulating like the sea
Hips gyrating at the speed of sound
   Billowing breasts...

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What gallant form from vaunted perch doth alight
Leaving tailwind that unassuming gawkers affright
Whose tawny shadow the sun's rays doth blight;
Swarthy silhouette shading glint so erudite
Whose...

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In brokered spaces hangs a clammy chill
That gawkers with heightened senses distill
With stealth, guile, avarice and pawned skill
Around unsuspecting celebs their viruses congeal
Intimate and carefree...

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Hubris makes me wait
For something better
Which is all the poisonous tundra
That my mind can take today
So, let begin, the parade
Streaming displays
Traversing
Through crowded gawkers
Who sing and...

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A man who was built like an horse
Was stunned by his recent divorce
His wife learned her knockers
Excited some gawkers
And all of them could stay the...

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Another Sky Diver

Two shrill little beeps in my phone..
An incoming message into the Whatsapp messenger  in  my phone…. 
Pick up my trusted phone...

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Van Gogh's Yellow House

On the corner of a cobblestone street, a yellow house stands,
and nearby, a bistro to eat in, and a café where friends...

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High above all the nonsense I see below,

Eyes plummet to you alone in its midst,

Surrounded by illogical thoughts with no substance,

Dreamers who make no plans...

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Stella's Garden
A gorgeous row of tiny dainty crystal bells lead the neighbors into Stella’s mystical garden.  She is thrilled to see their interest, and...

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Life's a cruel stage
for the sensitive soul
who must suffer in whole,
the jeers and the babble
of an ignorant rabble

Who, paying their
tuppence for cheap
balcony seats,
spew their bile,
words...

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Vivian, my eighty-years-seasoned neighbor, called Vi, is a mystery only to those who did not return her first cheerful “hi”.
She is an open-book person, ready...

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Archie the Ape
Was much maligned
This nice young fellow
Had a pink behind

The glare was amazing
So brightly it shined
Caused gawkers to stare
And go totally blind


© Jack Ellison...

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