Best Gilbert Poems

The mulberry fell to its knees;
in Smith-Gilbert Garden, it prays,
near the moss-stone steps;
and I look on, in curiosity.

It was an oddity, but I learned
of its plight. In sorrow, we make
it right, a great fall onto infrangible ground.
Like a bonsai tree, twisted.

Listed, like a ship at...

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A Brief For The Defense 

Sorrow everywhere. Slaughter everywhere. If babies 
are not starving someplace, they are starving 
somewhere else. With flies in their nostrils. 
But we enjoy our lives because that's what God wants. 
Otherwise the mornings before summer dawn would not 
be made...

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Mister Gilbert Arenas tweeted that 'no one will care'
  if Nikola Jokic, two-time NBA MVP at 24, becomes the heir
    to players like Michael Jordan, who played with some flair

  'Jokic's not cool enough,' says this Mr. Gilbert Arenas
 ...

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Gilbert smiled in bits of black
through specs of broken teeth.
His smile reflecting a fractured heart
the horse had kicked beneath.

A horses hoof to shatter them
that Gilbert looked the worse.
Where people often kept their distance
should they be next to curse.

His shining eyes left brightening.
Their smile escaping out.
His...

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A cabin in the woods, just you and I
Big white fluffy snowflakes falling from the sky
The morning lasts all day, the clock is standing still
The fireplace is roaring, removing any chill
A big, soft cozy bed, fresh coffee in the cup
A homemade woolen afghan, in it...

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Hedonistic Gilbert;

Most of my days are spent scraping stains off pants and shirts.
Hot sauce crust, Mustard crust, human crust.
Flaking off and falling to the ground. 
They collect in specs and piles.
Microscopic mounds of yesterday’s hot dog
And last weeks company.
The chili stain on my pants leg...

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W  S Gilbert
a liberettist so expert
Opera by the score
light music still to the fore...

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If Gilbert and Lily put their feet in the pond
How much water up to the knees if they slip and fall
Oh, the yucky green algae green nasty moss
Stains the clothing green that the children wear
Oh,  my now Gilbert's eating the wild mushrooms and turnips
Smells...

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William Schwenk Gilbert
with witty verse so alert
With musical A Sullivan
in comic operatta was a fan...

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