Best Lugubrious Poems

Oh I love the sound of the rain
   a softly spoken spiraling sustain,
marathon runners against the grain
   all soon lost within...

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I am the wind 
beneath the 
sparrows wings 
as it heavenly sings.
I am the single rose 
sitting in a barren land.
I am the the lions...

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At eventide,
Under the roseate glow
Of the receding evening sun
I sauntered down the road
To where my beloved dwell
Not far-off from my own abode

Fast by his threshold...

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‘Tis lucky me father lies in the grave,
Than t’see the havoc I have wreaked
In the name of actin’ bold and brave,
My misadventures dastardly peaked.

In this...

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My father was a prestigious man
So lugubrious he had to die
I was just at the age of twelve
When i was told he was away
Naive of...

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I am the face of misery
My life, a dissonance of autumn and spring,
The years are written in the same
Lugubrious, nostalgic grey
How can it be the...

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I’m happiest when the weather
is gloomy and threatening rain.
Its tendency, this low pressure,
forces most people to remain
inside comfortable houses.
Outside becomes much quieter
assuming a shushed quietus
that...

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A man sinks his breath deep into a saxophone 
He fills a smoky room with its tenor tone
All the clichés are here 
From the femme...

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Something lugubrious lies lurking
Inside every human being,
Preventing us from reaching 
Our propitious potential.
It follows us from cradle to grave
Leaving no one unscathed 
In the ever-present...

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A rose peals amidst a gloomy fog.
The fall of rosy red peddles guided down
streams of tears, dyed red with blood. 
Separated peddles wish to amalgamate...

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Little Lucy likes liver
Long legged Lou loves Lucy
Loquacious Lenny laments loudly
Lovely Linda listens little
Listen Linda Listen!
Laborious Leroy lives luxuriously
Lethargic Larry lies levitating
Liberal Lillian languishes longingly
Looking...

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18th & 19th February 2012

Weary, drained spent, shattered,
Deep inside, many of us are spattered & battered.
Oddled once joyous hearts now beat all tattered,
Happiness to the...

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Monsoon Melody

Winged postal horses of poetic turf
Seemingly preoccupied in scratching an itch
Inflicted upon by our toxic refuge,
It would be a bit too much
Expecting black clouds...

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Little late Lady

(Tongue Twister/ Alliteration )

Little late Lady lingered likewise long at the Lodge.
Made mean man Maney more than merely mad.
Silly Sam Sheriff sadly seized...

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Awakened by a budding desire
 Trees burst forth in bloom
 As their colors set the landscape afire
which attracts the insects that groom
the blossoms, as they...

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