Best Madman Poems

Ode to the Madman

It was heaven in hell, both.
It was 115 degrees and I was in hell.
But heaven was in sweltering Palm Springs.
And I tasted nectar and ambrosia, both,
Under the dauntless palms.
I took in the majesty of the gods
As they bowed to each other,
Like kow-towing...

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This is done in the Rubaiyat style.


The mind of a madman


Lurking deep within my mind,
Are demons, sometimes hard to find,
They go by many names,
And they come out to visit from time to time.

The demons are angry with me,
Transformed me into what you see,
Their names are...

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Falling fast blind rush of speed
dry earth nurtures not the seed
unclaimed discarded unbequeathed
the bounding heart belies the deed

Too late we hear the mouse trap's spring
garbled song the madman sings
as endless as his golden ring
frantic flutter broken wing

The smell the stench of rotting flesh
the milky sweet...

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The song of a madman

how shall I sing
when I do not know what the day will bring
tossed to and fro
which way will I go
who would have thought
who would have dreamed
that everything that happened before
hadn't happened as it seemed
and to know or not know
pains my soul
but...

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If I were a madman they would lock me up for sure
they would take one look at my face and say “what's wrong with her”
I would defend myself but then they would see past my plea
I would be shut up by myself and I would...

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In ninety thirty nine
German tanks rolled over my country
Many have died
The strongest were killed first

For they offered most resistance
Meanwhile Stalin supposedly our allay
Had thousands of elite Polish officers killed
We were left with nothing

Dictatorship prized obedience
Only moderately aggressive I fit in
Not knowing the horrors of the...

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Staggered by the virus burning through the city veins,
Stop motion, speeded up, the slam of distant trains,
Rattled through the concrete as forgotten people die,
Howling jets of power chords go crashing through the sky.
The cardboard jungle stretches out along the seamy streets,
Where grimy flesh of down...

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He lives
on lies
and deceit
and the little
frauds
that make
the madman
complete....

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I hold the raging’s -
of this madman- 
contained - 
within these walls-
Painting  only- 
pleasant masks -
upon his face

The genius is - 
it works so well-
That sanity - 
no one can tell-
has slipped beyond  - 
my horizon’s reach 

Logic’s been- 
the only guard -
maintaining...

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I can no longer hear the voices, 
so now I'm not sure what to say. 
I've come to the conclusion 
that they would know a better way to tell this story.
At least if I could hear their opinions or suggestions, 
that would help me to...

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You madman ranting in the train
Time sold in that bottle should delay your pain
But what has poisoned you to disordain
Professing the impossible over and over again
"My manhood into" Britain! you claim
The universe is all to blame
Your wishful dreams are driving you insane
To hell with all...

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“You are not yet fifty years old,” the Jews said to him, “and you have seen Abraham!”

“I tell you the truth,” Jesus answered, “before Abraham was born, I am!” At this, they picked up stones to stone him, but Jesus hid himself, slipping away from...

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TOWNSPEOPLE:
MADMAN! MADMAN!
HE WILL FIND YOU
MADMAN! MADMAN!
HE WILL NOT SPARE YOU
MADMAN! MADMAN!
HE WILL FIND YOU IN THE NIGHT
UNTIL YOU SEE THE HEAVENS LIGHT.

OLIVIA:
HE’S UP THERE ALL ALONE AT NIGHT
THESE BITTER MEANINGS GIVE ME NEVERENDING FRIGHT
WHAT’S HE DOING, I WILL NEVER TELL
THE WAY HE LOOKS AT ME...

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Crazy is as crazy does.  I guess you get my drift.  I wander through a world of 
thought, my pace is not too swift.  I like soup and poetry too, If you're reading this, 
you do too.  I feel only fulfilled...

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HELLO  BRAIN
Brain, o dear darling overworked brain,
Slow down, why are you trying to drain
Me, that grey mass of matter that i need,
Three hundred and sixty-five days, indeed,
A full year, so don’t send me into overdrive,
I have only one life to live and want to...

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