Best Misfire Poems

Though often called by lovers
for my wicked deadly aim
when I sight with an arrow
and I chant the whispered name.

Sometimes, the shot gets tangled.
I don’t like...

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oops, misfire!
     hello, goodbye
          spark fails 
     ...

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He speaks for the uprooted.
A man of sorts, a twiggy Buddha.
He who interprets 
the conferences of frogs, 
the unpublished works 
of kestrels and voles.

He’s an...

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He speaks for the uprooted.
A man of sorts, a twiggy Buddha.
He who interprets
the conferences of frogs,
the unpublished works
of kestrels and voles.

He’s an advocate for the...

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Paranoia: short circuit to madness
Walking around freely,
Yet our minds are in straitjackets
All these voices & choices
Will offer mental hazards
Control your action
As thought misfire accident
Check your...

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Nothing is running on time anymore,
everything seems to be leaving late
And arriving even later too
What’s wrong with the grandfather clock,
working quirky is the quartz LED...

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Mr. Ford, why did you make 
The cars which cause such deep heartache?...

From MOTs to punctured tyre,
Was that a gun, or did I misfire?

Parking tickets,...

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And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: 
and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, 
and their spears into pruninghooks:...

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The hunger within
She spoiled herself with fame and insecurity
But when its stripped its empty. 
No its not promiscuity. 
Its a lackthereof. 

The list goes on
For...

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She's aware he's awfully chivalrous for carrying such casual intent
While there's subconscious recognition he's a blend of canny ways
Mixed with filthy desire 

Leaving her plenty...

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I
stand here
traumatized,
quaking in fear,
for I’ve realized
the intruder will know
I’m home, seeing my half-done
e-mail and still-steaming cocoa.
Should I burst from this closet and run?
Too late! Someone...

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I should just let you go
But it feels a little like
Holding your beautiful face under the water
Watching your reflection flicker into your last breath


I should...

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In

after going all night off the map to dawn
on the newly opened Metaphysical Gridway
I am awakened by the black buzz of flies
and a persistent hiss...

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Flooding emotion, 
my intellect stalls. 
My ego grinds at futile ignition. 
My tongue, in low gear, sputteringly crawls 
slowly along in ailing condition. 
My expectations...

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Pranks.The jokes in our lives
that hides in disguise
Separating elderly from youth

If taken seriously 
it could end in a fatality
Don't worry if it's a misconception
Pranks are...

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