Best Notched Poems

Modeled by the     skilled and clumsy hands
of artists and artisans into an ideal state of she-ness,
a penniless waif appears      on a stool

last week a stranger called her Mona Lisa. 

Statuesque upon the betrayer
warmed by the lemon-lolly...

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like a grumpy ogre the twisted old tree stood guard
notched scraggy boughs reached out in fierce surety
naught had ever compromised its task
in its dutiable charge

the primeval stone held fast the blade
proud and righteous Caliburn
its hilt pointed to the stars
the enchanted issue of Merlin's resolve

and steadfast...

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Remember remember Mum when we were small.
Holding hands as we learnt to walk,
Teaching us how to talk.
On the swing you'd push us high
Till our feet could touch the sky.
A magic rub when we had a pain,
Kiss it better once again.
Snuggling up on your lap,
Poems and...

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Welcome back to you  my misery
played out for all the world to see
bright lights and caricature circling
even buzzards want a piece of me

Shifts shred the tempo  shallow troubles
bellow  in a chamber broken down below
emptiness echoes from beyond the mouth 
with the bass...

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I dreamt of growing 
As I was drowning 
life was blocked with stones
I was just a vessel that turned

Sincerity would bring love
I thought that's the rule of the world 
I leaned on opacity with unsolicited words
I chose the disgrace with no rewards
 
The nights notched...

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A is for Accordion, squeezing air with bellows
B is for Banjo, five strings plucked by bluegrass fellows

C is for Clavichord, keyboard with a metal sound
D is for the Drums which percussionists will pro-pound

E is for the English horn, using a double-reed
F is for a brass...

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Land Is A Loom
I sailed the fiord like inlets between Powell River and Drury Inlet.
The land itself  spoke from mountains, torents, islet
From bird song and bear splashing fishers
From rutting moose and cougars sharp incisors.
The place has a scale that needs no advisers
But in our...

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Come all ye faithful and gather around the fire place
Relieve your stress if good cheer you wish to embrace
Arctic weather can bring frost bite upon your face
Cold weather can be comforted by the blazing fire 
Kids get in snowball fights and need to perspire
Let’s surround...

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Countless generations lapsed since height of Greco-Roman mythology conceived, birthed and populated vast canopy of sky and expanse of terrestrial firmament, whereat obeisant propinquity quintessentially remains stalwart this day and age as guise dolls dote demonstrably come Valentine’s Day, when Cupid plucked from the quiver,...

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This is a anecdote about not taking things for granted....
Seeing how we often jump to conclusions based on wrong assumptions...

A top notched news photographer was in a mighty hurry...
He saw a plane on the taxiway, pilot in place and take off all ready...

He jumped quickly...

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© 2011 (by Jim Sularz)
(The true story of Frank Eaton – AKA “Pistol Pete”)

At the headwaters of the Red Woods Branch,
near a gentle slope on a dusty trail.
On an iron gate, at the Twin Mounds cemetery,
a bouquet of dry sunflowers flail.

In a grave, still stirs,...

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They've been working on this for years
Inside the government
To try a replace the brain of man
With that of a purple eggplant

This idea to me sounds genius
If you know what it is that I mean
People round here might start making sense
Pass the veggies if you please

They...

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Mossy vines served as camouflage for a decaying headstone
No family members left to maintain is known
Thus hidden and fallen into disrepair
Deeply weatherworn and embraced there
This marker sets into the ground alone

Mossy vines served as camouflage for a decaying headstone
Threads of piercing light filtering through windblown...

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1MDB Walking Free

Talk about living charmed lives for some people in positions of power.....
The latest involve news of the latest appointments of certain financial  figures...
News about President elect Donald Trump's handpicking of certain people..
To spearhead his primary rallying call to make America great again...
Looks...

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The Bund China Squash Open 2015

The Bund China  Squash Open 2015 was recently played  out in Shanghai…
It was the first squash major as a  season’s opener after a summer break…

The unseeded hopefuls have battled through 2 rounds of qualifying battles…
Yesterday was the...

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