Best Outshone Poems

the night as black as a newly broken heart

      increasingly 
         the...

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Our Bliss At It's Purest We Loved Each Others Naked Sight


When our love, its hottest and satisfying nights first begun
we each tried to give our...

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I remember a day I smiled at her
And she smiled back
That was miles away
down the road
We parted there
And I came back
to find her long gone
No...

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The moonlit trees
   Sway drunkenly against
            The kaleidoscopic backdrop.
   ...

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I HAVE THE INCLINATION

If I have the time, I have the inclination
To commit to paper what I feel for you.
It’s something I have always meant...

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Harambe was my gorilla boyfriend;
Harambe's greatness you could not deny;
He was met with a most untimely end;
Harambe was one hell of a big guy;

Harambe outshone...

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To a Daughter More Precious than Gems
by Otomo no Sakanoue no Iratsume
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

Heaven's cold dew has fallen—
and thus another season arrives.
Oh,...

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This is written with tons of tongue  in cheek

   But I loved watching Mickey Mouse each week

     ...

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"Polaris Sigma Octantis" 

hypnotised
we look to the heavens
a sky full of hope
to chart a course 
home

which one? 
where to begin?
in such a dazzling
kaleidoscope
Alpha Ursae Minoris

the...

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BOTOX BRIGADE

Oh so numb, I can’t stop myself drooling,
Can’t feel my brows, touch them, one is drooping,
My lips I feel are massively huge and swollen,
I...

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Once wars were fought with sticks and stones
to flog the flesh and batter bones
and conquer lands, defending thrones -
though gods provoke, not one atones. 

The...

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A million stars fall deep in shade, 
shade of valley thickened with leaves.
Leaves cradle stars in fiery graves.
Graves tended to by trees that grieve. 

Grieve...

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Once had a friend, Ken Steeles
With the girlies he sure had appeal
Outshone me I agree
Chopped liver was me
But my star possession was concealed


© Jack Ellison...

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The harsh winds snarl and bite like fighting dogs.
No pity in this bull-black bitter night.
No stars nor moon can pierce the city fog.
No shelter saves...

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Tonight the sunset in the south
In its place a peculiar mist 
Of lasers and flashing lights arose
Beaming light from nowhere to everywhere
With no cloud in...

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