Best Pomp Poems

Often, people think themselves as objects
like remodeled decor hyped for exhibition...
they wear glittered masks and live
in the affirmation of others through false pride,
consumed  by society's materialistic demands.
I notice pretentious vogue glossed with aging skin : 
and when compelled to be like them—
ballroom furniture and...

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Dark clouds overhead
wind whipping the summer green...
thunderstorm arrives....

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shades of grey with heads held high

pigeons on parade...

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Happy Earth Day, PS...


How the majestic spectacle of Nature is revealed
At the end of a dull and gloomy day
When the bullying, storm-foreboding clouds give way
And allow the struggling, setting sun to gild, and flush,
And glorify this tiny expanse of rocks and shrubbery
With an awesome pomp...

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You are my guru my confidant my long lost friend
come to me now before you’re put to an end - Silence

You are an out law invaded upon by every conceivable means
marked for smuggling in peace and quiet behind the scenes - Silence 

You are removing...

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A chapter ends in cap and gown.    What lies ahead?    Turn the page and write....

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No pomp we have enough pomps
No ceremony
i seem to be quite bletherie
Which means i like to chat
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I remember the grand parades
  Memorial and Independence Day
All their pomp and pageantry
  Many faded jeans ago, so far away

Our boys in uniform we'd be saluting
  For the good ole USA we'd be rooting
Now it's political rancor at barbeques
  ~ From...

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BELOVED MIGHT YOU MARRY ME
                              THAT WE SHALL SPEND OUR DAYS
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Lets get personal
the people portrayed
in the verse
are real
but the actors are imaginary
The words i uttered
to my bride to be 
as embarrassed by the pomp
she floated towards me
You smell
and before the frown had crowned
Beautiful
and in that single smile
happiness was born...

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The British royal family is front and center this weekend. How unusual is that?

The empire may be gone, but it’s time to recall its ghost, dust it off and invoke the ancient spell of monarchy.

A coronation, The original dog & pony show - God’s kingly...

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I shall not envy the upstart's polished gait, 
Or wish myself as old knights in diamonds
Hued to bamboozle familiar souls and eye, 
Flattered by aping pals and ersatz blondes. 

For swanky gait soon in quiet slumbers lies
In darkest gloom beyond men's urging eyes; 
Where kowtowing...

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Queen Elizabeth II is dead
The whole world seems to be wailing, mourning
All day and night long, from early morning
To very late of the dead
Of the night. The Queen’s pictures
Are everywhere. Different features
Of the deceased Queen are on
All the channels. Once upon
A time, there was a...

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The gates open as a large crowd starts rushing in
A day of pomp and pageantry is about to begin 
It is the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs home of the Kentucky Derby 
Top 3-year-olds from around the world circle the track in a...

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I'm saving for the least important things
and haven't got a clue
While living for the things more shallow
and hoping to find new

I've taken more vacations now
than any point of view
and haven't got an inkling
as to how I'm going to do

I question why so many fight
for what...

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