Best Proper Poems

There was no closure of a proper goodbye. 
 I tried, but... 
 no reply. 

 Your body became limp and cold as 
 a corpse. 
 We froze alone 
 in different time warps. 

 My ambiguous stutters 
 wouldn't disappear. 
 They pinched...

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A Proper Walk

Is it something that I said or simply sad?
My refined lady lost her shoes today
By the way, she had no cloths on either
Point of fact, she was naked, head to toe and then some
No one had to know, she had no attire, not...

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we may have the blues
should stop then we will amuse
choose the proper shoes

read news page by page
when my bright mind may engage
could see cat in cage

constant covenant
good looks appeared prevalent
where ever she went

there had been much trash
we could see in Calabash
things may cost much and...

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The summer sky, awash with ghostly clouds
Seems open to imaginings tonight
The likes of which those of the common clay
Deem it folly to conceive.

Clothed in possibilities
This world we move through mutes my mind
With dull amazement, presented in its simple glory.

Of this, No-Mind names the attitude
That grants...

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What's a 'proper job'?
Suit, tie, briefcase, paperwork?
One that makes you smile......

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Let's see if I can be prim and proper
Been a while on this teeter totter
Can't help myself
Inside, naughty dwells
Very strong, suck it up like a blotter


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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A picnic for two would be so quaint
And cards of sentiment are high on the rank
Expensive jewelry that sparkles the eye
To most girls is the biggest prize

Flowers are lovely
Balloons divine
Teddy bears cuddly
And dinner is fine
But if you really want to see me smile
There’s only one...

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i know i know i
know the rules but do enjoy
breaking them sometimes...

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Somehow, it seems I have been here before...
There is an old orchard far up the hill
Looking across the golden valley floor
the sky is clear, the air is still

A latticed arbor, entwined and draped
with vine and bloom, is basking in the sun
I see her there! ...

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A wishful tale of man's potential taken (with great liberty) from the story of Samuel Bellamy

A frigid blast of the nor'westerly breeze,
the coldest wind upon these seas
ripples the leathery skin of his cheeks 
as he scans the horizon for what they seek

Their quest's not one...

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When my daughter
tried to lint roll the cat
I laughed
And handed her a brush
Life is what you make it
Sometimes, you just need a different tool
To achieve your desired outcome.


Kale Brereton
Aug 5, 2018

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Xerox copier sounds raise my eyebrows			
wondering if he’s photographing unclad organs	
like another time?							

Beware zealous dismay from your justifiably		
Quickly vacating nervy, kinky gentlemen!


written November 5, 2021
for "Alphabet Soup" poetry contest
sponsored by William Kekaula...

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"  IN     PROPER     PERSPECTIVE  " 
BEFORE THE PAIN OF ONE BAD RELATIONSHIP 
HAS EVEN ENDED... 
SHE'S INTO ANOTHER MAN, THAT SHE JUST MET. 
NOT TAKING THE TIME TO EXHALE, AND 
NOT TAKING THE TIME TO...

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Professor Petal, one of Patrick’s prolific pals,
Professed he had a Pollyanna Predisposition
Properly pronouncing pronouns without perky p’s.
A pithy proclivity, providing pollution to Professor Petal’s pronunciations.

Prissy Professor Patty from Prestigious Prussian Planet Philisophi-university,
Precariously prickled, privately at Professor Petal’s Pronoun-predicament.
Prissy Patty promptly planned a plane trip to...

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The Fork said to the Spoon,
I want you for my wife.
The Spoon said to the Fork,
I just got married to the Knife.

The Knife said to the Fork,
Best keep your tines to yourself.
The Fork said to the Knife,
Don't try to put me on the shelf.

The Spoon...

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