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Best Pulp Fiction Poems

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Unwomanned
Here, I dwell in no man's land,
On the flip side, there's men unwomanned,
They can be a miserable band,
Desperately seeking a hand,
I read their profiles for...

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Categories: pulp fiction, feelings, love, men, retirement,
Form: Free verse



Pulp
Pretty soon, night will fall upon the city,
And lives of crime animate spasmodically
As Gene Pitney croons “A Town Without Pity”
And the clubs and the gin...

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© Tony Bush  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: pulp fiction, allegory, death, history, life,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Ugh---Answering Machines
The inhuman toadie, that does not have your voice? 
You want me to call you, I have made a choice.
To listen to Mr. Techno Man,...

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Categories: pulp fiction, america, angst,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Eye
an in-sight drove me
here where the entry code 'eye'
opened a word lock

so timely fashion
is responsible for words
on 'invisibles'

our subconscious 'scans'
it is just information
our library

and we...

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© Sand Blown  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: pulp fiction, allegory, analogy,
Form: Haiku
Dreams and Reality
Dreams and Reality

I met her in the Book-Fair, three days the fair lasted
And she was spotted on all days, browsing and buying my books
Eyeing me...

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Categories: pulp fiction, books, break up, death,
Form: Curtal Sonnet



Premium Member Monsters In the Mist
with red eyes blazing

they race through fog on hot sands

in a dying land . . . 

Barsoom’s white apes transplanted

to an earth where hell broke...

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Categories: pulp fiction, animal, earth,
Form: Tanka
Tall Tales
Surely, Sherlock was rooted in the home.
But his ruby slippers
Had worn-out souls
So the jaded detective
Followed Fitzgerald and the lost generation.
But somewhere in between chapters
And the...

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Categories: pulp fiction, books, language, philosophy, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Hands Caught In the Till
Hands Caught In The Till

The cash register, there is a pleasant  little "TING !" as it slides open....
More often than not, it will reveal...

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Categories: pulp fiction, abuse, anxiety, betrayal, community,
Form: Free verse
Unbreakable
THE browning Version
ET> Unstrung heros Premonition
Enemy of the State
Good will hunting
Mystery, Alaska The family man
Galaxy Quest Hook ghost busters
CARNAL KNOWLEDGE
5 easy pieces Last American Hero
WITNESS
High...

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© Gary Dye  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: pulp fiction, age,
Form: Free verse
Vinyl
Vinyl (3/1/19)

“Wow, everybody just cleared out.
“That’s what happens when you leave a
“Bookstore with vinyl.”

I haven’t a clue what she meant
And to be perfectly honest, I’m...

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Categories: pulp fiction, girlfriend, life, love, music,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Private Eye and the Femme Fatale
Pulp fiction had nothing on him. He was a man’s man. A protagonist
of his own making, self-reliant, and self-assured.  Marlow kept his wisecracks
to the...

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Categories: pulp fiction, nostalgia,
Form: Haibun
Oblivion Chill
Something in this autumn air
I like to call oblivion chill
beats my heart
into pulp fiction,

clasped inside my diction,

who can hear the heart
crying for its lost will
inside...

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Categories: pulp fiction, grief,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member The Spy Who Ate Me
A termite’s a guy who just loves the woods
It gnaws him because he’s just not understood
His nightmares, a version of Sentricon hell
You love oak and...

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© Jeff Kyser  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: pulp fiction, insect,
Form: Couplet
Addiction
Doesn't everyone at some point 
deal with addiction?
While for some symptoms are mild, 
others are like pulp fiction. 
It's deemed a disease and this I...

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Categories: pulp fiction,
Form: Lyric
My Life
Quote: I don't want a perfect life I want a happy life 

Children tumbling out of bed 
coffee dripping from my old faded percolator 
Stockings...

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Categories: pulp fiction, analogy, happiness,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things