Best Rank Poems

where a sleeping bag

lies empty near the shelter. . . 

the rank scent of bear


For the The NO Contest, Contest Poetry Contest
of Charles Henderson...

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The higher the rank, 
the droller the prank.

Volodymyr Knyr
2014...

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Rank Has Its Privilege (RHIP)

Privilege is preferred by a rank.
Privilege is gained by respect.
Privilege is profound depending on source.
Privilege provides a way of looking at things.
Privilege can be perturbing at times.
Privilege is great when it is a Presidential Order on gun control.
Privilege to live on...

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To Him, No One is a Rank Stranger 

No one is a rank stranger
	hiding behind dark threats.
No one is a rank stranger
	concealing their cruel epithets.

Recognizing an identity
	that is unique-ly theirs.
Acknowledging an identity
	and a desire they wish to share.

Finding a common experience
	is the treasure he seeks...

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Inspired by the painting 'Portrait of a Man Suffering Delusions of Military Rank' by Theodore Gericault circa 1822 which was painted as a series for a psychiatrist to aid identification of mental illness.

The poem is best viewed alongside the painting.

 I have lived my life,...

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What capable for
You qualified for
in life
Except for love
No rank for love
Don't ask why for
Unreasonable love
No detachment in love
So if heart fallen in love
Keep mind
as your safe boat...

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Seventies fur vests wet in the rain
Stinky but still in style so we wore them 
Until they shredded and fell off our dirty shirts.
Cotton shirts no longer crisp but with wide ruffles at their wrist marks.

Soft dirty wrinkly blue jeans that smelled a bit gamey.
No...

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A man of no rank
is free to come and go.
Excluded from the councils of power,
he is not burdened 
by the worries of the world.

Like a wild beast 
he is ruled by the changing seasons,
and not the changing favor
of the court of public opinion.

Like a wild...

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taxonomic rank
lions tigers cats oh my
phylum and class

mammal of course 
categorization
above my head...

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Florid gold funds greed's frivolity

                Sedated mandate of sodden monotiny 

           Forever renewing fields ripen with magnitude 

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With less innocence in you,
You can function in any bank:
Naked words choosing very few,
Tact fully frank…
A real acting of the Real Jew,
A face not crank.

With less of our Christ
And your scruples sliced,
You would drop not every prank:
Normal deals alone to not redefine your rank;
A depositor...

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Can’t you for a moment be frank
About his being of higher rank;
That not once, not twice, your heart sank
And you’d wanted to yourself spank?
Nsofor whose sweat and robes stank;
The smell of air in his room dank!

I know your prayer is A Bank
Working in one should...

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Someone has tinkered with the 100 Community List
And it appears that you are still at number thirty-four,
Down a few notches, I have not booed or hissed
‘Cos I’ve been much lower on lots of lists before!
In fact, it’s delightful not to have the pressure, you see,
Let...

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In the Nineties Clyde’s heart sank:
The slowest to rise in rank!
You’d think him some faulty shank,
The air about his room dank
But he was filling his tank
For being no stranger to prank
That made less rich a bank…

Still, not the gods would Clyde thank.
In life he’s at...

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