Best Rumpus Poems

ENOUGH WITH YOUR 
IRRITATING RUMPUS 
PANDEMONIUM GBUDU 
GBANG!
ARE YOU THE ONLY ONE HERE?
"I AM MY ME"...AND SO WHAT?
ARE YOU THE FIRST OR THE 
LAST,
TO HAVE...

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All night unto dawn
a gentle sadness
a comforting...

there is a dreaming rain falling
it is younger than morning mist
it is the first and last teardrop
as the world...

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'Twas an ominous moment when rode into town
To its marshal defy and outdraw and gun down
A notorious, murderous varmint named Slade 
Who had widows and...

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A land once lush and green,
Virile and fertile,
Fattened reserves from dignified labour,
Then the discovery,
Greed rears its grotesque head,
In its entourage,
Nepotism, marginalisation, bribery and corruption,
A deprived...

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Bang those pots and pans, Rattle those noise makers as loud as you can,
For its New Year’s Eve my friends a chance to start fresh...

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A HIGH SCHOOL STORY
eyes slurred dews cherry
kisses and masturbations
a high school story

10 December, 2014

A HIGH SCHOOL STORY (revisited)
They are exchanging cherry dews
Summer steps in the...

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Out in the middle of the boundless sea,
As far away from land as ever it could be.
An island stands alone with water all around,
And the...

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Running came the tiny ants
 Helter skelter they run about
 With shiver and quick heart beats
 Accompanied by fear
 As the pair of soles were...

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Tongue twister line: 
From the rustic rover to Samuel Sanders,  they try to tickle the tongue with tricky tongue twisters. 

1. A rustic rover...

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So you want this so bad?
Incorrigible lad
Your excesses will come back to haunt you,
But we may do a deal
Under this seal
Unless common sense doth daunt...

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It’s not just bricks and mortar
Nor a distant memory 
But the ground roots of our livelihood
And our future destiny. 

As this place prepares to close...

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The Descent

Nature lovers enthralled by forest’s pine green canopies
Leading headway onto hallowed
Golden earthen pathways to the ancient underground playground

The hikers create a silver echo of...

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A boisterous sheet of morning-fresh water
tumbled, 
discharging tumult of noisy explosion down
rockface 
while torrents of catapult-rainbows caught
sunshine
from the top of the towering fern-crowned
mountain, 
splintering light...

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To paint I do so adore..
Four cans of paint are waiting to be poured...
I hear you say "What for?"

Let's use a ladle we have in...

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Death dies herself and does not damage 
Those who advance ahead underailed, 
Following the prints of the wise pioneers 
Whom He imparts the secrets of...

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