Best Slap On The Back Poems

My soul cries forever with its deepest sadness
betrayed by a love that never was
a child innocent
beaten by angry hands clutched by a World War
from a father whose eyes were vacant

I still remember the rage,
the angry voice,  the words
"Come here!"
My head always bowed in silent...

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A POETESS FINDS HER SOUL


                She dreamt he was with her.
                Massaging her shoulders.
 ...

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My nails grow longer in the heat,
I like to keep them short, hands and feet,
pedicure and manicure by the girls in Phuket,
they give you more, full service and yet . . . .

I don't need my shoulders or head massaged,
there's a slap on the back...

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Unquotable quotes – VI

(Note : A good many of the « epigrams » in this sequence of quotes are a take off on other well-known short poems, proverbs, sayings or expressions faites, etc . The rest are my own epigrams.)

All the world’s a stooge.
Paint the...

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Prepackaged compliment,
  our badge of delight

Symbol and emblem,
—deceptively bright

A pandered acknowledgement,
—slap on the back

Others controlling,
  the acceptance we lack

(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)...

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LORD Jesus, while on earth, was fully human - shelving His divinity by submitting His will to the Father's - without "discarding" His full deity. So on earth Jesus was born out of womb via birth canal, and probably got s slap on His back...

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Valentine kisses to all you ladies out there
Oh you guys, a slap on the back, kisses cause stares
Still like to send kisses though
But wear only one chapeau
Sorry, what if I send you guys a lock of my hair...

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News to confirm,
and not to inform

A slap on the back,
new patrons reborn

To pander or slander,
a partisan line

No minds to be changed
—their chorus reminds

(Dreamsleep: February, 2021)...

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She dreamt he was with her.
Massaging her shoulders.
Whispering in her ear to pen
poems far bolder! 
"Stop writing to please the crowd"
Alas, poetess, afraid she'd be
wearing a shroud.

Wanting always the friendly
slap on the back.
Forgetting other poets, their
boots she need not black.
Writing a poem she loved~
Should be...

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The full moon followed us here, there and everywhere with its madcap mischievousness, but brought us home safe and sound. — poet

Pleasure of pleasures to be home.
A pleasing treasure of the front door.
Opening, stretching, seeking solace.
Practically diving inside, turning
the faucet back on; releasing air
conditioning and...

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An Old-Man-Child
in an adult world
Alone in their gather
of cocktails and swirl

Again but an alien
as when he was eight
The steps to acceptance
he’s loathe to retrace

The pomp and the patter
falls deaf on his ears
Each slap on the back
reinforcing his fear

An Old-Man-Child
in an adult world
shunning their presents 
—midst...

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