Best Sophistication Poems

They call themselves sophisticated,
score that special hit, 
drive a brand new 'Beemer'
and annoy us with their wit.

E-mails, cell phones, always selling,
always out to merchandize,
little do...

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Abandon futile attempts to run
Behold the process has begun
Step toward your darkest fear
Let’s flip the switch to a new frontier

Penetrating deep within
Evacuate your mortal sin
This...

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I see three doors before me.
The one to the left is blue, a beautiful lupis blue
with ornate lacework in its center.
Parisian-esque, it looks likes an...

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It was not that she was the only woman in the group, when mingling precariously beneath the bronze figure of William Booth, or her classic...

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(W)- A real woman knows that the wages of sin is death so she is not concerned about the wages of a real man, because...

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I fear not the unknown
but what I cannot unleash and interpret
stifled emotions blur my vision
leaving my looking glass self – unclear

my insides are in disarray,...

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"Alchemy"




Begin: Take a Chance on Love


So you’re hurt.
You hurt, you hide 
in your big words
clever camouflage

You say you're ok
in blythe denial 
of all that’s past
that’s...

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Perhaps I’m facing pogonophobes? 
Apparently wore the wrong face.
Age-hardened wiry wisps forge 
post-pubescent platemail -
protect strangers
from my truest fleshy pores, protect me 
from the xenophobes...

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You have elegance
Poise and grace
A certain sophistication
And what was once called “it”
You have beauty
And sex appeal
You know what you’ve got
And how to use it 
You...

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Do you remember the first heartbeat,
can you feel the fire echo
upon the wings of your violet velvet intellect
as zero zimmers into the sums of your...

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I had this terrific Idea for a poem 	                ...

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Amongst seeds of words
sophistication resides,
this Utah lady
spreads her light across the globe...
with friendship personified.

© Harry J Horsman 2012...

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11/29/2015


Idioma

There is a man with a gun.
His finger taut,
tensed and still,
the intention obvious,
no reason instilled.

Because guns kill people.
Or do people kill people?
I can never remember.
Let's...

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What price a smile;
its value immeasurable?
First learned when a cheek was tickled,
long before an uttered jest,
a nonsensical gurgling grin
learned how to own a room.
Before "trying...

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indescribable,
untranscribable ~ 
imbibable, your exotic, quixotic perfume
spiraled me into a quandary
of dirty laundry, penance,
no superintendents in attendance

I come from ragged boys, no poise,
just noise ~...

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