Best Splice Poems

SPLICE
T itivated to accomplish (a) mazing things.
H eaven bound it seems.
E verlasting in faith and belief
C ause I only have me to be.
R eaching for attainment that is hard to achieve.
O utward spiraling to acquire my wants and needs.
S uch desires are to be.
S pectacular...

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Skeletal garden stalks rattle, shivering,
long leaved arms rustle in the wind,
bony fingers snap in rhythm 
to October’s haunting song;
they gather as shadowy hillside wraiths,
spectral companions for Ichabod Crane.

Summer shudders,
scattering abundant harvest corn,
thick as hoar frost, 
squirreled away in darkened dens by scurrying rodents,
tasty treats against...

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“The Splice of Life”



When colour 
was to be 
washed out
of the world 

the evil ones 
didn’t care

the Actor led 
with his 
Dementors 
either side of him

Laundry, 

they resolved 
to be the best 
pristine method 
for separating 

unnecessary 
colours 
from the wash
time to unfold

for you see,
we’re...

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If I were a horticulturalist like Sam Van Aken
I would splice a banana tree with a strawberry tree.
Strawberries are not tree-grown? 
Okay.
Then I would splice a banana tree with a peanut tree.
If I could find a butter cow from the Iowa State Fair
I would set...

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Magnificent Margaret is our estate or 

the Wicked Witch of the West is correct, 

but others like me feel superlatives or deploratives do not splice....

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the green truck,
was waiting
in the drive way

the right words,
came too late
to the tip of my tongue...

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paraphrase of rev 3:20/mark 1:15/john 20:21&21:16/matt 28:20/acts 1:8&zech 4:6

he stands at the door    & 
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