Best Surfeit Poems
Surfeit of SpamHere, there is a surfeit of spam,
Fed to us by government man,
Democracy's harrowing tale,
Setting us up to fail,
Pollies' synchronised team,
Is all this what it seems?
Total cant and hypocrisy,
A merit myth of futility,
Spam surfeit, no caring beyond duty.........
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Categories:
surfeit, bullying, political,
Form:
Free verse
SurfeitA shirtfront full of tiny red tomatoes
That took the time it takes to eat a half dozen
Bursting on my teeth to drown my thirst
Stepping on both sides of a row of beets
Carefully avoiding the sharper leaves of eggplants
Flip flops crushing fallen fruit to reach...
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Categories:
surfeit, natureme, sun,
Form:
A Surfeit of LightA Surfeit of Light
by Michael R. Burch
There was always a surfeit of light in your presence.
You stood distinctly apart, not of the humdrum world—
a chariot of gold in a procession of plywood.
We were all pioneers of the modern expedient race,
raising the ante: Home Depot to...
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Categories:
surfeit, death, death of a
Form:
Sonnet
SurfeitSerenades, his lies.
Soothing sweetness, it singes.
Stumped sorries, she sweeps....
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Categories:
surfeit, anger, betrayal, endurance, heart,
Form:
Haiku
Surfeit of the SensuousSURFEIT OF THE SENSUOUS
unbroken
an entirety
in a defined setting
toward&away
with resonance
& style
long
&vibrant
fidelity
isolated from tradition
THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE without grammatical symbols the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and respond thus making the form a two way interplay and often a unique interpretation by the enigma...
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Categories:
surfeit, poetry,
Form:
Other
BooksBooks
I went to the Frankfurt Book Fair the other day.
It was mind-boggling..Books!
There were fat books, thin books,
White books, black books, tawny books,
Paperbacks, hardbacks, beautifully bound books,
Pure books, lax books, learned books, lay books,
Plain books, books of many colours,
Books on every subject under the...
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Categories:
surfeit, books,
Form:
Free verse