Best Swallowers Poems
Thirty-Twofrom island corner, big Antrim lad
to Belfast city, a tiny pad
shattered windows, tilted clocks
Goliath had lost his socks
gargantuan giant going mad
Armagh apple girl, any topic
she star-gazed past the misanthropic
vantage point, two...
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Categories:
swallowers, ireland, nonsense,
Form:
Verse
The RingmasterBefore the crowds entered in,
Before the lights would uncover the stage
The Ringmaster would stand and gaze.
Such a wonderful sight as they would bring in the clowns
Their colourful bicycles circling round and round.
Balloons and costumes,streamers and bells
Laughter and those childish...
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Categories:
swallowers, nostalgia
Form:
Rhyme
CarnivàlI got
CRAZY words!
Y’all should see ‘em –
They’s a
N’Awleens jumpin’ jazz
festival
wit’ stilt-walkin’, trash-talkin’
...
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Categories:
swallowers, imagination, life, music, on
Form:
Blank verse
TestedSometimes people tend to search for happiness on all the wrong places, when their back is against the wall that when you see all the terrible faces, where friendships are tasteless, love is waste less. Words come fast but are swallowed to forget, but comes...
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Categories:
swallowers, change, feelings, how i
Form:
Rhyme
Clockedhands steady, painting days wanning now wearing shades
of hours
clocks run blind tocs, with tics wildly lying
months lurk like monks or thugs,
deeply hooded
in a guise of weeks muttering ridiculous affirmations
to justify all the manipulative brevity
shy years sulk in remembered corners,
good for nothing but bitter...
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Categories:
swallowers, introspection,
Form:
Free verse