Best Unromantic Poems

TRENCHANT WENCH FROM THE UNROMANTIC MIDLANDS


In the pub, I serve out the pints
My comely bosom gives a hint of home
And what men are escaping from...

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Eyes of night beckon forth,
steal from me this deathly force,
raise above your steely voice,
this dagger etched in poisoned love.
Cut and slice fragile thoughts of hope...

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I reckon I'm showing my age and am pretty well set in my ways,
But I have zero tolerance for the 'noise' called music nowadays!
The metal...

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Goth Girl, ebony black, manners slack, hit the sack
Gothic, Hispanic, remote chic, slick, sick
Goth Girl, non- conform, nonsense, hence
Gothic, lick lick lick, slurp, chirp
Goth Girl,...

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There was never any controlling it?
No dodging it. Unloading it?
It stuck us both together and held us tightly in its grip    ...

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The Trial.

 

Arthur, Sammy, Davis, Junior, Stevie Wonder, Bob, Mick, Sue, Carver. You are being charged with the partial demolition of a listed building. Endangering...

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People and Nature need sunshine,
it's a free gift God intended for all;
flowers turn to the sun to grow,
while humans seek it to feel fine.


Spring is...

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Somewhere, someplace,
someone is playing a guitar.
Sitting alone,
in a room, in an unromantic city.
Somewhere, someplace,
someone truly honest, sublime
birth of a phoenix
renaissance of hope
where the snow piles...

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A sudden rush of blood
A sharp constriction of muscles 
A quick twitch in my abdomen
A million droplets on my forehead
All indicating am not in the...

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Invigilator par excellenence

Dressed in rags and standing adamant

In soul-killing solitude

Wedded to inane duty of scaring birds

Drawing attention of solitary wayfarers

Seizing with wonder the innocent children

Of...

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Lissome, silhouette shadow
Gliding the long winding stairs
Iridescent gown changing glows
Flowing, silky bright black hair

Breezy, damp cold but warms
Fresh, sweet fragrant perfumes
Lingering aura full of charms
Scent...

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CREATIVITY IN VISUAL ARTS

What is this creativity in visual arts
Where is it found, I believe it’s lost;
I don't believe that galleries are narrow?
For the paths...

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I want to die
To hang from a tree
I want to die
Lord Death is calling me.

I don't want to live
This body has drawn it's last breath
I...

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2017
I fell in love. 
Never looked back 
It was all crystal clear

I wrote to my anonymous lover once
Or so I dreamt
A serenade to win his...

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The amber moon

Super moon last night saw it from my terrace
18% brighter and 20% nearer, said the meteorologist 
How unromantic can you get?
Hugh yellow and...

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