Bitumen Poems - Poems about Bitumen

Being Itself

...
I go out into the bright morning,
into metaphor and the clear, autumn air,
hoping to find it, perhaps around 
a corner or further down the street
where the bitumen meets 
and dissolves into a ...

The Gallery, Gala, Larry, Part 2

...Students their little burning harmonies | you compos’d it 
One single gallery | public arras blasé debate re-placed
Sheets just- | cool on clothesline whiskered with wear.
Variousness was it| trus...

POVERTY AMIDST WEALTH

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In Africa's heart, a giant lies,
Nigeria, blessed with riches that surprise,
Petroleum, gold, and califonium's might,
Lead, iron, bitumen, and limestone's sight.

But amidst this wealth, a par...

Ay Yai Yai

...To write some rules that check a text
to posit if it’s human:
a bit like Noah building arks
while lacking in bitumen.
For what’s the pitch, the angle here…
see plagiarism ceased?
To write a cod...

Life-Changing Love

...Life-Changing Love

Life changing, but where is the power, fatigue is the burden
Suffering, miserable life, affliction, painful memories, past
Oh, where is love? Love is just a tale, a fairy tale...

arrrr black az pitch

....

                  'tiz 
         not mine dialect
        'tiz the thick this
                coffee

          past mine lips
                it slid
                thick
             ...

Irele

...I-re-le!
Home of bitumen,
Where men of tricks lay;
Born zeal with its women,
Like a blazing sun of a summer day.
...

Nismo Is So Nimble

...Bulky ute voyeur selects sleek sporty stalion
    Driving by, supersedes her oversized sedan
    Wide wheel arches have Porche comparison
    Voracious engine's enthuse easily enchants


     L...

Sitting With Koans

...
"Sitting with Koans" 

Zazen sits zafu'd in the zendo
with the poetic monkey minds
echoing the sound of two hands clapping
producing sound bites bitten like Botticelli repr...

Violets Quiver

...Neck pulsating, close shave shines over whiskers
    Stiff collar pressure, raced anticipation simmers
    Key twist intrigue spurs engine's orange rage 
    Needle throws redline on wide torque g...

Drawn Out

...Amram is a Levite;
He takes a Levite wife.
They have a little boy;
A tyrant king seeks his
    And every young boy’s life.

When he is three months old,
And can be hid no more,
His mother mak...

Upon the Earth, They Wandered In Unrest

...Upon the earth, they wandered in unrest.
They spoke one tongue, and even the same words.
Then packing up, broke camp and traveled west
and moved in groups: nomads, all bunched in herds.

They fo...

Le Gommier De La Municipalite - Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal's Municipal Gum Tree By T Wignesan

...Le gommier de la Municipalite - Translation of Oodgeroo Noonuccal's Municipal Gum Tree by T Wignesan

[Automatic re-translation into English edited for effect...]

Le gommier qui se trouve sur...

Hitching Hoochie

...Drinks fridge murmurs accusations at me
Seals connect with whoosh of door close
Defuses incriminating strip of lights lairy
Where I go from this station, God knows!

Lady taking my coins sneers,...

Mushy Thoughts Merges - Day 21

...saucy smoke smirks
gulping gaunt lurch
puking punctured bitumen
blurs bleeding bountifully
filling cloud's peeper
with whooshing phlegm

taunted track clothes
fiery ferments: glows
skate spe...

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