Art Blank Verse Poems

Who stole the rainbow?

After the drizzle, a small rainbow appeared
 that's right
Let it be clear, the professor said, not a hegemonic
rainbow strutting about  the sky, demanding to...

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In those days we had to make do and mend.
Milk bottles we would rinse out and return.
Kellogg’s cartons we collect for children
to cut and paste...

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From the morning papers


We read the woman, a former actress
who stole a prince and was hated by the kingdom
is a duchess selling jam and pottery
Her...

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Famous literature?


This Saturday, like many others, I got up late
it was almost ten, my hands trembled, 
low blood sugar
I can live with diabetes while keeping...

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Home at the Ranch 


Once, I had a big ranch in, Oregon, technically it is still mine
but I have no way to prove it
one day...

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My way (edited)
the three famous tenors sang, MY-Way
the fat one died, and the two others 
hates each other
never appear in public together
One looks like an...

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The wealthy couple

who live on an island in the Far East
but once a year, they visit Europe
every year when I see them, they have changed...

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Man and his dog

He awoke under the bed and sneezed as it was dusty
it had been my birthday, drinking champagne
eating Danish pastry and smoking Havana...

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fear of the outside

I lifted my glass of red wine towards the lamplight
I didn't see a romantic dream, but a dirty glass
full of fat finger...

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We had a two hour car ride to the destination 
About 10 passengers but it feels like it's only the two of us because,
You laid...

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Step side to side 
Sway to our song
Your heart is the lyrics
My soul the instrumental
Hold my hand the way Jesus held the nails
Step side to...

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Depression made me so blue
Ocean blue I'm free falling in the depth of despair
Royal paint inherited from the King of Kings but I always forget...

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Copenhagen came into view 
over looking the industry findings 
of Heidelberg sinking shores 
I'd mustered enough nerve to escape
his fist his open hand again twisting...

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I was a good Buddhist jack tar,
Confident to sail this ocean of time alone,
All desire renounced and stowed away
Like smuggled cargo I pretend is legal...

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