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Brass Poems - Poems about Brass

Steeped in Legend The Mallard Mimic
The Mallard Mimic is a myth.... it calls for a well trained chef to use his knowledge of meat and wines to create a standard that many would wish for and are willing to pay to have ------------------------------------------------------------ the usage of duck fat to cook white potatoes and then be arranged as scales attop a turkey cutlet that is stuffed with mushrooms, prosciutto olives,shallots spinach a sprinkle of nutmeg and garlic...

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Categories: brass, adventure, creation, culture, desire,
Form: Classicism
Premium Member Brass Knuckles
Brass Knuckles Miracle Man 9/8/2024 I once new a man who thought he was bad, He couldn’t make you do only wish you had. In seeking a sequel, along came his equal. The sequel was wearing a knuckle do dad. ...

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Categories: brass, bullying, fear, image, violence,
Form: Limerick



Premium Member The Big Brass
Now rejoice the sounding brass Let trombones and trumpets sing Choirs of Angels weep with joy As the bells of Heaven ring We mere mortals here on Earth We live and love and fight and die Concerned with petty differences While orchestras play in the sky...

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Categories: brass, sky,
Form: Rhyme
Squaring The Circle - Square Dance
Who said life was going to be fair? Come on, let’s make this circle square, Poor as church mice, bolder than brass, Circle right then show me the cash. We'll keep it underneath your hat, But there’s no room to swing a cat, They say the best in life is free, So square this circle left like me. Fair and square like they...

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Categories: brass, cat, dog, music, rain,
Form: Lyric
The Brass Ring
Embrace the moment forever alive Hell freezing over — damnation proscribed (Dreamsleep: March, 2024) ...

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Categories: brass, time,
Form: Rhyme



The Button At the Bottom of the Jar
Much like the “cracker jack prize” At the bottom of the box As candy lore goes. That unique badge of honor For those who would dive deep To grasp the brass button. Beware this lure full of Deceit. Along the way you may yourself Delete....

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Categories: brass, allusion, career, growth, happiness,
Form: Free verse
The Brass Ring
Posterity be damned, today is your reward The future but an empty wish —a sheath without a sword (Dreamsleep: July, 2022)...

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Categories: brass, time,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Gods Plan For Sass and Brass
Their litter mates left one at a time Except for Sass and Brass They were worried; were they adoptable? Would anyone want them? Don’t worry their mother said. God has a plan. They were taken together To a home with an older couple. They got cuddling and love. Best of all they cuddled with each other. Just like when they were first born. God’s plan...

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Categories: brass, cat,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Brass Eyes-- Oju Ide
Oju Ide-- Brass eyes Flashing across the scene Witnessing the many sins Unveiling men As hollow beings vile vibrating vehemently Sounding like brass bells settling in a place of inert nesting like fallen logs in a deadened hearth repelling the usual charming the unusual while grappling with the curse of a woven heart...

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Categories: brass, africa, deep, mystery,
Form: Narrative
Premium Member Brass Windchimes
Brass windchimes ring melodic time backed up and down, back and forth by boisterous breeze voices blowing somewhat more silent choices below Before benighted rejoice reprise to rise and fall wounded fail yet again Melodious inside intentions to ring true love's restoring stories of local justice circling dynamic spirals inside looking resounding out virally conspiratorially anticipating healthier life within Mother's sensual gusts Overpowering peaceful chimes global resting arresting rhymes with powerful enculturing space enlightened green spring out times up happy, healthy Driven by bountiful breeze and this...

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Categories: brass, culture, earth, health, music,
Form: Parallelismus Membrorum
Premium Member Brass Hummingbird
After a baker's dozen years a hummingbird friend suddenly appears a bit wing weary still stunning flashing killer wares- A thousand adventures a million petals sipped, I'm just an old twist on her lengthy ice cream cone list- She takes a nibble-lick just for old time kicks then away she flits to the next gilded glade that no longer exists.. Into a maelstrom of thorns she...

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Categories: brass, appreciation, farewell, friendship,
Form: Free verse
The Brass Flute
He played with the brass flute The sound knocked him out of his boot Symbols kicked him in his ass Then called him third class He thought the brass flute was a brute Once again he tried to play the flute His sounds were always toot, toot Symbols gathered once again Cauz, he wasn’t genuine This time he was giving the boot...

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Categories: brass, fun, humor,
Form: Limerick
Premium Member Shining Like Brass
With salt in the air beyond sandy grass Ocean waves crash on the rocky shore Under golden sun, shining like brass Beyond the dunes I could want no more Where seagulls dive and the sailboats ride Ocean waves crash on the rocky shore Seashells float into the caves to hide Everything rolls in the changing tide Where seagulls dive and the sailboats ride The...

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Categories: brass, appreciation, light, ocean, sun,
Form: Terzanelle
Premium Member Brass Star Award
Brass Star Award By Franklin Price 06/10/2020 For gallant service to our country Are the bronze and silver star Given for above, beyond And far above the bar I'm hereby recommending A new star, made out of brass, Reserved for those in Washington Above, beyond, the normal ass Military not considered For this medal, we won't toast Must be ones we have elected To some most prestigious post The...

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Categories: brass, america, appreciation, political,
Form: Rhyme
Heart of Brass
She's raping me She's all I'm sad She taking me to anger mad That all my love is things she has For buns of steel and heart of brass...

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Categories: brass, analogy,
Form: Quatrain

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