Clanger Poems

Premium Memberthis poem has been written for the lute

...or the spoons
but read it accompanied by something
the French horn
the harpsichord
the balalaika at the bus stop
the burping of a favourite uncle
on the runway as passenger planes take off arou...
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Categories: clanger, anger, confusion,
Form: Free verse

Sanga Banga

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Who is the greatest from the land of the other hand…

The pure top draw..southpaw....

Lara or Spice Isle style.. guile and 

Wiles of Kumar Sangakarra..


Who wouldn’t hanker in their sea...
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Categories: clanger, sports,
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberBLASPHEMY

...WTFWT
A CLATTER, A BANG
A SLAP-A-CLANGER
A BAM OR SLAM
A FIREWORK BANGER
A ZOOM, A BOOM
A CLAP OF THUNDER
A DROPPED CHAMBER POT
A GAZUNDER
A SCREECH OF FRIGHT
A SOUND OF CRYING
A LIGHTNING...
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Categories: clanger, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberClangers - Turn Left At Mars

...They sent me on a spaceship to walk on this dusty moon
I looked back upon planet Earth which almost made me swoon
I came to meet a Clanger and I hoped I’d meet one soon
But I can’t even find a dra...
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Categories: clanger, planet, space,
Form: Monorhyme

Premium MemberFlatulence Yes You Heard It

...Flatulence has many endearing names
Most commonly known as a fart
A blow off, fluff, clanger, puff of love
Just a few from a long list and chart

Its an explosive common bodily function
Eruptin...
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Categories: clanger, fun, humor, nonsense, silly,
Form: Rhyme


Premium MemberLet It Go

...There are many names for the common ‘Fart’
To name them all is quite an art

Let’s start off with good old ‘Smell’
Who it’s from we cannot tell

From the mouths of babes a ‘Pop Off’ comes
Alwa...
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Categories: clanger, fun, humorous, silly,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberBereaved

...I wonder why bereaved people even bother with mourning clothes when the grief itself provides such an unmistakable wardrobe. Jandy Nelson

What I scribe...
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Categories: clanger, angst, bereavement, confusion, fate,
Form: Quintain (Sicilian)

Premium MemberTell Someone

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Tell Someone
Written: by Miracle Man
6/6/21 

If the testimony,
God has given you goes unsaid,
you become as a bell with no clanger.
Never let a fear of rejection, 
compromise your ...
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Categories: clanger, faith, god, life,
Form: Free verse

Billy Boy Morris

...Billy boy Morris was known for dropping a clanger 
He bought a new car that was a complete banger
Prone to making at least a mistake once a day 
Is it best to ignore him and keep out of his way ?
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Categories: clanger, boy, confusion, life,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberBells

...BELLS

I.

Bells has a tingling ring to it,
a jingledy-jangle silver tone.
The tympanic waltz, close knit —
angelic chorus of Christ’s throne.

And Winter parades its magic ...
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Categories: clanger, beautiful, christmas, dark, sound,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberWhat a Clanger

...The cymbals clanged
The drum boom boomed.
The pickle lowed
While the violin tuned

The trumpets drowned
The sound of the drum.
The conductor frowned
And cried for Mum

The fiddler fiddled
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Categories: clanger, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme

Premium MemberShell Shocked and Choked

...‘Turn swords into ploughshares and nightmares to dreams’
		
                I have not one plough and no shares in the market

		Insomnia has taken over my nights the rest is illusion

		Ambiti...
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Categories: clanger, courage, depression, hope,
Form: Free verse

Crime

...Forgive when it’s a mistake.
It’s just an error, oversight or omission!
Or may be a fallacy, a gaffe, a faux pas or simple solecism.
Or even a howler or a clanger.
Ultimately it's just a miscalcu...
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Categories: clanger, conflict,
Form: I do not know?

Word Is

...Word is


You have to write bad poetry to learn from your mistakes.
If you cannot think of anything to write right now…
Then wait.
Inspiration will find you and take over your spirit.
Just giv...
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Categories: clanger, deep, emotions, inspiration, poetry,
Form: Bio

Premium MemberLock and Key

...Timothy had always been a man of laughing joy and conversation	


               -Friendship dialogue communication -


But now there was silence but for a dissonant lonely muted voice

In hi...
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Categories: clanger, future,
Form: Free verse

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