Clumsily Poems

Muhammad Ali And The Pelicans

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The man who has no imagination
has no wings…
-  Muhammad Ali


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They waddle clumsily
on webbed feet not fit
for treading sand
and their folded wings
just add weight to impair ...

Mother's Daughter

...Mother’s Daughter

As they delivered you into the world upside-down, they wiped you clean
With steady hands that did not shake with the thunder of the firmament

Laying you upon my chest, each g...

Clairaudient Claire

...Clairaudient Claire clambered to cling to her cliquish closeted clan
Clutching cloistered clues, clarifying a clumsily closed clergyman....

Dear Old Friend

...When death comes,
He will find me with a cup of tea,
Enjoying the summer evening rains.
He will find me with my favourite book,
Turned to the page I like the most.
He will find me with the radio...

I feel I talk too much, incessantly

...I feel I talk too much, incessantly,
Not in a pleasant way, nor necessarily clumsily,
I speak as if revealing my soul,
Showing how uncertain I am, without a protective role.
I talk, unveiling all...

Evening Ember Glow

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Written: March 14, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Constance La France

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After the rain, the air smells musty and moist,
and smoke swirls clumsily upward...

Stillness in The Storm

...Stillness in the Storm

It isn't too far from a conceivable image, 
To perceive the vast and forgotten knowledge;
What was and still is a, yet-lost tho recoverable innate and 
usable norm,
We h...

Chalk Dust and Unspoken Words

...The blackboards loom, a silent witness to that day—
I glimpsed her, and my chest tightened.
Only god noticed how I held my breath.

Chalk-scented classrooms, her pen tapping desk,
My eyes fixed ...

a great day

...A great Day 
This morning, although Monday has a jubilant 
Feel, the wind is light, the winter sun warms 
The balcony, as seen sitting inside looking out
This a day to remember running on a domes...

The pen which started it all

...I traipse my fingers delicately across spiralled letters of each written word and dated times 

The clumsily transitioned Thoughts are transferred on to pages full of Passion and expressive rhyme.
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Sand Man

...On average
I operate on an acre 
of song grass
this past decade
its slowly filling
with stone and sand.

Once per lifetime
a vague law emerges from the brine
growling, childhood shall come t...

To Good Health

...Jack Sprat and wife Mary, lived in a glory of lemony, chiffon days;
Like maroon birds keep on singing, until the sunset, orange phase.

They were comfy and happy, like a picnic in lavish, ...

Watch Out

...My watch required a battery;
My husband took it to
A brand-new shoe repair, whose sign
Said that’s one thing they do.

He called me on the phone, upset,
To ask me if I knew
That the watch’s cr...

Behind the Cummerbund

...Two fifteen-year-olds stood in a dark hotel parking lot.
Laughing teenagers passed with their dates, to their cars.
The pair stood, awaiting her parents - 
she, in a shiny, pink, satin dress, a co...

Thank You Lord

...You are the light in my dark heart 
That I inherited devoid of spark
You are the joyful tone in silver song
That catchy yellow melody well known
You are the spark in a baby’s eye
That wrinkle of...

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