Cornered Poems

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the day has come
when it gets real
words must turn to deeds
I fear the future's now the present


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A Cornered Rat

A Cornered Rat


No matter what the enemy’s might.
The smallest of beasts will stand and fight.
Whether a cat or a mighty bear.
Confront him only if you take care.
For a cornered rat will stand and fight.
No matter what the enemy’s might.


By
Josehf Lloyd Murchison

My Four-Cornered Room

Staring at my learners in my four-cornered room
I see the dynamics of life as I zoom into 
The shadow that’s not displayed
Some smoke weed 
Not realizing that they will bleed in the workplace
Some enjoy cough syrup with a cool drink
Not realizing that this simple addition will
Change the transaction in their lives
Later, it turns to tablets yet learners
Think that they can control their habit
Like a rabbit, some will hop from experiment to experiment 
Keeping themselves intoxicated while growing in stupidity

Staring at my learners in my four-cornered room
I see some learners grow in intelligence
Some study daily
Knowing that they will enjoy their future job
Their passion shines through in the classroom
Because they do the hard work when no one is looking
Staring at my learners in my four-cornered room
I see the lazy ones trying to feed off the strong ones
Procrastination will lead to a weak spell
This is something your future will tell you
Break free because you are the future and 
It all starts in this four corned room

Mark Frank

Copyright 2023

A Killing Colonel Cornered

Soldiers with the cornered colonel
Said to crack him like a kernel,
Easily made him surrender,
Account of his orders render…

Colonel Smith, on his neck flannel,
Suddenly facing a Panel
In his house and front verandah,
Two watching from his Coriander…

They knew where to questions channel:
“Who’d twelve men shot from tunnel?” 
Many had guessed: Major Lander
But order from Smith Evander…

Their decision shall be final:
They had come as a Tribunal…
“One thing about you Evander:
Death often smells like Lavender.”

Cornered

When you paint yourself into a corner,
You have got to be insane
It's no use to blame others
When you are the one to blame

Standing in the corner.
Completely trapped and alone
Who's fault is this,
Your's Mister, Your's and Your's alone

I wonder what you are thinking,
It deserves some serious thought,
Does the position you have placed yourself,
Make you overwrought.

I doubt it, Mister,
You think you are superior,
Viewing others living in the world,
Braindead and inferior.

You have told too many lies,
That many have believed
The whole world is horrified,
Of the people you have deceived,

Stuck in a corner,
Trying to think of a way out,
Not this time, Mister
No matter how much you
Scream and shout

Cornered

Those trifecta edges
impressed upon
her supple skin
self inflicted abrasion
as she clamours for escape
those thudded steps
of one once loved
but fear has now replaced
His shadow loom
his growling boom
bring tears that crown
her face
The corners point
her prison bars
that offer no escape

Cornered

I better run away, 
I should go and hide; 
The marks you left are deep;
Lingering just below the surface
where they know they will survive;
You took my soul and whispered 
‘You will never be the same again.’;
Now the teeth you bared are lethal,
but you taught me how to bite; 
Just what to do with undetectable poison,
now I’m wearing your disguise; 
It’s not good  to leave me unkept,
soaring like a light speed comet;
All desire and no direction 
now what am I to do with it?
Look in the mirror taste the tip of rage,
now I’ve stolen your perfect eyes;
I better go away, 
You should go and hide
the marks you left are deep,
You taught me what to do when cornered,
 You left me invincible in a fight.

A Need To Be Cornered

Birds go crazy
    In round cages





*my bird guru would seek out round bird cages listed for sale 
  and purchase them to destroy them

  he told me that goldfish were similarly affected in round bowls

  makes me wonder...

Cornered By An Evil Muse

Writing in a room with an insolent ceiling,
Haughty in its skill at keeping thoughts out of reach,
Emotions darted above me, bat-like in their evasion,
A rapture of denial, pushing me away.

Ever I spun toward memory - always a quarter-turn ahead;
The seasons hid their faces, the Heavens turned their back,
Inspiration's cache stood just offshore, vanishing in fog;
What room was this - I was lost, off-center.

Every poem unwrote itself, the merest beginning hope
having fallen to dust; my mind and body were false constructions.
At the last, light and darkness gave up definition,
The walls and floor coming to the point without me.



March 25, 2017

Cornered

The floor cornered the wall
In the bedroom...

the door and the window
saw the whole thing.

Kitty-Cornered Jaguar

She came tearing through the parking lot
Finally she brought the car to a stop
From fore to aft I count three lines crossed
What worries me more is how near are the people

Finally she brought the car to a stop
The "other two" tires again touched the ground
What worries me more is how near are the people
She doesn't touch street drugs, unless you count her adrenaline

The "other two" tires again touched the ground
The proprietor of the establishment came out and she said
She doesn't touch street drugs, unless you count her adrenaline
Try to be calm he said rolling his eyes, take to the stage to find your natural high.

The proprietor of the establishment came out and she said
From fore to aft, I count three lines crossed
Try to be calm he said rolling his eyes, take to the stage to find your natural high.
She came tearing through the parking lot.

Cornered

I am cornered
by the solemn
barrier of the evening
somewhere, somebody
is adorned with happiness...

Silenced by fatigue
console me birthing clouds
roll into my deepest dreams
a distant thunder different from death...

A woman comes and goes
coming to touch
the waiting years of a man...

I recall her long black Hispanic hair
as I count the fingers of the setting sun
my eyes choke for the moon of her lips
I resemble the shadow of a body
a shadow found facing the west
seeking without finding a path...

Laugh loudly shadow
maybe for an instant
she really loved you
forgetting her does exist
even though it is like
walking over hot coals...

I will drive down 
to the grocery store
where the meat
of my memories
hang in strips
in the cooler...

Then go back home
and remember
the blind wind
once whispered by her lips...

Cornered

Cornered in all directions,
By lies, pressure and failed objections.
My world crumbles before my eyes,
My once victorious spirit dies.

Cornered with no way out,
I desperately seek the escape route.
cornered by pain and affliction,
A defeated, battered man shows my reflection.

Cornered by life on a steep cliff,
Shedding tears accompanied by a slight sniff.
That's all that's left of a man once thought courageous,
But remember, when cornered an animal is most dangerous.

Three Cornered Hat (Double Etheree)

THREE CORNERED HAT  (double Ethereee) 

This
Being
A human
All the contrast?
From Saint to Devil?
I fight it every day
Think about it in my sleep
Awake to such good intentions
Before noon I have changed my colors
I must go along with the middle ground
Wavering    wavering    between Love and________
I dare not think the alternative
Yet    in consciousness it does rest
Listen to the Still    Small Voice
Always urging    guiding
“LOVE – the only TRUTH”
Seek inner peace”
OH!    BE STILL!
LIVE NOW!
LIFE!

Cornered In a Colorless World...

the steam from my winded breath 
hits the cool air
and lingers among lifeless trees 
left black and bare 
like a group of hunters, winter has crept
through the lands
the snowy crystals cover me like the
dry desert sands
 
these winter flakes land on the earth 
and seem to perfectly hit
like jigsaw pieces that know 
right where to fit 
I sit still trying to become one with
the wasteland of white
as autumn has once again forfeited
its seasonal fight
 
a tree falls in the woods and people wonder 
does it make a sound?
but I can tell you that dying trees have final words 
as they hit the ground
the colorless kaleidoscope I'm looking through
takes over the view of my soul
as winter has now come down like a forgotten ghost 
from the north pole

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