Dons Poems

MIRAGE OF CLARITY Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder

...MIRAGE OF CLARITY
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In the side view mirror of the U-Haul,
my familiar world slips away, 
the verdant green hills of North Te...

GOTCHA !

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Written: July 24, 2025, for contest sponsored by Mystic Rose Rose

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*Tingly skies full of surprise oh how I love when with surmise,*  *the l...

Elon Musk: The Empire of the Visible

...When business dons the mask of politics,
it ceases to build — it begins to conquer.
Elon, you were an architect of the invisible —
a builder of empires no eye could fully grasp.
But now, you have...

A magnet for tsuris

...A magnet for tsuris

Summation notation of achievements
wrought absolute zero
pridefulness to self -
a veritable highstrong yoyo
(lame at walking the dog)
a solitudinarian devoid of xoxo
meth...

In the Arms of Darkness

...Night wraps me softly in her arms,
Whispering secrets, weaving charms.
She cradles echoes in my chest,
A quiet breath, a gentle rest.

Her cloak conceals my hidden scars,
Each one a story trace...

After the wife made a suggestion about what to write about

...After the wife made a suggestion about what to write about...

I decided to title my piece
a concatenation of a few different notions
incorporating fictional romance
alluding to myself and spous...

Carnival of Hatred

...“Come one, come all!”
The hawker summons
Try your luck
On the unmoored Ferris wheel

Hurl a dart
At the Kewpie dolls
Win one for the lady
To consummate the deal

(Chorus)
Intruders in the ...

My beloved Queen, I search for you like a lost star in the sky of dreams

...My beloved Queen, I search for you like a lost star in the sky of dreams,
a light hiding among the shadows of the endless night.
The longing for you is a wave that caresses the shore of my heart,
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Amerikannia

...Adrift in some Mad American Empire 
I stand in my shadow as the future winds come 
Looking over the ruins of my nation!

Eyes grow dim as the masses succumb
Families cry as loved ones are stolen...

The Trump Card

...The Trump Card
Our world, it burns in fits and starts
Gaza, Ukraine, Russia, Israel are parts
That burn aflame and tether on a brink
What do we need? A solution? A drink?
Truth be told it’s a ma...

Judge

...It's so disappointingly beautiful
when you are judged 
by someone who feels like a judge
so precise, infallible and supreme !

As if all the thoughts of the judged
are pure waste
and the thoug...

Overrun by stuffed subdued teddy bears

...Overrun by stuffed subdued teddy bears...

of diverse and sundry sizes engaged 
in woebegone wild rumpus
as a last hoorah 
for diversity, equity and inclusion,
whose somber bowed heads
(hide t...

Serene Meadow

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Written: March 14, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Kai Michael Neumann

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On that obsidian night,
I found your flawless face, 
echoing with illu...

Dawn Collapses Night

...Dawn collapses night; the stars disappear;
the crickets fall silent, and Sol rises.
And ebony bleeds with a scarlet smear,
as Nature dons one of many guises.

A sea of blue washes across...

Ivory Flakes

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Revolving season’s ever-changing sensitive frontage
dons nature designed apparel in an ambiance new.
Fall’s fiery foliage bursts with colored mélange of collage, 
as the wilted leaves shimmer ...

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