Conundrum
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Bang the taut drum
Thrum-thrum
Conundrum
Pound sand
Ain’t it grand
Conundrum
Hit the bricks
Pay for your fix
Con...
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Categories:
drive off, life, mystery, surreal,
Form: Free verse
You
...You were there again just like before your eyes shifted a bit your smile still warm as that March madness the pile pastel poker chips the smell of disguarded cigarette butt's the feel of a bus statio...
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Categories:
drive off, allah,
Form: Naat
A Forever kind of Silence
...A silence falls, swallowed by traffic’s hum,
I let out a sigh, inhaling exhaust and dust.
Her voice cuts through, steady, familiar,
“Which road takes us where?”
I don’t know, I never did.
But I ...
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Categories:
drive off, age, death,
Form: Free verse
Leave That Omen Behind
...When you’ve had every chance and all resource in hand.
When you’ve been in good graces and known where you stand.
When you had God in Heaven reach down just to line it all up,
and you still fou...
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Categories:
drive off, endurance,
Form: Rhyme
Maybe I’ll Smile
...Maybe I’ll smile
I want to unbuckle my seatbelt
And drive off of a bridge
As I fly toward the cement
I wonder if I’ll regret
Maybe I’ll smile
Because finally I can forget
I want to go...
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Categories:
drive off, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Me and My Guitar
...I'd grown tired of all the stress and worries of my life.
I thought it might be best to take a rest.
I’d hop into my car and drive off into the starlight
Without a real direction, maybe vaguely we...
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Categories:
drive off, travel,
Form: Rhyme
murder in new city
...seven women in new city have been murdered
in less than three months
news anchors keep the fear level high
women are afraid to leave their homes
especially at night
they have stopped clubbing
s...
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Categories:
drive off, murder,
Form: Narrative
The Derelict Country Railway Station
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The shiny, silver gleam
of wheel polished railway lines
have been dulled by a thick scab
of rust. Weeds have colonized
the stoney ballast, the wooden
sleepers have rotted away to dust.
The ...
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Categories:
drive off, history, nostalgia, time,
Form: Free verse
Stroke Of A Pen
...Have you ever wondered about all the things that require your signature in life
How about a marriage certificate, I now pronounce you man and wife
A steady hand is needed as you buy your first hom...
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Categories:
drive off, life, writing,
Form: Rhyme
In the temple of my soul burn words misunderstood
...In the temple of my soul burn words misunderstood,
The secret bell of my hope tolling dimly in the echoless temple,
How I wished to sift the hidden meanings,
And to lay upon your altar achievement...
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Categories:
drive off, fantasy,
Form: Free verse
Cowboy Conversation With Barkeep
...Charley my wheel horse says that Jim is a yack, always jawing now.
They are both scrunchers, they nearly swallow their teeth on chow.
Jim is unsalted, but not lazy or slow, although he has trail du...
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Categories:
drive off, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
I Need More Than An Suv
...Though few drive off-road in their truck
Pick-up owners have run amok
Having a tail gate
Their mood will elate
While the cabin carries a schmuck
Author's note: A pass to those folks who use...
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Categories:
drive off, car, drug, environment, society,
Form: Limerick
In the Breezy Trees
...We are in
the breeze
with trees possible
off the flying lake
look for orange cone
wearing silver mask
in front of the office
in back of the park
No back-to-back
or front-to-back
con...
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Categories:
drive off, humorous, nature, surreal, word
Form: Free verse
Under the Overpass
...I am the man who sits under the overpass.
I'm just a blink when traffic is moving,
but more closely-eyed when cars go by slow.
Some pause in inquiry, wanting to know if I'm okay.
Others pull ov...
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Categories:
drive off, appreciation, community, i am,
Form: Free verse
He Has Court
...The child gets out of his daddy’s car and says, “He is in a hurry.”
“Where is he going?” I ask.
“He has court.”
I ask no more questions.
Two weeks later I am opening the car door which never op...
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Categories:
drive off, humor,
Form: Prose Poetry
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