Extras Poems - Poems about Extras

Iambic Pentameter

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When it came to iambic pentameter
Alexander Pope was no dumb amateur.
In his strict use of it he achieved a skill
often with a monotonous overkill –
a danger every poet should not commit
unl...

There Goes The Baker

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The echoes in cartoons,
The sermons in static,
How every chorus begs us
To wake, or vanish.

Maybe God is a director.
I don’t know.

But the script is too perfect,
And the extras too hol...

Packing for Camp

...The grandkids are heading to sleepaway camp,
Their clothing all labeled and packed,
Plus all of the extras they may or not need -
Way too much, as a matter of fact.

They bring pillows and blank...

Extras

...Only when my costume’s
Been hissed at with steel
Do my garments ripple in small, stormless waves.

Only when my mask
Has been greased in pale mud
Do my blemishes blend with the sea of my face.
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Embroidery Thread

...Embroidery thread comes in hundreds of hues
And searching the shelves it’s not easy to choose.
One purple’s too dark but the next one’s too light;
It’s hard to find one that is perfectly right.

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The Ivy Machine

...They call it a temple of knowledge,
but the walls were never meant for thought—
only the careful curation of power,
where names are chiseled in Latin
and inheritance is mistaken for intelligence....

A Play Within A Play

...It’s a play within a play
Where my role is improvised
With the extras of each day
Not intended to surprise 
There’s no cause to show concern
No opinions to express
What I know I’ll never learn
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Wrapping Presents

...When it comes to wrapping presents,
I am really not that good.
The edges aren’t neat and don’t
Lie flat the way they should.

The paper that I use, though,
Is quite festive, to distract
From a...

The Calling

...She chapped my door
Said she was a whore
She was in the area
Offering discounts and more
I was a bit taken aback
Usually it was double glazing, broadband and that
Or Jehovah's witnesses
Into t...

Night Terrors

...As I awakened to the night terrors again it's 3am. I know I'm being monitored in my own home Ciro Gargano installs cameras to watch my every movement in order to know when I write in my journal he br...

Life as a Rat

...Life as a Rat
Yes, every city is a labyrinthine cage
woven from streets seen from celestial heights,
but also – from the silken threads of your habits:
The paths you follow, or avoid,
the cafes ...

What Price For Glory

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On stage he struts in sequined costume,
a plume of feathers cocked high on head
A thespian poet of no account is ranting
though his troupe boasts of his skill and talent
But the loo...

I Knew Anne Silently - My Ravenous Poe

...**Trigger Warning**



"I Knew Anne Silently - My Ravenous Poe" 

I knew Anne.
you’d think 
with a name like hers
she’d be able to find her way 
out of unchartered water...

Beat Feet

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  You can't beat feet,
  They're really kind of neat!
  Toes and heels,
  Small bones in between.
  Travels the world,
  Wherever you've been.
  Can't leave them behind,
  When you pack.
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Collective Punishment

...Our enemies the Philistines
As we were taught in Sunday school
Are extras in the battle lines
To die, as we were born to rule

What lovely racists we’ve become
Programmed to hate our nation’s f...

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