Outside Lies the Snow
...outside lies the snow
each flake its own uniqueness
beginning descending moisture, bifurcation
eructing tendrils, forming, unpredictable
as is the dichotomy of life
the triumph against entropy
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Categories:
fergus, introspection, winter,
Form: Free verse
Another Bukowski Nightmare Begins
...another Bukowski nightmare begins
the castrato sings below
while she calls from the minaret
fossicking thru the memories
for our linked verse
while i, sitting beneath the coolabah
river on the...
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Categories:
fergus, satire,
Form: Free verse
I Was Searching For Survivors
...i was searching for survivors
in all the right places, finding none
my deepest wishes dissipating
probably for the best i always tell myself
watching it come apart
was half the pleasure
as well...
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Categories:
fergus, destiny, goodbye, i miss
Form: Romanticism
Trust Is a Precious Gift
...trust is a precious gift
once broken
we may never repair
shards that cut to the bone
a heart empties
love is sometimes
at its best a vertiginous climb
of heavens and hells
so enduring yet fr...
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Categories:
fergus, true love,
Form: Free verse
Is This Then My Fate
...is this then my fate
watching the scurrying crabs
rearranging sands, counting the waves
the wary eyes of the magnificent frigates above
your eyes were to me
exotic birds of aquamarine
whose fre...
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Categories:
fergus, heartbreak, loss, love,
Form: Romanticism
The Conversations Are Rolled Into the Corners
...the conversations are rolled into the corners
stretching into a fifth dimension
perpendicular to all points
this is where i love you
curled back upon itself
unavailable to the eye
the physicist...
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Categories:
fergus, heart, loss,
Form: Romanticism
I Watch You Sleep
...i watch you sleep
wondering where you are
the hair
falls down to the cheeks
spilling upon the pillows
moon intrudes
throwing shadows around
our cat stirs
your mouth is slightly open
as if yo...
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Categories:
fergus, devotion, love,
Form: Romanticism
She Believes In Lavender Moons
...Introduction: one of the nice aspects of having an oeuvre as a poet is the ability to see where you have changed over the years. this is such a poem where i can see the step from the eristic with a q...
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Categories:
fergus, faith, growth, myth,
Form: Free verse
We Awoke To Five Machine Guns
...we awoke to five machine guns
staring at us
all were American made
therein a comfort
another American in a foreign land
the caveat, Federales were holding them
we were naked
Sally from the All...
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Categories:
fergus, addiction, best friend,
Form: Free verse
You Spoke of Boundaries
...you spoke of boundaries
allowed me but secret gates
acknowledged only in the shadows
my ability to separate your reason
from your logic
and that is what you
never cared for in me
words
you ga...
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Categories:
fergus, betrayal, desire, introspection, woman,
Form: Free verse
The Children Wait On the Shore
...the children wait on the shore
eyes fastened to the horizon
behind them stand the women
with a gaze far more serious
all impervious to rain and wind
the hurricane had turned inland
last night i...
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Categories:
fergus, culture, destiny, natural disasters,
Form: Free verse
Fancy Free
...Down here you will see
The remains of Fergus McKenzie
Who wanted to live fancy free
Mrs. McKenzie didn't agree
A funny epitaph poetry contest
Sponsored by: Jesse Rowe
9/12/18...
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Categories:
fergus, death, grave,
Form: Epitaph
Canada Geese Making Altitude
...Like a mess of hooting school kids freed for vacation,
They come honking and scolding
Long before you see them they come honking and scolding
Hidden from sight by leafy trees,
They are loudly...
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Categories:
fergus, bird, nature, october,
Form: Blank verse
Leftovers
...O circus, circus
the ox and his Fergus.
The whale took a bite of the moon.
The carnivore gasped to see that chomp.
And the pig civilized the baboon....
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Categories:
fergus, irony, moon, nonsense, nursery
Form: Light Verse
The Day Fergus the Frog Croaked
...THE DAY FERGUS THE FROG CROAKED
(A Children's Rhyme by Joan Donnelly Ellis Oct. 2015)
Fergus the Frog was lazy and fat and a worshipper of idleness
He'd lie on his lily pad all day ...refusing...
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Categories:
fergus, children,
Form: Rhyme
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