Fractious Poems

Dangle A Backdrop

...Fountains sprinkle summer city rising steam spiral, 
wet dispersed and raucous shrieks from children,
pavements, streets. lanes, byways imbued,
with that June to September jubilance,
jovial spiri...

Poetic Chop Sticks

...The muse has no fingers
Possesses no internal abacus
Cannot fathom fractious patterns

…take one word from line A
And two from line B
Skip line C
Use it as line D
Drop C into C

With six yo...

Mirrors, Unhung

...
Within prismed images I was captured
along with twilight as it tinted the sky.
We were ensnared during a power struggle 
at the hour when sunlight wrestled the moon.
Neither wanted to vacate th...

Tinea

...
A day escaped, 
released from the sticky womb of night
held firm in the arms of midwife morning,
listen to its infant cries 
the wails of a newborn child unfed 
demanding of your bed and sleep...

Poetic letter Putin the electric kool aid acid test results into action

...Poetic letter Putin the electric kool aid acid test results into action... 

when president elect Donald John Trump
sworn in vowing to accept the following pledge.
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm...

Poetic letter Putin the electric kool aid acid test results into action

...Poetic letter Putin the electric kool aid acid test results into action... 

when president elect Donald John Trump
sworn in vowing to accept the following pledge.
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm...

Poetic letter Putin the electric kool aid acid test results into action

...Poetic letter Putin the electric kool aid acid test results into action... 

when president elect Donald John Trump
sworn in vowing to accept the following pledge.
"I do solemnly swear (or affirm...

Electorate on tenterhooks until

...Electorate on tenterhooks until...
outcome of 2024 presidential election announced

Polling places slated to open seven o'clock
in the morning 
November fifth two thousand twenty four
heightene...

Dump Trump The demagogue Hitler reincarnate!

...Dump Trump - The demagogue Hitler reincarnate!

Countdown to Armageddon 
precariously, lugubriously, hellaciously, 
and deleteriously hinges
potential apocalypse now outcome, 
mere smattering w...

Dot dot dot, and in other news devil's advocate claims Teflon Trump

...Dot dot dot, and in other news devil's advocate claims Teflon Trump

courtesy the comfort of his mancave, 
I (a mutated batman wannabe) 
doth prattle and stump
and display wide whirled webbed 
...

Look Back In Anger to June 2024

...Look Back in Anger to June 2024

You, current denizen of Number Ten
With gleaming Colgate smile and Gucci shoes,
Take serious pause for thought, reflect on when
The voters all reject you and you...

To Burn the Witch is to Admit that Magic Exists

...I never understood the sentiment:
“Attention is attention even it's bad”
Until now 
I spill your gearfull hourglasses better than anyone can 
And you still don't recognize who I am 

You weren'...

Sans sixth psychic sense

...Sans sixth (psychic) sense...
poise zen dystopian rant

This prognosticator doth predict
potential based at current rate
sinister debacle that will
instantaneously annihilate,
United States st...

Twenty first century civilization gone I askew

...Twenty first century civilization gone?... I askew.

Ah... what luxury to wax poetic 
as freedom to trumpet thoughts, 
ideas, emotions, et cetera will wane,
especially if president number forty ...

You Can Create the World

... 
Peace?
No, not in the halls of Congress!
And no, not in the fractious halls
of the United Nations.
Nor in major city streets.

And no I can't demand you fall
down and adore me simply
b...

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