Guffaw Poems

A Good Sense of Humor Blunts the Sharp Blades of Reality

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Harsh is life’s reality.
Each trial we endure is a sword of steel
that pierces the jagged edges
of our imperfect souls.

We cannot escape
the occasional slashes from life’s rapier
that fall ...

Winter Jasmine

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Written: January 12, 2025, for contest Sponsored by: Ink Empress
Quote by Poet: " Let the tempting appeal of Jasmine ignites your inner ambition and drive for success".
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Dreams Adrift on Silken Tides

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Written: November 24, 2024 for contest Sponsored by: Kai Michael Neumann
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In a calyx of ambivalent dreams,   
where shadows swirl as si...

Three sides to every story

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In the calm spaces of thump ripples   
three gossamer shadows gather,  
each a whisper of what once was,  
three stories spilled,  
but which is true?  

The first speaks of love,  
it...

The Haunted House

...Why, in a haunted house, do we scream?
We know that the monsters are mechanized.
We know that the bumps are all oversized.
We know things are not what they seem.

Why, in that haunted house, do ...

A FAIR PAIR

...A FAIR PAIR

Willy the worm would want to wiggle
Just a joke joining in with joyful jiggle
Gaity I guess, giving guffaw or giggle
Delighted to dig and dive down deep
Why one would wish to walk ...

Raw Senses Rondine

...A haunting comes unexpected,
perhaps that’s the delicious draw;
Strolling the woods with a guffaw,
nature’s buzz leaves you elated;
Every sense may seem upended,
red bared skin on your wrist is ...

That Friday Feeling

...that Friday feeling calls near noon
with thoughts of lager capped by foam
and dreams this work-day will end soon
which gives your mind a mood to roam

to favored joints, where with the guys
you...

Zero Hour O'er At Cambridgeshire St Ives

...LEGEND:               0]: Mister Zero               1]: Number One Mate              

0] A clock
have I
has but one number
1] and that's it
0] just that one
1] and there's no other
but one
...

Do some s plaining

...As a young child I fondly recall
tuning into Desi Arnez and Lucille Ball.
Their chemistry was great and brought
many a guffaw.
Lucy always stumbled in to comical pitfalls,
which culminated in to...

Tickled Silly

...An idea whispers,
sneaking in on cat’s paws,
a sly grin curling at the edges,
as I sip morning coffee, unaware.

It dances on tiptoes,
skipping across my mind,
twirling, pirouetting,
a baller...

DROPS OF DISHONOR

...all the stuff going on that motel was heating up but the locksmith didn't speak
Irish too well & besides he got drunk & robbed the wrong merry-go-round anyway...
Sigh
Banal as it might seem, it's ...

I shall find a way or make one

...(Inveniam viam)

Far beyond these eerie things, where limits have no scales
Fish are replacing gills, with turbine aerated tails 
Sea level’s losing all meaning, for the humpback whales 
Ships p...

Off kilter

...Off kilter

Yup
I sobered up
despite expressing regular
(unleaded and unlettered) 
urge to shtup
expunged courtesy 
system of a down
with shuga (mush)
and everything nice.

	The following...

Dead Love

...His 
love to
me is dead.
I scoff at it,
for it was nothing.
Had it any value,
I might place it as if it 
were a trinket inside my chest
of treasures. Many came before him.
Others wil...

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