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Horton Poems - Poems about Horton


Premium Member Trigger Warning
("Contagion III", 2020, original pen and ink and oil) Trigger Warning From the safe space of my hardened little heart I send out my love In waves of conditional bliss To all who are just like me. And since that’s actually no one That love only fills the hollow hardened space A geode no one will ever open. Yet within this mirror-facetted crystal cave A...

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Categories: horton, psychological, society,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member One Big Thing - With Apologies To Edward Everett Horton
It was once upon a nursery rhyme, An old familiar story line – The prelude to some fairytale disaster Where the trail of breadcrumbs through the woods Is known to lead to damaged goods, Bad coffee and a wicked morning after. But I took the bait and ventured on, Enchanted forest vagabond, A sucker for a two-bit roadhouse gimmick....

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Categories: horton, allegory, fantasy, romantic,
Form: Lyric



Premium Member What If Horton Hadn'T Heard a Who
What if Horton hadn't heard a Who? or Winnie hadn't been called 'Pooh?' What if Lucille* hadn't played the blues? or plaintiffs couldn't find defendants to sue? What if an atheist got elected Pope? or a lasso weren't made of rope? What if doting grandmas would say 'Nope?!' or if little boys ever...

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Categories: horton, fantasy, fun, silly,
Form: Light Verse
The Tale of Horton Javlin's Lost Loves
Love is a wonderful emotion, it fills the heart with joyous commotion, but love may easily turn to strife and bring sorrow to a once happy life This is the tale of a boy who has possessed love's joy, only to have it torn away, for with none will his love stay First he came upon a pretty girl who had golden hair...

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Categories: horton, break up, heartbreak, love
Form: Rhyme
Horton Hears a Who
At Horton's first day at the nursing home figured he had nothing to lose, working for the elderly, and the confused, most of them being deaf and wearing hearing aids, Horton still had to repeat himself, time and time again, when Horton would speak, all the elderly would say "Who?" as if they knew Horton was finished talking, right on cue, so Horton started talking real loud, and...

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Categories: horton, humor, work,
Form: Light Verse



Premium Member Horton Hears a Who
I look into your eyes and perceive your driving force Heavy is this Heart as it consumes the essence of your greed Lost in a spiral. ....The decent begins With All your years of wisdom. ....wealth is all you seek I have tried ....to warn you from yourself Yet...you see me as a Fool Mercy on Our Souls....isn't part of your...

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Categories: horton, angel, god,
Form: Blank verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things