Intuitive Clones of Progress and Dying
...Intuitive Clones of Progress and Dying
Obsidian stones for some contrite emotional relief
Oblivion clones marching in combined technocratic belief
Meridian moans of melancholy surging with exis...
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Categories:
improvisational, life,
Form: Rhyme
Jazz Out
...(Sam Trio stands at the mic, snaps fingers lightly, takes a drag on a Marlboro, and smiles to the crowd) Dig this, we’re going back in time, way back to the smokey jazz clubs and cool sounds and jazz...
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Categories:
improvisational, spoken word,
Form: Spoken Word
Shattered dreams of New Canaan
...Shattered dreams of New Canaan
no longer land of the free home of the brave,
original rightful occupants hoodwinked, petrified,
where diseases xeroxed
ambushed, crushed, extinguished,
squashed...
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Categories:
improvisational, allegory, america, analogy, animal,
Form: Free verse
Sunday February 2nd, 2025 Groundhog Day
...Sunday February 2nd, 2025 Groundhog Day
Location: Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. First held on February 2, 1887 prognosticating how many more weeks of winter weather without a shado...
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Categories:
improvisational, adventure, animal, anniversary, birth,
Form: Rhyme
THE BEAT POETS BEAT
...THE BEAT POETS BEAT
In the heart of San Francisco, Beat poet and publisher, Lawrence Ferlinghetti's City Lights bookstore shines bright, where words dance like shadows and the Beat poets ignite the ...
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Categories:
improvisational, spoken word,
Form: Spoken Word
NINE MILES OF BLU
...NINE MILES OF BLUE
By
Tony Adamo (Nov.25,’05) Hip
spoken’ Word
I walked into a little jazz dive off 125th and Lex
a cold wind blew me through the swingin’ doors/
Beer, peanuts, dark smoke...
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Categories:
improvisational, spoken word,
Form: Spoken Word
Lapsed contra dancer rediscovers his happy place
...Lapsed contra dancer rediscovers his happy place
I tip figurative hat to the late Cathy Robertson, longtime (lifetime) Thomas Paine Unitarian Church member, who unwittingly and quite casually made...
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Categories:
improvisational, 12th grade, addiction, adventure,
Form: Free verse
Groundhog day 2024 or Forty one days since 2023 Winter Solstice
...Groundhog day 2024 or Forty one days since 2023 Winter Solstice
Rather than be a day late
and dollar short, I opted
to post poem acknowledging
the second of February,
where eponymous ground...
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Categories:
improvisational, adventure, america, animal, celebration,
Form: Rhyme
Labyrinth of Sighs
...Labyrinth of Sighs
Wondering through a labyrinth of sighs
More platitudes with attitudes that never question why
A litany of afterthoughts about where we go when we die
An emboldened range ...
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Categories:
improvisational, life,
Form: Rhyme
The Protraction of the Epiphany
...The Protraction of the Epiphany
Complacency in a stilted light of regret
Vagrancy in a jilted sight of neglect
Emergency in a wilted light of insects
The urgency of a curative substance to inj...
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Categories:
improvisational, 12th grade,
Form: Rhyme
The Light From the Shadows
...The Light from the Shadows
The light from the shadows of a thousand candles burning
The bright configuration of a lighthouse plainly warning
Plain sight considerations of a future that is formin...
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Categories:
improvisational, 12th grade, courage, environment,
Form: Rhyme
Fork Git About Spooner Hiz Ham
...Fork git about spooner hiz ham
And join (singing the words
in the next paragraph) whether alone
in a traffic jam
basting, cooking, then eating a lamb
prepared by thee missus
a superb culinar...
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Categories:
improvisational, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Rhyme
The Missus Served Me High Test Coffee
...The missus served me high test coffee...
Ah... tis nothing more heavenly
(to one borne again devout atheist)
then a spring like January 18th, 2023
here at Highland Manor apartments
picturesqu...
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Categories:
improvisational, angel, appreciation, atheist, blessing,
Form: Free verse
Eccentric Kook's Reasonable Rhyme Zigzags
...Eccentric kook's reasonable rhyme zigzags
Doggone poet laureate
wannabe his index finger wags
nonverbally naysaying those,
who doubt mine posthumous
fame and fortune, which snags
eternal reno...
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Categories:
improvisational, absence, august, blessing, cool,
Form: Rhyme
Groundhog Day 2022 Or Forty Two Days Since 2021 Winter Solstice Part Two
...February second - requires one
with acute hearing to cock, and ear
turnips tickling the nose nostrils
delicate hairs (instagram ideal outlook) subtly,
markedly, lively..., yet gently flair
soon ...
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Categories:
improvisational, animal, appreciation, beauty, environment,
Form: Rhyme
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