Light Verse Poems | Light Verse Examples

Haunches and Paunches It’s strange to say, but people who sit on their haunches develop fat paunches but, say, isn’t it usually the other way? Definition Procrastination is a synonym for pure laziness without, however, the indecision of the former. Unhappy Do wake up every day bereaved in sorrow, because yesterday passed away and today will tomorrow? Truism In the matter of sexuality men prefer promiscuity to unguarded adultery: the first allows selectivity the...

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lawn mower drone cuts the silence in half I can pretend not to hear it or pretend I like it I pretend it is a wishing machine granting wishes all along the road and I am the next house...

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when I was young, I remember hearing people say all old people want to talk about is their bowel movements Now that I am old that’s all I want to talk about...

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Doggone it, I used to make a killin' at casinos, R o l l i n g sevens; killing em' all softly The way The Rolling Stones kill it on the stage. Brimming with confidence, I made my way back, ...

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His kisses were forbidden—intense and forceful, surpassing his first and second. But his third smooch was as cold as a Bollywood kiss. ...

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Philbert’s in a state euphoric, and why not? After years of burning academic oil, a PhD he’s got! But a PhD these days – as he is finding out – guarantees no job security, and even lesser clout. Resumé after resumé, interview after interview, Philbert sits and waits for his dream job to come through. Student loans with rising interest...

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Some words undergo alteration if you add or remove a single letter from their spelling. Remove the “a” from “paint” and you get “pint.” Add an “o” to pint and you get “point.” Remove the “o” from point and add an “r” the result is “print.” And that’s what happens when you make it a point to have more...

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Coming back to recapture and constitute whys, To understand our train of thought, the path we seek with our eyes, The external influence that suggests and surrounds, Take it all away and what have you found, Lay your heart bare and what do you see, Under all the layers of your reasoning, What you grip onto so tightly in order to...

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The queen of Sheba was in shock that Solomon had concubines in stock. Seven hundred, in fact, he said with pride not including several wives on the side. Even in a year’s time, she calculated, no more than half could he have satisfied, the other half envious and frustrated. ...

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A sitting takes me to an attic of raw light bestowing quiet glow for travelers unyielding to a precise compass of direction, a spaceless space nourished as it were, losing the self to Bodhi-like clouds and nomadic lotus spins. I release this soul buried in the kundalini to a congregation of ambient tunes saying nothing, taking flight unto a hymn...

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Don’t be fooled, they carry nothing of the Orient’s allure. These voracious beetles, if they had the appetite, might easily bring down the loftiest sequoia. Depraved sexual deviants, they deflower helpless roses in broad daylight; and, like Medieval artisans of yore turn hardy zinnias into empty-ribbed cathedral windows. Their shells are hard like scarabs, but charmless, slicked with an iridescence cheap and tacky like carnival glass. Eager...

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Nature was selfishly deficient in denying beauty to Millicent. Men rarely offered her a glance, unless by accident or chance. And though she lost out as a wife she made up for it with a lavish life, accruing things she loved and more, things women beg their husbands for, and lived with an untroubled mind (unlike other women of her kind). And when they...

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Did you hear about the lady who dressed to appeal to men’s libidinous interests? Most men, she said, prefer the unknown for things lose their adventure when known, and men with gropping hands rarely complain when discovering new, unexplored terrain. The majority I’ve ever met prefer it that way, apparently, seeing it as an adventurous “feel” day. ...

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I finally feel as if I can speak my peace, Without any opinions hovering over me, The freedom to say exactly how I feel, Whether it's right or wrong with room to heal, With no eyes watching...no one cares, No judgement no opinions.. just me and the air, The quiet and solitude I long to feel, Without any expectations.. the feelings real, ...

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Many years holding onto my words, Studying my heart through every growth spurt he heard, I never completely understood why, Constantly studying my eyes, As if I am any different from the rest, To use what he's heard to make him the best, I knew all along yet I didn't want his fame, I didn't want attention or material gain, I wanted simple..I...

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