Dark List Poems

barnum would have been proud
bulldogs in too twos
embraces for show
disks and dark booths
raw raws
scaffolding on saxophones
Scotland-yards of curtains
damp mermen
virginia     sweet william...

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Let me count the ways:

1. He makes me feel as pink as the colors on a cherry blossom tree
2. He sees me without ever having...

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To err is human; to forgive, divine

1. Shared virtues be are friends eternal

2. A futile step is a worthless journey

3. In a public forum, liberty...

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Do you love to stand upright for the truth?
Or do you love it more,
bending to lies
At an acute angle forty five

Degrees of false moderation
permits you...

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War of subtleties
Terse battles
Sanctioned victories
Temporal losses
Shooting blanks
Dull blade
Cassanova's gaze
Mata Hari senses
Jagger's "Moment has passed"
Frost "Two roads diverged..."
Thunderous crash
Newborn's coos
White lies
Dark truths
A trident
A halo
Demons
Angels
Trump's hair
Hitler's mustache
Casting...

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O, I love the word "beautiful" and I use it all the time.  It is my favorite word
by far and quite versatile too. ...

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Contrary to popular myth, Einstein did NOT reject the existence of Time, but he did reject the differences of its elements, stating that "the distinction...

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Bubble gum? Nay, methinks a box of dark chocolates, 'tis best,

A daisy? Nay, methinks a bouquet of velvet red roses, 'tis best,

Pants outfit? Nay, methinks...

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Listing A Personal View Of What Poetry Is
    
    1. Poetry is a stone,turned to expose to searching winds...

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DEATH

HE ROAMS AROUND SUCKING SOULS DRY
CUTTING THROUH TH FACE OF THE EARTH
HE OCCUPIES THE DARK RUINS OF HELL
HIS THE BROTHER OF LIFE
A SON DEVOTED TO...

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Roses are red
Tree bark is brown
I don't want to be killed 
By a murderous clown

Roses are red
Dragons blow fire
I really want
To live in the Shire

Roses...

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1. You have the illness you have always been fearful of. The cause is your fear. You will never sleep, and tea and yoga are...

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Rotate your tires and planets frequently
Turn your soil into something pretty dirty
Make your garden grow in soiled earth
Stay out of the sun (the surface there...

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I woke up this morning,
and then without warning,
I rolled off the bed,
soundly bumping my head.
That was just the beginning of what I call,
my most exasperating...

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O MINE VALENTINE

We are a twine of 
lines...vines
limbs
hair
fingers
sheets
blankets
couches

streets
signs
misgivings
mistakes
retreats
agressions

2 chairs
2 drinks
a fire
an oven
a burner
a melted finish
and a perpetually unmelted finish

longings
clutchings
graspings
open doors 
unopened doors
closed doors
slammed doors
cracked open...

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1.
and every time i see you it is for the first time 
still my heart skips a beat
and every time we kiss it is our first 
and...

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Nostalgic Nights.
The smell of gas in the vintage moped I drove an hour to buy, 
Driving down that small-town street at night,
Lit by the dim...

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Make a list of objects worthy of merit
They must sparkle in the dark
Glow in the light of day
And cost you your life if lost

No diamonds...

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Go kill yourself that is all I heard at school
But I can’t I have a family 
It would take all my sorrows and trials away...

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Today I Accomplished
(My first list poem- I hope)
By Franklin Price
5/16/2015

Today I accomplished this list of things
At least I hope so Looking back
As I lay my...

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