Literati Poems

Crackers in the Soup

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                On the Soup we have broth and bisque 
                  and the odd chowderhead with a whisk
                We got the antisemites who rant and rave 
                  who a...

Life is a Kaleidoscope

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                 ~ Life Is a Kaleidoscope ~
                           5/25/2026


Life is a game, so, which role do you choose to play?
In lifes’s cacophony of human hearts o...

In My Deepest Fantasies

...Sunday cockcrow nascent promulgate aural essays reveal,
laissez-faire luscious lustrous buoyant  raptures,
radio behemoth prompt to that untamed erudite fantasist,
me the one possessing rippled ra...

Literati Rx

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     when poetry is
  obsessive… compulsive… argghh
    ... transactional


  
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   Selected reviews:

     . Bullseye, Wolf! ~ Mad Magazine

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If Trump wins rest in peace Mother of Freedom

...If Trump wins...rest in peace - Mother of Freedom

Post mortem courtesy 
Doctor Demento yielded 
Lady Liberty lies slain...
videre licet knocked senseless 
from brutal blows upon her crown
sim...

Sunday Morning Programme

...Sunday cockcrow nascent
aural essays reveal
laissez-faire raptures.
Enigmatic silken piece compost ushered in by
trenchant trademark tremulous signature.
Doe-eyed instrumentalist’s strident bras...

Thanksgiving gobbledygook

...Thanksgiving gobbledygook

The following anecdote baste
upon overactive imagination of mine
in sync with being married
and monogamously living socially chaste
life as a scrupulous anchorite,
w...

I Beg To Differ, Please

...A literati once told me
    the difference between a peasant
      and a pheasant is only 'H'

  I replied, the difference between
    symbols and cymbals is known only
      by 'a' literati 'e...

Only Todays Poem We Read

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              Only Today’s Poems We Read?

         
         Why is it , that we, literati only read, 
         The latest poem……is it just for speed?

You might find gems from a poet...

All Desire To Be Poet

...We all desire to be poets
we were born to write wanting this
be the Poe that we find so strange
be Emile with her enchantment
Being Brecht in definitive elucubrations
Being romantic realistic as...

Dan the Hero, Part Vii

......“Remember what I told you of my pa,
of what I shouted at you on that night,
you want a better world?  Then help others,
but you gotta do it one at a time.

“I save one person, does this save ...

Utter Silken Threads

...Listen to the forest in the depth
of one’s mind and craft
arresting soundscapes
from within.
Gaze into a spectral morning
dazzling  anew and watch
those scales that slither
from one’s eyes,
U...

I Can'T Type Anymore

...I can't type anymore
  My fingers are sore
from typing too many poems

So I'm buying a boat
  I pedal, it floats
My fingers in lotion I'll stow 'em

Who wants to be tired
  Caffeine keeps me...

Early Morning Spectrum

...Listen to the forest in the depth of one’s mind 
and craft arresting soundscapes from within.
Gaze into a spectral morning 
dazzling  anew and 
watch those scales 
that slither from one’s eyes. ...

Nauti 'N Nice

...No penance need be paid by the insular artisan
admonished for seeking an oral platinum quota.
Under furlough! Tuck their perfume in a bureau, 
then intermittently release the poise to up-start
in...

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