Long Ads Poems

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Premium Member Lonely Hearts Ads


Once upon a time not that long ago,
people used newspaper ads to find love;
they were very creative in their wording,
making themselves sound so dreamy. 

Now we have dating sites for that,
yes, on the internet love can be found;
it is "the last call for lonely hearts" it seems,
as the bar scene is not the best idea.

So meeting strangers for coffee is now in,
but not much has changed in reality;
from the days of lonely heart ads in papers,
the writer still makes themselves dreamy.

I tried it once 'cause like many I get lonely,
but the man was not as advertised on line;
first of all his picture was twenty years ago.
when did he not think I would notice that !

He was friendly just not lover material,
so, I came home and deleted my profile;
this lonely heart is just going to have to find,
prince charming the old-fashioned way.

_____________________
November 8, 2019


Poetry/Verse/Lonely Hearts Ads
Copyright Protected, ID 19-1194-676-02
All Rights Reserved.  Written under Pseudonym.


Written for the contest, Last Call For Lonely Hearts
sponsor, Line Gauthier

First Place
Form: Verse


Premium Member Ads

I turn on my computer, 
It leads me far away.
To all the places I need to go, 
And some I wish to stay. 

The pictures on the sides, 
across, the bottom and the top…
They fill up the entire screen by any memes,
and, some I wish they’d stop… 

Lovely dresses every color,
every shade and design. 
They fit the perfect people
as if they were all “fine”?

Bright like butterflies, 
drifting in the wind.
In styles for fairy people, 
crisp, and sweet and thin... 

The discounts they are measurable,
If half of all, is good?
So I place things in the box,
And wish, as if I really could! ($)

Not for me, don’t you see, 
I…am trying hard. 
Turn off the cart, 
right from the start…
and keep your visa card.
© Ann Foster  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Unread Newspapers

We get to see you rise, step on the cold floor
When the clock strikes five in the dark.
Your cell goes gaga over nothing, you lie
next to our lot, begging attention.

When the lily in your garden and the mynah 
Over the sill shows up, your sleep spent,
You look at the mirror to get a fresh impression of you.
And the mirror sees it all.

Why not use the afternoon, after work?
Give us a day’s read. A day past and spent.
Better in sound than in silence, you think.
We complain non-acknowledgement.

Dates, events, ads, drown in oblivion
As you skim through headlines and
Read columns that interest you.
Why this prejudice? We ask.

You seem not to care.
We are a shadow of the past,
Of today, a piece of paper.
Left to lie, an incomplete existence.

poem number 4 from poetica ads





                                                   it’s still brick
                                                     everywhere in the City
                                                       especially Downtown
                                                              I wrap the next mula
                                                                 for my pocket
                                                                  and catch NYC whip
                                                                 I stop in the Burg
                                                                   inside your bodega
                                                                  I listen to myself for 
                                                                 the first time from the box
                                                                this bop electrifies my brolic
                                                                while I sip hot Regular Coffee
                                                                still waiting for your yerrr
                                                             what’s happening at FiDi
                                                             fuhgeddaboutdit
                                                        I schlep no fronting
                                                       cuz my B is always 
                                                      your word again
                                                      that’s deadass
                                                       the shunts 
                                                        dissenting 
                                                         minorities 
                                                          and deep 
                                                     conflicts out 
                                              of camera range 
                                            I twxt the worlds
                                        from Alphabet City
Form: Shape

Premium Member So many Ads

Honestly I can only read a few and when 
I do my creative thinking flies right out 
the window from illness weight loss pills  
acne toe fungus to the dread of depressions 
with flowers in the head seems to be watching 
my every move some kind of artificial intelligence 
waiting for thoughts to emerge I began scratching 
my own head wondering if I have an entire 
garden growing inside my skull like one 
of those old toilet seats filled with weeds 
pondering about the entrance way to old 
man Miltons farm leading straight to an
abandoned bathtub covered with soil and 
fresh cut daisies I like daisies I suppose 
I'll plant a few outback until my writers 
block ends stop that day dreaming gal 
are you going mad no sir just a bit 
drained after indulging in so many ads.
Form: Epyllion


poem number 5 from poetica ads


                           Silver A is the slot this wet morning
                              Silver A is the most loved Dude
                                 in the streets of Big Apple 
                                for being Copa best patron 
                               & exotic dancers of the strip 
                            clubs don’t  with him at all
                        Silver A is a larger cultural dynamic
                representing a still deeper symbolic stratum
                                         the bird that flies
                                          across anything
                                                  SoHo


                                               for being 
                                          the most sus lit
                                                 no cap
                                              no buggin
                                           book it to link
                                  the next Bronx cheer
                              you sign the dub coming in
                                  your new Hollywood
                                          I’m feening for 
                                              Bucktown
Form: Shape

poem number 2 from poetica ads



                                 in the foundry
                               the guys call me Yellow
                           meaning I’m coming from Asia
                               or my favorite color
                                           I don’t know
                                          they’re fun of
                                         laughing at 
                                           every 
                                         I know 
                                        I won’t 
                                       spend 
                                        my whole 
                                        world here
                                         I’m waiting 
                                           for a ship to 
                                                Bangkok
                                                 but the man 
                                                 you’ve married 
                                              to is coming with 
                                            clay sample 
                                         I wash                 every stone 
                                      you step                 on with legs
                                  borrowed                   from twxt us
                               we compose                  estuary in the 
                              Philippines                   to keep us awake
Form: Shape

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