Long Befuddled Poems
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The Hotel CaretakerHow unparticular the day had particularly been,
On March the third of two-thousand and eighteen,
For the caretaker at an historic Adirondack Inn,
Had lacked company, and therefore, dopamine.
‘Twas Sunday when all the guests had fled,
From either...
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Categories:
befuddled, death, grief, introspection, march, mystery, remember,
Form:
Rhyme
SeeSee
by Michael R. Burch
See how her hair has thinned: it doesn’t seem
like hair at all, but like the airy moult
of emus who outraced the wind and left
soft plumage in their wake. See how her eyes
are...
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Categories:
befuddled, age, goodbye, life, loss, time, women,
Form:
Sonnet
Prose PoemsProse Poems
Something
by Michael R. Burch
Something inescapable is lost?lost like a pale vapor curling up into shafts of moonlight, vanishing in a gust of wind toward an expanse of stars immeasurable and void. Something uncapturable is...
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Categories:
befuddled, animal, child, childhood, children, magic, rose, science,
Form:
Prose
A Day On the Farm
"You really wanna know? Cause I'll tell ya if you really wanna know. You'll be thinkin' I'm crazy before I'm done, but I'll tell ya... ifn' you really wanna know."
The day started like any other,...
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Categories:
befuddled, farm, myth,
Form:
Prose
Random Excerpts From Ice In My Eyes, Smoke In Yours - a Novel"Hey, you philosophysing Hindu. Give me a break, Buddy. I was just pulling your leg. [...] I want the rest of the story. Really, I mean it.” Theson said nothing. [...] “I can see you’re...
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Categories:
befuddled, fantasy, growing up, lost, nature, religion,
Form:
Free verse
Rufus and BillNow the sun and the sand were treacherously hot
and not a place for Man or a Beast.
As you must be audaciously quick to find a good spot
or...
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Categories:
befuddled, funny, humor, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
The Call of the Grimoire
"The Call of the Grimoire"
when Exalibur was retrieved
from the rock, then foolishly
and irretrievably lost
in that dreadful battle most worthless
the imps encouraged
the once good Poesie folk
to jeer and throw pebbles
the...
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Categories:
befuddled, i am, light, magic, muse,
Form:
Narrative
A World Without PityAfter wishing me a good morning, he said that it was all set,
It was time to raze the house, even though I wasn't in debt!
But they wanted to build a big highway, exactly in this...
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Categories:
befuddled, adventure, fantasy, home, lost, time, world,
Form:
Couplet
A Former Great Nations Squandered Wealth ISwept up into piles; everywhere
Abouts; in collected heaps all
Around.
It is almost as if the drab
Streets were strewn...
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Categories:
befuddled, philosophy, senses,
Form:
Rhyme
The Dancing: the Return ThereofPrelude
After banishing my foe off to hell
The Lord took pity on my soul
And returned it to my undead shell
Again, I was alive and whole
But the consequences of a second chance
Meant that I would have...
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Categories:
befuddled, allusion, analogy, angst, anxiety, dance, dark, metaphor,
Form:
Rhyme
Which Paradise Is Not the Elusive ChimereWhich paradise is not the elusive chimère?
…how long does it take to live one life…learn the lessons of a lifetime…find the time to live…find the time to sort things out…know what you did...
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Categories:
befuddled, heaven, innocence, myth, paradise, symbolism, truth, universe,
Form:
Free verse
Angel Eyes
"Angel Eyes"
that dark angel
standing in the corner
observing the shadows of man
pass him by -
he has angel eyes
that shine high beam
bright bushfires that light
the entire transparent
padded room parade
dance cards lit
he’s biding...
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Categories:
befuddled, art, muse, truth,
Form:
Free verse
Mine Courtship and Marriage With Deadly ObsessionMine courtship and marriage with deadly obsession...
As September daze will soon arrive
recollections from a
psychologically checkered past
loom large recalling
tragic storied days of mein kampf.
Circa early nineteen seventies:
As a mere slip of a...
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Categories:
befuddled, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 7th
Form:
Free verse
Lifeboat the Hippo's TalePart 4
Now by the end of the day, it was easy to say,
The Hippo was gracious and kind.
With no desire to offend, it seemed a genuine friend
And...
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Categories:
befuddled, adventure, allegory, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
The SentinelTHE SENTINEL
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
I took the elevator to the lobby of the small hotel
I’d been here six days the ennui was starting to tell
I’d been sent to cover an international gathering
Sessions so long and dull...
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Categories:
befuddled, horror,
Form:
Rhyme
The Well of Tender Moorings
"The Well of Tender Moorings"
Deep as the coolest deep dark well
Seeking sanctuary in thy fathomless ocean,
The immaculate buoyant waters of thy untamed soul
I lie between thy corporeal shoulder blades and muscles
Bathed in thy efflorescence, the...
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Categories:
befuddled, fantasy, love, romance,
Form:
Romanticism
Professor Watts' ResurrectionDouble-binding Win-Win
nondual manifest destiny of health
as wealth of eco-consciousness,
like double-transparency of ecologic's Yang,
with eco-normic YinYin-square-rooted
c-squared = e-squared = Language-squared,
Positive OVER AND WITH double-negative
subjective/objective Time's decomposing binomials.
"Instead of giving our children
clear and explicit explanations
of the game-rules...
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Categories:
befuddled, culture, environment, math, philosophy, political, psychological, science,
Form:
Free verse
That's a Promise -- Not a ThreatMost of you, I don’t suppose, devote a lot of time to wond’ring ‘bout your death, but, now and then,
I begin imagining some pretty strange scenarios. Of course I’m going to die,...
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Categories:
befuddled, car, funny, humor,
Form:
Narrative
Three-Fifth Stooges Quartet
Moe
Larry
Curly
Shep
Joe
This Three-Fifth Stooges moron quartet
are brain-slow slugs you don’t wanna IQ know
Just sitting on a milk crate,
waiting outside of the MGM studio gate
Moe, Larry and Curly passed my way
They were yukking it up,
talking clown...
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Categories:
befuddled, fun, humor, parody, political, satire,
Form:
Light Verse
Most Mind Boggling Mysterious MortalMost mind boggling mysterious mortal
Mystification prevails stupefying yours truly
befuddled, he blindly stumbles along rocky
pathway illusory impediments strewn helter
skelter intangible obstructions hinder access
psychological barricades effective impasse
detains, deters, detours manhood maturation
manumission manifestation materialization
linkedin, when permanent submission arises
beckoning...
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Categories:
befuddled, absence, angel, angst, atheist, birth, courage, creation,
Form:
Free verse
Hidden BeautyHidden beauty resides not in the grace like charms
Of coy smiles
Painted across a gentle Madonnas face.
Nor is she vested within the chastened vows
Of saintly knights; encased Great-Helm:
Thus maketh the pale maidens meek pulse
To so...
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Categories:
befuddled, beauty,
Form:
Rhyme
What I'M Gobsmacks, Bamboozles and All This Confuses MeWhat I'm Gobsmacks, Bamboozles and All This Confuses Me
What I'm Gobsmacks, Bamboozles and All This Confuses Me
...
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Categories:
befuddled, absence, analogy, character, endurance, grandparents, muse, satire,
Form:
Free verse
Mine Courtship With Deadly ObsessionsMine courtship with deadly obsession(s)
still indelibly scored within
windmills of my mind
this July 22nd, 2020.
Imagine yours truly post pubescence
(no matter ye never met me)
all that life in front of me
argh... precious time squandered
abustle with rattle...
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Categories:
befuddled, 6th grade, 7th grade, age, grave, grief,
Form:
Free verse
Sweet Little Marigold
She was a dairymaid, oh so sweet;
many a year ago.
Her figure was trim, her hair was neat,
with ringlets tied up in a bow.
And many a farmer would leave his plough,
the turkeys and chickens, and even...
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Categories:
befuddled, beauty, devotion, song-
Form:
Lyric
Tribute To the WolfTribute to the Wolf
I am of your nation (Cherokee)
I have travelled far to find my family
(They are scattered across America)
Boundaries are now gone
I know you as you know me
My Mother taught me so
I know...
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Categories:
befuddled, native american, lost, people, children, lost, people,
Form:
Free verse