Long Burlesque 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:
burlesque, death, grief, introspection, march, mystery, remember,
Form:
Rhyme
The Bate's Motel DOES Exist - 2nd HALFHere's the deal, folks...
This is, as indicated, the 2nd HALF of this fairly lengthy poem. Due to Poetry Soup's file-size limitations, this piece had to be posted in 2 parts.
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Categories:
burlesque, humor,
Form:
Narrative
Spring equinox arrives March 20th, 2023 at 5:24 PMSpring equinox arrives March 20th, 2023 at 5:24 PM
Despite what outside temperature registers
(even absolute zero), the official arrival
of spring occurs, when thee eel hip tic
of coe phish hunt holy Mackerel
becomes tangential to barenaked ladies
barren...
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Categories:
burlesque, 12th grade, appreciation, beautiful, butterfly, celebration, daffodils,
Form:
Free verse
I posit picayune propensities prevail among pesky managementI posit picayune propensities prevail among pesky management
Most favored renter status imposed on us
i.e. meaning myself;
(one tarnished prince of Highland Manor)
and the missus, his princess consort
who must abide by rigorous writ
of tidiness, whereby
every flat surface...
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Categories:
burlesque, abuse, america, angst, anxiety, blessing, community, fate,
Form:
Rhyme
HAND-PICKED BERRIES AND SUN-DRIED TOMATOES 1The following is a collection of selected critiques of the work of Zoltan Goliath and Otis Trench from a variety of media outlets. The views expressed therein
are entirely unsolicited, uncompensated and unexpurgated,
representing the...
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Categories:
burlesque, mythology,
Form:
Prose
INTERMISSION FOOL - Cafeteria MonitorCan I go to the bathroom? This place is full of jackasses. This place is full of jackasses jerking each other off. This place is full of ignorant, parochial, zit-sucking jackasses undeserving of their place...
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Categories:
10th grade, allegory, food, school,
Form:
Burlesque
DAMAGE CONTROLWith thoughts of getting fish-faced on a Friday night,
I dropped anchor in a portside bar
To contemplate the crooked path to closing time;
Couldn’t guarantee I’d get that far.
I ordered a tequila, called myself...
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Categories:
allegory, relationship,
Form:
Burlesque
Sir Walter Raleigh Remixed
Life?
Thus my impossible Lady Tobacco
The Who story not the Colony
in pouch of head.
Nor a comedy.
Heaven later, and not Monster, rose
a Higher jest.
Between what miserable years of death.
A poet but Dry!
Not towards "I'm now, And right"
Good-night!
Sir...
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Categories:
dark, history, humorous, nonsense, poets, surreal, word
Form:
Burlesque
64th hexagram: Incompletion
Before Complexity
Good fortune!
dragging
his unfortunate
tail!
Dragging of the chariot -- success!
Before Completion.
He brakes
thereby becomes correct.
Cease
and shush;
determinism causes
the tail to get wet.
Dragging forward is
fortunate!
Dragging the
little fox is quietly completed --
success!
Beforeboding,
but crossing of the chariot
-- success!
Before Completion the little...
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Categories:
crazy, humorous, surreal, word play,
Form:
Burlesque
Upcoming mild temperatures will quickly melt snowI looked outside the bedroom window
here at B44 Highland Manor Apartments
today March 13th, 2022 low and behold
took stock of soundless grounded sideshow.
Barenaked lady, i.e. mother earth
partially sloughed off
excess weight around her girth
her downy soft...
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Categories:
burlesque, abuse, anger, anxiety, beautiful, conflict, cry, dark,
Form:
Rhyme
50 Words for Poe: Rasputin
"50 Words for Poe: Rasputin"
The Rat was buried in the Pet Cemetery
His name was Rasputin
She had been fond of him for some time
feeding him morsels
every now and again
tickling his whiskers occasionally -
until he decided...
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Categories:
dark, death of a friend, fantasy, fate,
Form:
Burlesque
Maybe SpanishJ'apprends le français en ce moment
parce que j'ai l'intention de voyager à Paris.
Je ne parle pas couramment le français.
J'ai découvert Le Lac il y a quelques années.
Par un mariage
Du côté de ma mère,
nous sommes liés...
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Categories:
burlesque, adventure, black love, crazy, french, fun, humor,
Form:
Free verse
Mr. Policeman or Officer I maybe...I serve out here each and every day as I walk my beat, I protect the homes and business of others that never even bother to get to know my name...they see only the name...
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Categories:
dedicationday, me, work, time, wife, day, fish,
Form:
Burlesque
Tight PantsAs soon as I convince myself that food is not my friend
This one-sided relationship will all come to an end
Each day when I arise I pledge an archetypal goal
To overcome the food addition pulling on...
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Categories:
food, funny, hope, humorous, identity,
Form:
Burlesque
taking away children's rights 1 by 1When I was growing up parents were becoming aware,
Of children's right to chose what they should wear,
Though life was not always fair,
For those who did not want to share,
Or chose to only sit and stare.
When...
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Categories:
appreciation, baptism, care, character, courage, education, hope,
Form:
Burlesque
Just For Laughs- Episode2Here some few jokes to crack your ribs:
I remember how my sister discovered her jogging talent, when she was chased by the fierce dogs, she jumped the gate without knowing, so we had to explain...
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Categories:
fantasy, funny, joy,
Form:
Burlesque
An English Adaptation of Mephistopheles' Song of the Flea from FAUSTThere was a king once reigning
Who carried a great, big flea—
And far from him complaining,
The flea filled the king with glee!
For to him that flea was dearer
Than even his only son,
And to make his preference...
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Categories:
burlesque, allegory, humorous, irony, political, satire,
Form:
Light Verse
Just for Laughs- Episode 4I remember whenever grandmother sent me to buy talk time. She instructed me strictly to buy from the same shop, because she believed that their talk time does not finish fast!
I remember when I...
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Categories:
anxiety, blessing, conflict,
Form:
Burlesque
Mink's Manifesto 1All over pure and white, all over plain and bright,
we're inborn peace embracers, true tranquility tracers.
All the time abstaining from vileness, violence and violation,
we've lived our self-disciplined lives generation after generation.
Sometimes nightmare befalls more...
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Categories:
animal, cry, philosophy,
Form:
Burlesque
THE TURKISH TURKEYFor this Turk Turku is a 1-horse
city but he has got to have horse
sense. He will not be as happy as a peacock in Turkey.
Hindi, the Turk word for turkey, is how we'll call this...
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Categories:
animal, bird, fish, food, immigration, nonsense, silly,
Form:
Burlesque
Just for laughs- Episode5Degree Holder Rantings:
I want to put my passport size photo on my degree paper. So that people can be seeing that it's truly my degree!
In five years I managed to bag a degree. Now, I...
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Categories:
anniversary, anxiety, change,
Form:
Burlesque
Tom's Tid Bits (Yet Again!)How come they call it Labor Day when nobody works?
And why Pool-Table? Where's the diving board? the water?
How can you play "Draw-Poker" without paper and pencil?
Do Negroes really have bigger knees?
And Flashlight: A...
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Categories:
confusion, education, funny, mystery, on writing and
Form:
Burlesque
CoolerFifty years of bustin’ ass, I never had a dime,
If I had any balls at all, I’d’ve chose a life of crime;
I never owned a brand new truck, a flat TV or yacht,
I figured I...
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Categories:
funny, life, me, fire, fire, life, me,
Form:
Burlesque
Did You Win Use it against them. Im still in my, I can see the double dream happening. Everyone is happy because they want u to leave them alone. Yout inner soul is your GPS, but again...
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Categories:
adventure, angel, april, black african american, brother,
Form:
Burlesque
Laughing into 2023Laughter is the shortest distance between the joker and the listener:
My friend got robbed today, they took away his girlfriend Valentine's gift. Now, he rehearsing how he will explain to his girlfriend, how he got...
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Categories:
education, feelings, humorous,
Form:
Burlesque