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Premium Member unintended innuendo

“as we passed her she did wilt
which caused in us sense of guilt
since our stance perhaps did cause
to put her heart’s joy on pause

though we’re gentle, not hostile
we diminished her soul’s smile
since our aura as she viewed
scent of love did not exude”
Unseeking Seeker

 Neon lights buzz to the hum of bustling cityscapes.
Yellow cabs blend into an intolerable requiem of honking horns,
whilst the sun beats down unbearably on names lost in the fold.
Julia feels the despondency start to gnaw into the membranes of her brain,
like termites devouring a rotting piece of pine.
Long before the dampness of decay settled into her marrow, she had aspirations—
but they have long since vanished, like a late spring snow.
Walking with her eyes glued to littered concrete,
she shuffles between the blur of muffled voices,
like a phantom hiding amongst the shadows.
Flashbacks render within the faces of the faceless.
The scent of gasoline and exhaust clings to the air
as a moonless expanse materializes.
Her soul is transported back, pleading for salvation in gasping whimpers.

A chance encounter—an accidental bump of his shoulder.
Phone shattered, she became the target of his wrath.
Vile words hurled, trajectory: her soul.
Physical manifestations of the emotional shrapnel take shape—
a blow to the face, lip splits, warm blood tickles down.
Passersby stare, then quickly scurry away,
too scared—or maybe selfish—to intervene.
Or could it be they've become too jaded?
Surely they meant no harm,
yet the scars of their unintentional apathy
are forever etched beneath Julia's skin.
© Sara Jama  Create an image from this poem.


Premium Member Gold Stamp Tableau Six Extra Stanzas

     Sultry red,
   yellow pillow sky,
  teased tandem,
   with citric, 
?shades afloat oe’r waking town,
  mirror bubbly folk in lane     

       jubilant, 
   trademark burrs catching,
     glad echoes,
    urge urban,
  tableau of chalkmarked gold stamp,
where sheer pluck triumphs 

   buses swerve,
    rapid rail steel track,
     squeaky noise,
    hoot … toot…. cabs,
   en route symbol’s “jaunty” march,
co migrant orbit  

coffee wafts
oh it taunts the nose,
  hazelnut,
   caramel,
 mocha caressing the tongue,
pumpkin spice, mouth swirl

 java pod,
   a candied bake match,
    divers brews,
     sumptuous,
lemon slice, muffin, and sponge,
  counters dangle taste. 

   office clique,
     skim walnut tables, 
  “spill the beans,”
     shrill guffaws,
 azure vault praise from clients,
engulf coffee dock

     Loiter oe’r,
       toothsome three course lunch,
          droll banter, 
          textured whim,
  midday schedules reshuffled, 
  post noon hectic dash

     T-junctions,
  coax urban ants verve,
       honey pot,
      honey bee,
magnetic lure to swarm teams,
 gumption on recharge   
 
       afternoon, 
     ablaze on flagstones,
    vendors hawk,
       stalls ignite,                          ,
 markets swamped by eager droves,
eventide, homebound
Form: Shadorma

The Front Gates of Graceland

Hare Krishna's
In their Pickups
Depressed Comics
Down on their Luck
Teenage Girls
Screaming Meme's
Commie Pinko's
Leftward Leaning
Vincent Price
Flo and Eddie
Rodger Rabbit
Priscilla Presley
Nuns in Habits
Dwarf's in Ponchos
Deadbeat Dads
Munching Nachos
Right-Wing Nut Jobs
Trading Slogans
A few Hero's
Including Hogan

Are just a few of the sights you see
At the front gates of Graceland
Memphis, Tennessee

Buddhist Monks
With Electric Banjos
Holding Signs Up
Of Marlon Brando
Taxi Cabs
Blaring Show Tunes
Pregnant Women
Down-loading Soon
Derby Jockeys
Flying Monkeys
Kool-Aidholics
Skittle Junkies
Bozo The Clown
Bumper Stickers
Psychedelic
Crazed Toad Lickers
Rhinestone Cowboys
In their Skivvies
Gothic Girls
Heebie Jeebies

Are just a few of the sights you see
At the front gates of Graceland
Memphis, Tennessee

Blue Haired Granny's
In pink Moo Moos
Ballerina's In
Tattered Tutus
Mathematician's
Number Crunchers
Even have Some
Out to Lunchers
Model 50's
Do Wop Daddies
One More Round Of
Flo and Eddie
People Sneaking
Across the Border
Lonely Fry Cooks
Taking Orders
A Few Wannabes
Not Saying Much
Will The Real Elvis
Please Stand Up

Are just a few of the sights you see
At the front gates of Graceland
Memphis, Tennessee

Thank you...Thank you very Much

Ladies and Gentlemen
Elvis...Has Left The Building

Premium Member Taxi Please

There were                                                                                                                                                                      two cabs                                                                                                                                                                           I remember                                                                                                                                                             when I was growing up.

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070521PSCtest, Picture This 2 - 7 lines, Joseph May
Image chosen-#2; 2 stanzas; 7 lines total;                                                     
4 lines + 3 lines; 14 words. 3P
Form: Verse

Premium Member The Crazy One and the Spelling Bee, Oh I Mean, Queen

In my quest to escape monotony at work I stumbled upon this poetry site
Little did I know I would excavate a gem with a zest for life
She is also a lullaby songstress; in between my spelling and grammar blunders, 
We’re a recipe for madness: crazy blogs, even stranger emails, our laughter and tears
I unearthed Nikko aka Missy, "the spelling queen" my friend with a gracious soul! 

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I went to have soup at a table atop a mountain, when who should I meet there?
A very pretty, sassy, missy; she did a 3/4 turn--CrAsH! (2 cabs, fender bender)!
Her laughter and madness, just totally contagious...even strangers want to kiss her!
Through her wonderful words, each petal revealed a bit more sparkle, a stunning gleam
I was so right! Wilma, "the crazy one", she's my true gem of a friend, a vivacious soul! 




For Tracie's Grab a Mate & Collaborate poem :D
-- Wilma Neels & nikko palmario :D
Loads of fun, thanks Missy for embracing my madness :D 

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YouTube’s Shorties

All these are subjects of YouTube’s mostly entertaining short videos

Bet to win and dare the bucks
Largest fish escapes, oh shucks!
Splash for gold in running streams
Fight, defeat the scammer schemes

Finest meats define good life
Tricks to play on clueless wife
Cutting tuna into slabs
Uber stories from the cabs

Huge tornado wiping town
Zapped madman is going down
“Karen” yelling through the glass
Cats act funny, it’s a gas!

Dive from plane without a ‘chute
Bike the dicey mountain route
Road rage that rages on
Hellcat cars, in seconds gone

“First Amendment” and the cam
Guns ablazin’, bam-bam-bam
Fakey treasures found in rocks
Call locksmith to open locks

Nature – brutal, in your face
Dancing moves are full of grace
Wash the driveway, fix the car
Bucket list, of places far

Girls, long legs, mind-blowing trot
Stunning vehicles, can’t be bought
Instant karma to mean guys
Drones are falling from the skies

Stacks of money giveaway
Van, the road, to run away
Freeze your tail amidst the snow
Buy and fix old French château

Clever hacks and hidden ads
Greatest songs and latest fads
Magnet fishing, rusty guns
Ladies shake exquisite buns

Bombs, explosions, shootings, war
Tranquil morning at the shore
How rich live, a sneaky peek
Showing off one’s great physique

Love your pets, they love you back
Office battles, fend off flak
Talking heads of every kind
Kindhearted and unkind

Laugh and cry, be mad or frown
Distant land, your own town
Walk, aspire, speak your mind
Rare event or daily grind

There’s the tale of the world
Million stories being told
Universe to nanotube
Can be found on YouTube

August 6, 2024
© Ed Kay  Create an image from this poem.
Form: Rhyme

Returning To America

Now...

The pat-down at O’Hare is intrusive.
I don’t look at the probing hands
or the dead bored eyes.
Schools of out of depth aliens,
are funneled through small holes
in an invisible net.

Then...

The Ellis Island cop is also bored.
He speaks ponderously,
as if the boy had no more wit than a fish.

Now...

I carry a man-bag over my shoulder,
it holds my documents.
The customs officer talks to me
in a sign language made audible
through pursed lips.

Then...

Sean looks up from his low-brow cap.
He dares not speak
least his tongue reveal
a patois of Connemara peat.
A crumpled birth certificate
is produced and stamped.

Now...

He studies my papers,
thrusts them back without a glance.

Then...

Sean keeps moving;
waiting to be pulled back,
not knowing 
that the future will pull him back anyway.

Now...

Outside the terminus, Americans depart
in checkered cabs for Atlantis, 
and other undocumented places.


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Premium Member Rural State of Time

Inside the coffee shop 
At the counter a beat cop 
Being a routine buyer 
Late night special that soon will expire 
Keeping tabs 
On those driving cabs 
Is the dispatcher 
Finding a matcher 
Make the right run 
Passenger pick up done 
Sitting in a booth 
Paying bills keeping a home and roof 
In another corner 
Fiddling with a recorder
A reporter 
Writing a story 
Saying ‘not to worry’
Then there is a teen 
Releasing poetic anger using words that scream 
Garage rock n roller 
Scribbling lyrics on a school folder 
Explaining what he told her 
Goal right now collecting green 
Will do anything for the team 
As the waitress comes bye 
Visiting each guy 
Pouring a drink 
Leaving them alone to think 
In a place 
Where a dessert brings a smile pleasing one’s face 
Discuss issues and build a case 
Over a blue plate 
Actually tasting great 
After paying bill 
Enjoying the fill 
They all leave 
Working for a fee 
To a degree 
Sitting back down 
In the diner town 
Server watches another group 
Come in enjoying an all night loop 
A teacher 
Preacher 
And a creature 
Working concession at the drive in double feature 
Wearing a costume 
Entertaining under the moon 
All here 
Bringing some cheer 
Simply put there is nothing to fear 
In a rural state of mind 
Where everyone has the time
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member No More Cause To Worry

Well, Railroad Bob’s done lost his job, he’s got no place for working,
his wife, she cries with desperate eyes, their baby’s head’s a’ jerking.
The union man don’t give a damn, Big Brother lies a’ lurking,
and boss’ in cabs are picking scabs, they count their money, smirking.

Bob walks the streets and begs for eats or little jobs for trying
“the answer’s no, you ought to know, no use for you applying,
and don’t be sad, it aint that bad, it’s soon your time for dying.”
The air is thick, his baby’s sick, the cries are multiplying.

Bob’s wife’s in town, she’s broken down, she’s ranting with a fury,
their baby coughs, the doctor scoffs, the snow flies all a’ flurry.
Hard work’s the sin that’s done them in, they skirmish, scrimp and scurry,
and midnight dreams are filled with screams; Bob knows he needs to hurry.

It’s getting late, Bob’s tempting fate, his choices cruel and blurry,
He chooses gas, they breathe their last, there’s no more cause to worry.
Form: Sonnet

Oils of mourning upended 3, Rome

Cabs crackling surrender 
Before settings land
Dawns edge working from eve
Her lasting clay 

I'm hear
In class 
To paint
And understand 
My musing
Tara Gendron 
Of Santa Barbara 
I was boring first
Then Tara's recital

Now juliard and exhibition New York

A blind reveal 

Gaeity Opens

It's Aerosmith crazy meeting
 guns n roses don't you cry tonight 


The halo program 
Saint child in passing

Deliberate New York Paint stations
Dead bourbons walk

Captured and Captures 

Calls answering before touching tones

As innocence creates defiled creature
In abandon
Rare entrance of mature isolation exits

Eschers Criteria falls
As fall in season
Abandon aspect of perception is fault
Coercive insertion is natural here

Olivia's Pails

Visiting Olivia Wildes star
Her starved flat
In New news cameo
Poor ignorant
In a shelter
First allowance 
Ownerships expense
I painted her didn't I?
She weeps wrong
So much poverty 
Illiterate
She knows nothing of arrival of running 
Water
The meaning
Building 
From street side rubbish
Attempting control 
Freedom is beyond life 
She is male being
Without civilization

Army of the Danube
As Irish
In fence
In pale
Scot
Resign
Brit

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