Long Centrepiece Poems

Was this a bold  endeavour or worst-case high risk plot?
 In one sense I was caught between two poles apart  concerns.
One must never underestimate indeed trivialise a devilish 
difficult decision.
A decision that may...

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And from the tree of knowledge, a serpent slid into view 
He’d seen it all before, our future he already knew 
Moses on some mountain, taking down the tablets god drew
Jesus climbing Calvary, being mocked...

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Zone A is a flightless bee turning a corner on a wheel. A glowing wheel. Wow such atomic prowess of stripes. But entering under the ocean and travelling at speed is a submerged undetected mobile...

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I gulp a flame of desire
At the sight of your ecclesiastical attire
Being proxy for a pacifier
That elicits a comfort for my quagmire

Your smile, your smile 
A sun in a darkened profile
A moon that illuminates the...

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A large pile of elephant excrement is neither resembling a tortoiseshell coat or a brown handbag but playing dodge ball on a busy motorway could be considered to be akin to a wonky attic vibrating...

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We're sitting on the Dining Table, 
Salt and Pepper by ourselves, 
Tablecloth is in the drier, 
Dinner Plates still on the shelves. 

Later on there'll be a banquet, 
fifteen guests, and all black-tie, 
candlelight and...

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We're sitting on the Dining Table, 
Salt and Pepper by ourselves, 
Tablecloth is in the drier, 
Dinner Plates still on the shelves. 

Later on there'll be a banquet, 
fifteen guests, and all black-tie, 
candlelight and...

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...dedicated to Billy Collins


We're standing on the Dining Table, 
Salt and Pepper by ourselves, 
Tablecloth is in the drier, 
Dinner Plates still on the shelves. 
Later on there'll be a banquet, 
fifteen guests, an all...

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I aim to please as the only daughter-in-law of theirs. As of yet, nothing has proven successful, and I feel his mother's judgmental stares.

On a previous and most recent visit, her thoughts were that our...

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IMPERATIVES
beset 
with
 real &
fictional &
  still  
becalmed
 with  
the traditional
seamlessly 
intertwined

the contemporary
 remains 
a
centrepiece
  the spectre 
of
today  its
 intensity
to the fore
&looks beguiling
& still 
so
inviting

the
constant
 tension  between
  similarity
 &application
  before vanishing
in
the chaos
 &
 unsettling effect
of
constant gestures
&
subtle
 crisis
of
 naturalistic
 beauty
in
  mercurial display
its reticence
 so roughly
construed
 in finery
so oddly bare
  impressive 
&
 resilient

&expressive
but remaining
opaque
&
ambiguous

NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE   using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making...

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She is the face of perfection
Facet for affection
Divine connection
A woman's desired reflection
The ideal direction
She is the forest, the rain
On the throne she reigns
She is the wind, the sea
As far as the eye can see
The little...

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Does it matter the situation,
The time, or place of year?
No matter the fierce or fair sky,
The weather heightens my fear;
	The constant whisperings of the wind,
	The sharp slap of the rain,
	Frostbitten lips, too bitter to kiss,
	Their...

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Mint ripple spasm cool shrouds pulse my sprig fount 
I shriek at cusp of dawn cricket hymn sheet peep 
lambent cosmos vivid hues splash lilac wisps 
upon my psychic visual wellspring blind float 
golden petal...

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I don't know why some flowers bother, 
To unfold their petals so late in the day,
At this time of year,
When there is such a nip in the air.


They might as well have stayed tucked up...

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 One of those castoff items that we shove 
Promptly deemed ‘junk’ upon a second glance. 
I hid you on the highest shelves above 
With a slim ‘someday’ of a second chance. 

In solitude you...

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CONCEPTIONS
fashioned
originality
freely
 conceived
&
acclaimed

in
considered
 dimensions
the centrepiece
&
the
highlights
of

 a whole

  potential
&
 overtly
&casual
contradictory
 in a more
rounded way

a core focus
&lifelong
interest

beginning
 by encounters
sharpened
&embedding
a concern
to try
out
ideas
 a new impetus
to take
 risks
with
 with
 what
comes to hand

NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE   using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making...

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el shaddai
                all sufficient
sends&
           raises up
speaks&calls
for
a response
   ...

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CARICATURES
typically
blaze
with light
a centrepiece
 shaped
silently
 swaddled
oftimes
 disquieting 
&
intriguing
  vivacious&
synthesised
with
much
 precise
elements

 so remarkably
 begins
a portrait
between
the
continuities
of  the  
 shape
 to
preserving
evocation
of the mania
of
passing fads
so
unsettling
&
aloof

NOTE:THIS IS AN OPEN(organic) FORM VERSE   using spaces&breaks without grammatical symbols ,the ' open' relies upon 'the one breath limitation' & so inherently requires the 'reader' (reciter) to input and responds thus making...

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Patriotism is in the air,
And sentiments high,
Cataclysm is over,
Liberation heaves a sigh!

Insufferable inequality,
Now is ineffable ecstasy,
Undeterred determination,
And honourable judiciary !


Providential independence,
Undisputed Unification,
Living to credence,
Spirit of nationalism!

All men created equal, by creator endowed with certain,
Unalienable rights-...

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Eager children await sweet treats
And colourful bags that have been filled
As well as pumpkins lined up to greet

Their tricks make the treats increase
All of the kids are thrilled
Eager children await sweet eats

A Jack-o-lantern is the...

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Nestled high upon a pillowing cloud
Hidden from prying eyes
Surrounded by fragrantly perfumed blooms
The imagination runs then flies
Balconies envelop the building within
French doors that open out wide
A welcoming feel takes over
Pulling you deep inside
Marble floors that...

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