Long Clattered Poems

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT 1 : Number Four


Many chains, many locks and bars
clattered at four in the morning 
black bitter coffee drugged
a single bucket of cold water 
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Catalytic cascade of mirror gleam relish on sleep encrusted eyes,
such sylvan surreal therapy aligned to  dulcet bird lilt,
garnish to the willow weave wayfarer of iridescent poetic inkling,
vernal vivid verse drought a derelict damnation for...

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The man lay painfully wedged between two large boulders, 
his position an anomaly only the cruelest of fates could bring to a man. 
 In one moment he’d been sure-footed, gingerly climbing  the cliff....

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THE RUIN 
an Old English poem about fate & destiny
modern English translation/interpretation by Michael R. Burch

well-hewn was this wall-stone, till Wyrdes wrecked it
and the Colossus sagged inward...

broad battlements broken;
the Builders' work battered;

the high ramparts toppled;
tall...

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Lyle Cosgrove had worked the Silver Queen
for two years now, ever since he had left
family drama back in Ohio,
he had simply left his home and moved west.

He made a living as a gambler,
had spent months...

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SLAPPY THE APPLE TREE OF OZ - WIZ

Dorothy and I go way back, don’t you know
and by the way I’m familiar with the bale of hay,
thundering tin can and the trembling kitty show.
At first they...

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I know some will dismiss this 
As nonsensical chatter
Call it philosophical blabber
Think of it as mind over matter
Ask questions and trash the answers 
Because they, quote unquote
Challenge the status quo
It’s insane but I get it
I...

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Young Eyes
The ten year old child sat by the water. They saw what was happening and it wasn't good. Affecting them greatly, bringing nightmares and nasty flashbacks. Things their young mind struggled to comprehend. Seeing...

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Christmas was coming, I'd begun to fret
Thinking of all the gifts to purchase yet 
I spied an advert in a local store
For someone to replace their Santa Claus.

They gave me the position there and then
Eager...

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A faint outline appeared in the early morn 
a full moon still shed its light, dark shadows 
spread across the land casting an eerie 
shadow over the far distant hills. 
An old buckboard clattered along...

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Written: January 08, 2025, For contest Sponsored by: Anoucheka Gangabissoon 
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I had just retired to bed
Around midnight, perhaps
Soft strokes of guitar


First I got startled
It was a one room facility
Not a mouse in sight


I alone was on tour
On my office duty
Puzzled, I looked around


A velvet soft...

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When the path is broken 
And your heart is shattered 
Clattered with rushing storms 
That leave you so torn 
Stand together 
And become reborn 
Captivate the moon 
And with you I will become a groom...

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How may I not be moved 
How can this love be soothed 
Moving me to the heavens in a split second 
I know that every mistake I have made you and god will correct it...

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Perched astride his most gallant metal steed,
the young lad dreamed of horses, knights and speed.
The golden moon blessed him with gentle rays,
heart softened by the burdens he would face.

A calm moonlit lake revealed to his...

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THE 3 QUESTION QUIZ

               Knife at her throat—
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I rode down yonder cobbled street,
On stones that clattered ‘neath my horse’s feet;
Till we reached a grand lampstand,
That marks the place that ends the land
Where city street meets country lane,
And horses ride in summer’s rain.

Out...

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Being absent even for an hour, day or week,
and not write and post anything...can make days look bleak,
some find worthiness in words and challenge themselves
to confront fears and doubts, or share their joys with new-found...

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I dreamed of a fiery eyed angel,

whose only job was to sing between thunderclaps

and whisper sweet nothings into the heart

of epiphany’s persuasion.

But, she was bored.

Her muse crippled by the slow 

thrumming of an adjacent and...

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I found myself in a pool of tears
i almost soaked in it,hundreds
of thoughts run so fast like an antelope
to my mind 
I was stupefied when I heard my less good
Damped within inside and my bone...

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Roman Politics. 

The coldness of the night merged seamlessly 
with the coldness of daybreak. 
A weak sun did nothing to raise temperatures 
or spirits. 
The Legionnaires leather coats creaked and cracked 
as morning dew met...

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Amidst the chaos peace descended. 
It calmed the waves and quieted the storm. 
It wafted like a breeze, cleansing the air, 
and settled like a butterfly with gossamer wing. 

Just when it seemed that the...

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There’s a place somewhere
It’s been long forgotten, 
Where shades of lilac, cream and white
Fill the foggy world far into the misty sea.
The murky skies with ivory clouds,
Shield it from heavens view.
So that the shells may...

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I gaze on a scene of such total destruction
Somehow my husband has slept through it all
I’d thought that our home was of sturdy construction
I’ll tell you what happened as best I recall 

At first the...

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In the moonlit glade where the whispers fade, 
A skeleton danced 'neath the sky's arcade. 
With a grin so wide, 
And eyes that had died, 
It twirled where the grass met the shade.

Its bones clattered...

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