Long Coat hanger Poems

The unborn dreams of a fertilization  – 1942
A long journey  – A long lived  nightmare

The journey begins without knowledge, just passion.
Life emerges, fights against the prodding at childhood.
The nightmare begins with a...

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I quite enjoyed writing these two line poems for the Bantu contest - the idea of the call and response with two different statements but the same sensory response to each line. A bit like...

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The Coat Hanger

Let's travel back in time to 1928, the place is Sydney (Australia)
The local government wanted to create a harbour crossing from 
the North to South of Sydney, architects were brought in to 
draw...

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by Robert (Bob) Moore © 2016

For all who suffer Arthritic pain
they know when it’s going to rain
aches in joints, won’t go away
just got to get through another day

We all have it to some degree
I know...

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We weren't rich by any means
but our bellies were full and our clothes were clean

They didn't display those high priced names
but they wore fine just the same

We didn't ride around in fancy cars
Grandma saved pennies...

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If I were to swagger off the streets
Some gangster as I perched the skulduggery 
Of my litany in glitter and smoke
An ageless vandalism to linger unknown
While I sneer from the lounging corner of your TV

Would...

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T      h      I      n


Thin girl
What are they selling you
In those multi-flavored packets
Boxes
Of completely free fat
Cereals

The ideal
Skinny girl

Pre-fashioned femininity
Of skin and...

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Fireworks

Dark night, people gather
droves flock, multitudinous
happy hope filled faces. 
Young, shoulder borne
before lapping water, curved sails, coat hanger.
Dimples and shining eyes turned skyward.

Pointing gesticulating laughter
fellowship. Distraction from conversation,
a stillness, dimming, silence, initial salvos.
Awed serenity on...

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The night was rainy, hot and humid. It was the kind of night that populates steamy, black and white, noir movies where someone is murdered. The stars seemed reduced to sloshing behind moldy gray clouds,...

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Other day
Saw bare Coat hanger
Just after Coat was taken off 

At first sight 
hanger seemed cast in a maze
Looked empty, incomplete, lonely.
But, after few moments into gaze
hanger appeared radiant and shiny.
The polished frame, artistic arch
disposition...

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She was all over the county with her answers.
Where was your child born?
I do not recall.
How many times have you been married?
Blue diamonds are the prettiest.

What time do you usually get off work?
I have a...

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This morning’s sunrise was a tacky and artificial affair. 
The sun was played by a weak, 12-watt, refrigerator bulb
that looked wet and heavy as it struggled uphill like a drunk. 
The horizon reminded me of...

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The 70's brought a wake-up call,  embracing some needed change.
Some women with unwanted pregnancies were self-mutilating, so insane.
It seems we are now regressing like a patient who's demented.
Why would a women's right to choose...

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Cavernous rooms bellow
        tomorrow's departure
        Void pools desperation

        Mangled clothes, makeshift pillows 
 ...

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