Long Couth Poems

[Well, ShallowMan’s ne’er at a loss
for voicing shallow thoughts that gloss.
With trenchant wit he reaps the dross
when seeking sense in applesauce.

But to his aid flies FactoidMan
who always has a Fact at hand;
with him, who needs...

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I am ill eke quipped to dusk hoover dawn ting task of badinage

Indentured gumption forsaken 
courtesy each pulled wisdom-tooth
this hug gust aspiring writer..., albeit youth
fool looking imp posse Hubble wordsmith,
(i.e. the babbling dad) coon sitters...

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The heart may fall in love unwillfully
so, in a script will lie my paramour.
Oh manic quest, I've sworn to set you free
to let the ink's imagination soar.
I’ve found a place to court a writer’s muse;
this...

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Dusk hoover ring dawn ting task of badinage...

This hug gust aspiring writer..., albeit youth
fool looking imp posse Hubble wordsmith,
(i.e. the babbling dad) coon sitters hyperbole
insync as acceptable literary playfulness,
no matter figurative persiflage
bespeaks, expresses, invokes, jimmy's...
simultaneously...

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She’s out there chasing a cricket

Through bush, through shrub & through thicket

Together they hop

Fugitive, cop

But when she gets it, she just wants to lick it!
 

A cat whose vet took his eye

Just cannot quite understand...

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I took a bite of tainted truth.
Believed in someone who had no couth.
The system turned it all around.
Now I'm trying to gain lost ground.

The facts they found were misconstrued.
In my blind faith I just got...

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"Ghastly Rich Adventures!" (N'er a Kilt!) 
 
For thy wish
upon high mount from wherest thou stand stout!
Merry, merry ladies toil and treasure thy jewels when o'er a gift appear about thy woven knit
n'er a kilt
yet...

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The Elephant Gift.
upon the elephant rode a boy prince,
his royal command, he was there to evince. 
dark with grace and dripping with youth.
bringing his men, his crown and his couth. 
town after town he strode...

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"The Essence of your Love"



    When I was just a little girl, my mother told me the classic fairytale about a handsome knight on a white horse that would come and sweep...

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Good morning mister, of thy kindness to receive,
All groans of yester, thou does seem to reprieve,
With a promise to stir, tinges optimiste do contrive,
Pain’s sphincter lets laughter, it’s another reason to live.

Swaying pyjamas on sling,...

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A LAMENT 4 MERCY FRM GOD
By Raine Carosin
17.02.2012

WHY MAKE ME
IF YOU GONNA BREAK ME
WHY TAKE ME
IF U GONNA HATE ME

WHY THIS HELL
WHEN HEAVEN IS A WORD AWAY
WHY NOT TELL
OR IS IT SOMETHING YOU CAN'T SAY
WHY...

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         TO  A SPIRIT SWORN

There I was in a diner dining quite alone
I recall a blond waitress whose’ name was Joan
I was sitting there un-tidy, un-happy...

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(Rhyming Haiku)

Whenever I view
I jot each line heart pursue
Yet plead muse too blue

Whenever I saw
I am fine if it is raw
Yet mix lines muse draw

Whenever I get
I love timing an art duet 
Yet both rarely...

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When dinning out in a restaurant there are things you should not do!
                      ...

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By Elton Camp

Egbert has been with Ruth a year
Then came what he surely did fear

“My family insist on meeting you.
It’s something we just have to do.”

“What if they don’t like me,” he said
“They will. ...

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My long-sufferin' Mother tried to teach me the rudiments of social graces,
So as not to make a fool of myself at fancy affairs and such other places.
But even so, at the school prom I splattered...

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One of my boyhood dreams was to become a successful functionary,
With an office with a view, a fine oak desk and a pretty secretary!
To wear a suit and tie (to me) would be the pinnacle...

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Youth is Gone
By Franklin Price
 3/30/2017

Youth is gone forever, and is never to return.
No matter how we wish it, a sorcerer's spell to yearn. 
Sneaks up on us quite stealthily and quickly races by
With just...

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What is in a name?
Is it love and caring,
Or just a never-ending game.

You talked to us about dad,
Searing images in our heads,
Of all that was bad.

Outside looking on in,
It was never about us,
Only just all...

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Do we pray in school, can we say the pledge.
Separate this from that.  
The name of the team or the name of the town, 
The mascot—It all offends somebody, somehow.

That flag is hateful for...

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For the love of another 
I've been asked to mute my voice
its not my first choice.
when my words must dilute, 
not able to refute
where does hurt go,
when you can't be heard
can it be digested
then expelled...

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troubled youth
void of couth 
non-cognizant of devious stratagems
possessing them
in hidden silence 
keeping alive — the violence 

causin' mother's to mourn
mourn the loss of their precious born
born with no silver spoon
blood shed—gone way too soon

fightin’ not...

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All alone here I sit, in this hell I call home.
With no motivation to silence these moans.
There's junkies in the next room, and tweekers below,
outside on the street, a whore with no one to blow.
There's...

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HER:
I'm on this blind date.

HIM:
(Baby, it's cold outside).

HER:
This date AIN'T so great!

HIM:
(Baby, it's cold outside).

HER:
I'd rather be home...
and  watch  paint  dry!

It takes me five hours to get ready!
My Dior dress looks sexy...

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You reach inside to tell your side of what lifes all about.
But your afraid that what you'll say will make the people shout.
So once again until the end, we stay behind the wall.
Where only couth...

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