Long Gewgaws Poems
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I dread the United States presidential 2024 outcome
I dread the United States presidential 2024 outcome...
Whereby yours truly presages and doth abhor
nothing short of an imminent civil war
dwarfing insurrection on January 6, 2021
oddly enough even reducing
ordinary decibels to a mute whisper
madding crowd trumpeting...
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Categories:
gewgaws, abuse, america, anger, animal, corruption, emotions, fate,
Form:
Free verse
Today August 29th 2021 Sluggishness Dogs Yours Truly
Today August 29th, 2021 sluggishness dogs yours truly
Forecasting to thunderous applause
fast as greased lightning draws
upon futuristic atmospheric gewgaws
hot air emanates out these slackened jaws
spluttering courtesy indentured maws
armed with four footed tall paws
gesticulations resembling horizontal seesaws....
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Categories:
gewgaws, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence,
Form:
Rhyme
Harumph To Holiday Hoopla Phish Pshaw
Harumph To Holiday Hoopla – Phish Pshaw!
Relieved of fatherhood Saint
Nick schtick found me
to relinquish ratty outfit, and stow away zee bras
like padding and "FAKE flowing beard,
ah...don't remind me,
those well worn faux paws
of each dear deer...
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Categories:
gewgaws, angel, childhood, christmas, conflict, creation, december, jesus,
Form:
Political Verse
Me very late mum, a funereal day
Me very late mum, a funereal day...
courtesy latitudinarian, nonestablishmentarian,
sexagenarian, and Unitarian son
and modest mastermind maven maverick.
Another anniversary of her death occurs
upon advent of
May fourth two thousand and five,
not quite seventy years since her...
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Categories:
gewgaws, absence, age, america, anniversary, atheist, birth, death,
Form:
Rhyme
Trumpasaurus Extinction Highly Unlikely
Huge life like mockup
rigged up to bark
dare buzzfeed outsize monstrosity
diet coke, McDonald's and meatloaf
pet banality, execrable, and misogynistic words
greets visitors at formerly named
Mosquito State Park forever known as
Donald Trump State Park.
Whom so e'er decreed...
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Categories:
gewgaws, allusion, anger, animal, anti bullying, betrayal, crush,
Form:
Rhyme
Eldest daughter I Praise
Eldest daughter – I Praise
Twenty two years ago
December twenty second,
two thousand eighteen
"star student" born
this papa (and most
likely thee birth mother)
initially...
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Categories:
gewgaws, anger, december, father daughter, forgiveness, happy birthday,
Form:
Rhyme
Paternal Grandmothers Headstone Beth David Elmont Long Island
Paternal grandmother's headstone - Beth David, Elmont, Long Island
Shaindel (Sadie), variant of Shana Harris
died May 13th, 1959 exquisitely chiseled
alphanumeric characters legibly engraved
sepulchral casket entombing lovely bones
deoxyribonucleic acid repurposed into me
Matthew Scott Harris patronymic protector,
when I...
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Categories:
gewgaws, absence, america, death, fate, grandmother, heaven, jewish,
Form:
Free verse
Little Known Holidays Occurring On February Fifteenth
Little known holidays occurring on February fifteenth...,
awaiting commercial sponsors to become...
what else...,but hand over fist money makers?
(http://www.holidays-and-
observances.com/february-15.html)
Excess Valentine's surplus sweet treats
and assorted paraphernalia
need not go to waste
said sappy accouterments
can be repurposed
quickly without haste
less pronounced celebrated...
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Categories:
gewgaws, america, appreciation, celebration, february, humorous, memorial, remember,
Form:
Free verse
Me Late Mum, a Holly Day Mastermind Maven Maverick
Way back before this baby boomer waz astute
countless decades before aye became long in the tooth,
and also prior tomb ma sporting dentures to boot
fond memories rush more than so far back
envisioning illusory wind blown steppes
(wait...this...
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Categories:
gewgaws, age, angel, childhood, christmas, dad, fantasy, satire,
Form:
Light Verse
Sinister Side of Social Media Platforms
Though discriminatory asper discerning
legitimate information TIME
Magazine considered
a reliable trustworthy,
and valuable source to this rhyme
stir, who perused cover story, sans
January 28th, 2019 issue as prime
material to concoct
more serious than amusing
poem mindful not to spoil mealtime
sharing insightful...
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Categories:
gewgaws, abuse, betrayal, confusion, dark, fate, freedom, psychological,
Form:
Free verse
Benediction To My Deux Daughters Verse Number One
(Thy lovely lasses unwittingly
unstintingly unexpectedly
taught me selflessness)
Every Holiday time each year,
a rocketing increase asper
doling out Uriah Heap ping
largesse imposed upon each
citizen banker (coerced, forced,
induced to buy baubles,
bibelot, curios, et cetera...
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Categories:
gewgaws, appreciation, creation, dedication, encouraging, fate, freedom, hello,
Form:
Ballad
Snazziest Wheels In Town
The very first automobile that I ever owned,
Was a 1937 Ford sedan that was many times preowned!
I bought it when I was a junior in high school as I recall.
It would do about 55 miles...
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Categories:
gewgaws, funny, teen, me, me, high school,
Form:
Rhyme
Words Spewed From the Thin Man's Lips
Come strutting you tongue-wagging muckrakers.
Sit beneath heated helmets, waiting for curls and
swirls in you blue hair. Your polished silver will soon
be displayed for all to marvel and praise.
Oh, the seven deadly sins, like the...
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Categories:
gewgaws, anger, feelings, how i feel, judgement, rude,
Form:
Enclosed Rhyme
Reflection
Do you like me for my form
And my cosmetic moments
With their conceits and affectations,
Bejewelled with glittering gewgaws,
Hinting at the scents of summer,
All show but no substance,
Holding back the acrid stench of death?
For you ,my beauty...
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Categories:
gewgaws, introspection, on writing and words, life, me,
Form:
Free verse
Jews Harp - A Reflection On Turmoil
I take my pain to where ragers rage and writhe
in their self-absorbed gluttony on all-winter days
their tea cups are only for them
interspersed with silence and solitude
the streets are buildings without them
who are the...
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Categories:
gewgaws, inspirational, introspection, life, mental health, music, sound,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Completist and His Collections of Impractical Things
He obtains fancy chopsticks,
hardly uses them, forgets he has them.
He drapes ornamental trees
with cheap pocket watches
let’s the batteries run dry
hardly ever looks at them.
A suitable receptacle, a container
or an old cigar box...
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Categories:
gewgaws, poetry,
Form:
Free verse