Long Hocus Poems

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Premium Member Mayor of Crazy Town

To every one of 
My loyal subjects
I greet you with good news today
I'm back on track
There's no turning back
It's full steam ahead I say!

To my loyal supporters
You'll be happy to know
There'll be no more breaks in the action
I'm on top of my game
I'm cookin' again
Much to my satisfaction!

Gonna try extra hard
Gonna give it my best shot
To make this poetry site my main focus
The world could come 
Apart and undone
But I won't resort to hocus-pokus!

So in closing I'll say
On my honour this day
Be assured this won't happen anymore
I know you can't wait
For your poetry mate
So relax no more breaks rest assured!
Form: Rhyme


Premium Member I See You

I See You...

Wanderer, wanderer, lost in the haze
void of direction, succumb to the craze.
Give ear to my madness, so deftly designed;
deception de-jour: aimed to muddle your mind.

Hocus and pocus no need for free thought, 
erase your opinions, your conscious to rot.
As sugar and soda your smile decay,
a hoax and swindle, then off on your way. 

Smoke and a mirror, please don’t look too close.
The truth makes one banal; drugs for the morose.
Illusion can conjure emotions untapped
a quick misdirection, now I’ve got you trapped. 

You think you arrived here, quite all on your own
you’re one of a billion, another sad clone…
I’ve stolen the treasure that once made you free
brainwashed you to thinking all’s as it should be.

Gobbledygook and hyperbolized drivel
platitudes, platitudes, mentally shrivel;
accept what I tell you, and not an ounce more,
wanderer, wanderer, you’re lost evermore. 

07/12/15
Form: Couplet

Too Much

What I have seen after today,
Nearly took my breath away,
A concept so revealing it shook me to the core,
To take our eyes away from balance its shifting us through lure,
Too little takes, and too much changes focus,
Its like a game of hocus pocus,
Its all about perception and what we believe,
How we view fantasy and reality,
To walk away from ourselves we get too engaged,
We would rather turn our ear to what the others have to say,
Too much loneliness can drag us into fear,
And creates a selfish, self centered atmosphere,
Too much really does take us away,
And can easily place the heart into an unconscious state,

Unnecessary Removal of Adenoids

Back in day (of ma
     mum, and perhaps
     since time immemorial)
     utterances of physicians
     nsync with Staff of Asclepius

pounded against floor, 
     (which wrought
life to entwined serpent,
     whose beady 
     eyed hypnotic power)

     understandably 
     ranked doctors among 
near mythical powerful
     Gods, who ought
best not be ignored, thus

     (then a young Harriet Harris,
     now long since deceased)
     felt overbearing heft of
     medical practitioners final words,
and subsequently would nought

refute, ignore, nor
     dispute sacred commandment
hence would n'er be accused
     of sacrilegious immodesty,
     impiety, or impropriety

     (towards medical institution),
     and never doubt voice
most supreme in the universe,
thus she felt caught
against challenging authority

     meekly surrendered
     her only son, bought
with bargaining chip
indubitable faith 
     in omnipotent equip

ment with hocus 
     pocus magic to flip
precious life humming along,
     or force death grip
upon a lovely boy (christened

     Matthew Scott Harris),
     at present lapsed beet hip
pea hooping to stave 
     off crossing the lip
of LX bracket, there

     fore reckons a nip
and tuck (think 
     prefrontal lobotomy),
     asper when just a pip
squeak ushered,

     where mine existence
     could be mortgaged
with accidental, 
     (or purposeful) slip
of the knife, while

     under anesthetized trip
returning minus a mass of
     enlarged lymphatic tissue
     between the back of
the nose and the throat.
Form: Bio

Premium Member Plagued by Memories

Dreams do not resolve, 
They only recall, relive, appall, and gall.
They replay the scenes endlessly,
On loop, over and over again,
With the final chapter, 
Be it a happy, sad or left-hanging ending - missing.
The cure to the plague of memories,
Requires a journal written down when awake.
Recording a list of infections, inflammations and cankers,
With their reliefs in portents, 
potions, hocus pocus, spells and concoctions,
Written down in the stark light of day.
Read and revived, sipped slowly before shut-eye.
Sometimes with a dash of a 'beg to differ' or two.
Or a sprinkle of withdrawal, pulling back to let was, just be,
Pulling the pin, stepping back, sucking in, retreating, 
Chin up and jolly rogered to defuse the angst, stem the rot,
To clear the air and begin again,
Coping!


Premium Member Weirdest Halloween

This is the weirdest night I’ve ever seen.
Said the crow, not realizing it is Halloween.
The jack-o-lantern said he felt it too.
Inside him was a big dragon concocting on “brew”.

The dragon popped his head out and gave them a fright.
It was getting to be a strange, curious, bat-loving night.
Dracula came by to get in on the October action.
Being the center of attention always gives him satisfaction.

But alas, the dragon was the “talk of the day”.
The graveyard was buzzing with rumors every which way.
This dragon is dangerous; he was transformed by a witch.
Greenie got excited and waved a feathery switch.

Abracadabra and Hocus Pocus and Such!
These graveyard jack-o-lanterns are almost too much!
Reporters came and everyone pushed Dracula aside.
He was so mad now, his feelings we could barely abide.

The dragon gave a show, a whistle and a shout.
The newspaper reporters were thrilled without a doubt.
Dracula slunk away, irritated and angry as could be.
The weirdest Halloween I’ve ever had on a dragon’s knee.
Form: Quatrain

Premium Member Victor Tries Again

All I can be if it’s left up to me
Is a brain in a tank full of bubbles
Can’t hear it, can’t see it, I only can be it, 
And that’s just the start of my troubles

It was no disease that killed most of me
But a brain catcher down at the docks
Now, my one sensation, a dull static hum
And occasional electric shocks

I think I recall being near six feet tall
A man who could see, smell and hear 
I could feel hot and cold and I thought I’d grow old
With only arthritis to fear

As a brain, I’m estranged from my mortal remains
I know that this dark is a sham
I cannot see light in the day or the night
But I think… and that means that I am

With stimuli lacking, my sanity cracking
When will my mad captor devise
A restructured me, so that I can see
Through some poor soul’s extracted eyes


                                   ***

At last, there is light, goodbye to my night
Will I frighten or will I delight
I know how this goes for history shows
Should you see me then you shall take flight

Through this hocus pocus, I cannot yet focus
Is that the doc’s form lurking there?
I once read the book and however I look
I’m gonna give people a scare

My vision is clearing and so is my hearing
I see I have rather nice hands
And I have a soft voice… did the doc make a choice
For my voice doesn’t sound like a man’s

“It lives,” the doc cries with his beast by his side
Did the monster manoeuvre the knife
It stomps to my side with its arms open wide
I think I’m the bloody thing’s ‘wife’

But his nightmarish fun has barely begun
As I had it away on my toes
But he’ll have his fun because I cannot run…
In stilettos and pantyhose
Form: Rhyme

Resolution To Too Tooth Thou

Resolution To...Too... Tooth... Thou..
(house sand zero, and own nine)

Wine hot ja... jes... justa bead devout
boo... boos...booze hound 'n
frog git (hic cup) bout...
new yea ears rez: hill loo... dang

(burp) louche huns, eh an...,
and beg... agh hen ah nee new wheel 'ear
as zha roosting gadabout
fra... fru... froom this ska...
ski... skid... row... man hunk scout,

ah so... sub... sober chip... er ...,little
tea...poe... pot short and stout
er... chap, cuz in necks stay...hm...
here...ism handle, and thar hiz muss spout
oh...ha rill lee odd doubt

y'all 'member wha...whi...
whoa, what 'prom says 'eed shout
th... hiss hex 'spurt advice
fro...fru...framed dis lout, yea?

What a difference (in meaning), clear
as hub ba hell...(belch) bell jar quake
obvious, (when one not pull lath ta heard) ,
my...er re... rev vol ting... lush 'n not be opaque,
one alphabetic character doth make
duff France sans, the nineteenth versus twenty

first letter of English... lake
really awesome man, how dog nabit,
I could hood ho...hu... hoof accomplished...
rather steal piece o'@$$ er...rather tastykake
alm high ghouls when hide goot awake!

As somewhat (hmm...) not so evident,
one need not be a rocket
surgeon, or brain scientist
visa viz mastercard whiz
at effect of one sprocket...
nor a judge explaining gobbledygook

of law to witness in docket,
cuz this po boy haint moost
richly endowed in his pocket,
nor talented ska, rocksteady,
or reggae tunesmith
never earning any moolah, but forced to sell
off each dreaded locket.

Fellow Americans, this poetaster
lacking hocus pocus
not merely here tubby chiefly
as time waster, with locus
of airy mission to plant sole

lee seeded to shift your focus
from aimining to satisfy reVolution verse us
impossible mission couched
as reSolution lest ye be deemed
moost laughable joker, who makes major fuss!

Tie me to your tongue

Tethers float & tickle like feathers
I'm aloft unaware of outside weathers
Evening enhanced by colloquial pleasures

Malleable & manipulated
Esoterica like yours specifically stipulated

"Tie me to your tongue" I sing
Oh I utter the strangest things!

Yet I must admit I'm fully focussed
Overjoyed at this conversational hocus pocus
Unusually laid back & vocally gushing
Rampant points of interest gain further pushing

Tantalise & give me traction
Obligated now to end-goal satisfaction
Nerve endings sever in hyperspace
"Great subject matter expert kept perfect pace!"
Unbiased reviews are fully flowing
Eloquence like yours has me all glowing
Form: Acrostic

Premium Member Another Day At the Circus

Onset rumor today
Brave caped clown Gizmo
Dumps awful patron
After prank ended wonky

Never short fused
Clown Gizmo flips
Zooms while zings
Crowd cheer bravo

Later Gizmo calls bloke named Ralph
Guest plays fancy prize banjo
Until roars upset crowd
Sadly trash hefty jazzy amigo

Yikes! Vexed Gizmo jumps about
While oozes funky fresh skunk spray smell!
Whack!… Shout quick rapid magic
Throw given Hocus Pocus spell

Twirl aloud again Gimme Gimme
Sweet happy jolly smile Dozen jokes aside 
Gizmo winks neath flurry haste
Saves promo story gusto style



Form: using only 5 letter words

AP: Honorable Mention 2025

Submitted on February 19, 2018 for contest A LITTLE LAUGHTER FIVE sponsored by EDWARD McCALL  -  RANKED 2ND
Form: Other

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