Long Lichtenstein Poems

I

I am disinfected, sanitised from touch and eyes
Do not hold me. I am Bakelite and you smolder
Sat solid, the wall cold against my spine. A back-rest 
To concrete electrocution. 
I am distilled from Suburbia and...

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 We Danced  written by Poet John Heck

I penned a couplet for you today.
Rather, a quill manipulated
my hand and scrawled mendacity.
The misanthrope's who read the ode
applauded with flippers on.

Such insight. Such depth.

Mussolini meets Monet...

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I penned a couplet for you today.
Rather, a quill manipulated
my hand and scrawled mendacity.
The misanthrope's who read the ode
applauded with flippers on.

Such insight. Such depth.

Mussolini meets Monet and
the Mephistopheles Mambo mounts.
Call me a scribe and...

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It's nothing, the tear can be wiped away
The emotion neatly swept aside today
Discreetly dealt with, it's alright
I cried out my eye colour during my plight
The only indication of my altered state
Don't talk about it, or...

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NAMES   FOR  COUNTRIES  OR  PLANETS


I can understand and sympathise with famous cities 
Being named after animals eg Buffalo or Phoenix, if they must; 
But when whole countries are named after...

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this is by my hand
         a mark made, a soul's expression
   the temptation is to make too many
     but there's beauty...

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Van Gogh colour https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/a_sty-eye-lised_impression_921575

Pollock expressions  https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/pollock_chances_1145547

Hopper enigma https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/hopper_metaphors_of_silence_1145757

 Pointillism Seurat  https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/symbols_of_sunday_recited_489054

Klee modern haiga https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/once_emerged_from_the_grey_of_night_902905

Lichtenstein https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/shipboard_girl_78036

Macke  https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/mirrors_of_the_soul_recited_475860

Matisse cutouts https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/a_matisse_melange_1146030

Archimboldo surreal https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/soliloquy_143748

Nathaniel Bacon Still life https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/the_cookmaid__still_life_80170...

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there's a start 
                       and there's a stop
    trickier to...

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you can see anything you want to
                            ...

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the tears blend into the background
my sadness in the foreground

shadows so minimal
   I shouldn't fall into them
   
the space around me disappears
      there is nothing to...

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I want to pour myself into you
   reciprocal medicine 
drink me in
    as I am 
  swallowed up in the moment
        ...

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With my legs strong, two feet apart
Poser, poser, a quick photo opportunity
From front page through to pages four and ten
With my tail wrapped around my feet
And my coat hanging from my head
With my unbearable youth...

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Sometimes the information just stops
It's all squared off, but it feels too little
Perhaps we can't trust what we see
Maybe everything is between the lines
All I need for this image is stored already
I've read that paper...

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Your beauty is componentially clear 
All perfection, from eye to nose to ear
Delicate arrangement, however it's displayed
Russet red lips, in a most delicious shade
An iris coloured ethereal blue
I'm reduced to pieces looking at you
I close...

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