Long Lurk Poems
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The Hotel CaretakerHow unparticular the day had particularly been,
On March the third of two-thousand and eighteen,
For the caretaker at an historic Adirondack Inn,
Had lacked company, and therefore, dopamine.
‘Twas Sunday when all the guests had fled,
From either...
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Categories:
lurk, death, grief, introspection, march, mystery, remember,
Form:
Rhyme
Fortunes Re ToldFORTUNES READ the sign displayed
TRINKETS, CHARMS AND SPELLS
The store had not been here yesterday
shades of candles, books and bell
Drapes were hung from side to side
The windows all were dark
Where was this place a day ago?
Just...
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Categories:
lurk, surreal,
Form:
Epic
Factoidman and Shallowman - Part 1[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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Categories:
lurk, society, truth, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
TozzathPellucid pachyderms wade across
the purpling River Manjees
and Tozzath watches from the bank,
the seat of his maroon pantaloons soaked with mud,
his nostrils flaring with the fragrance of ombadalias,
whose lacey petals flutter
like the wings of long-dead...
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Categories:
lurk, death, fantasy, girl, magic, word play,
Form:
Free verse
RetributionIn sandy Egypt lived three men
In ancient days when pharaohs reigned
The kingdom of the pyramids,
Osiris and that Isis’ den,
Whom everyone worships and heeds,
Or at least doing so they feigned,
And those gods too blessed them and...
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Categories:
lurk, sin,
Form:
Rhyme
Long In the Tooth Male Doth Recount Reflect ReimagineLong in the tooth male doth recount, reflect, reimagine...
his woebegone damn dental daze today May 5th, 2021
No particular rhyme nor reason
garden variety indentured flunky (me)
revisits his salmagundi salad days,
when oral blight smote
left...
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Categories:
lurk, 2nd grade, absence, age, body, cinco de
Form:
Rhyme
Coma Conversation: I Am In Your ComputerC:
I journeyed long upon the way, e-mailed through your router
hello "Henry", good to greet, I am in your computer
I am between him and her, so I am gender neuter
...
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Categories:
lurk, computer, creation, hello, imagination, philosophy, science, universe,
Form:
Narrative
The Mask of AlabasterOnce the night had fallen upon a sleepless slumber,
Whence the winter woke me when the third was three in number.
I sense that a wince doth lurk and wear which wicked gaze,
Of conniving shadows cast between...
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Categories:
lurk, anxiety, confusion, deep, dream, education, fantasy, fear,
Form:
Couplet
Captivated By the MusicI loved my job as a librarian, and today I was walking to work,
In the warmth of a summer morning, when golden butterflies lurk.
I had some extra time, and it happens I took the scenic...
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Categories:
lurk, beauty, fantasy, imagery, music, nature, song, summer,
Form:
Couplet
The Mask of LabradoriteThrice the night—the day!—both fell to sleepless slumber,
But now in Spring, though yet again: The third was three in number.
I sense a wince remind itself,
Of what it means to be,
Instead to beg for booked...
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Categories:
lurk, corruption, imagination, judgement, life, mystery, myth, psychological,
Form:
Rhyme
Original Mask of AlabasterA wince doth lurk wearing which wicked gaze,
Of conniving cast shadows ‘tween my windowpanes.
Gazing through the window’s diaphanous gelid glass,
I see a flushing fluorescent misty haze of frothy brass.
It floats aloft the frost of...
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Categories:
lurk, addiction, allusion, confusion, dream, evil, horror, night,
Form:
Couplet
Anything For a LaughI’ve always been a prankster and a lover of a joke.
I love to see the puzzled look on an unsuspecting bloke,
when he looks around and lifts his hat - totally confused.
Some take a joke for...
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Categories:
lurk, humor,
Form:
Rhyme
Self Help Addict Needles Unsuspecting ReaderSelf help addict needles unsuspecting reader
Expounded late today April 27th, 2023
since being written
countless years ago
maybe a baker's dozen
as thee doodling cock doth crow
scouting about for carrion
scavenging for dead animals
and rooting about...
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Categories:
lurk, 12th grade, abuse, anger, angst, anxiety, april,
Form:
Rhyme
I May Be MistakenI May Be Mistaken
By Franklin Price
9/19/2018
I may be mistaken but, in watching all the raves,
I believe our founding fathers are rolling over in their graves.
We're not acting patriotic when the parties have their say.
They're...
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Categories:
lurk, america, political,
Form:
Couplet
For Onion Pt 1Since you wanna play riddles and poetry puzzles with me
Before we go any further - allow me to bring you up to speed
I just got cheated on - not even a month fresh
After a terrifying,...
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Categories:
lurk, friendship, i love you, nostalgia,
Form:
Rhyme
Boundless1)The Awakening
I know when fantasies became boundless,
it was the first time I sat on the pier;
Bellowing aqua swells rolled in endless
the ocean’s melody hung in my ear;
Suddenly the size of a grain of...
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Categories:
lurk, earth, emotions, fantasy, sea,
Form:
Crown of Sonnets
MaselimboMasalembo
2016 © Fleetwood
Blue-green ocean tipped with whitecaps rolling toward the shore
Plane is humming with the pilot talking about life and your ride is there parked on the hill for easy starting next to the palm...
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Categories:
lurk, work,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Letter To EdenMy deplorable emotional collapse.
Lucky for me, she happened to be in her many hour siestas!
My dear sister amelie came over (previously arranged to pick up some rocks that z mama rolled in a pile)...
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Categories:
lurk, angel, beautiful, caregiving, child, dad, daughter, father,
Form:
Narrative
Resurrection Machine
In the purple shadows of the black's monoliths, where an ancient echo calls forth, at the blurry forge of "Ralkon Dis",
a salient dragon from mystery's petra cliffs drifts you...
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Categories:
lurk, art,
Form:
Rhyme
Land Is a LoomLand Is A Loom
I sailed the fiord like inlets between Powell River and Drury Inlet.
The land itself spoke from mountains, torents, islet
From bird song and bear splashing fishers
From rutting moose and cougars sharp incisors.
The...
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Categories:
lurk, adventure, environment, nature,
Form:
Blank verse
Boa's Ark - Part 3 Continued from Part 2
5. MIDNIGHT DREAMS
At night the soldiers sometimes dream
of many things which make them scream,
like
...
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Categories:
lurk, fantasy, men, philosophy, war,
Form:
Rhyme
The UndertowThe Undertow
The two could feel the undertow
Pull at them both - then let them go
He wondered if she could know
Or sense it too and let it flow
The undertow in the fast-running tide
Ebbed and flowed at...
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Categories:
lurk, anxiety, conflict, confusion, desire, emotions,
Form:
Verse
My Annual ResolutionsGrowth should be the ultimate criterion,
nucleus and kernel of every annual pledge,
for myself and other people who might gain,
from a heartfelt commitment such as mine,
that monumental new year down the clock aptly named,
global village stepping...
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Categories:
lurk, adventure, art, birth, care, celebration, character, encouraging,
Form:
Free verse
Field of Dreams(World War One Poem)
Field Of Dreams
The World has stated our freedom,
the worms shall share a soldier's fear.
To look above my trench
is to be a thief in the night.
Life shall lurk, afraid of what is above.
My...
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Categories:
lurk, war, daffodils, universe,
Form:
Free verse
Braking New GroundI was a happy housewife and mother, and family was my world,
Like stars peeping at purple twilight, to see moonlight pearled.
My small children were in school, and my husband was a doctor,
As gold sunshine on...
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Categories:
lurk, children, dream, family, fantasy, happiness, vacation, work,
Form:
Couplet