Long Menaced Poems

A man who lacks a sleep schedule.
In a home that houses not only him
But his very own mother
His daughter who comes equipped with
Her very own mother too

Honey girl rises with the sun and sets with...

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In the far-away land of Fiddlesticks, in the town of Balderdash, there lived a group of peaceful, loving Whatsits - a creature known to truly never ask a question of science, and would casually ...

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Of hubris, overweening pride, 
(a thing the gods can not abide) 
and all the hassle it may bring: 
of this, and blowfish, do I sing. 

The former, we will meet anon 
(it merits being mused...

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...my paris begins with those early days as as a conscious flaneur I recall the couple seated opposite me on the metro when i was still innocent of its labyrinthine complexity slim pretty white girl...

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my paris begins with 
those early days 
as a conscious flaneur 
i recall the couple 
seated opposite me 
on the metro 
when i was still innocent 
of its labyrinthine complexity 
slim pretty white girl 
clad...

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Haggis hype
Bagpipes bleating like unshorn sheep
Tartan theatrical - military tatoos
Scotland cloning Dolly the Sheep
National pride - Robbie Burns, poet, bard of Auld Lang Syne
Highlands of ancient rocks, rift vallies
      ...

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Again, and again
Lips stained by death
Uttering words—dead, dying, gone forever
Incurably cast to eternal rest

Spoken in whispers
Words drenched in tears
Besieged within antiseptic walls
The grim shadow of Reaper again appears

Pandemonium unfettered
Unmasked villains cloaked in watery layers
An ominous...

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I saw a guy on the older side, he donned a mask
(All jokes aside) I do believe it worked for him'
On election days with glitz and spin, he soon found
That it would always magic away,...

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Only a house made of bricks stands
No straw or sticks anchor walls
       no undercurrents of menace within
       no spirited chaos, a sin
Brick house...

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A violin sings low in sugar sweet voice 
their wanton  eyes locked in each other
temptation twitching to make a choice
in a burst of euphoria, caress of a lover.

unfurled petals with mesmeric dreams 
waiting for...

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Tasteless pelt whiffs of mundane air
Against my nostrils numb with dread; 
Scarcely fathom I what spectacle fair 
Beyond this umbra curtain latent lies. 

Tetchy harbingers over dark corners
Lurk under dismal mirage-like cloud; 
Tomorrow's dreams in...

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Somber clouds prelude the inner and outer storm
Unleashed by the fury contained for a long time 
Suddenly trapping mind of shallop's captain
Fighting with zest the tides that menaced to sink
Dreams nurtured for years with illusions...

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Earth is hanging by a thread
menaced by nature and by man
but we poets with the harp
enchant forest seas and hearts
cobras stand and rhythmically dance
lions skip around with lambs
stars from sky come down to light
millions of...

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Your trademark omnivorous stunts 
Glean clean what minute remnants
Menaced graces do sparingly yield;
And take back reliefs heavens field. 

Inclement rob your ravenous fangs;
Mowing to naught crumbs of bread
That divine hand her children gives,
Thieving sure bits...

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The Gorse and Broom now spread a cloth of gold
Robe hillside thus in pristine Spring apparel
With garlands: snowy white, hedgerows enfold
Paired birds that now reprise their joyful carol

Would other realms then imitate this scene
As wheel...

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In neat formations
rhododendrons guard
the half acre order
of our mountain block
and rush their unreal colour
into a landscape just emerging
from winter's cold.

They seem out of place
in the green - brown encirclements 
of native bush where beneath
towering eucalypts...

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When Flowers unfurled enthralling perfume,
       My eyes started to zoom;
Plunged into the flowers to taste the nectar,
      until the arrival of a specter.

A bat...

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on the waning edge of day
sunset rolls white clouds to pink and amber strands
             sifting back and forth
     ...

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Inhaling your breath, I flow in your veins
We can hear our hearts beating through  
tempest raging a menaced world of pain 
in a radiant blush, she says, "I still love you". 





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