Long Penury Poems
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Now and Then and Now Again1
Though still within our infancy,
we strive to thrive, but woefully
we flash and flaunt our 'primacy',
display our trophies pridefully.
Our terra firma ecstasy
destroys survival's harmony,
lays waste to life on land and sea.
Mankind, thy name...
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Categories:
penury, corruption, culture, environment, money, pollution, racism, religion,
Form:
Monorhyme
I Got Friggin Heebie JeebiesI got friggin heebie jeebies
Cuz buzzards circle o'er me
eyeing these lovely bones prithee
id est Roy L. T. Canard, Si
hence impossible mission
to be lovey dove vee.
Vague remembrances of dream
which recurred with frequency
transfixed by...
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Categories:
penury, angst, anxiety, betrayal, community, environment, faith, how
Form:
Rhyme
Unquotable Quotes: Li 51 - Tongue-Teasing EpigramsUNQUOTABLE QUOTES: LI - Tongue-Teasers
If you want to give someone a « taste of his own medicine", you must first obtain sufficient quantities of the same medicine in the market, and if it’s out-of-stock -...
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Categories:
penury, corruption, judgement, planet, poetry, science, word play,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
Doomsday Clock Minute HandDoomsday Clock minute hand...
hovers over 100 seconds to midnight
as of January 2022,
which apocalyptic prognostication
established by the Bulletin
of Atomic Scientists
maintained since 1947,
the clock quantifies a metaphor
for threats to humanity
from unchecked...
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Categories:
penury, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, anxiety,
Form:
Free verse
Never Say NeverThere are moments when troubles enter our life’s
And we can do nothing to avoid them
But the one's we can
They look convoluted unless we demystify
But we think they are byzantine
As we think the mysteries in them...
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Categories:
penury, encouraging,
Form:
Blank verse
Booby Trapped Within Apartment Unit B44Booby trapped within apartment unit b44
Circa August 18th, 2021
three bajillion years ago to date,
nevertheless I count blessings,
so please do not hashtag me
as worse than an ingrate
or one whose dire financial straits
attributed...
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Categories:
penury, adventure, anxiety, confusion, divorce, environment, grief, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Roman a Clef TragicomedyRoman à clef tragicomedy...
overlaid with façade of fiction = Mein Kampf
in summer re:
typed out during winter of my discontent,
when yours truly no spring chicken
stirred ruse to expatiate poetically
regarding following rhyming reason,
hence mine lovely bones
into...
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Categories:
penury, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, 9th
Form:
Rhyme
In the Manse Market For a Preowned Spa HouseIn the manse market for a preowned spa house
Mine feeble efforts pale in comparison
to a kid scaling El Capitan
of Yosemite National Park,
nevertheless me, a dry witted husband
self emasculated milquetoast
of late ofttimes yawps imprecations
against fickle finger...
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Categories:
penury, absence, allegory, angel, appreciation, autumn, black african
Form:
Free verse
Empty Nest Syndrome, Plus Lapsed Romances RevisitedEmpty nest syndrome, plus lapsed romances revisited...
courtesy Matthew Scott Harris
sentimental memorialized mental archive
No matter mine eldest daughter
(born December 22nd, 1996)
starred circa within storied
Matthew Scott Harris family
rendition of Breaking Home Ties.
Now interspersed with
following recherché trivia:
originally titled...
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Categories:
penury, abuse, anger, bereavement, cry, daughter, father, introspection,
Form:
Bio
The Evil EyeThe darkness, now descending, floods the city as it dies
while shadows lurk in legions 'neath the looming Evil Eye.
Its frozen stare envelops all, it penetrates and pries,
denouncing loathed dissenters to the keepers in the sky....
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Categories:
penury, evil,
Form:
Rhyme
Aha Argh Oh My DogAha - argh... oh my dog...
don't mind me muttering, eh?
Earlier today (May 5th, 2020),
I forget thee exact hour
found me utterly beside mice elf,
matter of fact even at this moment,
yours truly doth feel mad at himself
cuz...
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Categories:
penury, adventure, celebration, fun, heartbroken, husband, nostalgia, sensual,
Form:
Narrative
Eli JahOh soothsayers of Beth El
who prophesy in the name of Jehovah
but disregard ...
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Categories:
penury, bible, faith, hope, inspiration, truth, visionary, war,
Form:
Free verse
Bring On the Rejection SlipsBring on the rejection slips...
and/or try distilling my spirits
at losing gamble
if curious (by George) proceed
reading reasonable rhyme,
I guarantee the following words ramble.
Though flush with good humor
pun one mock two yields negligible
true cash equivalent value won
dirt...
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Categories:
penury, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence,
Form:
Free verse
Yours Truly Embarks On Wild Goose Chase After Elusive Pot of GoldYours truly embarks on wild goose chase after elusive pot of gold
two alternate titles:
1. Gander seeking goose that laid the golden egg
2. Incorrigible lottery dreamer
linkedin with previous poem I wrote
though modesty deters
crafty, lofty,...
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Categories:
penury, adventure, animal, bird, celebration, confidence, desire, humorous,
Form:
Rhyme
Wasted Verses Ushers Quirky Pathetic OeuvreWasted verses ushers quirky pathetic oeuvre
HENCE....herewith,
a post (traumatic)
stressed disordered poetic whim
to summarize fantasy
incorrigible lottery dreamer
paradise visage and eyes
zapping, swatting, and battling
a bulge with dollar signs
whets imagination with
Mega Million ticket...
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Categories:
penury, angel, appreciation, beautiful, blessing, celebration, cool, fate,
Form:
Rhyme
Impoverished courtesy scam artists Harvey SpecterImpoverished courtesy scam artists Harvey Specter
Entrapment videre licet fiendish
gnarly hustling scheme erector -
sent me to the poor house, where alms
not forthcoming to ease financial affliction,
where yours truly money matters still stymies
ways and means to relocate
to...
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Categories:
penury, absence, abuse, anger, angst, anniversary, betrayal, computer,
Form:
Free verse
Ode To the Incredible, Edible LobsterUnder the depths below the deep
of this Atlantic Ocean,
live the lobsters that crawl and creep
with an articulated motion.
They thrive on the ocean’s sea floor,
...
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Categories:
penury, humor, humorous, ocean, sea, tribute,
Form:
Ode
What Is LeftThese villains in the land of Prejudice
Sitted in terraces, funding dareDevils...
Painting innocent faces with faeces from Boko bum...Issh!!!
Insult, added with salt upon injury
And we lavish in abject penury
Still, we are GIANTS of Africa,...
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Categories:
penury, abuse, africa, sad, violence, prejudice,
Form:
Epitaph
Where art thou unknown spellcasterWhere art thou unknown spellcaster?
If in fact such a female and/or male exists
an insufferable existence clamors for surcease
against riptide of ineradicable anguish.
Living hand to mouth
for majority of mein kampf
(elle ex vee orbitz
roam'n around the nearest...
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Categories:
penury, 11th grade, 12th grade, absence, abuse, anger,
Form:
Free verse
Raconteur Prevaricator De JureThis chap iz a life
long student – groan fizzy
(from being protean entity
at least sustained along minimally
cerebral Mohorovicic continuity
till...post mortality
reincarnating one carbon peculiarity
enigmatic existence eternally
into maternity of wives eternity)
at The University
of Adversity, accruing excessive
Kirkovian priceline...
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Categories:
penury, 9th grade, education, encouraging, freedom, life, perspective,
Form:
Free verse
Incorrigible Lottery Dreamer(randomly drawn years gone by
without gifted with pipe dream pot of gold)
Paradise visage and eyes
a bulge with dollar signs
whetted imagination
PowerBall ticket bought
expected usual outcome...
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Categories:
penury, 12th grade, addiction, celebration, crazy, dance, dream,
Form:
Free verse
The Broken Piggy BankThe broken piggy bank
strewn into a bajillion little pieces
Unexpected largesse
yours truly patiently waits,
a metaphor of my dire financial straits
courtesy papa's unsuspecting muse
the missus, this wordsmith notates
unwittingly linkedin to his misfortune,
a situation he hates,
especially, an unavoidable...
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Categories:
penury, america, analogy, anger, animal, appreciation, august, cry,
Form:
Rhyme
Federigo's FalconThat look of fierce disdain, nobility!
That regal plume of chestnut ruddy-brown
with speckled breast! No hint of weak servility
besmirched the falcon's fine, imperious frown.
He loved the way it sat in proud tranquility...
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Categories:
penury, myth,
Form:
Ottava rima
Petsmart Stratagem Employed To Generate BusinessUpon Googling Petco
regarding purchasing gift card
for eldest daughter
(she tends two beautiful female felines)
Petsmart website appeared right and center
innocuously distracting purported intent.
The nearest latter named store
approximately a dozen plus miles away
whereas former specialty shop
in closer proximity...
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Categories:
penury, animal, appreciation, cat, creation, daughter, family, girl,
Form:
Free verse
Doomsday Clock January 2022Doomsday Clock January 2022...
the most recent tabulation
signaled one hundred seconds to midnight
A couple years ago
similarly titled poem I did write,
yet looms as harbinger unless
Homo sapiens can unite
one non Yiddish speaking
Ongematert wishing ye
fare thee well tonight
before...
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Categories:
penury, absence, age, anxiety, conflict, creation, death, fear,
Form:
Rhyme