Long Sardonic Poems
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Reclusive AccountabilitiesI am sick of excuses to avoid responsibility
and I am, today, sick with excuses to avoid responsibility
with "I'm just a mortal human. I make mistakes.
I judge situations and relationships,
assess potential risks to care and nourishing...
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Categories:
sardonic, culture, health, humanity, humor, political, race, stress,
Form:
Prose Poetry
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 37I heard two distinct voices in the night,
Conversing amongst themselves most eagerly
They whispered like children in excitement
Their sardonic mouths sung many savvy tunes
It was Death I could perceive, defending me,
And he, a strange, distant friend
Seemed...
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Categories:
sardonic, change, death, gothic, grave, literature, romance, war,
Form:
Epic
Manic Depressive ClimatesDepression is like dying
without hope this process will end well,
without remediation
at least not for my closely held ego-identity,
and despair
this turning inward
creates a cocoon by avoiding outward.
Focal awareness of ego mortality,
immanent and emanant,
eminent,
turns inward,
returns...
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Categories:
sardonic, beauty, culture, depression, health, mental illness, psychological,
Form:
Political Verse
Kaleidoscope
"Kaleidoscope"
They say another
wrote the story, not I.
that I, mere I,
having little experience, shy
and far removed from
such an alien world,
would not possess the knowledge
of such terrible and ruthless, lusty
characters of strong will;...
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Categories:
sardonic, muse, mystery,
Form:
Narrative
Wildmoor SymphonyFIRST MOVEMENT (Minor Key)
Times such as these test body soul and mind
So should our thoughts be pain and dark confined
Or loosed to concentrate on brighter things
Like furry puppies, flowers and girls on swings
In this bright...
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Categories:
sardonic, nature,
Form:
Rhyme
Lord of Long Shadows, Master Poe and ILord Of Long Shadows, Master Poe And I
Lord of long shadows had invaded hearth and home
sauntered in amidst cracklings of hot fireplace flames
Saying, " I like this sad place, may I freely roam
you know...
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Categories:
sardonic, art, fantasy, imagination, judgement, surreal, symbolism, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
I dread the United States presidential 2024 outcomeI dread the United States presidential 2024 outcome...
Whereby yours truly presages and doth abhor
nothing short of an imminent civil war
dwarfing insurrection on January 6, 2021
oddly enough even reducing
ordinary decibels to a mute whisper
madding crowd trumpeting...
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Categories:
sardonic, abuse, america, anger, animal, corruption, emotions, fate,
Form:
Free verse
For Old Star-Gazer Master Khayyam - a Name Like Shakespeare's For Some Other Giants - Part OneFor old Star-Gazer Master Khayyam – a name like Shakespeare’s for « some » other giants - Part One
...
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Categories:
sardonic, philosophy, tribute,
Form:
Quatrain
Skinwalker
"Skinwalker"
That one’s mind
is like a scene from Chagall
dreams flow like blood bleeds
across the cortex page curtain call
an audience with the silent speakeasy
cerebellum with its swift
matter-of-factness
logically guides the fingers
to dance across keys...
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Categories:
sardonic, muse,
Form:
Free verse
Old ManSilently he sat in darkness, flinching at the sight of light.
Which created a glow reflecting on his balding head.
His cold glare did not help my nerves,
so I simply stood there observing his silence.
His philosopher...
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Categories:
sardonic, angst, dark, life,
Form:
Prose
Speaking of Common GoodsWhat I wanted to say
the other day
when exalting healthy kindness
for potentially freeing us
from Straight White Men's great meanness
Costing Earth's Green Commons
and charging disinterest against
co-investing in healthy wealth
of all we cooperatively cherish
as good-wellness humored
for me
and win/win...
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Categories:
sardonic, health, humor, irony, relationship, religion,
Form:
Political Verse
What Started As Bliss Has Brought Death's Black Hand Poets Dedication SeriesPart Two Of, Emily Dickinson, dedication series
(1.)
What Started As Bliss Has Brought Death's Black Hand
poets dedication series
As a tree full of crows looked down on my bloody head
that long dark shadow falling ever so swiftly...
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Categories:
sardonic, appreciation, art, creation, meaningful, poetry, poets, writing,
Form:
Rhyme
Light On the Devil's Chord - Day 23I conversed with the lone demon,
Who had asked for redemption on an earlier day
On this day her voice was mightier,
More brave, and powerful
She dared not sing in the presence of the Dark Prince,
But spoke freely...
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Categories:
sardonic, bible, change, conflict, irony, light, love hurts,
Form:
Epic
Fear's Chains Chained HaikuFears Chains (Haiku)
First line 5 syllables
Second line 7 syllables
Third line 5 syllables
(7 syllables)
Caught within a snare
The paralyzing peepshow
Seduces you there
(Making itself intimate)
(undressing for your favor)
(Fairydust of lunacy)
Scrolls, parchments, bark, at the moon)
(Self fulfilling prophecy)
(Demons of...
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Categories:
sardonic, absence, anxiety, courage, emo, evil, gothic, halloween,
Form:
Haiku
The Alphabet of Broken LoveA is for angst, the lacerating emotion you spark inside my guts when I think of you…
B is for Bingo…boy did I win at that game…
C is for cherish, those precious moments you and I...
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Categories:
sardonic, lost lovedeath, beautiful, me, beautiful, death, me,
Form:
ABC
Litany of Cat ComplaintsLITANY OF CAT COMPLAINTS
Why so glum Rusty? Offered Max as a tentative
One-no-trump opener.
Well, it’s all down to you guys ...
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Categories:
sardonic, cat, good night,
Form:
Free verse
Africa RisingHome
How long will people die at the hands of mercenaries
How long will I be ridiculed on my own continent
How long will nature endure the harm being done to the land
There’s no place like home, no...
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Categories:
sardonic, africa, beautiful, celebration, emotions, fate, hope, love,
Form:
Free verse
Zorba the GreekZorba was a friend of mine
momentum of lunacy shine
insane shrieking lunacy
to venture to an exotic island.
Let's be free; snip the strap.
sardonic heart phratry man
Shamans are ritzy ladies!
at the maximum load level
a stampede of race cars
Eternity...
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Categories:
sardonic, analogy, joy, longing, love,
Form:
Metrical Tale
Small and Large, Black and Brown Cats and Dogs a Concrete PoemSmall And Large, Black And Brown Cats And Dogs
A Concrete Poem
be ...
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Categories:
sardonic, analogy, appreciation, cat, celebration, dog,
Form:
Concrete
Nightmares and Master Poe's Greatest RiddleNightmares and Master Poe's Greatest Riddle
I took a silver fork, gold spoon and rusty knife
trying to cut away the dark stains in my life,
with each slice I stood aghast, dumbfounded finding more
chained was I, in...
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Categories:
sardonic, conflict, dark, dream, horror, mystery, pain, symbolism,
Form:
Rhyme
Attitude Gratitude Concerto and Cheeselife had written an etude in D minor and barely gave him a pass
D for defeat denial disintegration dour reprise of the inevitable
bottom of the class for society sang to its dominant song book
while he...
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Categories:
sardonic, growing up,
Form:
Free verse
I Was Talking To GodI WAS TALKING TO GOD:
I am a downright failure,
I never get to the point at any time.
I am screwed up,
It’s of no use to try now.
The world, for me, is now above.
It’s worthless to...
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Categories:
sardonic, recovery from...death, me, world, death, me, time,
Form:
Light Verse
Happy Ever AfterDoes happily ever after really exist?
Is it a cruel joke with a sardonic twist?
When the girl gets the boy, or boy the girl,
Life seems so good, a love affair in a whirl;
But the fairy princess...
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Categories:
sardonic, allusion, christian, dark, romance,
Form:
Free verse
FrozenCold Hearted, ice-crusted, frozen, dead inside,
I thought I was immune
but your stinging words cut my heart, I should take it in stride
Mean spirited, spiteful, ruthless, arrogant, obtuse
expected, accepted I should be use to this...
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Categories:
sardonic, absence, abuse, anger, angst, dad,
Form:
Couplet
Smells FunnyThe odor I get The more pungent I get, ...
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Categories:
sardonic, funny, humorous, hyperbole, irony, onomatopoeia, satire, word
Form:
Free verse