Long Satiric Poems

As the apologetic sun
melts in hibiscus vase
of pastel-peach 
horizons and peels off
those pristine pigments 
of egoistic elegance, 
sailing upon 
aquamarine foam
of vanilla waves ~
where dignity
unveils a clemency
within catharsis, 
I dare to surrender
towards the 
pink-teal blends...

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Die Lorelei by Heinrich Heine (1797-1856)- Translated by T. Wignesan
	For Regina von Degenfeld at Waibstadt
	-in respect and unending sufferance-

(Heine, a German Jewish lyrical and satiric poet, journalist and critic,
 settled in Paris from 1831 where...

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Written: July 28, 2023,               No anchor for Rancour Poetry Contest          
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Weaving Forms

Abc, Abecedarian, acrostic, alliteration alexandrine
  Salaam, sehraa senyru, sestina, sijo, shape, sonnet
      The list of forms of writing poesy is hopelessly endless
      ...

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music ...

'twas angelic harmony -
that dire, wet sucking sound
as he tunneled his
arms through the red mud
fingertips like fat worms, burrowing -
tickling, seeking the
cool surprise of … something
ANYthing foreign or non-mud-like
this warm, fetid muck of
the wild...

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4 August 2009

This is truly mad, my love…

I once wished I could express how I feel,
But I'm caring less about trying to speak it,
And I'm finding the pure joy in simply living what’s real.

Deeper than...

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A freight of this weight on my life’s plate I need to ablate with faith/
The fate I taste today I didn’t anticipate/
I’ll leave it to a higher rate and let my God facilitate and orchestrate...

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In the blink of an eye and remorse far away
Your wavering heart blistered away my loving years

Your verbal pleasantries seem to mock 
Your artful facade with a serpentine sting

In the beatific moments your need was...

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For the last time but as if for the first time,
let blaze a five alarm thrill to burn my woe;
I'll shiver with a tingle like your wind chime,
and forget the lonely nights you left me...

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The food was chased by a bent tine fork
Along the surface of a smooth glass plate,
Eventually was skewered with brute force torque.

A similar force confronted an unyielding cork
But for this event, on this mechanical date,
The...

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He broke "her" loudest cry for the awaited moment,
With his tiny fingers made the mother - son agreement.
"Where is "he"?", he asked as months went by,
"She" knew , to put him to peace "she" had...

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THE SATIRIC
        WARRIOR
Let us sing a song for a hero
The warrior from satiric battles so
.
With a well balanced ball-pointed sword
He became a victorious battle lord
.
St. Philip's Central School,...

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They meet, eat and drink, flutter and make merry.
Smiles flying from face to face, laughter airy.
They share a party of the soul and spirit;
their portrayal of mere humans satiric.

Laughing at our silly, paranoid folly
they point...

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Is it just me or has “poetry”,
Become a word for “vomit”,
They’re words without phonetic symmetry,
As if “poem” was synonymical for “omelet”.

Can a poem truly be anything and all,
A writer deems or seems in any way?
Are...

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Poison is very real but in no way would I drink it to make my day.
Real or may, the Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny and Santa Claus are here to stay!

Na-na-na-na-na!!!

© Joseph, 11/11/07
© All Rights Reserved

Don’t...

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Potholes

The joy of riding
where the small ones
have gone away
turns into nothing
at the big one
minutes  away.

* This is about the joy of riding on the  highway which has been recently repaired and re-laid, ridding...

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I'm spirit 
Be not afraid of it
I'm clear 
legit

I'm lyric
Empiric
Satiric
I visit

the other
I'm water
You're hot
I'm hotter

I'm son
You're daughter 
My spirit is tall
My flesh is shorter

I'm wind
Free
Not pinned 
Neither thick nor thin

I'm skinned 
I blow as I...

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soft
               skin
               apple
    ...

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