Long Throttling Poems

I

 
Take out the caked grimy faucet plug

Let those unseen crawlies dive and duck

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Who knows where the wicked, wicked wind blows
Who knows, but it does show...it does show aglow
That there’s a glow, glow, glow in your eyes, I know
The winter wind blows as the burning rose flows

Sweat on...

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                                  The...

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Word Requiem in D Minor

Hello.
Fancy meeting you here. 
Last time we met like this?
That would be 1979, at Rio.
I remember we walked slowly 
Up to the second floor balcony, 
Of the overlooking science building,
Scanning with...

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By Cherbo Geeplay

You woke me up when I was dead,
teaching the night stars wantonly 
to obey the Atlantic; then slashed
my arteries in flight to Lake Piso, 
humbling its boundaries, before 
fusing them calmly to a...

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Yesterday the sun rose slowly
Over the lake glimmering glistening, quietly,
The calm wind took a wink at the blue jay softly
Flying over the fragrant pine trees and allowed the sun to
Burn in the summer morning, whispering,...

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finding ourselves here
awareness self-aware
ensouling form feeble 
sensory touch external
our lower mind stirring
found ego urges rising
oft against conscience 
throttling our innocence 
reinforcing this torture
veiling love hues subtler 
until we became dead
going where desires led
in cyclic joy...

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On the banks of river folks gathered solemnly
Where in repose lay the body of his father;
Dry dead-wood was stacked in layers they built,
Fire was crackling, burning, heads were bowing,
Memorializing deeds in voices of the elders--
That...

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I’d love to say that ‘Crusher’ Webb is one good mate of mine,
but old ‘Crusher’s’ temperamental and can act more like a swine,
and it don’t take much to set him off; that’s when we all...

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1942

She snapped her static line
onto the anchor cable
and listened for the sound of the engines throttling back.
One other before her had nodded 
and jumped into the dark night.
She felt the bag on her leg,
put her...

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I dreamed I was a porter
carrying bags that weighed a ton.
Quickly answering in the Club Car
when anyone called, "Hey Son"!

I dreamed I was a conductor
punching tickets neat as you please.
Walking up and down the Passenger...

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Dislikes

Blow  dislikes in the aired balloon
Soar high and high in firm alone
Space even will not greet you fool
Why are you behind in the childhood of noon?
Where were you born no one known?
All die in...

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I wonder how it whips the zephyrs that flee
In a churlish yet blissful den
Throttling though the gushing of glee
And seized a million mirth like a wee ben?

I wonder how the flowers bloom
In a precise moment...

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Written 2 December 2023
A Verse Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand


Do`s and Don`ts

 Avoid thirteenth of Fridays
for any new ventures
for any new businesses

Skip number 13 in buildings
in hotel rooms
In private hospitals

 Be careful when driving
walking or...

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Started a job today
well below the pay
needed to keep my sway.

Most grotesque
throttling a desk.

In the distance
rolls with persistence
tracks guiding subsistence

floating on the Breeze
like some dormant disease.

John Tesh knows what’s best
for my bird and our nest,
whenever...

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I was pulled out of the school; doomed into hard labor,
To my home, at budding age, I became a life-saver...!

When kids of my age, with stylish satchels, proceed to school,
I, in cracker-workshops noxious, chemicals heat...

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The thug’s greedy plan was ill-fated.
“Beware of the dog!” the sign stated.
Sharp teeth pierced his butt.
He screamed, “Get off, mutt!”
Desire to steal quickly abated.

For Samson, fame was just beginning.
This brave dog would set the world...

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"Oh dear theist",
Thus spoke the lord from the distant skies.
It never matters me,
the size of my idol you worship.
I fail to see,
those lumps of colours with which you drain me.
The forms of my idols that...

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"Gazing at the rising sun and telling yourself- 'the new day has newer promises for me' fills you with gallons of fuel to run the whole day"- By poet


See life blooming in full and keep...

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Times are hard and they always were
Poverty in blood bleeds the heart
Deprivation in breath sheds the tears
Struggle in steps squeezes the sweat
Life in tatters needs a stitcher.
He became one and always was.
The faithful sewing machine
Morphed...

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A turbulent year has faded out and a new year is before us. Many who were with us are no more. Many are maimed and marred in the battle of life. Let us hope that...

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Life! A series of day to day events.
Each day birthing unique shades of rays and greys.
Some days merrier than many months
Some seconds longer than most minutes.
Some nights enter without a knock.
Some lights fly in when...

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Whose psyche has come to my physique? Do I ever know?
I accept it as a stream accepts the fresh rain and flow.
In Ram, Rahim, and Robert, Rajeet this soul might have been
Did this dwell in...

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*Reassured*
Amidst the glitzy party, I wallow in suffocation, 
Secluded in the bathroom – my apt accommodation. 
Trapped within the hollow walls, I weep aloud, 
Brutally slapping myself until my brain clouds.
My nerves throttling, I strangle...

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Wish all my friends on Poetry Soup a joyful, peace filled and prosperous New Year!


As the glow of 2022 has died out
When a new dawn’s halo is round the arc
Best wishes and prayers from all...

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