Long Tills Poems

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		Self-rising yeast and sugar watchtowers

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Nihilist colouring books on display no glossy crayons needed

Agnostic wet dreams wrapped in silk brassieres and braces

		The end is nearer than the cashier

		A reaper tills luscious fields of plenty

		Until blinders fall under a heavy load


30th December 2019


I Ham Guilty For Gobbledygook

I ham guilty for  gobbledygook...
and ruffling turkey feathers!

An innocent miss steak kin...
once former main lion,
resident iz cow herd vegetarian boar

ring beastie boy, who doth
newt practice, what he preaches your
truly battens down chicken
coop hatches so... call me galore
re: us hypocritic,
this honest to dog omnivore – more

accurate said buzzfeeding primate -
*****sapiens, he whelk hams
adieu after quick bonjour
hears ear splitting eeyore
deaf finning chore
tills unable to ignore

admits transgression,
now wonder wherefore
whether art thou still
game to reed my adore
hub bull poetry
understandable if ye deplore

such atrocious, egregious, opprobrious...,
violating ethical core
puss regarding straying
against dietary herbivore
rudimentary eel lamb ants
(chocolate covered my dear Watson)

boot fault in the starfish...por
favor mice elf can
oxe plain twittering like plover
with reasonable rhyme for sure
don't get doggy dimples in bunch
cause to skewer me but... but before...

sending killing squad to slaughter -
this puppy, aye kindly honour
my wish and don
me noggin with pompadour
as fetching drag queen
torpedo sized bosom

squirting parti-color
milk as self defense mechanism
averting casus belli thus
amidst melee I abhor
find self on horns of dilemma
life story these of this poor

cooked goose flambé
caught between rock and trapdoor
special cannibal delight
where madding crowd
chants "send him back"
accursed unconscionable roar

ring anger, but lurch for eats,
an impulsive reflex courtesy extempore
rain nee yes unforgivable poor
craven impulse to up peas hunger
uncontrollably craving regarding carnivore

pang additionally not further injure
ring innocent animal plus more
to this fishy tail than
meats the Wawa birdseye.
Form: Blitz

Premium Member Sensing

See that you see
Just when you look
In what must be
An open book.


Feel what you feel
In thoughts that heal
The broken will
As touch now tills.


Glimpse moments here
Where joy springs dear
As mist now steer
The paths made clear.


Do what you do 
As if to woo
The soul in you
In fading dew.


Too soon we fade
Just as we wade
Into life's trade
A sad charade.


All here breeds change
By hidden range
In times made strange
In thoughts deranged.


Words and motifs
Mock ghastly brief
As patterns drift
In unseen grief.


Pain seeds more pain
In awkward grain
In harsh disdain
In sure complain.


Prime between prime
The waves of time
As poignant rhymes
Unfurl loose chimes.


Nothing comes close
To that sure dose
Of gall and prose:
A fragrant rose.


Seize time and space
With a stern face
To fling love's trace
Here in this place.


Live well your date
Where joy greets fate
To fill your plate
As life looms late.




Leon Enriquez
18 April 2015
Singapore
Form: Quatrain

We see you

My father,
My father is no special Man, if special is determined by 6 packs and built muscles.
Infact he is a good example of an African man who because of late eating has super-pack as stomach instead of 6 packs.

Baa mi
The man who through toils and sweats, tills the ground with hard labour as though he was sentenced by the almighty to be a labourer.

He prioritises providing for us over taking care of himself as he as sacrificed self on the altar of responsibilities.

Nna'm
Always in silence when finance is limited 
Quietly strategizing the next move to ensure that the home is a home with provisions provided for the citizens of his kingdom.

He faces the odds of limited resources in the streets and enters each day with a coin or the promise of a coin for the next day.

Baba nna
I call you my spartan 
For the twists and turns through impossibilities to ensure that I live a life of futuristic possibilities.

My father
I hope this letter shows you that:
"we see you"
We see your sweats in the seas of endless strivings
We see the pains behind your smiles 
We see your unwavering love at the cost of your peace
 
We see you
Through all the inflations with no consideration of limitations 
We see you father 
And we love you.
Happy father's day father, for it is you who makes "being the head" a honourable job description.

The Charge of the Heavy Mob

Half price sale, half price sale’
Half price sale today.
Into the town centre on a bus 
Rode those to be plundered.
Forward the crowd as it swayed
“Charge on your card! The cry
Into the town centre to shop
Rode those to be plundered

Shoppers to the right of them
Shoppers to the left of them
Shoppers all in front of them
Brolly and handbag drawn, at bargains 
They wondered.
Storming the shelves they yelled
On to the tills they fell
Into the jaws of debt
Into the hardest sell
Charged those that were plundered

Where are the deals they made?
Oh how they did some trade
All the town wondered 
Would bill’s ever be paid
In the homes of those
That were plundered.

Charlie Milne 2008



Thank you and sorry, Lord Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892), 

A great poet from a time of the greatest poets.
Form: Ballad


What Will It Takes

Mommy what will it take, 
    To make time for me, 
    Building sandcastles at the sea?

   Maybe I must light the house on fire,
   To get your attention and love I desired.

  Or rob a bank, give you all the money,
  To pay the bills, so you can stop complain,
  You are tired of hitting the tills.

   I can cut my wrist ‘till it bleed,
   Then maybe you will see,
   I am real and not just part of your to do list.
   But also exist.

   I am tired of these lies, 
   I have to hide.
   “Mommy can’t come to my concert or parent meeting,
   Because she is away for business.
   She promised next time she will come,
   I am her priority number one.”
Form: Rhyme

Moving Up North

We moved up North and settled down.
We moved to Egremont, a crying out town.
Crying out for money to be invested, alas!
Not too many people were interested. Alas.

The people are good, wholesome and true,
A community of strength, of township glue.
It has a church, a dentist and great vets,
It has a post office and shop selling pets.

It has a memorial where time stands still.
A grocers, a bakers sounding their tills.
Several schools, a library, even a bookies
And best of all Old Grandmas' cookies.

We moved up North to start afresh; anew.
We lost some friends but only a few;
Their 'last post' heard across the vale,
Echoing memories into far distant pale.

Not all was lost. As time went by
We made friends anew; the chosen few.
The snow capped mountains, crystal lakes.
All worthwhile, we did what it takes.

We moved up North and settled down,
We moved to Egremont, a crying out town.
Crying for money to be invested, alas!
Not too many people were interested. Alas.
Form: Rhyme

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The heart writes:
Watch words cite
In plain sight
A new light.


The pen curls:
Watch mind hurl
Wit on page
To fit rage.


The touch burns:
As thought churns
A fine flow
That now shows.


The taste feels:
Pulse that heals
Surge of pain
As words gain.


Calm truth tills:
As time spills
Rhymes that sketch
Moves that match.


Wise ways know:
What signs show
Touch that grips
As heart skips.


Write more writes:
Rhymes on-site
To cast light
On love right.


Words stain page:
Ink strokes sage
As craft styles
Rhymes poise piles.


Works in rhymes:
Seeds new chimes
In crisp art
From deep heart.


Words in blend:
Round odd bends
Tell of rhymes
That take time.




Leon Enriquez
31 July 2018
Singapore
Form: Quatrain

I Ham Quill Tee For Gobbledygook

I ham quill tee for gobbledygook...
and ruffling tail feathers!

An innocent miss steak kin...
once former main lion den cha hoard servant,
resident iz cow herd vegetarian boar
hoof faux whatever reason iz explore

ring bing foo fighting beastie boy, who doth
newt practice, what he preaches your
truly battens down chicken
coop hatches so... call me galore
re: us hypocritic,
this honest to dog omnivore – more

accurate said buzzfeeding primate -
*****sapiens, he whelk hams
adieu after quick bonjour
hears ear splitting eeyore
deaf finning chore
tills unable to ignore

admits transgression,
now wonder wherefore
whether art thou still
game to reed my adore
hub bull poetry
understandable if ye deplore

such atrocious, egregious, opprobrious...,
violating ethical core
puss regarding straying
against dietary herbivore
rudimentary eel lamb ants
(chocolate covered my dear Watson)

boot fault in the starfish...por
favor mice elf can
oxe plain twittering like plover
with reasonable rhyme for sure
don't get doggy dimples in bunch
cause to skewer me but... but before...

sending killing squad to slaughter -
this puppy, aye kindly honour
my wish and don
me noggin with pompadour
as fetching drag queen
torpedo sized bosom

squirting parti-color
milk as self defense mechanism
averting casus belli thus
amidst melee I abhor
find self on horns of dilemma
life story of this poor

cooked goose flambé
caught between rock and trapdoor
special cannibal delight
where madding crowd
chants "send him back"
accursed unconscionable roar

ring anger, but lurch for eats,
an impulsive reflex courtesy extempore
rain nee yes unforgivable poor
craven impulse to up peas hunger
uncontrollably craving regarding carnivore

pang additionally not further injure
ring innocent animal plus more
to this fishy tail than
meats the Wawa birdseye.
Form: Rhyme

Premium Member No Mistletoe Just Whine - Parody of Mistletoe and Wine

The stores are heaving, hear the tills jing-a-ling
Dilatory Charlie hasn’t purchased a thing
He’s on a mission, buying last minute gift
Better get something good or it’ll cause a rift

But it Christmas time, I hear Charlie whine
Shelves are all empty – didn’t get there on time
Can’t get wifey a present, no gift for the tree
It doesn’t bode well for this family!

Charlie goes to the garage to get her some flowers
The bouquet’s half dead it’s been outside for hours
He heads to the pub where he’ll sup lots of beer
and then stumble home full of dread and fear

Cos its Christmas time, I hear Charlie whine
Shelves are all empty – didn’t get there on time
Dead flowers as a present, no gift for the tree
It doesn’t bode well for this family!

HAPPY CHRISTMAS SOUPERS!

25/12/19
Form: Lyric

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