Long Twaddle Poems

( The views of a grumpy old man )

I have now for certain concluded that the nanny state thinks we are fools
I have seen our society changing I am staggered at some of the rules
No...

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Wordplay Beats Ban Adverse

In 2184 the thought-police declared war
On embellishment, feeling and emotion in literature and articles in any form.
Succinct 'plain English' was the name of their game.
Google's Knowledge Graph spewed out the answers to...

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The empty hand


Life is a black hole and I am forever falling deeper.
Down I go into a light-less hole, no sign of my keeper.
I would say it is nice to see you, but all is...

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I’ve seen the minds of my generation bested by their handheld mobile devices,
texting for a dopamine rush, tuning out the reality around them.
I’ve watched them, withdrawn from present company, looking for bars of microwave coverage,...

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a big fat twaddle twist twisting
To catch a cow in a silky net is said to be one of the most marvellous experience for magnificent magnifications of moo are often found in a lake filled...

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After all the love
the fear and hate
the final condemnation
religious exhortation
separation, division
inspiration and defamation 
the truth the lies
and conspiratorial denials
the didn’t know but should know
the informational overload
a terror strike
who was right
false flag war in another nation

Recipes...

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They fell in love and married when she was about the age of twenty.
He knew she liked to talk since she'd already bent his ears aplenty!
She could babble at twenty miles per hour with gusts...

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The Quota of Ten

Oh, God! Help me to write something 
touching and reflective today.
To be concerned with inner truth.
Not rushed, please help me ...to
overcome my poetic arrogance.
To not just post just anything to 
meet the "Quota of Ten".

But...

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It seems there are self-appointed disciples who've nothing else to do,
Except propound their inane dogmas to assail folks like me and you!
This nation is being torn asunder by a few people acting on their own.
Why...

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Its creation’s simplicity still stands as a difficult puzzle
head is twisted backwards while in a forward motion
still looking behind at the chronicles of some centuries ago
long before the infiltration of Christian missionaries and Arab traders
is...

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so this “western civilization”
taps on your window in the
morning & wants you to jump
to attention, salute big brother &
speed through your routine
so that you can be a good hamster &
jump right on that treadmill, 
if...

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Oft I flew as an artigiano over turbid and stern feelings,
Blowing hard into alpenhorn to shake the mountains built to protect,
Pale-hued gems, aneurysms of loving, resisted the temptation,
They malignantly affected me, as my twaddle does...

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Should it happen that someday they're seeking struggling bards,
To compose verse for Hallmark's Christmas cards,
I think that I should like summarily to submit,
The following mots for consideration, TO WIT:

(1) 'Tis so nice to receive a...

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ANTIDISESTABLISHMENTARIANISM (acrostic)

A lthough I’ve attempted some difficult and
N eddlesome poems in my decades of writing,
T he ultimate challenge had to be an acrostic
I n which the longest English word was chosen.
D eciding to undergo the...

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Should it happen that someday they're seeking struggling bards,
To compose appropriate verse for Hallmark Christmas cards,
I think that I should like to summarily submit,
The following mots for their consideration, TO WIT:

(1) 'Tis so nice to...

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Bring me reality, spare the insanity; preening and vanity
Do.! Its purpose I’d rather gather not
Twaddle and flatter; For ..!!
Really I’m open of view.’ I don’t want TV Docs
I want info that rocks’
Can I see some...

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When all the wranglin' chores was done and the sun settled in the west,
The cowboys was lollin' about the campfire savorin' much needed rest.
From early dawn they'd branded dogies and herded cantankerous steers,
Now it was...

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Voyagers, convene thyselves to return, among us...
Caesura, crown nigh clod, a sylph unwept,
elision thy silhouette, meno thy minuet...
Thine late occurence on thee, wake of cerise sand

Thou belief, like a billow, upon your whitish cheek,
'Twas marina...

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What do I write?  Do I complain about the weather?  Do talk about something I 
don't know anything about?  Do I make up some gibberish?  What is gibberish 
anyway?  I...

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Hey children! Listen, I miss your zeal.
The world inside your mobile is surreal.
Look up!
See, I have fixed stronger glasses on my windows,
Get hold of your cricket kit, come back on the street,
I miss watching your...

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Heres a man trying to bridge, a route to sanity along a ridge'
He's being hit.' with the same old twaddle' 
As his so called betters loudly squabble'
I recall a board and stick' used 2020; they...

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Facebook addiction… I just don’t understand it 
what a load of utter twaddle!

I don’t give a  turgid toss about what you are doing 
and your incessant need to share with your ‘bestie’ and the...

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It’s getting pretty deep, too much drivel and twaddle.
It’s time for our poetry boots to help with this obscene waddle.
I have two distinct sides one is known for shock and awe.
I grow weary of the...

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Christians, fundamentalist and evangelical,
Have their own music, which is loud and clear,
But although it’s repeated monotonously every week, 
It always excites them so, when they draw near. 

Their music stimulates them unfailingly, 
I mean, the...

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Is there a beginning
or end to rue on
past,
Since I did sins,
made fools and get
lost,

I go to the police
for ravel and
politeness,
Expel out bribe, or
you may get lost,

A poor naïve man to
aristocratic man,
Rights are not same,
where I...

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