Long Underscores Poems

Greetings to those who would willingly seek admission to theater of the absurd. Zoltan Goliath and Otis Trench are masters of the avant-garde genre silent musicals for the imaginary stage, an art form sui generis....

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Hiroshima – seventy seven years since August 6th, 1945

Given the nuclear weaponry arsenal today
August 6th, 2022, our collective ability
to lay waste major metropolitan areas
would make unleashing atomic warfare
synonymous with the ways and means
to annihilate, decimate,...

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Yukon just coon sitter me a copacetic, energetic, ironic language lover (English is ma lingua franca late mother tongue), who waxes poetic, but tall so one babbling, creaking, and dabbling dis arming marine naval (gazing)...

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I was on my first walk of the new year…feeling happy…healthy and rested…
I had no idea in front of The Church of the Good Shepherd…my faith in myself and my fellow man would be tested.

As...

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Written: January 12, 2025, For contest Sponsored by: Brian Strand

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spring blesses with scent a mind 
encased in February’s mummy-swathe.
I drop my rags of winter 
stretch out on the warmed porch
thought steps lightly on to a carpet, 
woven of mist and aromatic perfumes,
which glides silently...

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Robert Sherriff - Australian - Poet -Author - Singer - Actor - American Historian – Photographer

The Common Pursuit of Inclusivity and Mutual Respect: This is not just a goal but a necessity for our society...

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Merciful Deceased Mother - Father T'will See Thee Anon

Atheism underscores bedrock
schema Holy Toledo
encompassing mine secular humanistic credo
simultaneously tricking elusive illusion, sans
supernal radiant quintessence

blasting damn ming the torpedo
didst alight kindle linkedin skepticism,
asper this son kissed faith...

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This planet whereon we reside
gave nature’s bounty far and wide.
We’ve seen our Mother Earth from space
who barely shows her fragile face
as Pale Blue Dot, sunbeam enshrined,
and still we humans are so blind.

The cosmic reaches hugely...

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Robert Lloyd Sherriff - Australian Poet, Author, Actor, and Model: American Historian.

Flowers in their hair

In the vibrant city of San Francisco, where beauty and complexity intertwine, a tale unfolds with layers of caution and concern....

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Figuratively tack one hundred 
and eighty degrees away...
where joie de vivre underscores 
poetic theme, no matter every day
brings gut wrenching tearful tragedy, 
thee attention for heart warming 
(powdered milk biscuits 
of human kindness)

doth shyly beg...

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Meanwhile Doctor Kaunda reminded young
people in the country ascending the rung
of success they have a big role to play
with trappings of pride slung

in weaving together unity among unsung
swiftly tailored heroes, as sowers
reaping luxe fabrics of...

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I sit by the edge of an ocean of sighs
Its vast eternal blue watershed speaks rhymes
Deepening my gaze with poetic eyes
As hope forms it's horizon to redefine
The tragedy I find 

Along the water’s edge the...

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M.K. was character as boy more so as a man
His sister Mary Alice was away
Boy they would have fun this day great game plan
Stay hidden from mom no toting water today

Two weeks later momma from...

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Navigating through life's highway,
It’s more than what meets our eyes,
It takes courage to break through dawn's ice,
We can’t preempt all we see.

We find our feet on its mystery lane, 
We seek shelter from the rain,
Life...

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Not how his poem was rated,
But the fact, it was recorded,
If by machine was being read—
Like a car having just one gear!
Yet, happy was he still to hear,
If not readers, by machine read.
And listened in...

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Under the impaled moon wounded by hours
Red clouds hide, stolen before dawn of day
Golden locks on little girls bounce then lay 
Love light becomes trapped, lost in high towers      ...

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Appropriate attire
To what he
Desires
Elevations of
her devoted
ways

To what aint
and what is
she underscores
 his everything
 wear a
Smile and
A dimple

You want me
To dedicate
My precious
Time
and give you
something you 
wish to have

Yes I Love you
It's apparent
I question if you
love me...

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A ribbon of gold floats
on placid waves of blue.
And with a searing kiss,
Sol bids the sea adieu.

Slipping between ripples,
slippery shadows slide.
And Luna starts tugging
upon the rising tide.

A wind-wrecked derelict
is now a silhouette.
Its rusty bow tangled,
in...

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DOLL SUPPORT

Barbie doll hands plump
the fruitful flare of her sateen dress ~
mint green flows out from her cocoa skin.
not a pinup for boys, but girls adore
her needle-thin arms and legs,
her neck underscores her perfect oval...

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Pausing in the Park for Rain
David J Walker

I stand between familiar trees
That harmonize in summers breeze 

And would that I could sing along
To visualize the summers song

And offer up a voice  so clear
Rain clouds...

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Elegance is the blue of the ocean,
ageless paragon's heartbeat in motion.

Never calm, but ripples and hoary froth;
enigmatic creatures that feel it's wroth.

The waves beget in outcome underscores
Its thirst for helpless endless sandy shores.

Its sheer breast...

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On a bench in the park,
A memorial plaque
Made my husband glance twice;
He was taken aback.

It basically stated,
“In memory of
Bernie Silverman…”
(Someone deserving of love.)

But a sentence was added
Which sure underscores
Bernie’s life – “Who preferred
To be (mainly)...

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