Long Unromantic Poems

The Trial.

 

Arthur, Sammy, Davis, Junior, Stevie Wonder, Bob, Mick, Sue, Carver. You are being charged with the partial demolition of a listed building. Endangering the life of one, Mavis Stepney. How do you plead.

Not...

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2017
I fell in love. 
Never looked back 
It was all crystal clear

I wrote to my anonymous lover once
Or so I dreamt
A serenade to win his heart
But he was taken, he said
I was heartbroken! 

Unromantic is...

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There was never any controlling it?
No dodging it. Unloading it?
It stuck us both together and held us tightly in its grip              ...

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I reckon I'm showing my age and am pretty well set in my ways,
But I have zero tolerance for the 'noise' called music nowadays!
The metal bands and rap are loathsome to my sensitive ears.
I haven't...

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Goth Girl, ebony black, manners slack, hit the sack
Gothic, Hispanic, remote chic, slick, sick
Goth Girl, non- conform, nonsense, hence
Gothic, lick lick lick, slurp, chirp
Goth Girl, tongue stud, bottle of bud, I could
Gothic, unromantic, drink quick,...

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Must we shun all dreams
and be told not to fantasize?
Isn't it unrealistic and unromantic?
We need to dream when stars
are above our drowsy heads:
don't they guard our dreams
from all the forces stronger than us,
darker than shadows...

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Lissome, silhouette shadow
Gliding the long winding stairs
Iridescent gown changing glows
Flowing, silky bright black hair

Breezy, damp cold but warms
Fresh, sweet fragrant perfumes
Lingering aura full of charms
Scent of a flower in bloom

Head with jeweled, ornate crown
Standing firmly...

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People and Nature need sunshine,
it's a free gift God intended for all;
flowers turn to the sun to grow,
while humans seek it to feel fine.


Spring is meant for strolls to admire eloquent beauty,
Summer is the best...

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CREATIVITY IN VISUAL ARTS

What is this creativity in visual arts
Where is it found, I believe it’s lost;
I don't believe that galleries are narrow?
For the paths they’ve taken now lost;
Water colored scenery of broken lovers quarries;
Galleries...

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A sudden rush of blood
A sharp constriction of muscles 
A quick twitch in my abdomen
A million droplets on my forehead
All indicating am not in the mood
But my mind chooses to push on

A shy escapes my...

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Invigilator par excellenence

Dressed in rags and standing adamant

In soul-killing solitude

Wedded to inane duty of scaring birds

Drawing attention of solitary wayfarers

Seizing with wonder the innocent children

Of farmworkers

Vanguard of farmhouse- frightening spectacle

For wild animals who otherwise would...

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TRENCHANT WENCH FROM THE UNROMANTIC MIDLANDS


In the pub, I serve out the pints
My comely bosom gives a hint of home
And what men are escaping from – dreary sex
With housewives who scour the sink with vigour

Trim...

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Why don't poets write poems about stocks?
  Well, they're unromantic for sure, like the innards of clocks 
 
Ofttimes stock prices rise or fall on the strength of company reports
  Which most poets...

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