Long Whacked Poems
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Doggerel IiDoggerel II: Doggerel about Doggerel, or, More Nonsense Verse
The Board
by Michael R. Burch
Accessible rhyme is never good.
The penalty is understood:
soft titters from dark board rooms where
the businessmen paste on their hair
and, Walter Mitties, woo the...
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Categories:
whacked, animal, dog, humor, humorous, light, nonsense, silly,
Form:
Light Verse
The Reluctant Serpent - a Fairy TaleOnce Upon a Time Everything was Perfect in Eden, NSW, Australia
This is a story about why snakes are reluctant to leave whenever you see them.
Why they hang about, instead of scurrying off.
A reluctant snake...
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Categories:
whacked, fairy,
Form:
Dramatic Verse
Factoidman and Shallowman - Part 1[Well, ShallowMan’s ne’er at a loss
for voicing shallow thoughts that gloss.
With trenchant wit he reaps the dross
when seeking sense in applesauce.
But to his aid flies FactoidMan
who always has a Fact at hand;
with him, who needs...
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Categories:
whacked, society, truth, universe,
Form:
Rhyme
RetributionIn sandy Egypt lived three men
In ancient days when pharaohs reigned
The kingdom of the pyramids,
Osiris and that Isis’ den,
Whom everyone worships and heeds,
Or at least doing so they feigned,
And those gods too blessed them and...
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Categories:
whacked, sin,
Form:
Rhyme
Sacred EnergyFascism lives in tension with holy optimism,
as hatred fades in presence of mutual love,
as WinLose evolutionary models
give way to WinWin sacred Energy
stories and songs and dances,
as patriarchal colonization
gives way to matriarchal creolization.
Fascism,
synonymous with Totalitarianism,
as written...
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Categories:
whacked, anti bullying, caregiving, education, health, integrity, parents,
Form:
Political Verse
The Moon Also Rises - the MidwatchThe Moon Also Rises
The Midwatch
Harry Mayer
The X.O.’s in the shower
and the Captain’s in his bed.
The Chiefs’ are playin’ poker
as we’re steamin’ to the Med.
“I’ll take that bet and raise you”
is what the Bo’sun says
from the...
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Categories:
whacked, humor, military, sea,
Form:
ABC
Grant This Civil Yankee To Doodle Till Lee Gets Blue In the FaceGrant this civil yankee to doodle till Lee gets blue in the face
blowing 99 red balloons April 9th, 2023
will signal 158 years since Appomattox
plus what would have been ninety sixth birth
of the late...
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Categories:
whacked, 11th grade, 12th grade, adventure, america, appreciation,
Form:
Rhyme
Red Sky At NightOnce upon a nightime grim
all creatures of Earth dreamed
our Mother was not enough for everyone,
just "me."
This collective nightmare thunderously rolled out
dark implications:
Earth is insufficient for our needs!
We live in Closed Systems of immunity,
heading toward decay!
EarthTribe...
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Categories:
whacked, earth, forgiveness, freedom, health, peace, recovery from,
Form:
Free verse
the ultimate VR -
01001101 01111001 01010110 01010010
yeah ...
they hijacked my mind, man -
hard-wired my neural synapses
said I'd be famous ...
(wealthy, certainly)
With MY financial issues
what choice, really?
Family no longer cares -
they gave up on me ages ago
(who can...
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Categories:
whacked, computer, death, fantasy, science, science fiction, technology,
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Frog KingThe frog king, enthroned on his stump in the swamp,
Throatily cheered the processional romp.
The dragonflies darted and buzzed overhead,
And kept at safe distance the pink tongue of dread.
A midge lay sobbing right there at his...
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Categories:
whacked, adventure, hero,
Form:
Couplet
The Ballad of Bunnie and ClaudeAuthor's note: This is not intentionally a historical piece, dear readers, but I thought I should probably add a bit of background info primarily for the benefit of my more international friends and colleagues on...
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Categories:
whacked, humor,
Form:
Ballad
If Ever I Had To Have a Country Victim of Pedophily Lxxxv-85If ever I had to have a country victim of pedophily-LXXXV
(Note : Fresh disclosures from the Catholic Church on the subject
made public by protesting Mothers of infants victims of pedophily
at the hands of the Clergy...
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Categories:
whacked, anti bullying, bangla, betrayal, bible, bullying, child
Form:
Dramatic Monologue
The Night Before New Year's'Twas the night before the New Year. Gawd! All the beer had gone dry
Not a house or a tavern could renew our supply.
Was I too drunk to recall if what followed was fact?
While we drunks...
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Categories:
whacked, drink, humor, new year,
Form:
Rhyme
Daylight Savings Time March 13th, 2022Daylight Savings Time – March 13th, 2022
A long time graduate courtesy
Hard Knocks alum,
once again yours truly
posts reasonable rhyme
about shortest day of the year.
Two o'clock Ante Meridiem
nostri Jesu Christi
hour...
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Categories:
whacked, allusion, color, dream, flying, fun, god, imagery,
Form:
Rhyme
Peril Us Aye Grant This To Be a Civil Yet Hurried Lee Red(Alternately titled always look on the bright side of life)
Armageddon wold be a morbidly amazing,
concluding (reign of Homo Sapiens)
fascinating albeit simultaneously catastrophic boon
dog gull to accompany
...
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Categories:
whacked, 10th grade, 12th grade, future, howl, image,
Form:
Cowboy Poetry
Grant This Civil Yankee To Doodle Till He Gets Blue In the Faceblowing balloons signaling 158 years since Appomattox
(Alternately titled always look on the bright side of life)
Armageddon would be morbidly amazing,
concluding (reign of Homo Sapiens)
fascinating albeit simultaneously catastrophic boon
dog gull...
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Categories:
whacked, 10th grade, 11th grade, 12th grade, april,
Form:
Prose Poetry
SpotsA leopard found a shepherd who was looking after lambs
The shepherd had some sandwiches with different flavour jams
The leopard feeling peckish thought he’d steal one tiny sheep
So he snuck behind the shepherd and that’s when...
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Categories:
whacked, animal,
Form:
Rhyme
You Told Me2/23/18
On me you'd tittle tattle
Too often you told me fiddle-faddle
Now you're beginning to unravel
Can't even handle
Your own battle
And are being used an example
For what happens when you pull a scandal
You told me claptrap
It's time I...
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Categories:
whacked, dark, perspective, poetry, rap, remember, word play,
Form:
Rhyme
The Final Word - With Apologies To Edgar Allan PoeThe man wore motley, so I whacked him...
Hello, my charming neighbor;
How you grace me with your wit.
You’ve really got the spirit
And I like your costume’s fit.
What’s that? No, I’ve had plenty.
What I...
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Categories:
whacked, allegory, gothic, literature,
Form:
Lyric
Junior MafiaLife these days is hard for any man
But not uncle Vinny, you see he’s in this gang,
He’s living a real good life
Got more money than the President and his wife,
With his fancy suits and his...
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Categories:
whacked, america, city, corruption, culture, family, mentor, murder,
Form:
Rhyme
Under the Same Moon -3-Way-Collaboration-~Under the Same Moon~
P.D.
Our days are different, living under the same moon
Down here in TEXAS, life carries a different tune
This world spins on its lovely axis
Listening to our Tex-Mex of our English lexis
We share a...
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Categories:
whacked, friendship, lifeworld, life, love,
Form:
Couplet
Roast of An Unnamed PoetHe's packin' magic Viagra
Muse infused grooves set the mood
grab ya' and stab ya'
we're opposites
still we speak the same language
teach and preach truth
every time I stop to see what he's droppin'
my dang...
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Categories:
whacked, allegory, history, rap, slam, word play, words,
Form:
Ode
Daylight Savings Time March 8th 2020Daylight Savings Time – March 8th, 2020
Two o'clock anno Domini nostri Jesu Christi
hour hand clock sprung forward sixty minutes
round about same of month every year, what a bum
er, an inconvenient truth...
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Categories:
whacked, 11th grade, 12th grade, america, father, health,
Form:
Free verse
Remembering Mrs SullyRemembering Mrs. Sully always makes my face break out into smiling mode.
Her face was as craggy as a grave, there was an aluminum tooth on the left.
When she smiled, it gleamed with pure happiness, making...
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Categories:
whacked, character, hilarious,
Form:
Free verse
Our Grandmother's BlessingsSo many trials seem to be filled up with so much fear
So many ask, “Oh Dear Lord, what am I doing here”?
So many questions that I have come to know
If we just plant a seed,...
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Categories:
whacked, dedication, devotion, faith, family, hope, husband, inspirational,
Form:
Couplet