Long Zither Poems

Broken World



When the lies were injected 
into the veins of innocence
blue feathered quills 
dipped their nibs 
into the ink of golden stories
stalked by trolls 
dragging their fountain tips of liquorice

like shining razor blades
blunt remarks stinging...

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index finger of left hand
     (likened to Michelangelo
meticulously chiseling away
     at marble block), this poe
whit attempts to coax (zealously
     tap into his latent...

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An ode must be written to the player of strings
Thanking them for the joy their playing brings
Reminiscent to a puppet master they strike the strings
Like a ventriloquist with seemingly voicelessness the object sings.

Sometimes seated or...

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"La Marque Ultime"
In reference to future
we have collaberated to bring forth a Union of
companies who in the interest of pro Wrestling
and Great Entertainment, have United to create
        ...

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// This is my tribute to the many blessings that music brings to our
lives. I know many of you share this enthusiasm and gratitude. //

Appreciating an amazing artform: allegro, andante, or adagio -
Bach, Beethoven, Brahms:...

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VIGNETTE FORM an example

In the base motor pool
See an off-limits card school-
A scheming Bilko takes the pot
Hoodwinking top brass was his game,
Fast talking his claim to fame.

Vignette=a 5 line light verse that tells a short...

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In the base motor pool
See an off-limits card school-
A scheming Bilko takes the pot
Hoodwinking top brass was his game,
Fast talking his claim to fame.



VIGNETTE-ALL OF A ZITHER

Across Vienna's old town
In a sewer underground,
They tracked down..Harry...

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A is for Accordion, squeezing air with bellows
B is for Banjo, five strings plucked by bluegrass fellows

C is for Clavichord, keyboard with a metal sound
D is for the Drums which percussionists will pro-pound

E is for...

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when correct spelling eludes you write a different word
stay true to the anarchy poetry form make it up as you go
a haiku is just a Japanese limerick and a tad bit shorter
conceived on delicate sake...

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Thy eyes,I remember,that met of mine,

Frozen seconds,minutes and so hours fine,

Fiendish to crawl;I must’ve thought,

Alike dead plant,with stuffed mud in pot,

Despite torpid,I tried,simper you,

Was next,assuring illusion,its arriving you.

If arrived my zone,you,hurled sweet zephyr,

Felt by my...

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Crystal eyes gleam
at the prospect of
scintillating sapphire blush
gliding films of
wonder dilate bliss
driven lilac haze
spasmodic orbital earth
spinning obtuse lumen
tangents of night mist
droplets whilst baton
passing relay to a
fledgling bronze dawn
casting nirvana plume
upon dream realm
bloom  ecstatic as
it...

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Accordion, keyboard for the Highland Fling
Bell, an idiophone in percussion sing

Clarinet, of woodwind joys
Drums, so loud for the noisiest of boys

Ektara, from India the one stringed piece
Fiddle, of old in toe tapping increase

Guitar, my favourite...

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Come to me by moonlight on All Hallow's Eve
rise up from the grave and let your spirit raise
coat me with frost breath, sing to me your boos
I am hungry for the past days of scariness...

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and the Lord delivered the King of Judah
into the hands of King Nebuchadnezzar.

the choice gems of the Judean royal family —
chosen to serve in the Babylonian palace.

veggies, please…no meat, no wine
from the King’s table...no defilement.

God...

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Pale, pink and alabaster now blanket the earth,
a covering of delicate velvet snow,
scattered under a labyrinth of darkened limbs,
visible by lantern lights and lunar glow.

With twilight eyes, watching them fall and sway,
the crisp flow of...

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You can start at zero, work your way up to a zillion,
Counting all the reasons Z’s the best that you can get.
Some say it is zilch although I think it’s the zenith
Even though it’s always...

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his miscreant philosophy was easily seen that day
he held his wormwood tea in an irritating way
diffident cousins were totally intimidated by Jim
his duende charm sort of knocked them on their chin

I held great grandma’s zither...

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Beyond those hills lie the mysteries
of a small community hidden from time.
Little has changed in the past fifty years,
if one does not consider the paved road
or the telephone lines, some of the few
remaining party lines...

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April's roses scent inebriates every sense
below the Gothic cathedral
cardinals doze
draping their wings over
evergreen plants
foreshadowing a cool sunset
griffins guard the bell-tower
hampering the intruders
inflicting fear on the jackals
jaundiced they hide into a jalopy
kapok is soft as cotton
ladybugs...

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There are no clouds in the night sky.
The flute harmonizes with the zither only for a string to break.
A red bean bun and wine.
Slowly munching on the red bean bun, memories are revisited.
In a dazed...

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Never Downriver

My mind is in a “shiver”.
Thoughts are going here and thither.
My soul now starts to wither.
I can feel the serpent slither.
But I shall never dither
When it comes to my soul’s wither
I will shout, “Dear...

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Chin cupped
     on the ancient bone
           of his elbow
he spread five fingers to the world:
and like a cat on zither strings
the...

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Hark the zither sounds like a melody,
           reminding me of spring,
      of birds singing in revelry,
    ...

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STREAM  OF  MUSIC

Tuning up and sounding a bit cacophonous
Like an orchestra as I enter the hall  -
Until I identify each instrument, and all 
Begins to seem just right  -  ...

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it started twenty-six years ago
in a twisted, cramped recast
bathroom

the sun's rays would perforate 
from the right hand side
window

at first there were no 
implements, neither a
zither

it was just shake a leg
shimmering by the bed
stuff

and not knowing...

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