Mercer Poems

STARDUST ON AUTUMN LEAVES

...STARDUST ON AUTUMN LEAVES

I kind of know the meaning of that song
That everyone by now has surely heard
But I’d say, for those who missed it all
The tune and lyric resonate so well
But wait, t...
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Categories: mercer, autumn, stars,
Form: Free verse

Rou Jia Mo

...A lunar cave sheilded them
from the horrors of radation
there the Moondogs
honed there skills and became
revered by the challenges of nature.
Martain Microbes and
Titan Sulfurnites
the Crystal...
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Categories: mercer, adventure, business, creation, devotion,
Form: Ballad


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..."Atta Boy" Freeze Trended Ville
"Minced Meat" Pippen Musky
" The Kruel" Caul Musky
"The Team Playa" Kemp Caulspokin
"Big City" Carnival Emerson
With their manager
"Super Slurp" Sam Gaulpaccii
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Categories: mercer, extended metaphor, film, hip
Form: Bio

Your Boom Lineup the Bass

...Assocated Writers of Wrestling:,
Boxing and Wrestlers Guild INC.
All Pro Grapplers Union
South Beach International Stars
United to bring a night
of Wrestling
and the glitz of Ceromony.
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Categories: mercer, music,
Form: Ballade

Premium MemberDarkness Falls

...edgar allen poe: he died on my birthday, but before i was born and before the beginning of the civil war. he might have enjoyed the pale horse of that day, as he endured the hellish bells, bells,...
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Categories: mercer, dark, poets,
Form: Tazkira


Premium MemberLangston Hughes

...Iconic, late African-American poet, Langston Hughes. 
     Dropped "John Mercer" from name; paid his dues...

 As one of the leading voices in the Harlem Renaissance.
Poem, "Dream Deferred," deem...
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Categories: mercer, art, celebrity, people, poetry,
Form: Clerihew

Premium MemberGolden Oldies

...The mellow sounds
of Lawrence Welk
are gone,
Guy Lombardo, too.
I remember when
Johnny Mercer
wrote the hits
and Dinah Shore
sang them true.
Do these names 
mean nothing
to you…perhaps
Th...
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Categories: mercer, irony, memory, music,
Form: Free verse

The Good Deed

...The Good Deed:
This is ANDERSON WALKINGSHOES.... 
Chorus:
Act of kidness, 
Beautiful experience so touching... 
We all can't believe, 
'cause it's so unique. 
OH..Ooh... 
Wooo...wooo...wooo
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Categories: mercer, appreciation, caregiving, heart,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Premium MemberAin'T Throwin Myself Off No Bridges

...Aint Throwin my'self off no bridges
God made the Ocean for the fish

And at the risk of soundin' religious
Suicide wont be gettin' his wish

Sister Mercer, sister Bailey,
Sing me through this
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Categories: mercer, anxiety, depression, endurance, extended
Form: Rhyme

The Heart Walls of the D R Canal

...Every form of life has it's walls, nothing, no one stands alone
 some are trees, brush, branch, twig and wood and bark
 some are mortar and stone, mere workers flesh and bone
 others lay in memori...
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Categories: mercer, america,
Form: Quatrain

The Pocket Bus

...The pocket is in the pocket
The pocket is in the purse
The purse is in the bag
And the bag is in the purse
One dollar for a dime
And one dime for a coin
The coin is in the lie
And the lie is i...
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Categories: mercer, character, cheer up, endurance,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberMercer

...Mercer 
Is the  
Worst 
For her...
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Categories: mercer, absence, america, angst, anxiety,
Form: Free verse

The Paperboy

...I come and I go.
	No one sees me
		but the wind.
I come and I go.
	No one hears me
		but the wind.
I'm here and I'm there.
	No one knows where I am
		but the wind.
I'm there and I'm here.
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Categories: mercer, jobs, muse,
Form: Free verse

Lord Have Mercy

...Lord Have Mercy (@ Mercer & Broome)

I feel richer already
Says my lungs to my brain
The tactile orgasms and inquisitive Asians
Both ample yet directionally challenged
Growing with each thrust ...
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Categories: mercer, appreciation, autumn, feelings, imagery,
Form: Free verse

Johnny Mercer

...I wonder if Johnny Mercer
Was a prolific rehearser
He'd hit the spot
In his songs  - a lot
But when drunk he was a curser...
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Categories: mercer, tribute,
Form: Limerick

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