Monkey Poems

Furious George
was a monkey, so bad
He beat up his trainer
which made him feel glad

You can find him often
pitching a fit
But don't get too close
while he's throwing his ....

Then came the day
when a publisher called
to further a deal
hitherto stalled

But in the...Read More

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I collected the kinetic swirls
of differing shades
in the dizzying reflections
of how you made me feel

Whirling affects
blurred in calliope sonnets
and brass ring reachings
while riding a paisley tiger

My pockets filled
with these mesmerizing emotions
sculpted of Ferris Wheel desires
and carousel dreams of you

Until suddenly...Read More

Dump Trump – a lump n prowl lot terror re: hot

The tattered glory of America, now heats up
with agitation poised to strike on brink
arty choked Jerusalem legislation incites humiliation,
which goads desecration fete accompli chink
in armor of Democratic rubric, constituting capitalistic
ethic,...Read More

 ( Looking at the poems of the day or year or whatever it was- saw a poem . . . A poem? Actually called a recipe. Inspiration! --- Trans°mutilate a recipe into fungal posery. The PoserSoup diablos will probably...Read More

waking in
a sweat
only a
few

hours have
passed it
didn't
last

as long as
it should
every
day

it's becoming
shorter not
in an

equinox way
just the
thrill

time makes
the monkey
on my back

want more
for i fear

meeting
it waking

no 
not

dead
but the

death of
my poetry

and me the true
vegetarian

shakes of
shivering

going 

cold

turkey...Read More

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For you have my stalwart friend,
Stood by me no matter what!
No false cloak of religiosity have
you hidden behind.
Nor various forms of poetic pomposity!

But you? 
Alas you who I did trust.
Oh, to use...Read More

However we came into being,
Commenting on anything and everything,
I am sure was not factored in,
When it came time to give us a brain.

When it became obvious that our brains were about to implode,
Computers appeared on the scene,
And one would have...Read More

UNKNOWN STILLNESS 2


To know that control
Is but a sweeping touch of fear
From the monkey mind
That skims and flirts from
A thousand passing thought patterns
Masquerading as truth

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Leon Enriquez
01 October 2019
Singapore
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I am sorry. It’s just the way I was made.
I’m sorry. It is in my genes.
I’m sorry. It is my pattern.
I’m sorry. But I warned you.

Being with the “I’m sorry people” is a challenge.
They do not want to take responsibility,
And...Read More

Grasses wilt:
the braking locomotive
grinds to a halt
? Yamaguchi Seishi, translation by Michael R. Burch

Oh, fallen camellias,
if I were you,
I'd leap into the torrent!
? Takaha Shugyo, translation by Michael R. Burch

The first soft snow:
leaves of the awed jonquil
bow low
? Matsuo Basho,...Read More

Without hens we wouldn't have eggs every morn
Without eggs, this clever monkey would wish he wasn't born
Maybe a bit extreme
Even for this old bean 
Sometimes even this clever monkey can be forlorn




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Who gave monkey the banana
I hear them analysing again
Saying all they did and can do 
They keep on promising
Cos that always they can do better
Is not new to see them speaking
What we know 
It looks possible when they speak
But at...Read More

GIRAFFATACK
   In treetops high up
     Spot victims, raises up neck
       ~ Pow! Eats shoots, then leaves 


MONKEY SHINES
   Who is watching who?
    ...Read More

"ASSESMENT ON JUNE 6, 2019."


I called the starfish 
on her birthday 
but I was ignored. 
I texted her 
good morning and 
I got a reply: 
"STOP TEXTING MY
WIFE!" 
I texted her 
good morning and 
I was ignored. 
I texted her...Read More

Wicked mountain side
Screamed freedom echo 
Echo to the heavens above
Scent of nature glade my soul
My soul wondered 
Wondered the jungle 
Connected with the tiger 
Tiger lick my spirit 
Strength restored to conquer 
Monkey dive on my back
Shook and dodge obstacles...Read More

Of course you can climb a tree
Building a house on them is the most fun
You can hang a tire on them and swing like a Monkey
You can watch their leafs grow

You can also watch their leafs fall
Birds need trees to...Read More

Finally made it,
Thought I wouldn't make it,
Yet here I am just about on top of things,
Soon everybody and everything will be beneath,
I should make myself comfortable, loosen my tie,
Draped this monkey-suit over this large leathered chair,
Then I saw the mirror...Read More

Jabbering in his mind
Unclear thoughts, non-cohesive, renegade,
Running wildly with a 1957 Chevy truck, 
Honking with a gaggle of winter geese.
Fuzzy dendrite connections, 
Brain overload, grabbing out-of-control ideas,
Hoisting them into cyberspace with his unicorn monkey pals.
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The water pooled on the thirsty ground; as if the arid dirt took it's time soaking up every drop. It was only overspill from bathing my spoiled fern. Domesticated plants come first. They dwell in the warm, fertile, specially bought...Read More

Whippoorwill jumping jack
Putting daisies pretty
A lonesome road
A one-eyed toad
Painting butterfly city.

Monkey magic is tack.
Bright moonbeam sorely gone.
Upside down me.
Where is your fee?
Whippoorwill jumping fawn.
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I saw a child on a play yard swing
And my soul soared with fervent joy.
As precious memories came flooding back
To when I was just a boy.

When on a sweltering summer day
My shirt and shoes were often first to go.
Since nothing...Read More

Let freedom ring for every monkey in Tennessee prison
Let freedom ring for every monkey in Texas prison
Let freedom ring for every monkey in Mississippi prison
Let freedom ring for every monkey in  Alabama prison
One day !!
Black monkeys and white monkeys...Read More

Let’s face facts you’re a motherloving no one
couldn’t find a flow if you were looking at the ocean 
I’ll stand and deliver like I’m living in a river
Your thoughts are all flops 
like the tap drips drops

just a monkey in...Read More

It was divine intervention
that gave me life many times.
It was divine intervention
that held me close many nights.

I've let go of things that couldn't
be eand xplained no other way.
This ain't a sermon or a speech,
it's a salute to a brand new...Read More

Piecing together Harris/ Kuritsky tattered family tree
(Betsy Ross would beam at unflagging effort)

Ah, here all along yours truly
thought himself an abductee,
and/or zoologically
linkedin with chimpanzee,
hence imagine my disappointment
flipping laminated pages ye

ja undertook undoubtedly
painstaking effort,
plus wireless subcommittee
stitched together plain to see
helpful input...Read More