Abisnthe
...“Absinthe”
Ancient petite green fairy,
dispenser of dreams vivid
In bar corners; this artistic
Madam, beckons the unwary.
Dignity falls beneath each pour,
dispenser of solitude encapsulates
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Categories:
mont, drink,
Form: Free verse
Clerihew Cezanne
...Paul Cezanne wasa little obsessed
perhaps a consequence of stress
Painting Mont St Victoire agin&again
as a wy of releasing artistic pain...
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Categories:
mont, art, people,
Form: Clerihew
Best Poetry
...who writes finer poetry
Sophisticated Mont Blanc
or generic inspired pen ......
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Categories:
mont, allegory, allusion, analogy, extended
Form: Light Verse
Fun Net Ticks and Sill Lab Buff Hick Aye Shun
...curt hissy Matthew Scott Harris
who wishes ewe well
to make $cents of the following
mumbo jumbo lettered gumbo.
Hip puck crease see
(ad hoc) key hide dee claim
haint how my noggin
comports ...
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Categories:
mont, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Few Things On My Checklist
...Open the drawer you'll see a diary,
A wimpy kid full of anxiety,
Lean frame meek face all I got,
but I strolled blithely.
The first page got my expensive dreams covered,
A trip to the Alps in ...
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Categories:
mont, absence, appreciation, emotions, growth,
Form: Free verse
Light Keeper's Testament - the Gnostic Canon
...Premiered at Al's by the Sea,
Mont Clair, PA - 9/24/2021
THE BOOK OF GENESIS
THE BOOK OF EXODUS
THE BOOK OF NUMBERS
THE BOOK OF JUDGES
THE BOOK OF RUTH
THE BOOK OF KINGS
THE BOOK OF EZRA
T...
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Categories:
mont, allegory, bible,
Form: List
Clerihew Cezanne
...French artist Paul CezanneP
was quite s determined man
he painted again&again Mont Saint Victoire
almost abstracted but never his bete noir...
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Categories:
mont, art, tribute,
Form: Clerihew
November Days
...Slight chill to the mist laden air
A clinging to warmth, homebound lairs.
Bring down the trunks of warm woollies,
Lay out soft scarves, gay similes.
Sneakers come out, sandals go in,
November en...
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Categories:
mont, change, nostalgia, november, weather,
Form: Lay
The Shoe Box
...One size does not fit all and the shoe horn stuck out
Tim shooed away foot prints ghosts and memories
When the clock struck midnight at the end of the year
Not much had differed when the fir...
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Categories:
mont, war,
Form: Free verse
Remember Only This
...By the gloating rocks once its refuge,
The sun wallows in scarlet rages;
Glovers at the ticky-tacky cages,
Who feel naught of the coming deluge
From the lurching stream that knows no rest.
Eac...
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Categories:
mont, analogy, anger, faith, fantasy,
Form: Rhyme
Almost Sad In Geneva
...Lake Léman must float
the weight of the city –
Its grey stolid affluence
needs hydraulic help.
Our paddle steamer chuffs
beyond the tall fountain.
For a while, grand houses
bob beside us.
In ...
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Categories:
mont, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Mont Tremblant
...Under the starry night
it’s with breathtaking awe
we suddenly arrive
to the jawdropping site
of Mont Tremblant
What a panoramic view
up the mountainside
it’s all lit up
a winter wonderland
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Categories:
mont, magic, night, stars, surreal,
Form: Free verse
Ran Dry
...The ink has ran dry.
Ball points are scratching
beneath the surface-
leaving lack luster scars.
Insignificant attempts to
leave a mark on a surface
paved with copious complexity.
"What e...
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Categories:
mont, anxiety, art, depression, emotions,
Form: Free verse
While You Are Here
...Am I not exactly what you wanted to believe in.
You move through thoughts as smoke through the air invasive and sticky sticking to the conscious a millisecond per nanosecond hovering just there ju...
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Categories:
mont, analogy, solitude,
Form: Free verse
Erato
...Erato
Out of an ethereal mist her form –
round, soft edges shimmering, a milky
apparition, like the full moon on a foggy
July night. Myrtle and roses came first
in the aroma that took him ...
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Categories:
mont, inspiration, love, muse,
Form: Couplet
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