Muss Poems

From Chaos to Order

...At first Chaos became from void borne,
And it stirred the primordial mass,
Before Earth or the Sea or the Sky,
Had a reason to moan or comply,
Then did emerge Ananke above,
Who did give a primor...

Beasts of Burden and Honkytonk Women

...Angie and Ruby, the Honky Tonk Women,
wanted to paint the honkytonk.  Their heads started swimmin'
when I says, "Ruby, Tuesday's a good day to paint.
It should be sunny, but e...

Issa Dissa Groova Gam?

...
Style Blending By
Meatus and The Lady
Dizzy Giggy Gotta
Leading Lady
Wriiten by
Gents and His Lady
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More than a dayplayer
you're something special
really some...

Water-Borne

...
Seen as a collection of spare parts
swimming in close formation
neither fish nor fowl
from a southern hemisphere nation
sewn together as if torn asunder
the amphibian antipodean
from ...

Issue, Iridescence

...Issue, O Iridescence!
Luminesce on the sly.
Pore over, phosphorescence?
Oh yes, and here is why!

Students of the nebula!
Empire has its cost!
Best to keep it regular?
That or deal of Faust!
...

Overrun by stuffed subdued teddy bears

...Overrun by stuffed subdued teddy bears...

of diverse and sundry sizes engaged 
in woebegone wild rumpus
as a last hoorah 
for diversity, equity and inclusion,
whose somber bowed heads
(hide t...

Filched formerly anatomical slender man me! Thus I take a pot belly stance!

...Filched formerly anatomical slender man - me! Thus I take a pot belly stance!

Absolute zero escape
velocity gutted dance
sing days (contra and square),
cuz metabolic full abundance
abdominal a...

Gunter Grass 'What Must Be Said' translation

...“Was gesagt werden muss” (“What must be said”)
by Gunter Grass
translation by Michael R. Burch

Why have I remained silent, so long,
failing to mention something openly practiced
in war games w...

The Journey to the Golden Temple on the Hill

...Luke started his journey at the Red River Gum tree,
Near  the Waratah garden and the old sandstone path.
He crossed the Bay River, on a bridge that was shaky,
And began the climb up the Hill near ...

Nachdenke bevor du redst!

...Denn wenn ich entscheid ne nachricht zu schreib,
hat es eine absicht für meinen abtuptem sein,
,,Wie solln die das denn jetzt wissn?"
Gute frage du sagst, denkste ich habs nicht selber mal gefragt...

Ich mich erinnern

...Da war etwas welches ich geschrieben wollen würde,
es war aber nicht mehr ganz in mein Gehirne,
Lass mich nochmal nachdenken,
Über das Gedankgeschenke'
Müsse es gewesen sein?
Ich schaue auf den ...

Oh Mondseer: the muck cob brie muenster saga

...Oh Mondseer: the muck cob brie muenster saga..., 

crafted when Wallace and Gromit 
returned from their trip to the moon, 
which I can prov-olone huck curd 
(within Trump con feta ration) – 
as...

Portable Pizza

...The pizza trucks were parked outside
With bakers rolling dough 
And spreading it to fit the pans,
The toppings set to go.

The crusts were thin and crispy;
The veggies, sauce and cheese
Were b...

Temporal incarnation of Aphrodite

...Temporal incarnation of Aphrodite...

induces idyllic reverie
delight evoking similar surge,
when skirting, and eluding 
fidelity defining the marital law
on par with courting in flagrante deli...

The Wind Carries On

...The wind carries on, seeking a peaceful place, to muss hair and raise Cain.
With no friends to meet, it invites the flowers, to scent the summer breeze.
The birds draft its thermals, to far-away pl...

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