Shattered dreams of New Canaan
...Shattered dreams of New Canaan
no longer land of the free home of the brave,
original rightful occupants hoodwinked, petrified,
where diseases xeroxed
ambushed, crushed, extinguished,
squashed...
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Categories:
nabobs, allegory, america, analogy, animal,
Form: Free verse
Lemme regale you with splendid and fabulous exuberance
...Lemme regale you with splendid and fabulous exuberance
Despite being an amateur
paperback writer wannabe,
whose storied protagonist
stars colporteur wannabe
(thinly veiled cover as yours truly...
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Categories:
nabobs, adventure, age, america, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
I aim to live in the here ahem hair and now
...I aim to live in the here (ahem hair) and now...
despite entrenched familiar
obsessive compulsive disorder behavior
distracting me courtesy
countless what if scenarios,
particularly before und...
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Categories:
nabobs, 7th grade, absence, abuse,
Form: Free verse
On Winning
...
It begins with a belief.
Despite all odds, that it's a fait accompli.
The nabobs of negativity
Hang like ominous bats from a ceiling.
They screech...
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Categories:
nabobs, humor, success,
Form: Couplet
Notorious Nattering Nabobs of Negativism
...Notorious Nattering Nabobs of Negativism
(And Other Hopeless, Hysterical Hypochondriacs of History)
They pretend to love freedom but hate non-white votes
and poor's access to health care (both c...
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Categories:
nabobs, humor, political,
Form: Rhyme
Doctors Particularly Biomedical Engineers
...Doctors (particularly biomedical engineers)...
really trolley train hard to keep track of patients
Eye tell ya we (spuds)
pulled up stakes after four yar
and zero scores ago living in Bryn Mawr...
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Categories:
nabobs, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
A Joyous Life:Your Choice
...A Joyous Life: Your Choice
We can focus on glory and beauty or...
we can focus on occurrences really so sad.
It's we after all,who chooses that the world
has gone mad!
We walk about wit...
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Categories:
nabobs, emotions, how i feel,
Form: Rhyme
My Peanut Butter Fairy
...O, she is merry
My peanut butter fairy
Spread smooth as whipped butter
or lumpy as chunky nutter
She blends with jelly or jam
with bananas and lettuce too; I am
only puzzled that others...
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Categories:
nabobs, fairy, food, wine,
Form: Rhyme
Obsessive Constraints Part Two
...asper the invisible nemesis – i.e. electrical
impulses faux nattering nabobs of mien nativity
whereat unseen thriving sensational riffraff
quenched powerhouse ousting nestled milk
maids, or ra...
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Categories:
nabobs, absence, age, creation, depression,
Form: Bio
The Chameleons
...THE CHAMELEONS
by
JOHN M. ARRIBAS
Give credit to the chameleons, they blend right in
A simple maneuver, changes the color of their skin
No matter the surroundings, one thing is clear
You m...
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Categories:
nabobs, abuse, analogy, anger, angst,
Form: Rhyme
Obsessive Constraints - Part Iii
...Sabotaging orbitofrontal communication incorporating connection between anterior cingulate gyrus cortex heightening activity bridging (via atom sized pontoon bridges) greater activity upon basal gang...
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Categories:
nabobs, addiction, age, anger, angst,
Form: Bio
Nattering Nabobs of Negativism
...(Spiro T. Agnew Looks In A Mirror)
Tea party’s lasting epitaph
The “walking dead” today
Reactionary to the core,
At home, at work, at play,
All Muslims truly terrorists
Might strike next i...
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Categories:
nabobs, life,
Form: Rhyme
Essay: a Better Kind of Poetry Contest On Poemhunter
...CHALLENGE TITLE POETRY CONTEST FOR AUGUST ON POEMHUNTER.COM!
'WHY DO TURTLES CROSS THE ROAD? '
OK FOLKS! Please choose your favorite poem from those entered here and remember too to give you...
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Categories:
nabobs, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Clean At Hands
...Clean at hands….
We are light and airy utter.
We are poor also despair. We are differed much to rich in living ways. Poor are weak and bared with hands.
We are pan to hands. We will eat by mouths in ...
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Categories:
nabobs, corruption,
Form: ABC
Cheer and Root Hong Kong Donald Jung
...Cheer and root is DONALD JUHG.
Act a way in open also other evil schemes in secret.
Overt does or convert acts are china tyrants ’contacts.
Hong Kong china commie teacher pets might beg for china ty...
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Categories:
nabobs, dark, men, evil, life,
Form: ABC
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