Newmann Poems

MOON ON A SPOON

...(Sponsor : Kai Michael Newmann)

MOON ON A SPOON 

If I could I would 
fetch you the moon 
on a spoon

Oh ? Really ! 
you ballyhoo coon
you make me swoon

If I could I would 
fetch you t...

Russia Attacks Ukraine - Revised

...It does not fit in these now modern times-
the news that's dominating our TVs.
With some gains made in world diplomacy-
these scenes of war are too hard to believe.

The Afghan war went on some ...

The Last Flight Has Left

... 
the Taliban were just waiting
for the US troops to leave Afghanistan
after 20 years of war
they took only days, weeks to take control
the people live in fear
when they leave home ...

If you follow my poem's flight

...If you follow my poem's flight, 
Pray, hold it under no searchlight, 
Worse, under prying microscope, 
Give discreet ears and a long rope. 
Let not your mind's nigh curious mouse 
Set loose to p...

Weary and Tired

... Cold the winter night as snow fell,
it drifted-  collected on streets;
where a meandering lost girl struggled to walk,
weary and tired; 
she ran away when it was warm,
when she had ...

Murder In the Tunnel

...She walks ruggedly
in an abandoned long tunnel;
Her feet ~ as heavy as the stale steel rails
almost buried in forgotten soil;
Her hands as cold as tombstone's plate
as she grips her pen
and beg...

Words Are Weapons

...
in my life-
some    have tried to murder my spirit-
to assassinate my soul
with their single-mindfulness

nincompoops    mean and nasty

torture   brutal massacres relentless
running ho...

The ''Impossiball''

...
Rubiks Cube, a 3D puzzle, a toy, invented in 1974
became a worldwide craze 
called by many names over time
Magic Cube
   Speed Cube
      Puzzle Cube
        Sliding Cube
those six sided...

If the Rubik's Cube Were Round-

...If the Rubik's cube were round;
As a ball, as a globe- round;
Could I drop and roll it around town;

If the Rubik's cube were round;
Like this world it spinning around and around;
If this Rubik...

My Words Spiral

... 
I lay my sad words on paper white,
and weave my grief and tears;
but my chosen words will not rest quietly,
they spiral, curling, whirling-

My words thread their winding way,
al...

Cornucopia

...C orn, golden gains dried ready to pop

O kra green pods from the garden plot

R aisins dried from fall's grape crop

N ew fresh brown turkey figs

U tterly baskets filled with apples tar...

The Sinkhole

...With this psychosis, faces wear dark, angry stares,
   and all at once, chills travel up and down my spine.
      Transfixed, immobile, their stark leverage declares-
from fr...

Julian Assange

...Australian journalist with big dreams
Advocating freedom and transparency
Becoming founder of WikiLeaks
Attracting international attention
By publishing secret documents
Uncovering human rights ...

Devour a Good Book

...Once a bookworm from Timbuktu 
Devoured every book he went through
He was quiet scary
Ate every book in the library
First editions, hardcovers and paperbacks too

The Bookworm Poetry Contest
S...

Contamination: of My Mind

...Corrupt words shake the ocean of my sleep-
   Since childhood words have infected my mind,
and the endless winds of time roll and creep;
   I carry scars-  my spirit and soul twined,
      my min...

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