Notorious Ned, a fluffy Santa bird was in a mood
not jovial or joyful, more depressed, dour and crude
He had gotten up on the wrong side of the nest
his science teacher gave him a surprise test
his day was going downhill, he wanted a nap
he had a solo at school and not a single bird clapped
but they can’t clap, they have feathers, his mother said
He was irritated with her too, in a bad mood this Ned.
What went wrong?
Why the fury
And tempestuous storm
The destruction
And watery death
A watery calamitous agent
What was it for?
Born and Unborn babies
Great Generals
With potential destinies
Flooded out hurriedly
Technological advancement
Could not apprehend your design
Typhoon Ben
You Succeeded
Men were carried
Like leaves on water
Houses were swept
Like pebbles on a floor
Your watery muscles
Wreaked Pains
Involved groans
On the populace
In a split second
I thought I saw you grin
Why the grin
You need recognition
A notorious one
Like a wave
You came
And returned
Typhoon Ben
What went wrong?
Why the fury
And tempestuous storm
The destruction
And watery death
Typhoon Ben
.
i meant lisp
yeah i did
Anywho
whilst mine click
click
click'd
hiz trophiez
for the
script
'pon what my
once spoke in
gest ("laid mine head")
in hiz longhorn'd
haunt
hern purty
near bare
straddled locked
yup
mine
i meant
the marshmallow fluff
again
There once was a man who wrote poetry,
but his words caused bad notoriety.
Poems full of bad grammar,
Souper's thought he's a spammer!
But he was struggling with sobriety!
Bean bags are jumping on her head they said
I wondered what was going on, for it was Ned.
He is notoriously for saying things untrue.
He can make Granddaddy’s face turn red and blue
Whose head? I asked. Your head was the reply.
Now I knew it was nothing but a buzzard’s lie.
There is nothing jumping on my skull today.
So saying, I turned and flounced away.
zebra rider was prancing around the town
when an ebony cobra appeared on solid ground
he hissed and slithered high up, but she gave a kick
and he tumbled head over tail into the verdent bushes thick
do not worry zebra rider said to her striped steed
he had better not show his face outside of that weed
the intimidated cobra slithered far away and out of sight
notrious zebra rider had won again another night
Where did you get a stuffed albino squirrel?
I say this after giving it a tug and a whirl.
After oohing and ahhing over it, we all yell
And I mean down deep from the bowls of hell…
“Jambers!” loud and proud simultaneously.
We have all been there since our mothers’ knee.
Jambers is the most notorious flea shop in New York.
We spend money there fast enough to stuff porky pork.
Once I found a full-grown suit of armor I had to have.
I rented a truck and brought it to my house along with a calve.
The calve would have been a calf, but it had lost a leg.
I also brought home Blackbeard with a leg that was a peg.
If it is not to be found at Jambers, it is not to be had.
I learned this from my mother, father, and great granddad.
Jambers is the ultimate junk store, known by designers and the king.
If you cannot find anything at Jambers, you do not need anything.
Panther paces the ground
he is then most alluring jet of black
Very beautiful he ravages his
Prey he lurks
When he looks that way
Panther is notoriously elegant
When he paces like that
A monkey once sat
On a gentleman’s lap
And its antics were truly uproarious
The chain at its wrist
Jangled back to the fist
Of the fabulous Lady Notorious
“Excuse me, dear sir,”
She sweetly demurred,
“I see that my pet’s been inglorious.
I trust this mishap
Won’t land me in the lap
Of a quandary so unmeritorious.”
“No matter, my dear
You have nothing to fear
For you needn’t think I’m so vainglorious
As to actually regret
The occasional pet … on the lap
by the Lady Notorious.”
is notorious
for being notorious
to Trump glorious
My against Trumpsters haiku.
Mack had the cat-titude of one who was notoriously aloof
Luckily most cats did not see his hidden diabolical uncaring self.
His kill room was full of felines who had thought he was clever
He was, of course, just not in the ways they had hoped
He was hunting tonight; looking for an unsure female
He liked them young, inexperienced, and trusting
He focused on a potential tabby with pretty green eyes
Had to hide his anger when she wandered off with another Tom.
A wise looking older cat smirked; he could tell she wanted him.
She was savvy, seasoned, probably a grand-mom of many litters.
He gave her his Mack grin, and she got sassy.
She might somehow best him. She looked tough.
He liked them young, scared and terrified, so he kept hunting.
His kill room was waiting, and he wanted to bring the right victim home.
S-ilent
A-ilment's
N-oxious
D-irt
R-abidly
A-pplies
M-orbidity
O-f
N-otorious
T-hreat
A-nd
N-asty
O-utbreak
Topic: Birthday of Sandra S. Montano (June 20)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
S-tart
T-o
A-bate
N-otorious
L-ink
E-rasing
Y-ucky
R-isk
A-s
L-ethal
P-andemic's
H-orrible
B-acteria
E-mploys
T-he
U-nknown
I-nfection's
N-astiness
Topic: Birthday of Stanley Ralph A. Betuin (June 11)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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 cost far too much
when supported by taxes where all pay debts owed.)
Wealth buys doctors' deferments when war gets announced
if dough's children might suffer (fake ailments vouchsafed
to excuse them from serving). Most hide wealth with glee
(for God loves that rich cheat!) No taxation is fair!
Just depraved think that wealth's butt's gang-raped by the rich?
Might a saint dream elites love to row their black boats?
Where does cripple complain Chris (1) 'discovered' his crutch?
Hmm! How likely is that? Who knows hole from commode?
Watch world slip off its rails as Christ's Love gets denounced,
brown kids stripped from their parents as mercy gets strafed,
our democracy burns, Trump lights farts from golf tee,
his card boasts he's ahead, but the game's truth or dare.
As each whore takes her bra off, pimps see who's the b*tch!
Long Tooth
October 23rd in 2020
Poet's Notes:
(1) Christopher Columbus
N-ew
O-utbreak's
R-abid
M-ystery
A-pplies
N-otorious
C-ontagion
O-f
R-isk
O-nce
N-efarious
A-ttack
C-arries
I-nfection
O-f
N-astiness
Topic: Birthday of Norman Coronacion (May 29)
Form: Vertical Monocrostic
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