Off Color Poems

Living v living

...Living v living 
By Dominique Smith 

Mirror images are flooded with joy compassion is overlooked and the heart that beated for it echoes across the pond. Neglected and overwhelmed both extremely ...

From a Passionate Swain a Straightforward Declaration of Love Is Made

...I love women who gracefully dance
And sweetly sing; and women who 
Avidly read and who brilliantly think;
I love women who love to love—

And who despise to hate—and who 
Receive and give of th...

Yearn

...in faces lined like glaciers
sometimes there's loneliness 
that cuts a tow line to safety
air of flux and hostility
over dazed eyes
turbulent modernity

sometimes we yearn for elegance
like a...

An Unfolded Whisper

...~

A lilac endeavor
of promised importance
came strolling along
on a path in the sun
Its fragrance unfurling
this side of September
when springtime was singing
for winter was don...

Out On a Limb

...Ok I am going to trot this one out once again
not knowing if it will be better received than
When it flopped in Peoria.

I love to hear people laugh.I love to have a part in making people laugh.S...

Off-Color Etymology

...A word that surely had to go
       Folks pronounced it 'Knee-grow'

     Just as with 'shi-tte'
       ~ It took a big hitt-e



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Note: 'sbitte' is Chauceri...

Why They Cancel, Part Ii

......But worst is the true believers,
the ones who buy into this crap,
who spend their days lurking online,
just seeking a place to attack.
Not working, being productive,
and not thinking with any...

Training Day 0--

...All is still and quiet on the drill pad.
Even night still sleeps at zero dark-thirty.
Celestial bodies lend their light, but sparingly.
Though their contribution will hardly be noticed once
she b...

Special Day To View

...The sun shined through the window
An unexpected gift today
Coming through overcast skies
Light shining, as it wants to play

Casting dancing shadows in the breeze
Warming the cool morning air
...

Who Is the Ugliest At the Ugly Bug Ball

...Who is the ugliest at the ugly bug ball?
Is it the hideous gnat or giraffe so tall?
Could it be that spitting camel with the ugly hump?
Or the orangutan with the butt that makes us jump?

Mayhap...

Sometimes I Blunder

...Throughout our lives we sometimes blunder
We assume our writings are received with humor
A failure to understand
The reaction is unplanned
The recipient recoils at the humor off-color<>

Humor

...Humor makes everything seem sunny
Though some things can leave our eyes runny
Gonna lighten things up
Tell some off-color smut
Sure gets one's attention especially if smutty...

Just Another Day

...~

I gaze at the sunrise,
it’s apricot view
While spending my morning
just thinking of you

It’s glow on the heavens
a magical scene
Of lemonade wishes
and cantaloupe sheen

T...

Never Too Old

...Never too old to have some fun
Peddling slowly with shaded eyes 
Dressed to be fit in off-color Levi's 
A noon-time bicycle ride out in the sun  
Loving each other, loving life 
So long they've ...

Dirty Honey

...Lost and hungry, the sign said " fresh fruit and honey",
to buy a jar out of charity and test the fates
country stores never throw anything away-

I picked up a dusty jar and held it to the light...

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