Watching & waiting while in hiding
and faking
Views for the taking but unaware
what is waiting
Freezing & shaking but is it fear or
its weather?
Snapshots for the taking posing for
them cuz it's clever
Good best & better to shy away
from the faking
Shade is made by the sun but it's
above what it's making
Shaking what has been rooted
leaving behind hollow winds
Seeds will grow from your efforts
toward the sky lose or win
Unoriginal in sin as we have seen
this before
Jumping the broom of timelines
looking for knobs on the door
Turning in bed with a snore as if
you've slept through the test
Sleepy & lost in a dream snoozing
on good better best
Picture a snap at its best frozen
in moments of time
Painting a picture in jest with a
stoic face like a mime
Mimicking raps like a mime with
painted face like a canvas
The dry humor so wet that only
fish understand it
Above thee underhanded so keep
the slightest of hand
Close to the vest like a secret
ducking birds on their Stan
Peacock with a colorful stance
with truth outshining the lies
Your essence shines like the sun
& this is what is despised
Categories:
paparazzi, meaningful, perspective, philosophy, poetry,
Form: Rhyme
Stardom caused me scars;
I'm happy with what I have;
No paparazzi.
Categories:
paparazzi, celebration, celebrity, freedom, humanity,
Form: Senryu
When ever I venture out my back door, there's way more ducks then the time before. I'm beginning to feel like a celebrity with my new webbed family. These quacking friends, my paparatzzi are always patiently waiting for me.
Categories:
paparazzi, 1st grade,
Form: Light Verse
worries far above
the coneflower canopy —
cameras whizz by
with two-legged mammals
searching for faerie wings
11/14/2019
Categories:
paparazzi, fairy,
Form: Tanka
Who's always taking pictures
Who's always on the scene
Snaps the Stars at their worst
Bikini thunder thighs with cottage cheese
He catches Stars out jogging
When they are a sweaty slimy mess
That is when this Paparazzi
Is at his photogenic best
He finds them out to dinner
Makes sure their forks are full
So he can catch them stuffing face
Halle Berry...you've just been schooled
The Stars have no idea how much
It is that they need him
To keep their names in the press
And their butts down at the gym
He loves the feeling that he gets
Adrenalin rush that keeps him high
Never is a job complete
Till he can make a Big Star cry
There's not a project that he won't take on
The one in which he is most proud
The pic of the President having lunch with the aliens
That photo shop was his brain child
So give it up for the Paparazzi
Who entertains in the grocery isle every day
Giving us all the latest scoop
On who is and isn't gay
Yes, without the Paparazzi
We would never be in the know
And now knowing all that Hollywood does
We can be thankful for a life that's dull!
Categories:
paparazzi, funny, humor,
Form: Rhyme
In brokered spaces hangs a clammy chill
That gawkers with heightened senses distill
With stealth, guile, avarice and pawned skill
Around unsuspecting celebs their viruses congeal
Intimate and carefree moments quarantined in a still
Tendered seconds stolen by each, maverick shill
Plundered with a ravenous, rapacious thrill
Each grainy visage paying the stalker's, truant bill
Malleable fodder placed in the public's, greedy til
Enhanced images on glossy folios to spill
Their frothing rumor mill with innuendo to swill
The public's license with more greed to instill
Anesthetizing emotive strains with wanton zeal
Categories:
paparazzi, angst,
Form: Rhyme
< paparazzi candid shots
privacy act ruined ?
big nuisance ?
Categories:
paparazzi, adventure, business, education, family,
Form: Verse
Now that I’ve got my fish lens
I take pictures of my fish friends
I dive down deep among the fishes
Hoping I won’t be their dishes
And always with utmost discretion
I get up close for their expression
And if I get up real near
I might win “Photo of the Year”
But even if I don’t win prizes
I like fish – all shapes and sizes
I really like them hotsy-totsy
For I’m a fish freak paparazzi
Carolyn Devonshire’s contest – Attack! - Honorable Mention finish
Written 5/24/11
Categories:
paparazzi, adventure, art, sportsfish,
Form: Rhyme
I'm part of the paparazzi
A voyeurist on someone else's voyage
My soul is stuffed in a box
I come out like Jack, but
Tethered to the neck, and
I seek eternal sunshine
An even white, an ocean of love
To drown and melt this Witch of the West
Bewitch me free, mountains and wind
Unravel me free to your tops and valleys
Until I'm only a part of a moment
Out up there in an orange sunset
Categories:
paparazzi, me,
Form: I do not know?
Papa-rot-sea
Downtown at the Uptown/
the class clown/
runnin’ on fumes of toxic clutter/
muttered /
shuttered /
buttered the breath\of/
her breathless/depthlessness\
deep down inside/
she’s shallow/
but a hard act to follow/
lots and lots\of/ wallow to swallow/
call me callow/
call me cad/
she called me the Cab Calloway\of/the Holloway Motel/
She was retro like that/
And\ I/ as always/was future/imperfect.
Click.
In reckless/ fecklessness/
\w/
imported impunity/
her whole damn community/
immuned\ from/immunity\
was up in arms/
and down on uppers/
was ground round/
and ready to tweak/
from that freaky sneak peek\@/ the speakeasy/beneath the peak of Pico/
to the shores of the Skeletal Keys/
in the rear of the Key Club/near Largo/
she’s a walking embargo/
Smile babe or vomit/
You wanna be a comet/
we need the cargo/
This ain’t trigonometry
Don’t just stand there/
Feed the economy.
Click. Click. Click.
Categories:
paparazzi, funny, socialme, me,
Form: I do not know?
People who are on a mission
Trying to build their reputation
By shooting photos of stars on vacation,
Or maybe at some exhibition.
On possessing these famous faces
They quickly run to several marketplaces
Hoping to rake in millions of transitioned president faces
Then they lay back feeling like photography aces.
Categories:
paparazzi, adventure,
Form: I do not know?