Pared Poems - Poems about Pared

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...We’re just being ourselves
We’re not presenting ourselves
on a plate, commodifying ourselves.

We’re refined and pared-back—plain
but with an intriguing complexity.

We’re simple and indestruc...

Gunsmoke

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Gunsmoke 
9/30/2024
Miracle Man

Dodge City had a handsome blacksmith called Quirt,
who was played by a Hollywood actor named Bert.
With cannons for arms,
pared with his charms, 
no...

Under the veil of twilight, in the whispering pines

...Under the veil of twilight, in the whispering pines,
Where the sweet rain drifts through the western air,
I find myself lost in the labyrinth of my own thoughts.
Hypocrite women, how seldom we exp...

Mother Grimm

...Mother loves her darling, infant girl. 
Mother must protect her from such a callous world. 
In a world full of heart break and pain we must count the cost. 
Plus each day is just another day lost....

Trumpeting and mythologizing deranged deplorable basket case as demigod

...Trumpeting and mythologizing deranged deplorable basket case as demigod

Any idea regarding who unnamed individual earned such lofty title? I offer a clue, that averred person unknown to many other...

Coal Dusted Secrets

...Little black books- blooming everywhere.
from shining sea islands, to Belair mansions
to white house lattice and cathedral bastions 

Little black books-Bloom-blooming-everywhere.
A few pawns ar...

harmonizing Corgi Quartet

...They were dynamic, their harmony was fine!
They had pared down to four, from the original nine.
The five who could not sing had pneumonia that day.
We applauded these Corgis in every which way.

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CLERIHEW pound

...Minimalistic Ezra Pound
also wrote poetry most profound
but in his 'Station Metro' verse
he pared&pared to make it terse...

Bells

...It was the bronzed bell of a tinseled Ocean ship.
Until destiny was scuttled by a fiery water witch.  
In time, it became the haunting clang upon a reef.
A macabre Nic Nac for cliques that ruled t...

Public Child Protection

...Wales U K some parents care..bout childrens
Senses being pared; away with caution, with 
Thoughts i'd think not rare.? By any who exist
Out there ! Who have concern who'd like there
To be, in chi...

Trawl Tale of a Fictitious Seaman Told To Ye

...While on the topic 
of blood kith and kin,
I relate another 
fabricated poem about 
blimey bloke of a fisherman. 

Trawl tale of a fictitious seaman told to ye...

Courtesy webbed whirled wid...

Allergies

...ALLERGIES

I’m tired of these rains of salty tears
Caused by allergens in my atmosphere.
Since allergies last the entire year,
Why they’re called “seasonal” isn’t clear.

The stinging spores a...

Something To Say

...In an old briefcase
capsuled for years in a corner
of the shed, I found a rolled up wad
of poems, stalled, still looking 
for something to say, frozen 
in a futile gasp for air. 
I should have ...

Shrinking Verse

...An interesting form indeed:
this one’s the Shrinking Verse.
The more you let your ink pen bleed,
the more, stanzas get terse.
The opposite, I must concede,
for sure, would be much worse.
I can’...

No Pence Nonsense

...
A peerless purveyor
pared pears on a pier.
Pierre, his au pair,
peered on, it appears.
Not payers, both players
prayed pious petitions;
For the nonce, no pence brought,
naught ca...

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