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Power Saw Poems

My pain

...Lesser as I cried softer felt my pain,
When muffled loud sobs soother felt my pain.

With a power-saw I cut me into two,
Gave me solace, the succour soothed my pain.

Dwelling on my hurt and it...

Categories: power saw, allusion, pain,
Form: Ghazal

The Fig tree

...Oh sweet fig of the night
The master has cursed your day light
You stand on the desert sand
Searching the whole night for me
While courage climb up your slender tree
I have met you somewhere in ...

Categories: power saw, adventure, africa, beautiful, blessing,
Form: Narrative

I'll Take the Tree

...They say a poem can never be
As lovely as, can be, a tree.   

But what if a tree should be felled
By a dupe with a power saw, hand-held?

I wonder if it would be fair
To, this poem, that tree...

Categories: power saw, humor, poetry, tree,
Form: Couplet

Book: Radiant Verses: A Journey Through Inspiring Poetry

Jabophobia

...[in the interest of peace and harmony: this is
an observation on needles in general and not
on Covid vaccinations]

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I’ve no front teeth cos when I was twenty...

Categories: power saw, angst, fear,
Form: Rhyme

The Power Saw

...The power saw is screeching,
Interrupting every thought.
I’m sending silent messages,
Which all add up to naught.

Of course, the neighbors have a right
To work around the house,
The same way ...

Categories: power saw, anger,
Form: Rhyme

Still Life Instrumental

...Allegro
Crystal decanter, wine in a glass. 
Tabletop woodwinds court candlestick brass.
Fine sterling service, stems in a vase.
High-tone enamel meets low double bass.
Pale yellow roses, peaches...

Categories: power saw, art, music,
Form: Lyric

Intrusive Toe Nails

...Yelling their displeasure, my toenails kept me awake
Angry at how I was not trimming them
We are ragged and thick! We are jagged, not ripped!
They chastised me to hell and back. Have they quite fl...

Categories: power saw, humor, humorous,
Form: Rhyme

It Is My Wish

...It is my wish, let it be given
a badly needed wish it is
that I become a crocodile
to all animals, no crossing
the river and lakeshores
the homely places of mine

It is my wish, a strong one
...

Categories: power saw, crazy, hyperbole, life,
Form: Free verse

Before You Conjecture

...ask me why there's green slime
coming out of the spigot in the center of the cemetery
and ask me why i installed a faucet
when i don't know how to
Yes, you do...

ask me why i've cut s...

Categories: power saw, anxiety, confusion, dark, depression,
Form: Free verse

A Power Saw

...A power saw 
can slice through wood with awe
cut kindling or make a table leg
or staves for a wine keg
just make sure you get your digits out of the way in time
or you may be using your fingers ...

Categories: power saw, care, education, wisdom, work,
Form: Rhyme