Prattle Poems

Silent Scream

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For: OXYMORON Poetry Contest * Sponsor: Nette Onclaud * August 31, 2025

Silent scream of dreams escaping
into reality becomes
meaningless sound of words as if
my ears are muffled by prattle
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Alliteration Poetic - Prattle

...Patois Patter Pattern...

W S Rendra translation of 'Hai Ma' or 'Hi Mom'

...My English translation of "Hai Ma" by W. S. Rendra, a son to his mother and soulmate.

HAI MA ("HI MOM")
by W. S. Rendra
translation by Michael R. Burch

for Zeelhan Zahraa

Mom,
It's not de...

Call it Bazball or just Test Cricket

...We knew from the get go after Brendon accepted the call…jettisoned old school for new cool..the Kiwi on the balcony who looks like he’s smoked some bud..having a kip..let slip..quick to quip..almost ...

What Makes Me Smile

...Little things and tiny moments make me smile,
Adding an extra sheen to my profile.
As I watch nature and look all around,
Umpteen reasons are for me to the peaks of joy mound.

As I ...

Eke, Ergo

...Eke out, O my living?
On what grounds do ye speak?
Based on our thanksgiving?
O turkey, through creek creak!

Wind atop the atoll low?
Steady, then first blow.
Ogre, ochre. Fast or slow?
Gold...

Barbaric Yawps

...My mind is tribal, I hunt in the mud and slurry,
I track the stars in a wooden chariot
made from the ribs of a blood-clan crib.

My thoughts are armored, yet as articulated
as any youthful flesh...

Cindy and Biff on Zoom

...Lots of mindless prattle and giggles from Cindy’s room
She was sweet-talking our next-door-neighbor Biff on Zoom
Some future Saturday they may become bride and groom
At ten, they are happy to laug...

Dandelion Woman

...Oh look here— behold a dandelion woman
the original wild flower!
I go where I want to go
I grow where I want to grow —
don't matter if   y o u   say no

dandelion wine summertime
relax and rec...

The Mighty Dingo

...Oh mighty dingo I see you still crawl.
Long ago broken hearted and yet you still bawl.
Tears down both cheeks, is it your poor little peetie?
My heart aches for you, my dear little sweetie.

Sti...

Enter15, Exit10

...Clutter of echoing chirpings up my sylvan irreverent tune
detaching reckless realities carefully sewn above a sovereign moon
Velvet violin tunes arose to a bittersweet string of polyester pratt...

Dot dot dot, and in other news devil's advocate claims Teflon Trump

...Dot dot dot, and in other news devil's advocate claims Teflon Trump

courtesy the comfort of his mancave, 
I (a mutated batman wannabe) 
doth prattle and stump
and display wide whirled webbed 
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A Battle of Wills and Verbal Skills

...Fed up with his constant prattle 

I got into a verbal battle 

The harshest of words were spoken 

But in the end his will was broken 

My voice was clear and strong of lung

I was sharp o...

Sanguinary Kiss

...ensnared by such mere prosaic prattle
drawn eye to eye by an enigmatic placid damsel
cryptic conundrum swathed in the shroud
materialized the ballroom corner in a cloud
her gaze unblinking and un...

Sassanid Sun reborn as the Divine Khan Part 2

...He awoke as Bögü Qaghan, Khan of the Uyghurs, Great East Wise Prince 
He heard the words “Visit the seven petal lotus of times since 
And breathe in that lotus flower’s scent, by the holy wind, to ...

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