Silly Prose Poems

I sit and ponder, allow my mind to wander
And wonder about what I ponder
Then put pen to paper, begin to scratch and scribble
Hoping endless hoping...

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Can you imagine your life if you haven't met me?

It was a cold day in December when all of this started. You, being the silly...

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The yard felt evil,
I could not explain it
Until I turned
And saw the clowns
On a tiny ferris wheel
Turning slowly

They were chanting
In a monotone kind of way
It...

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Silly scientists have captured 328 human breath samples. Analysis of the samples shows this gastric exhaust contains methane. Alarmed, the silly scientists say "stop breathing,...

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Sweet corn has been harvested, garden picked clean
Breezy mornings now, ruffling the cat’s fur
Front porch stocked with pumpkins and gourds
School is starting, new clothes are...

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"Jesus is coming, Jesus is coming, He's coming back again today."
Grace kept on her rhythmic jump roping and singing her little ditty.
She used to sing...

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I am seventy-one
I could die at any second.
I tell this to my nurse.
She says “stop!”
She calls me silly.
I am seventy-one.
I like it.

I had a peanut...

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I want to live in a spaceship house he said.
His wife thought he was being silly, but he meant it.
He planned it for a decade...

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Why, as we grow older
do we lose the innocence of youth
are ageing and innocence mutually exclusive
is it because innocence affords us no protection
leaving us defenceless
easy...

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If I knew what it was all about, I would not have to shout. If I knew what it was all about, I wouldn’t have...

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Poetry is tangerine and other potent or poisonous colors.
It is the breath you feel at the nape of your neck and
the strong caress of flesh...

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Her voice sounds like she’s speaking through a fan when she whispers. She always whispers when we stroll through the colossal Tate. She’s cautious and...

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Lily pranced through the woods on her way to somewhere
The oaks, elms and maples whispered of her glorious mirth.
Today she has a Rubenesque friend, something...

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Dear God…Michelle here
Why did you have to pick her?
Why did you have to take my mom so soon?
Why did she have to go to heaven...

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He starts out with arrogance that could kill a dinosaur.
His pompous attitude blowing up his head like a rooster’s comb. 
But when the rest go...

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