Regaled Poems

The Oculus Between Us

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Written: September 2nd, 2025, for Contest Sponsored By Rob Carmack

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You touched me with a selfish grace—  
a twist of tenderness,  
a lover’s rage wrapped...

Suicide Note

..."You can’t always get what you want,"
said Angie, in that style she loves to flaunt.
It isn’t what I want, you silly shrew:
the tumblin dice have told me what to do.
My fate’s decided, like I was...

Rebellious nonestablishmentarian Pennsylvania Yankee

...Rebellious nonestablishmentarian Pennsylvania Yankee...
honored at freedom fête
of course in my dreams
where Tony the Tiger
roars Matthew Scott Harris 
ranks as one hip cat gr-r-eat
showcasing ...

Memento on the Moon

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I'll not journey to the moon and leave rubbish there.
Thinking of all the junk left behind is hard to bear.
                                          ~ thoughts of the poet


No trace of tresp...

If Deeply Roars a Bard for Epic Muse

...If deeply roars a bard for epic muse,
     like newborn lambs that crave their mother's milk;
if feet that lightly trip along with shoes
     of Mercury whose message speeds, like silk,

with li...

Dad's Ties: Eulogy

...A signature move
A classical look
Whether shopping down town
Or just reading a book

You would never undress
That space round your neck
A gent to the last
A quick twizzle and check

Your kn...

Argh the bane of daylight savings time November 3rd 2024

...Argh... the bane of daylight savings time – November 3rd 2024

Hour hands clock back
sixty minutes of Autumn
round about same of month
every year, what a bummer,
an inconvenient truth
diverged...

My Fickle Muse

...I want not someone else’s words
              Though beautiful they are to me
Inspired, yes. I want to feel
         But let my words flow sure and free

My fickle muse awaits his call
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After drenching biblical rainfall

...After drenching biblical rainfall...
verdant green acres covered the planet of the apes
like a petticoat junction
donning barrel of skinny dipping monkeys.

Once drought stricken vast landscape
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THE BULL BECAME THE LION

...In the midst of many lions he saw how they devoured those that remained just a bull,
So he built himself fiery horns that could stab lions to death to show he wasn't a fool,
He built great strength...

The Final Solution I

...As innocence receives the mark of man
a war is waged in silent turpitude.
It seeps within the solace of the land
erasing all in morbid solitude.
For any souls so deemed to be unfit
are subjects ...

Rainy delight

..."Rainy delight "

Tejeswar Patnaik 

Tormented by the grueling summer's might,
My patience, unfathomable, held tight.

A long wait finally saw its end,
As the season arrived making the  raind...

TWO FISHERMEN BY THE SEA

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Most times when we walk early on the beach it’s just Deborah and me.
but the other morning we happened to walk past two old men fishing by the sea.

We quickly exchanged greetings then quietly l...

April 9th, 2024 would be ninety fifth birthday poem for dearly departed papa

...April 9th, 2024 would be ninety fifth birthday poem for dearly departed papa

The following words crafted soon after the soul of me daddy set adrift into the empyrean realm joining the rank and fil...

Appreciation

...Without memory there can be no insight. Without love, there can be no appreciation.
Anne Rice

From the deepest recesses of the crowded hall
Came a thunderous applause that shook the walls...

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