Retorted Poems

Ohio Ashes

...She’d kept the pewter dusted and displayed
since 1969.
A verdigris had leached out of the urn nevertheless.

She had been hard on him, had forgiven little,
but felt much closer now.
The televis...

'Brotherly Love'

...
    Good grief, one soldier told another
      Our foe’s no different than our brothers

    Oh, yes he is, the other retorted
      The cause he fights for is distorted
 
    I beg to differ...

Last Fight Part 1

...


When Marjorie Boyd and Tania Evans spotted each other on the first day of 
primary school, it was like a chemical reaction went off in their brains, compelling them to attack each other. Mrs B...

Affettuoso not for Sale

...Before All Men Were Poor


The Sixteen Women..... Why do he think he'll be able to marry her?
All we need  to do is introduce her to someone who'll do exact ally what she wants. She wants someone...

A Rage at air

...A rage at air
Poem
Lionel Derbyshire

A rage at air ..
The fly, the sparrow, the ostrich in air collision goes ..

Why all the rage ..
Fly asked the sparrow
Your temper is full of bad anger
...

See To it Yourselves

...Then Pilot said, “I have questioned this man called Jesus,
But I could not find him culpable of a Roman crime.
So, I sent him north to be judged by Herod Antipas 
Who is Tetrarch of Galilee at thi...

Lingering Winter

...
 Autumn doesn't mind if summer lingers for a while
 Summer doesn't mind if spring lingers longer with her smile
 But Spring does mind when winter stays too long
 When her time comes she wants to...

Dabble Dactyls

...I have invented a nonce nonsense form: the "dabble dactyl." A dabble dactyl starts out like a double dactyl, but forgets the rules and changes horses midstream. Anyone who prefers order to chaos shou...

Defying Predictability

...With hair ablaze
a jester unconfined.
I scoffed at the mundane 
its life declined.
My wardrobe 
a riot
a rhapsody bold.
Mismatched socks my standard 
stories untold.

In classrooms of tediu...

Chapter 147-- DAMIAN DELILAH MALLORY HOLANNYA: A Hawaiian Approach

...Date:  April  2051
 
7 am the call resounded throughout 
Every Hakim Household. They had it
Blaring out onto the estate's public
Address system. "DJ heard it in 
His house clearly he was visibl...

Honesty

...I am humble, He said
But what of being honest?, another asked.
I am gentle, He yet professed
No, what anent honesty,
That shapes one's integrity? 
He was again questioned.

I am friendly, He p...

Honesty

...I am humble, He said
But what of being honest?, another asked.
I am gentle, He yet professed
No, what anent honesty,
That shapes one's integrity? 
He was again questioned.

I am friendly, He p...

Chapter 103 -- Damian Dj Carter Junior Damali: Trinidad Business Vacation Relations

...Damian  CJ and the guys boarded
The 9 o'clock concord  flight that night
They were on Trinidadian ground 
Within two hours. Then rented a
Limo, chauffer included. When 
Four arrived on the site ...

Chapter 82 -- Damian Delilah Mallory: the Children, the Adults Excursion

...Date  October 2040

The children were in the dining 
Room and having a meeting of
Their own. Amadeus spoke 
"We need to be honest with 
Ma Auntiema and Dad and tell
Them when we don't like 
S...

Interview With a Dying Tree

..."Nope, nope, nope! I already know why you're here. Don't you dare fell me with that chainsaw!," exclaims the dying tree.

"Well, I need firewood. It's rather obvious you've seen better...

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