Scuttlebutt Poems - Poems about Scuttlebutt

The Dawns Scuttlebutt

...the dawn’s scuttlebutt
dovetails with the dishwasher
whirring and tweeting
the wagging of beaks and wings
movement of a writer’s hands...

Fantastic Words

...A closer look at a fantastic word
And no, I’m not talking in bafflegab
To not repeat this speak is just absurd

To absquatulate like a fracas herd
Throw a foofaraw over a little jab
A closer lo...

My Middle Sister Aleera

...When you were born, I did not know what to do, 
You see, I was only just the age of two.
Wherever I went, so did you
You see, we were stuck together like glue.

Then as we grew up, we st...

Truth

...She sat at your table
You laughed at her jokes
She saw then, but couldn't believe
It was all an orchestrated hoax

You invited her to afternoon lunches
But left her to find friends
Her presenc...

Buying a New Computer

...The salesman said, “This computer will do everything,
                                                                       but wipe your butt!”
My wife said, “If you buy that thing … please tell ...

Ravenous Vulture

...I’ve been harkening back to my formative years 
Haunting seedy seaport bars in Keelung,
Navigating strange interventions abroad,
While adjusting my ears to an alien tongue.

On the streets of th...

Scuttlebutt

...Scuttlebutt ran in and bit me.
Harder than a mosquito bites.
I yelled ouch!

Scuttlebutt did a summersault
into my reptilian brain.
She is easy to antagonize.

Scuttlebutt chuckled
So I pull...

Keep Mouth Shut and Bury With King Tut

...tune could not carry
horrible sound would vary
and also very

latest scuttlebutt
trump should keep his big mouth shut
bury with King Tut

they will realize
after hearing all the cries
forgo...

The Bees

...The bumble bees sounded the horn
Then broke out with all their thorns
For the Gardner who just cut
Their hive into scuttlebutt
They made him wish he was never born...

The Last Train, Part I

...On the canvas of a cold, grey, winter sky,
In large black letters above the Iron Gate,
Read the message: "Arbeit Macht Frei".
A shrewdly sinister, propagandist lie,
Designed to deceive all of our...

Rule of Threes Three

...Will you make the cut?
Or settle for a shortcut?
Coaches' scuttlebutt

Execute the steal 
Professing rather than real
The truth to conceal

Blessing progeny
Highlights God's sovereignty
Not...

Quotidian

...
Quotidian
(commonplace or ordinary)
Written: by Miracle man
October 19, 2020

I say this not intending to sound like some old cliché,
but most things are quotidian that lurk in my day...

Life On the Street

...A monochrome of boho days
segue one another surreptitiously.
Endless pantomimes of idle chatter flutter by.
Cantilever bridge, a one stop halting site for gossip and suspense.
Small talk, bespoke...

Megan's Quest Part 3of7

...'A magical lock?' Groaned Graygall in a voice of defeat.
    'We are doomed before even we are set to advance.
To defeat Trolls would be an almost impossible feat
    but with Troll magic we haven...

Flagan the Dragon Part 3

...The Tale of the Duck

The morning was crisp and in need of assist
    from the sun to warm up the day.
The Dragon needed some food to lighten his mood
   so he had a plumb before making his way....

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