Short Apropos Poems

 They with evil eyes
Shall take thy golden hued prize
Apropos, do it...

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More poop these days is quite apropos
It's the age we live in, it's pure poop gold
Where are we headed
Our brains are shredded
Gonna turn into zombies, yucky mush untold...

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Robert Loblaw's business name was quite apropos
Called it “Bob Loblaw's In-laws Law & Co.”
A tongue twister test
Find it hard to digest?
Well imagine the mind that came up with this, whoa!...

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Robert Loblaw's business name was quite apropos
Called it “Bob Loblaw's In-laws Law & Co.”
A tongue twister test
Find it hard to digest?
Well imagine the mind that came up with this, whoa!...

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Held the hand of an elder
Whom ye passed by, and
Bring it towards thy forehead;
An apropos of respect!

Never questioned the face,
Never answered the light
Esteem them as thy highnesses;
A gracious child....

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End of November and STILL no sxxx
As we sing hallelujah, it's Canada you know
Don't rock the boat
But keep handy your coat
Soon we'll be up to our ying yangs... quite apropos!


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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Owe a debt of gratitude to my dear friend Mo
For coining this clever word, that describes a new plateaux
As clever as she seems
Not close, she literally beams
With brilliant brain stuff, that's “mo” apropos...

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Went for a memory test today, almost forgot to go
They're quite tricky, giving hints would be quite apropos
Doctor chuckles to himself
“He's been too long at the well”
Instead of accolades for a good effort, he bestows...

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Went for a memory test today, almost forgot to go
They're quite tricky, giving hints would be quite apropos
Doctor chuckles to himself
“He's been too long at the well”
Instead of accolades for a good effort, he bestows...

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pregnant with flavor
blueberries pulling at the mammary branch
ready to release

they drop
onto your tongue
crushed by blue-stained teeth

they roll
down deliciously 
deserting
the tree

apropos applauding
seasonally

6/29/2020...

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PERPENDICULAR AND PARALLEL
(Apropos Of We Got This)

Another sunrise,
We are perpendicular;
Paralleling life:-

Upright together,
We are parallel in thoughts;
Victory is ours:-

Onward let us go;
Perpendicular in hope,
Paralleling faith:- 



...

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Peculiar, strange the challenge that the singer made to God:
- If you are powerful,
   prove that you love me and buy me
   a Mercedes Benz ...!
- I'll be waiting every day until 3 pm ...!
  Apropos obviously God didn't buy ...
  but he didn't lose the bet ...! ?...

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Ode to the Nuthatch.
that little Assup.
It hunts on trees,
for seeds bugs and nuts.
It won't hunt head up,
it doesn't find as much.
Ode to the Nuthatch,
That Wise little Assup.

My Grand Pa always called them Assup's
It seems Apropos.

H.Elles,
Total 
Rogue,...

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Peace...no,
bombs exploding;
it's war!

The wars
fought to get peace,
did not:-

Pooped bombs
swell graves' bellies;
death farts:-

The kids
feed wars each day;
death pleased:-

In wars,
only death wins;
peace can't:-

Love peace,
wars are evil;
crave life:-
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snow job
(apropos the work goes on…)

snow—
that whiteness 
that blankets
the path
ebony footprints left
may cover the way
for a moment
but as night
melts into day
injustice is as snow
and we are the plow people:
workers of the sun
melting old deceit
plowing new strategies
for the new snow
coming…...

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CRUISING WITH TRANE...
   (Apropos John Coltrane)

Sometimes
in a blue note mood
i take the A-Trane
into a soprano night

And listen 
to moonlight thrills
of beautiful sable birds

Monking around
with satin dolls
in search
of a love supreme:

Spiritual cruising with Trane
is still one of my favorite things....

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[ I thought this poem especially apropos now with all the turmoil and fear racking America lately.]




Sheathe the unkind heart and
cage the mind's wild monkey,
and let the dogs of anger bray
only at the lonely cool moon!

For the other, too, has a soul
that seeks sanctuary, as you
do, in this cold vast Universe.......

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A…2-4-2…Sextet
			


Peace…No!
Loud bombs explode—
It’s war!


Children					
Feed war each day;				
Death smiles:-


Pooped bombs,
Swell graves’ bellies;
Death farts:-


In war,
Only death wins;
Peace can’t:-


Love peace,
War is evil—
Crave life:-


The war—					
Fought to get peace;
Lost it:-				
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            HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY
(Apropos Of Mother, Aunts, And Our Sister)

God not only gave us Mother,
He also gave us her Sisters, too:-
All praises be to God for giving us
Mother Dear, her Mothering Sisters,
And our beloved elder Sister, too:
Happy Mother’s day to them all;
Resting together with dear God
In Mothering peace and love:-
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In the middle of the day,
When I used to be at work,
I am sitting in a bar
Filled with music - what a perk!

With an IPA to sip
And a singer at the mike
And my husband by my side -
There is nothing not to like.

Music City's* what it's called;
It's a title apropos
And I'm feeling very good
That I've had the chance to go.

*Nashville, Tennessee...

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Whenever you're not feelin good

you go to the Doc like you should

        If you need a pill

        which you probably will

he'll prescribe it like any Doc would.

This treatment began years ago

prescribing pills seems quite apropos

        But what gets my goat
        
        once that pill's down your throat

how does it know where to go?...

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After a tired
labor of love day
got on the Trane
and after a few Miles
I reached Monk
later laying 
back travelling 
towards Sarah
and Nina 
and after
getting Dizzy
headed West
boarded Bird 
flying onto Art
leaving me
to ink
this poetic flow
I’m sharing with you
before my melatonin
MJQ disembark
to peacefully Cannonball 
deeply into
poetic gigging…
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Open wide my mouth,
as sugar stirs my tongue,
stained a juicy blue, 
and satisfied with its surprise.

For along the winding steep,
my eyes in apropos of Summer,
plucked the childhood fruit
and stirred it sweet and cold.

Stainless steel lips, lime-eyed
and chubby-cheeked, remember,
the iridescence of an innocent sun,
carefree and loved.

4/23/2019...

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Be as the sun,
And doubt not the Son of God;
Your guiding compass:-
Divine guidance is your gift;
Praise God for each day’s dawning:-

After sleep, you wake,
There’s sunset and sunrise;
You’re guided between:
Always believe in yourself;
Always be in God’s guidance:-

Journey faithfully,
You are destined for success;
God is your compass:
When lost, sign in your compass
And be guided on your way:-
...

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Once More…
(Apropos Orlando)

Once more and again
bigotry spreads
like a keloid of shame
across the face
of the promise land.

Once more
liberty and justice
proves to be 
only for some—
serving Satan
in the name of God.

Once more
eschewed minds
flake death
to the tested innocent
living out 
the tried truth—
their being
who they are:
children of the same God
blasphemed with desecration
of name....

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