Short Barons Poems

freeloading riders
robber barons at the till
grand omnibus bill...

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Rainbow robber barons
loose cannon lephricaners
rollin'n' tumblin' dice...

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furry maniacs

acrobat squirrels
 apple tree robber barons ~
  furry maniacs

2-1-22
Contest: Squirrel Haiku
Sponsor: Robert James Liguori...

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The bite of a Howler
No will          No cure

With canine teeth           Deep
Into sanguine rivers       Now ever pure

The dogs of war loosed

Incensed by that smell
An upwell as fleeting
The barons of such hell...

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Pink and yellow flowers;
Distinguished
And boastful
In their exuberating 
Colours, 

Braced themselves
On tender stalks
Of watery greens,

While Butterflies
Dressed as Red Barons, 
Hovered and hummed
And flapped
Their Scarlet wings 
Feverishly....

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The cattle barons rode into town
They were dressed in blah, black and brown
Faces stoic and plain
Bulls of Iowa fame
They marched to the square to confront the clown

The clown was frightened of these big six
There was not a happy one in the mix
Hamburger? No way!
We are here to stay
Clown, owner of the diner, was in a fix...

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See-
a stone on which we people stumble;
a rock on which we all shall fall.

though they be lifted to kings
and sit on velvet thrones
still shall the stumble and fall.

though they be Barons who laugh and sing
they to shall stumble and fall.

and we, through struggle and trouble and tears-
we too, shall someday soon,
stumble and tumble
and fall...

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Our neighbourhoods our prisons
Outside fear, death, street barons
Streetwar innocent souls deadens
Guns, daggers, stickers in dozens

Nothing to do but the others hate
In dark corners the weak predate
Beware of tempting bait
You may end up in a strait

Join a wicked gang
Have no feelings no pang
Just follow the yang
Drugs, girls, bang  bang  bang...

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It was collected with deal
It backfired with glee
Refunding with pain
Casting away the gain
Sweats burrowed the furrows
To move,we borrowed the barrows
The barons gave the limit
The fire cackled in the pit
I am hot from pursue
I'm told I''ll be sued
Who will stand for me?
It is debt!
And I am incepted
And I am shamed
That's what debt does to all....

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Now the Earth slowly dies

It burns before our eyes

The facts are unopposed

And yet our eyes are closed

The rich who try to hide

Most leaders on their side

They'll turn our world to dust

And still we choose to trust

Money is the master

Leading to disaster 

Nothing worth defending 

Such a sorry ending 

Oil barons never learn

They say just let it burn...

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Fields of freedom fruiting our fantasy
Liberty from the Ironshore sugar crumbling days
Airport displaced and struggling for land
Nature strewn where Taino and Maroons ratified claim
Kin and flesh held one displaced place, ancestral lands
Enticing too the greedy barons claim, but they had none
Rights must be the thrust of the masses, so dream
Struggle, fight, Flankers must unite against the chains of night...

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The barons had the corn;-
       you want to float now,
       out-of-the body.

From a distance you watch-
       the melodrama and the 
       pomposity of the marching band.

In fever, the poppies come-
       out, unmasked in the
       glory of the sun.

The black wood screams in-
       pain. Your nakedness was
       in jeopardy at trial.

The phallic hills have no-
       memory of the fallen stones.
       World worships only the ashes.


Satish Verma...

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