Short Basso Poems

RELIEVISTA 
alto
  basso
mezzo cavo
intaglio
  embossed
     inverse
        en relief
...

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Here lies a besotted chorister, too soon

          Out of grog and out of tune.

          A basso nicht-so profundo is ne'er forgot

          Whether he die by clinker or by pot....

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honjitsu no taisen
card o happuou shimasu
liyou lo shai
20 pun ippon shoubu
omatase shimaa
shiai wokaishi itashimasu
conduct code
july 24----august 9 2020
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lucha libre
luchador
rudo
tecnico...

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Accepting my costumed friends dare, I cautiously pushed through the weeds to the unlit dilapidate porch.  Before I could knock, the door creaked open.

"Come     on in.

      We've              been wait-        ing for            

you."       Croaked the emaciated little girl with the basso profundo voice.

Something pushed me from behind ......

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musically
on the staff
f major treble

clef keeps me
with only one
note that is

B flat and so
maestro 
tap tap

tap your baton
attention
follow

ing his lead
i'm feeling
basso

filled up on
beans so
i'll be

a tuba
fragrantly
playing Rimsky

Korsakov
not even
thinking

of stopping
fingering
flight

not bumbling
the bumblebee
but the spit valve

will
need
drained

at
least
twice...

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A kaleidescope of cacophonic carols 
Attacks my cochlea 
From hammer to anvil to stirrup 
To the mesa we ride with timbrels and lyres. 
\Gaily tripping lightly stepping 
Through oceans of dandelions 
Trailing the greening dew heel after heel. 
The brae alive with pirouetting pansies and horns a-blare. 
\Pixilation personified 
The basso buffoon and bassoon collide 
Would the afternoon fawn still respect the Buck-in-the-morning?...

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i cannot contest
a judge of a contest
the best is the winner

but when the cup
is given based on
based and abrasive

words and what some
say isn't poetry then
i must say i try best

to be the basso
if a trio with a low
droning moan of want

and knowing even
the bass cello tells
what the score is

so i ask for no
forgiveness for
if

you can't love and
laugh then no matter
what you are

you 
are an
arsehole...

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The clouds shook
A thick, black, very wet blanket out
In the Southeastern quadrant 
Of the New Mexico firmament,
Complete with lightning
And growling, crackling,
Massive basso-profundo sound effects,
Inviting the sun to rest,
Take a load off, 
Reeellaaaxxx! 

Abrasively radiant,
Helios glared a brilliant, heated, passionate,
Steamy smile
Into the arid monsoon skies

And refused Storm’s invitation
To lie down and go to bed...

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