Short Beyond The Pale Poems

Outside
the circle-
anticolours,
black,yellow-ochre and
paynes grey...

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A SEQUENCE FULTON

DDT

O  H
N  O


GM FOODS

N   O
N   O

CLONING

N   O
G   O...

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One world-wide belief will prevail:
The favour of God is for sale!
From tomb to steeple
Purchased by people
Seeking status beyond the pale...

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Laughter for the joyous

Laughter for the frail

Laughter for remembrance

Laughter for the grail

And

Laughter from beyond the pale...

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I caught a quick peek through the Veil
Where angels guide us without fail
I saw my friends
Were bucking trends
Its "human" race Beyond the Pale!...

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A guard overseeing the king’s jail
Mocked the inmates without fail.
He spoke to them rudely
And treated them crudely.
Now the king has his head in a pail....

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I feel like writing silly tales
About a typist who had long manicured nails
She tapped the typewriter so slow
Until her boss told her she had to go
To employ her was beyond the pale...

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The message from the clock
Tik Tok

I wrote the algorithm 
What I want will be
Put on notice
Not to see
Heed my warning
I shall not fail
History repeated
Beyond the Pale

Copyright © Wilbert Webb...

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darkness reigns beyond the pale,
the downcast experience it and fail,
to see a new horizon,
when anger burns the ones we  meet,
see darkly, hatred indescreet,
keeps sanity from rising?

thanks Russell....Don Johnson...

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I see thee in yon grey mist.
A swirling, beyond the pale.
When an errant breeze does kiss,
mixing the ethereal veil.

Mine eyes perceive human form,
my heart yearns that it be true.
Then, away, by wind is torn,
leaving memories of you.

Perhaps tears, within mine eyes,
did a time, confuse my sight.
Having me see only lies,
of a love lost in the night....

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Listen to poem:

Gardens of Regrets 
David J Walker

Here is how we thrive on grief
Grown in gardens of regrets
just beyond a pale belief 
Preserving how one forgets 
Rehearsing erstwhile
tactile threats 

Here is how we thrive on life
And laugh at epithets in rune 
And dance a thunderstorms delight 
A summers night enbibed in June 
Perceiving fractal
 		Cursive cume...

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Wild blueberries taste 
beyond the pale
of domestic cultivars,
sweetness cut by granite acidity
underlain by the spice 
of marginal existence.

A blueberry’s destiny
is realized through consumption.
I satisfy as many as I can
to deposit their future
a couple portages down
tomorrow. 



An older poem recycled as it fit's Roy's contest to a "P"...

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Ghouly the Ghost walked at night,
His loud howls gave all a fright.
Until one day, he lost his voice.
It just happened, without a choice.
How can a ghost haunt if it can't wail,
To Ghouly, this was beyond the pale.
He wandered through this once haunted house
Aimless and timid, as a mouse.
Wondering where Ghouls who have had their day
Dwell hereafter or fade away....

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Lettuce pray
for I can eat no lettuce today.
No Cos, no Iceberg, no Loose leaf.
Arugula and
Kale are beyond the pale
for alas a procedure looms
while fresh edibles are all in bloom.

It's Spring and not a green thing to eat,
what a bother
soon no red things neither.

For lunch I will munch
on the written word
compose a thing absurd
perhaps be lured
to pen a salad ballad....

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there is a land beyond your eyes
but you must stare at the sun
the whitish glare but a disguise
it is one that hides another one

there is a land beyond your ears
you must be a dog to even hear
the mystic cloud ever nears
never mind it, never fear

there is a land beyond the pale
that can be seen, but not understood
its milk and honey have gone stale
as screaming babes yowl for their food...

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The Butterfly and Fanciful Flight



The butterfly flutters by,
With wings spread deliberately wide.
Its beauty is beyond the pale,
Impossible it is to hide.

It pauses as if frozen in time,
Awaiting a response from the crowd.
And immediately there comes a roar
She is instantly very proud.

And then as quickly as she appeared,
She was soon seen no more.
The crowd let out a groan,
As she flew to distant shore....

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Clear one's thoughts and meditate
Chaos absent when mind floats free
Enlightenment is perfected state
Zen achieved no mental debris.

Go with the flow and be content
River of life can be raging torrent
Wrapped in calmness anger spent
Negative thought now quite abhorrent.

Mentally think of beautiful place
When life has harried beyond the pale
Moment of peace will restore pure grace
Calmness of zen will always prevail.

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Woman-owned green beans won't string you along,
But if you're a man, it’s likely you're wrong.
Woman-owned green beans, our virtues extole,
Hand-picked from the bush, eschewing the pole.
Woman-owned green beans for the man of the hour,
We’d best make that two, they still need a shower.
Woman-owned green beans are never on sale,
‘Cuz working for less is beyond the pale.


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got a chuckle out of this label at the store......

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Beyond the pale streaked sky of dawn
the dreams of last night lie hidden,
tenuous, fading, faint and fragile,
refusing to reappear when bidden.

Beyond the pale dawn, dreams are stored,
closed to the waking, muddled mind, 
lost or hidden, shrouded in mist
except for the fragments you can find.

Beyond the pale dawn, dreams which you seek 
elude you. Moments you would retain
hide in the tangles of wakening but
beyond the pale sky, the dreams remain....

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Plantin' the Garlic and the Potatoes
I can only Hope in the Heirloom Tomatoes

The Daisies push up well past the Day
With Evan Porter sleepin' outside in the Fray

Charlie ' s in a row out at the plant
And Grandma Moses is lookin' for Dry Land

The Ocean washes up the Effervescent Shore
And taxes those who bore

And set out upon the Whistlin Waves
To find her that went beyond the pale

God's holy Ghost in Pale moon shroud
With gatherin' Girls lost and Found...

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This Valentine’s, cupid may fail
No flowers or cards in the mail
Our postie called Mike
Joined colleagues on strike 
Their actions are beyond the pale!

Our postal workers started a strike today – I’ve read they are delivering postal flowers but there will be no other post for 3 days. I’m lucky we don’t bother with the day but I know many will be upset. Poetic licence used our postie isn't called Mike!

Happy Valentines day to you all

2/14/19...

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