Short Bilge Poems

SEMANTICS


She says it’s waste dietary,

Or  rubbish,   or garbage,

Or bull-feathers,   or bilge.

I say   no, dear,   it’s poetry....

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Grog

Gulping down a flagon 

Gives one a gibbous glow. 

Gather 'round ye hardies,

Grab one and have a go. 

Ghostly foam and farting 

Gnomes bilge one gushing flow.

Garish gaffe...drinking Grog!


deborah burch©12/4/2016

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Form: Pleiades...

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Tane tane hayatim
Kostum tarlasinda umidin
Ruzgar savurdu  ruyami
Yagmur olmus sel
Tutanamadim

Bir kar tanesi hayatim
Bir yamacta tutunsam
Kaysa cocuklar sirtimdam
Eridim su oldu bedenim

Bir ates kivilcim hayatim
Yaksam  korkunu kullugun
Kulunde yeserse  barisa fidan
Kul oldum  yittim  kendi atesimde 

Bir care olsa bilge kisi halime
Bu dunya halindem yorgunum
Tasinalim yeni dogan gunes duvene...

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To Broken Boat
Whose land is lost, once more
To sail again, is life to end
So far outcast, the distant shore
With lines untied, the tide a friend

Whose hull, strengthened by years
To waves, rocking a lullaby
So worn, washed by tears
The heavens weep, for why to cry

Whose masts torn, to stop and think
To Broken Boat, the sea adrift
So holy the bilge, it knows not sink
With time so short, this life a gift

-Dakota Brockway...

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