Short Cetera Poems

Social media
Endless lists of so-called friends
Who have never met...

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I took a sip of water that looked like you,
I have made this so of sorceries new.

I christened words betwixt words behind,
Beyond et cetera, though within mind;

I shut my eyes and robbed today from tomorrow,
I plucked my heart from its timeless sorrow.

Then held the sky atop a fingertip bleeding,
And planted in the wound a heavenly seedling....

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Unmask the fool
Who openly dishonors
What love really is
And who suffers from it

Who openly says that
Who suffers from no love
From it he shall die
What love could he have
Openly dishonors everyone
Unmask-ing the truth
The fool only loves pain
Love really is more powerful
Than all of this

Russell Sivey

Entrant into Debbie Guzzi's "Et cetera" Contest

2/26/2012...

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Hot dogs, wieners, tube steaks, or any other name,
it's the traditional fare sold at any ballgame.
This long pink sausage in an elongated soft bun
is something that is a treat and a lot of fun.
Dress it up with mustard, relish, onions, et cetera.
Nothing's more popular in the United States of America.

Inspired by a poem written by Gershon Wolf.
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Newly adopted toddlers mourN
Indemnity as locus  standI
Gold-crests laG
Event invites the employeE 
Rodeo on the wealthy riveR  
Irrevocable superminI
And the black gold run et ceterA 
Nobles with black gold gains remaiN


Spectacles of other specieS
Opener ramains incognitO
Ne'er-do-well holds the horN
No one remembers the mooN
Expatriate  the extra farE
Teach the gospel momenT...

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Should I write in rhyming words
are you babies I should coo
and speak of love and little boats
and of Dr. Seuss’s zoo.

Should I write of baby dolls
in rhyming words oh so sweet
Are you babies or men all
aged and complete.

I should coo and speak of love
of pacifiers and bottles
and little boats and planes above
size with a throttle.

Should I settle for small little men
who never tire of Dr. Seuss's Zoo
or go to bed, and say amen 
let the throttle through....

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Bodily members contorting
Bending, twisting, distorting
Entwined, combined, exhorting 

Body language 
Forming a love sandwich
Embracing, enticing, exciting
Licking, tickling, biting
Fuelling emotions, fire igniting
Inciting, inviting,

Explosions of emotions
Moving in slow motion
Of love and devotion
Reaching the apex
Climax
Lie back relax

Where does it start and end
With a perfect wife my flexible friend

* yes the title is spelt correctly*...

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So many books
With touching hooks


So much fun time
As glimpses chime


So many ways
To live each day


So much feel shows
As quiz now grows


So many moods
That flavour good


So much to see
That yet will be


So many rounds
As cycles ground


So much to sift
That joy may lift


So many streams
Of spacious dreams


So much of how
That merge right now


So many gaps
To link mind maps




Leon Enriquez
20 February 2019
Singapore...

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I think it is funny how OFTEN we are wrong, 
How we don’t speak the right way,
How words that are written throughout the LIBRARY, 
Aren’t the words that we say,

From FAUX PAS to ALMOND, to ET CETERA, 
GENRE, and FILM, and BOUTIQUE,
Commonly miss said, uttered all wrong, 
Razing the way that we speak,

I think it’s important we clean up this CHAOS, 
Our enunciation becomes understood,
And we clean away DEBRIS of mispronounced words, 
That we talk, you know… proper and good....

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