Short Clamorous Poems

chickadees chatter
camaraderie contained in
clamorous coppice...

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angels sweet chorus
melodies hither and yon
clamorous thunder...

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SPOILING   CLEVELAND




While roses belch perfume into the air and 
Nightingales’ whistles pierce my ears 
I can't savour the clamorous glamour
And odorous charm of the steel mills in Cleveland...

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THE CITY

a respite
an evening silence
all objects quiet
yet this clamorous echo
fills my head


the city
with everything to do
lots of excitement
but here am i
atop my quiet mountain

Dave Austin...

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Silence of the night split open
Consternated by a clamorous crack
Nettie stared at the paper
Took out an eraser

Evening’s still quiet was horrified
By the fortissimo of thunder
No good.
She began anew

One day there was a rain cloud....

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clangor
repeating noise
echoing in my head
raucous alarm awakens me
bringing back turbulent reality
stirring anger and resentment
strident, clamorous noise, 
starting day of
clangor

By: Joyce Johnson 5/28/12

For "Sound of Emotion" Contest...

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A peace from the rain evokes desire
A clamorous wind breathes content
The fire in ones faith is trialled
A fear in their heart is present
Destiny is but of a notion
Of the days to soon come and pass
But one thing is certain if you listen
Your wisdom is from only the past...

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Barely belaboring the billions of bungles,
Listening to the cold, clamorous Cleveland-like clungles,
Within the bowels of the half-hearted, hard-headed hungles,
Judiciously jeering at the jealous jaguars juicy joy jungles, 
She swung the serendipitous swiggles from their silly slow swungles....

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Dogs from fields afar
Persistent in a clamorous debate
The right to eat and mate
Decided by a gesture

Yet far and wide
Observing fratricide in man
The dogs behaving better than the masters

Learn us then observe the love
Within the dogs persistent domiciled
… then you decide who’s wild...

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THE CITY

a respite
an evening silence
all objects quiet
yet this clamorous echo
fills my head


the city
with everything to do
lots of excitement
but here am i
atop my quiet mountain


i’m a city boy
this I want everyone to know
in echo lake
just a misplaced big fish
in a little pond

Dave Austin...

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Its noisy din in silent rooms 
Leaves orphaned thoughts and focus doomed. 
Its silent clatter often seems so loud
That thoughts get lost in its clamorous clouds.
It melts your mind and drowns your dreams, 
While thoughts inside you weakly scream.
You dream each day to free your mind
From chatter’s clatter, unconfined
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Prayers in luster
Candles shimmer as fireflies
Graceful Diwali

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Clamorous of noise
Firecrackers on exhibit
Children astonished 

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Clatter enlighten
Glamorous of sacred day
Be blessed among them

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Author Note:
Happy Diwali for those whom celebrate...

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Ebony shadows on the ground, a torrid afternoon,
Butterflies in the luscious roses, pinks on orange,
Swift flight of clamorous crows, black on sapphire,
Off toward hued sunset, that sets the world on fire,
Mystical mountain meadows, wildflowers in mists,
With the bright future ahead, of still, golden spells,
Clouds on lustrous dawn skies, in sunrise lavender,
Varying the vibrant color by the hours, in summer....

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Wind peacefully soft
Begins to steadily waft;
Life is colorful,
The Next Man wonderful.

Security is stable,
Killers uncomfortable;
Their aforethought readable,
Every move predictable.


Where there could’ve been riot,
The clamorous are quiet;
No more of The Abusive,
Less of the Laughter Derisive.


Evil is no more presentable
Nor vice understandable;
Nature keeps image rebranding
At corners Angels standing!...

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"We live in a time of chaos,
not only in a world of wars,
but the war within one's self."


My mind has too many negative thoughts.
It's too noisy for my muse to be heard.
I've created a sanctuary of calm.
A place within where my soul can dwell.
I removed the harsh realities of hell.
Turning my back on my clamorous mind,
I sweep away the clutter and noise.
I can now foster my creativity within,
Embracing my reborn muse once again....

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I ask the Mockingbird 
In the midst of his aria:
"Oh restless Romeo in search of a mate
Have you a bit of sympathy
For we clamorous, earthbound humans?"'

His only answer
His song 

And in my surrendering to this 
Embrace of notes
I am reminded that there is something
Finer in life
Than the constant falling 
Into ones past 

I drink in his overflowing 
Elixir 

Infinite wisdom 
Sung by my feathery
Fellow companion...

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Euphoric rays disperse from my house these days.
Cuddling and being cuddled while 
Staying in the clamorous company of
Three generations in this vacation is simply ecstatic.
Adoring the rarity of my aged mother's company,
Spoiling my daughters with love, running around with their little daughters,
Yakking and laughing, keeping all elements alive, is my lifetime's achievement!

June 30, 2016
For John Hamilton
Acrostic-Ecstacy...

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Piece of calm
In this
World of chaos
Breath of relief
While grasping
For a single gulp
Of air
The grounded green of
Spring
Of hope rising
Of life reborn
To the burning passions
Of the flame
Full of power and energy
That can take it
All down
The silence
At 3am
With the moon
In the horizon
To the clamorous city
People making their
Way upstate
At noon
With the sun
Beaming down upon them
All
The balance
Between it all
Where they belong...

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The clamorous, glamorous, amorous...
sing succinctly about their worth,
to the ragged bagged haggard masses,
who push forth their carts...of forgotten arts, through the marts. 
Complaining of the waning interest in their air 
to the mayor who sits upon his throne,
calling home to fill its moat, with his boat,
paid for, by the maid for,
failing to clean the railing leading to bedroom,
the bride and groom tried to room
to sanctify the event to which they went....

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Trailing steel cans
and rolling out their
long rags.

The morning is a frost
broken in clamorous relief.

Frayed holes in their eaten
gloves carry a crushed chore,
a rotted job bundled in skins
of wet plastics.

They emerge from a deep 
hidden hour
riding the back jaws
of neglected mammoths.

A storm hammers
in the scrape of their tongues.

The dogs lunge
for their voices.

They remove what lingers too long
from our past.

Published Black Buzzard Press 1982...

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My conscience came to a clearing,
Freed from clamorous cacophony
Of criers, critics, and claimants
  That commonly carp at me.

Calm, cool contemplation
Called out its care and concern:
Consider a commitment to courage
  Fortitude's clear-headed urn.

Calculating quickly a crisis,
I had come to the critical curve:
Could I commit to courage and clarity--
  Or into craven cowardice would I swerve?

My conscience had come to a clearing:
Could I conquer my demons this time?...

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