Short Concocted Poems

Mr. Justin Smollett
Has nary a regret
  He concocted a most egregious hoax
  But won't apologize to us flummoxed folks...

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A mixture salty resin
Compound boiling in cauldron
Sweet fragrance concoction scent
Smelling devilish 

Russell Sivey...

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Trump Savings & Loan is a joke
Concocted by some Russian bloke
Although it may seem
An investor's dream
The management team is Stone-Broke!...

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Time, a fancy thing
Concocted to distract the mind 
With idle trickery
Then and now
When and where
A question of reality
There is only here
Always here
Always now
Just BE...

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How quickly life passes by
We wonder who we are
How we fit in 
We are small, mobile creatures on two legs 
Foraging, we use an odd mixture of concocted 
shorthand
to communicate
And often to miscommunicate...

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Early settlers loved it
 Easily concocted
 Eggs, milk, mixed with sugar
 Enhanced by some fine rum
 Elixir of yuletide
 Egged on by brews of nog -
 Enjoy Christmas parties!
                      -
 12/18/16...

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Bring your alibis on board
Your defense is death
And your life is limber 
Time terminates your time here
As the earth swallows you up
In your shallow grave
I’m digging for dirt
To place over your concocted coffin...

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Writing my prose,
unmeasured.
Sometimes I try poesy,
another pleasure.
Untrained. Unskilled.
But, what a joy!
to freedom,
my thoughts I find.
And so, as day by weeks
would turn into a lifetime, could be
the possibilities concocted by gods
may be....

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Listen to poem:

Seeds sprout roots and shoots
   on barren ground and fertile fields alike.
Indiscriminately rash,
   with no probe of prospect forthcoming.
Zest and zeal denies diligence in dalliant dash
   to proliferate at a rate,
   that cons concocted gains
   in the game of natural selection....

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Beneath the putter
of December skies
twists the Magus,
who floats on dreams
concocted by
mortal lies
ensnared
in flecks
shed from
fear.

Such
wondrous
bounties
consume
vital tissue,
disbursing all
pure matter squeezed
through ecology
like fees tendering
lost gifts precious....

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she spoke of two in metaphor
consequence and heretofore
laced her pouring bawdy brew
with a sweetened blinding cue

mesmerized
she hypnotized 
dancing emerald eyes
trapped me with her wily guise  

we drank a tepid tea for two
concocted by a crafty shrew
sweaty salty we both withdrew
bidding a sweet adieu...

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Pixelated poetry, 
these trapped little bits
Manufactured in the silence,
concocted, badly fit 

Sound of feigned defiance
with surplus ablated
Or surreal with cold intention,
reality choked, castrated 

Making simple complex,
floating on minds stream
With deliberate circumvention,
billion corks bobbing in my dream...

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My aunt Shay was creative, inventive and fun.
She made dolls for us out of scraps of our clothes.
It was terrific to see what she concocted and constructed.
She could make things out of ribbons, yarn, bits of nothing.
She was clever and playful, and the dolls reflected it.
She had the personality and the childlike qualities of a pixie....

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This chemical cocktail
with neurotransmitters
pinging and bathing in sweet serotonin
like honey gone melted
transcended, eccentric
compulsory eyes are concocted and bent
Henna tattoos 
from a black bellied bowl
still glittering red, crushing dust in the lungs
Bottled receptors
invisible potion
fizzy, instinctive, I want you around....

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About climate change and its effects there has been a lot of chatter.

One concern is that the sea-level is rising and I think I know the matter.

My research reveals that there is a dearth of sea sponges, (that is my notion).

We need to increase the growth of sponges to soak up the water in the ocean!

(Concocted with considerable tongue in cheek!)...

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Listen to poem:

is it misguided pride 
when in every way
I want you
to take me
possess me
claim what is yours

all the while refusing
to hand myself over
like some cheap prize
at a country fair

everybody plays a game
abiding by the rules
concocted in their head

when do we realize
that some games
have no winners



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Posted on April 18, 2022...

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The night is deliciously hot 
every child is decked out 
in a Halloween costume
 the full moon beams 
as witches prepare 
their concocted spells 
spending hours adding 
eye of toad 
nail of a dog 
hair of a cat to their potion
 planning to make
 their Halloween night
 one to remember 
so be careful who and what 
witch you run into 
or else you might be Bewitched...

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Eye reckon Noah Webster thought he'd concocted thee perfect dictionary!

   Aye'm hear two tell ewe it ain't perfect and four a reference eye'd bee vary wary!

Yew see, there is one 'mistake' and one 'error' listed under 'M' and 'E'!

   Their ain't know gittin' around them fax and aye think ewe will agree!

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
© All Writes Reserved...

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Along this strange venue I tread
Arcane a man of many
Concocted from what is deemed to be
The most unimaginable beliefs

Each direction guided by a thought
Happens to have a mind of its own
Conspiracies and schizophrenia harmonize
Like loved ones who’d never forsake I

One would gather that darkness
Is like an oblivious obscurity of validity
My brain has molded around that thought...

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Goody Goody Gum drops,
It was an expression of delight
When children saw this treat
Their eyes lit up like stars at night
The inventor Murray Taylor
Concocted this ice cream treat
That was bubble gum flavoured ice cream
Filled with gum drops. What a treat.
Over the years, Goody Gumdrops lost its favour,
But the expression Goody Goody Gumdrops
It is an adage of delight for us all to still savour....

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cow bells ring 
through verdant hills 
rolling up to cuddle ankles 
of towering gray cliffs 
spraying white foam 
intoxicating Alps
where Frankenstein
concocted Elixir Vitae
and birthed a monster
rich red wine 
and a pot of fondue
on a cafe terrace 
jagged tip 
of the top of Europe peeking 
through the fluff hugging
its head and shoulders
stunning monster
the Alps
Elixer Vitae for an
old soul...

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Sue is the best magician in the coven, we knew.
Her sidekick familiar was an owl who called himself Boo.
They were formidable and daring, confident, these two.
We stayed away from them when they concocted wizard stew.

The recipient of their antics, we never knew
But they were always up to something, Sue and Boo.
They often turned people into animals who readily moo.
Part of the reason we stay out of their sight and their goo....

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Discard your face
You lost the race
I begged you to wait
You lost my faith
Tore my heart
I fell apart
Wounded and bruised
You left me used
Alone to fight
Destroyed my sight
The tear in my soul
Has left me cold
Your love was a hoax
Concocted just to coax
The little thoughts into my head
Trick me into your Web of a bed
Not this time
This night is MINE
Do as i SAY
And i just might play..
You lost this race
Discard your face......

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I lost what I was looking for
When love to an unschedule detour
So bent upon the illusion of control
That you mixed your lies with our love
And concocted a remedy so toxic
That now it hurts even you..
Irony
Now you expect me to believe
It took countless tears and the dust from my broken heart 
Just for you to realize that I was the best thing you ever had?
hmph.. Well I hope you make friends with loneliness
Because pain has already pushed me away...

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Chased by a two hundred pound kangaroo
I hid inside an Alaskan igloo
I concocted a wild witch’s brew
And put together a tasty stew

Someone yelled, “Here is a blue kangaroo!”
I knew this was not an ample clue.
Had someone fashion me a new hairdo.
Styled by a beauty school shrew.

Someone stuck their head in and yelled “Boo!”
An odd orange creature from the nearest zoo.
He was not painted the right hue.
Not like the scary red kangaroo....

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