Short Desi Poems

Here lies Desi Arnaz, in the ground all alone
His wife sick of hearing, "Lucy, I'n hone!"
   


      Not for the Epitaph 2 Contest...

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American actress that had a ball, 
Her madcap antics behaviors enthrall 
Millions "I Love Lucy" fans 
With musical pots and pans
Desi Arnaz affairs her sad downfall.

9/2/2024
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I am tired of this rat maze surrounding me. 
Time has come for me To live my own dream.
Off I go like a feather from a delusions wing;
for sweet mother nature and her hollow tree.

by Desi E. Sherman
2011...

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Here lies the remains of the great Lucille Ball
The best fiery redhead comedian of them all
Even after she kicked drunk Desi Arnez to the curb
Her vitameatavegamin TV episode was superb

 Written on 4/12/19...

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Edifice, 
ones temple for his breath;
Pervasive force to guide until death!
Threadbare be thy mind;
Inclement in bind.
O so such-subjugation on one’s flesh,
Is like being cut up with still mesh.

 By Desi E. Sherman...

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O Cerridwen, 
goddess of poetry 
Lend me your ear
For I have found your earthly vessel 
Blessings upon my eyes
Tenderness here lies 
Bathing in the glow of a full moon 
She chides me in the ways of love!
By Desi E. Sherman...

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Desiree Dissention disliked dishonest disorderly Denise
Discontented Destiny discounted Desiree’s dislike of Denise
Diabolical Denise displayed despotic disapproval of Desi
Desiree and Destiny’s discord disgusted Desi and Denise...

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Lucille Ball
Made us laugh, playing hardball
With dingbat displays
And clever, nonsensical ways!

Desi Arnaz
Caused mayhem with pizzazz
Zaniness we loved to view
As he broadened the hullabaloo!


September 30, 2021

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Sponsor: Brian Strand

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Like the beauty hidden beneath the brook
It’s the simple dimples that make me smile
Or is it the drop of a drip 
Off an old black bear’s back 
As he chases the flip flop 
Of a Brook Trout
Or is that the Big Brown
As he marks the beginning of the Hex hatch.
          by Desi E. Sherman
                 9/22/2019...

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To adhere to any subservience,
 i kindle the whispers in my head.

To juxtapose my beliefs with the worlds, 
 i sit back and savor a frigid beer. 

It is at these times that stately minds  
 conceive the grandest of offenses.

The expansion of one’s own apreciation; 
 in search of richer wisdom.

By Desi E. Sherman
11/17/2012...

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When Ozzie & Harriet wed
Censors decreed one to a bed*
Desi & Lucy
Never got juicy
But McCarthy still dubbed them, "Red!"  

* It was not OK in the USA for
married couples to share the 
same bed, but always OK for 
people and puppets to beat 
the crap out of each other,
leaving Soup poets to wonder
why people are so cruel! ...

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I loved to play 'Cowboys and Indians'
    My favorite book was 'Little Fat Policeman'
  I really enjoyed a good minstrel show
    Desi Arnaz Jr's accent made my laughter grow

  Today I'd be a fat-shaming racist
    who culturally misappropriates to boot
  Back then I was just another 'normal kid'
    in his designer white-privilege suit...

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A Raw Wish

If you come some mid-spring's day
Oh! At late afternoon!
To here, this lush quiet meadow:
Free to the far stony walls, thorny weeds and wood.
I shall serve you in samovar steaming tea, homemade breads and desi ghee.
My love, I shall show you how
Giant shadows are slipping over the sandy mount;
And horned sheep hurrying home,
Little lambs stumbling....

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Parallel

As we crawl through her mind
I indulge in all her secrets.
 
if her thoughts; she laid there on a silver platter
then I dabbled a bit within each of her fantasies. 

As we swaddled her lust within a blanket
I snuggled there deep in her mental bosom. 

We lifted her passion up to the next level
and I ate up all her barriers built from past discretion.
     
       by Desi E. Sherman
         11/27/2019...

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If Lucille Ball had lived, she'd be one hundred today.
Many people were devastated when she passed away.
She and Desi Arnaz started a studio called Desilu.
They produced Star Trek and several other shows too.

It turns out that Mrs. Ball was a Leo like me.
She was a big fan of Three's Company.
When she starred in those sitcoms, she had much appeal.
Happy one hundredth birthday, Lucille.

(DEDICATED TO LUCILLE BALL WHO DIED APRIL 26, 1989.)...

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I have been Intrusted with knowledge! 
Completely incrusted with time,
Admirably holding onto wisdom,
Lost for thousands of generations. 
Set free like the busting of Hoover dam.
Overflowing rapids of life altering thoughts,
Of all the great thinkers,
Hoarded up condensing it’s
Own energy from all periods past.
Released to flush the poor unsuspecting main frame for the universal nervous system, 
Of yet another victim of time.
By Desi E. Sherman...

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Lucille (“Lucy”) Ball
Her desire for show biz fame is anything but small
Plays the wife of Ricky the Cuban drummer
How she goes about it could not be funnier.

Desi (“Ricky”) Arnaz
A full-time job reining in his kooky wife he has
Loves Lucy with all his heart
And his conniving Lucy is extremely smart!

FIRST PLACE WINNER
written September 29, 2021
especially for "Clerihew 2" poetry contest
sponsored by Joseph May...

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I tasted your soul last night.

It left your essence to linger on my tongue.

Not to mention the scent that dances bare
there About my upper lip.

Or your aura’s nectar that has stained my mouth,
With fantom flavors of your character's own passion.

And then there’s that dribble of lust that clings to my chin
The same one that I dare to forget and wipe clean.

Only To be left with nothing But a dream.

I tasted your soul last night.
By Desi E.Sherman...

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Lucy And Ricky


That old TV show, 'I Love Lucy', was fun!
     With style, Lucy made us all laugh at each one 
of her silly faces and 'dingbat' displays.
     But yet, she was clever and smart in her ways.

And Ricky, her hubby, was always right there
     engaging in mishaps that would cause a flare,
and form such a comedy we loved to view.
     As goader, he broadened the hullabaloo!


January 12, 2019

Contest: 
Sponsor: Joseph May

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