Short Economical Poems

I'm better than you
psychological warfare
no bullets required...

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Narratives are fine but use too many words
Economical are limericks with nouns and verbs
Frugal they are
Less wasteful by far
Too much thinking causes an abundance of turds...

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Narratives are fine but use too many words
Economical are limericks with nouns and verbs
Frugal they sure are
Less wasteful by far
Too much thinking causes an abundance of turds...

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Narratives are fine but use too many words
Economical are limericks with nouns and verbs
Frugal they sure are
Less wasteful by far
Too much thinking causes an abundance of turds...

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Narratives are fine but use too many words
Economical are limericks with nouns and verbs
Frugal they are
Less wasteful by far
At my age, too much thinking is for the birds


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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There’s this mellow fellow who toast, boast
      every night drunk with his host, most
      now the embassy has closed
      the high life exposed
      a hobo a bench a lamppost

     © Harry J Horsman  2010...

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Literal is not,

the fake climb is aunt,

and a stake in the attrition not an alimony as you can see clearly in me...I do not assuage an empire-

I follow in the most economical exigencies,

as one is up, another is down my friend....

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Good Old Earnest. 

Thanks to internet 
Novels are getting longer 
But not better 
A jungle of unnecessary word
A machete comes in handy 

Earnest Hemingway 
Used typewriter and slowly  
Paused for a little drink 
Being economical with words 
So he could go out fishing...

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A car is for me a thing so practical
Having as aim to take me to places
For me, it should be easy, soft
Economical and environment friendly as well
See, a car is much needed
Fancy cars don't lure me
Simple and user friendly
Never to breakdown
My car
Defectless!...

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Tis an ode to the glory
of this unemployment story
Got no food to eat
Can't even wash my feet
A quick way to get cash- go on Maury!*


8th place in the "Economical Woe Limericks" contest by
Carolyn Devonshire

*The Maury Povich Show- similar to
Jerry Springer.

A. Green...

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I heard, the economical Americans put a brick into the toilet tank. The economical Russians put there a couple of Stoli. When I was living on the Odisha beach, I had neither Stoli, nor a brick, nor a toilet tank.

Here we have an illustration of the deficiencies of a freelancer's lifestyle....

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M. Mature
O. Obsessive
T. Truthful
H. Helpful
E. Earnest
R. Respectful
S. Self sufficient 

L. Loveable 
O. Outstanding
V. Virtuous 
E. Efficient

I. Irreplaceable 
S. Spontaneous

N. Nurturing
E. Economical
V. Virtuoso
E. Eager 
R. Reliable 

E. Entertaining 
N. Nice
D. Dedicated
I.  Industrious 
N. Not appreciated enough
G. Good Nature...

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They kill horse don’t they
Economical strokes
Of the knife
That let the blood drain
Gushing at first
Into the sand
As they watch the light fade
From eyes that trusted
Then move on
To destroy more dreams
And things of beauty
To create a world of grays
For the colour blind
And one of conformity
To deter the poets
And the dreamers
They kill horses don’t they...

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At
first
a fib
nothing more
or that’s what he thought
but one economical truth
wasn’t enough, so his spinnerets spun some fresh lines
one needs fairly few words to speak the pure truth, but many more so to hold up a lie 

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N.B.:  dedicated to my two of my favorite Italians, who share a "growing" propensity.
and maybe Sylvio Berlusconi, too....

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AFRICA continent
discourage total dependence
on outside donor funding__
AFRICA seek to implement
viable fundrising ventures__
rich continent in terms of
abundance natural resources__
tapping and utilising resources 
for funding our own budgets.
Why waiting upon donors from
outside to find our own projects?

chipepo lwele
*To AFRICAN political ,religious, economical and technological think tanks....

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Whitewash is white
White race is not white
White gold is not white
White pepper is not white 
Look before you leap
Think thrice before you act
Never jump to a conclusion 
Without investigation
Sometimes quick and smart 
Doesn't mean excellent and perfect
People used to say 
Work smart but not work hard
But to survive an economical crisis
Many an average 
Will surpass merely a few excellent...

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Entrapment
You asked my views on the Holocaust
You wanted me to write about Holodomor
I cannot imagine why such things occur
My views are socio-political, socio-economical, and socio-religious
Via media I see human suffering exist
Via history, this has no depiction contented
Pondering into the unknown, will reason disclose
You asked my views on the Holocaust.
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Penned on October 18, 2014!...

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The frozen voice hangs on the
door. A crowd waits.
Midnight explosions
will start soon
to herald a benevolent sky-
for squatters.

In rise and fall of an empire
I won’t put any label
to generation drift. The
changing geography will
take care of the ashes.
A ragpicker will tell the story.

Ambulatory moon
had become economical, blanching
the stained dreams only
like our land’s wounds.
The sea of hate lies naked before us
to sweep the carcasses. I know not
how to become omnivorous.


Satish Verma...

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