Short Editor Poems

Poetic editor
 —literary oxymoron

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2017)...

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Kreyburg ,Alfred Francs
an Imagist poetry whiz
Editor of Arts mg 'Broom'
had he lived a  'natural' on Zoom...

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Penelope had a defiant high chest
Was it real? Many wanted to test.
She ignored men.
Outstudied them.
Became editor of Science Digest....

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St Louis-born Marianne Moore
began poetics a 'The Dial' editor
In metrical patterns her verse brought fame
 medal &prizes & much acclaim...

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Checking each link in the chain 
it would be easier with a pen;
The click clack of typos; 
I hope that no one knows 
my editor coughed again....

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Paris Angels

"Paris Angels", new title of
a monthly magazine,
and models making up to suit.
(The editor pays them extra to wear wings.)








9/3/2017...

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Cliché is my editor’s only 
enemy. He lives, entirely 
his own life, upon the sea 
of muses where this C-
word is not to be 
used by any 
editor 
just like 
me...

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Editor Who Had A Crediter

Evidently there once was an editor;
Extremely cautious  about creditor;
Was an exhibition,
Of some  sedition;
He appeared on page as a predator.

Jim Horn...

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Oh editor are you?
Stake  not your holy mark
You red pen though inclined
No critics... do embark
Better join with me
In holy food be fed
that we might join together and find
the joyous triumphs bed...

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The world your editor,
each season your pen

Heartache your publisher,
verse to amend

Days left to punctuate,
nights misconstrued

Memory the binding
—time as the glue

 (Dreamsleep: April, 2020)...

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And through that door is the morgue
The editor said, motioning toward 
an unassuming, flat-black, painted door
“Do you want to see it?”
The wanna-be journalists from high school 
Began shaking their heads ‘no’....

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To wit, the editor
  the murderer’s axe

To slay the innocent
  with sharp attack

To wit, the editor
  last drop of blood

Now drained and syphoned
  —in victimhood

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2016)...

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Editor edits
                     News Gazette called " Elephant " 
                                   In Helen ville. 

                 Written for poetry contest sponsored 
                            by Constance la France...

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Carolyn Devonshire, it has been said

Was always on time until she was dead

     “She was never late before,”
 
    Confirmed her old editor

As from her tombstone epitaph he read



*Entry for Poet Destroyer’s “Slick Limerick” contest...

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Don’t despair, his editor would say,
fame will come and soon one day.
So don’t give up; effort enhances.
Have hope, your time is near.
And, by-the-way, to this give ear:
Suicide will only kill your chances
not to mention your career....

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“Seven reasons your novel won’t sell!”
You “a writer that’s had” your work quelled?
A writer that’s had?
Now, that’s pretty sad;
I’d say eight, but these days, one can’t tell!

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SMH: ads popping up on my Facebook feed......

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The purple lands
reading the daily papers
following others leads
A message from your editor
The Sunshine is low
the air rarefied
but every friend is now your enemy
no matter the end
and the rest is mere interest
across some arcane wind...

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A Profound Predator

Predicated then produced and perfected a profound predator,
Who of a naughty, neurotic newspaper was a unique editor; 
We were quaking; 
Identity mistaken; 
Turned out to be a humbling, bumbling, cute and cuddly creditor.

Jim Horn...

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He publishes poems
by writers who find
no publishers elsewhere.

They suffer rejection
and he gives them hope.
Some improve

and some do not.
But hope isn't always
the best thing.

It’s not hopeful to tell 
a child with clubfoot
to take ballet.


Donal Mahoney...

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The Poetry Journal
Sent my first electronic rejection slip. 
Enjoyed reading my work
But the inaugural issue is full and are
Unable to publish my poetry…they say.
The Editor wishes me luck. 
After reading his work,
Wish him as well.
Right now,
Feeling proud 
Like Bukowski....

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How do you feel about anger?
Does it feel good
like other passions?
Is it a friendly device
like a sharpened axe
to shape the hardwood?

Can one be
forgiven for it?

When I hold
anger in my mind's hand,
I cut through ropes,
jam smooth 
uneven walls.

It vibrates hard
like a rifle butt....

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Listen to poem:

A neverending compulsion.
The more space you have,
the more you want to fill it up.
Just take "uu" from "vacuum"
and add it to "continue",
"mm".


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“I think humans have a natural desire to fill empty spaces”  
Will Shortz, New York Times, Crosswords Editor
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i'm the editor
of your movie
clipping out 
takes to take 
you home
with me
leaving
splices
for the
public
to see

that you
are the
star that
you are
but a star
is a sun
and 
truth
knows
you are
the moon

in your
fullness
from the
other side
your hips
turn me
into a 
lunatic...

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I shall write while I rest 
amid the faint hues channeled 
by a functioning heart bottled 
to perfection during the tranquil 
lessons a masterpiece unfolds 
the infamous characters bonded 
beyond the galleries of distant carny 
and Gothic folklores tampered above 
a shattered notion of writers block...

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E-xceptional 
L-ine 
I-s 
Z-estfully 
A-llowing 
B-rilliant 
E-ditor 
T-o 
H-ave 

B-road 
A-ptitude 
R-egarding 
R-ighteous 
E-xpression 
T-ill 
T-ruth 

B-rightens 
R-eaders 
O-f 
W-ise 
N-ote 
I-n 
N-oble 
G-oal 

Topic: Birthday of poetess Elizabeth Barrett Browning (March 06) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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