Short In The Main Poems

Art critic John Rushkin
thought some painting an expression of sin
He drew still life in the main
dying at 81& a little insane...

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Matisse colleague Andre Derain
known as a Fauvist in the main
Developed colour for modern art
but traditional for the best part...

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Jens Ferdinand Willinsen - a Dane
resident in France in the main
A painter/sculptor by prfession
now included in Danish  art Canon...

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Laverne and Shirley
their fame in the main had come early
retiring at twenty
they had thought their residuals would have been plenty....

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You want treasure, you get no gain;
You want pleasure, you get just pain
For without pain there is no gain.
Yes, life is a pain, in the main.......

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Hope can be certain
Hope is not denied
        in the main-
If,all else is tried

Quatrain Form derived from George Herbert's poem Discipline 5/5/3/5...

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searching
reeling
casting
fishing
in the main land lake searching reeling in
fish and fishers of men casting fishing in

2/6/18
by James Edward Lee Sr....

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the pain,
was not pain,
in the main,
till it climbed the spine,
and ran up there in mind,
it hit a spot ,
and from there distributed it got,
it was only then pain made him whine....

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British troops in Ukraine.? Well they are already there.' 
Whats starners game? As peace keepers they could be
Hit' that would derail things I'm sure of it.' To much
Resources already have been drained.' Leave well enough
Alone..I would think if any really care in the main.?...

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My name is Archie Templeton-Mead
I'm vice president of corporate greed,
gold, bonds and diamonds, are (in the main)
what I need, so please write a letter, you 
couldn't do better than plant your small seed, 
(avaricious indeed!)
with financial factotum Archie Templeton-Mead...

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If I must be plain
The popularity of a Train
Had begun to wane
And to skyrocket that of Plane
Airports sweeping lots of gain,
With little or no strain:
Billions of dollars in the main;
In case of Nigeria: Naira Rain:
A Lion complete with Kingly mane,
Though Air Disaster their combative bane....

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those leaf cutter ants lost in the desert ~ they try slice open each grain

God shows moses as the red sea closes ~ yet unseen they’ll die in vain

I’ve witnessed things so tiny and fast ~ that never occurred in the main

unlike people who won’t believe their eyes ~ and claim it’s legerdemain...

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Females and males have different plumbing, that I
think it is just wonderfully celestial.

"Whichever" bathroom logos on bathroom doors...
dismiss God's creations as inconsequential.

These are not only highly PC inane,but in the main, 
totally, and uniquely.....irreverential!


September 28, 2019

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Stop the go around 
Game untitled in the main
Clouds all speaking same
Main core 
Sunshine
Peeking then abounding through
worth looking up in wonderment
Fail proof
Spending time in downs 
Looking up
Clearing Showing right stuff
Clouds are needed 
Just as God says
Some dark bathes the way
Through all creation 
Truth spray...

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I'm a lover not a fighter,
I'm a fighter not a fool.
I won't surrender inalienable rights,
To Washington's Marxist tools.

I'm a lover not a fighter,
I'm a fighter not a fool.
I won't abide the liar's,
In the main stream media pool.

I'm a lover not a fighter,
I'm a fighter not a fool.
I know that God in Heaven,
Will ultimately rule....

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The
voice of spring rain
It’s darkly etched, in the sky face, 
rainshade in the main, I don't complain.
lyrical steps falling, frothing seductively, slo-flowing
rain that they are strained. The weather vane's
become inane, when every day it rains again. It's plain
to
see
for
you
and
me
it
has
to
be
the
   end    *
   of play....

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For the wiser, Meisser I see your eyes...

Two continue,
throughout the stars
from afar
the start shows bright,
in a Knight
is the light of a spiraling eye.
Can you fly?

With me...Two,
the digital see,
in flickering pixel stars
Can be, anything.

The fabric, Imagination.
Two elation, near
The CanIs... Major.

My favorite your flavor.
Two scoops in the Main.
Continue.in
Again....

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The future will never wait
So I figure lets channel the surplus now
While there's salt in the flesh
And juices run through veins
In the main feed of life
Waste no time to get it right
Keep crafting like serpent's artillery
Charge off like bandits in the night
Blazoned with the candle of love
Strike me through wanton abyss
Blissful on God's endless pyre 
Inspire the sparks of romance
On this love emboldened...

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Contest, name and date
Why does a judge need to know
It beggars belief why they ask this
When only words should show

To deliberate and determine
Where said poetry has been scribed
Surely it's down to wonder
Then who's best, and to then decide

This happens on quite a few sites
So it appears to be in the main
Purely to know who's written such
It simply can't be the same





:-(...

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A little thought
That my poetry is more a blog
of my mental landscape
You could pick individual poems
Create a nice collection
But in the main
They are a journey through 
another's thought patterns
I see that mine are twists and turns
Seemingly no rhyme or reason
(In the non poetic sense)
A composite of something I myself
have never viewed clearly
So thank you to those peeking in
and helping me with perspective...

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Welcome back, my son
To the family bosom
Where in fits and starts fun
Extracted you for seasons without reason

That tore the family fabric
With a yawning gap
Which no trick
Whatever its map

Could relieve
As family pain and strain
Could give
No respite in the main

Regardless of postures
Family embraced
Until your return new cultures
Consolation stressed

In smiles for miles
Soothing the void
Created in styles
Both you and family could in future avoid....

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SNOWBALL or PLUS 1 then 2 then  3 syllables added on successive lines and so on til its done
TABB a couplet easy and free , (after J  B T)
HERBERT Christian forms in the main,George had too many,here to name
EAP styled after Poe's essay end,a list form in five, I noticed ,then penned

you may hear me recite from my 4000+ PS anthology on youtube under my pen name ichthyschiro..

catch my short form as exampled above @strandpoet on twitter..


read my kindle guides on amazon...

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I am drowning! 
Deep in the main!
Chocked! 
I am hardly breathing!

Am I dying?
 Or in a blithe
Of ecstatic oblivion

Hey! There is pain!
Something……I can’t explain
May be a painless pain                      
As if honey bees stinging
But just honey! No agony!!

Heebie-jeebies running
As if I am stolen

I’m hunting; hurtling
For contour of my own 

Craving; raving
Frantic trying
To feel my soul in
My palms palpitating

Yes! I am drowning
In your love-ocean!!!...

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A ravaging downpour,
At destruction not pour;
In farms a chainsaw,
Trees punching their core,
On many leaving a sore
All your cries from bare floor!

Muddy water in drains,
Obvious from speeding trains.
My face notes these with pain
But never Evil judges The Rain.
If I be upset “What Gain?”
Still, A loser in the main!

Gathering closer her aggrieved silk, 
A dame starts mourning The Spilling Milk:
A woman whose man is no farmer; 
Lips are rather proclaiming Snake Charmer!...

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Remembering the ways of the inner self
Knowing change came with much to upset
The perfect time to interject 
Great worth
Tools of the completeness 
Moving in place
Called help mate
Showing ture grit 
Settleing for much less 
Being content
The long haul cemented ahead 
Faith in the main line seat
Erasing holds wanted need
Quick in the manner of solutions
Ready for the next set test
Lined with padded sureness
Ways of standing meeting the blank
Lessons learned in halls of wait...

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