Short Meagre Poems

had coffee with a colleague
he was young and eager
wanted to play Russian roulette 
because his resources were meagre

the universe conspires with us
granting us whatever we wish
but if fear and doubt makes us blink
boons granted are gone in a swish...

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endless
           boredom,
isolated
renditions
              survive
to provoke
enchantment
             end route....
intrepid 
           segments
juxtaposed
            with irony...
a mocking
             presence
meagre..yet..
                 subtle,
idiomatic
       syncopations..
...to frustrate as
I deliberate...

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A waste of time

 I have been so busy writing 
that I have not had time to write.
Ploughing meagre soil
the harvest not enough to feed my heart.
A mountain of words that tell nothing
more than a wall to hide behind.
“what was it all about Alfie?”
 A question that has no answer.
My August casts long shadows
and the famine continues....

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endless 
           boredom,

isolated 
renditions
            survive
to provoke
enchantment
              end route..
intrepid 
           segments
juxtaposed
           with irony-
a mocking
              pretence
meagre
yet     subtle,
idiomatic
           syncopations...
..to frustrate
                  as
I deliberate...

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Hydra-headed monster, corruption
The master of our nation
In our face and all facets
Our progress' pace, it dictates.

Now it's normal, by christening
Made formal by rebranding
Existing laws are bypassed
News ones? Not needed!

Clerics, step up your say
Teachers, justify your meagre pay
At home, young minds must be disabused
This game, it's high time it ceased!...

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fostered face etched'n
gaunt grave swept
dark dribbles dug
sassy syllables sung
song's gores gibe
meagre moan thrives

assembled books belched
cremating callous crest
kaleidoscopic knowledge crept

hoisted acumen hatched
voluptuous cramp crashed
sundry zeal stripped

confined fate fumed
by fury bruised.
      '20:04:19:09:43

Note: Of pulpy picture....

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dark dearth dribbled
crunching cloned cripples:
hoisted hay forlorn
perforating pulpy pawn
punctured pills pored
gaunt gifts gored

nocturnal nature tamed
leering lanky lame
kaleidoscopic chaos craved

meagre missiles moaned
munching mufti robe
rusty rhythm poked

yearning yucks yelled
fuming felon flesh.
      '20:05:04:20:07

Note: Of numbed nature....

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*Of The Sea*

taunted torrent tamed
cremating callous crave
melting meagre sigh
hoisted horizon plies
fractured feelings fostered
moaning mystic metres

wielded waves yawned
puncturing pulpy pawn
merging masticated clown

lanky luck leers
vying voluptuous fear
felon fate peered

hoisted crunching creed's
of the sea.
      '20:04:01:18:44

Note: Of the sea....

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wielded wits wept
bruising bounty belch
felon feelings fetched
taunted callous cleft
hoisted hurts bled
moaning mist melts

meagre metamorphoses squashed
pluming punctured prank
tolling toiled trance

masticated memory lurched
basked coup's birth
vying voluptuous verge

braced ocean breaks
drown drooling mistake?
     '20:04:23:17:47

Note: of pestered picture....

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eerie odds awed
puncturing pulpy pores
sassy spell spurned
leering lanky lurch
felon fate features
fuming strained seizures

airy alakazam hatched
taunting tampered trance
draped dribble's prank

smothered smirk starved
porous platter parked
moaning meagre marks

wielded twain wedged
callous camouflage's crest.
       '20:05:15:18:46

Note: Of plagued personality....

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wet wits worn
perforating pulpy pawn
pestered passion puked
cremating clipped cruise
hoisted hankering drooled
felon fate bruised

meagre metamorphoses moaned
spurring sassy sow
gullible gifts grown

dark diminuendo birthed
dribbling crescendos fitted
rusty rhythm rusticated

felon ambiguity flown
by blitzkrieg blown.
      '20:04:17:19:26

Note: Of airy ambiguity....

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felon fate fostered
feigning flimsy clusters
voluptuous verge drown
cremating callous clown
dark dribbles birthed
hampered hankerings hoisted

moaning mists raved
foiling rusty rage
wanky will wailed

meagre moans masticated
voluptuous vying hibernated
bruised bugs perfected

porous pulses oozed
tracing taunted tune.
      '20:04:29:19:15

Note: Of voluptuous verge....

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punctured passion plucked
gaunt confetti crunched
perforating porous pulps
oozing glitches gulped
cozy contractions cupped
lanky liquid's lust

eerie efforts etched
pompous platter's crest
sucking salient stress

gullible groom grooved
hoisted passion puked
bride trust bruised

meagre honeymoon mocked
sassy strife stocked.
        '20:05:03:09:43

Note: Of pulpy picture....

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waning wits smirked
vying voluptuous verge
meagre mood metamorphose
saucy spell's sauce
hoisted hankerings hummed
pruning punctured pukes

dark dribbles dazed
rusty reels raved
rusticating riff's creates

lanky lusts birthed
callous crisps cremated
crunched crescendos hibernated

crumbling contractions cruised
bursting busty bruise.
     '20:05:01:18:32

Note: of harassed ambiguity....

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You enchanted

With the things you wrote

Your words

Held me like a Siren’s song

And drew me into love 

With you sight yet unseen

Until

When I had lost my meagre strength of will 

You showed me who you were

So lavished on me

all but all of you

it would have been ungracious to try to claim the rest

That failure then was mine

And only mine 

A poor thing all my own....

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wanky waves wailed
rustled reeling rage
leering la-de-da lust

lanky leg's lurch
seeped'n smothered surge
tilts taunted cup

serves felon finger -
punctured palm rogered
kleptomaniac knuckles gulped

meagre contractions mated
bounty success birthed:
fostered fame's club.
'20:05:11:16:40

Note: A reflection on an African form of poetry called "Gammo" ... Was invited to submit a piece on it....

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wielded wits whooshed
perforating pouting pool
yearning yields pruned
vying voluptuous clues
dark drips dribbled
callous crest crippled

hoisted hanker healed
sumptuous syllables seeped'n
crumbling curvy creed

mystic melody moaned
cupped crescendos' clone
haughty rhythm robed

porous pasts punctured
meagre memories measured.
    '20:03:28:11:33

Note: Dedicated to Jedidiah, King Solomon....

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callous clouds hummed
sassy syllables puked
dripping dark dribbles
vying veil trickles
amputated atmosphere bewitched
spooky spell enriched

thrilled trees trailed
crumbling crescendos' wail
rusty rhythm raved

nudging nature nimble
munching meagre mumble
bounty boulevard hurdled

bridged blitzkrieg bruised
grooming gaunt gloom.
     '20:04:27:18:21

Note: An imitation of an art of nature the Almighty etched in the earth....

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callous clouds cremating
hoisted horizon hibernating
mystic mirror birthed
meagre mimick mounted
pulpy punctures lent
lanky lust wretched 

bounty boulevard bruised
humpty-dumpty craving cruise
perforated pilgrims puked

sassy similitude seeped'n
vulnerable voluptuous trees
dark dribbles creaked

airy aura tripped
nocturnal nature gripped.
     '20:04:12:09:29

Note: Of nocturnal nature. Inspired by a picture saved from Temi Otedola's....

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The Imitators

He has worked in the garden of poetry
Forty years gone.
The soil is meagre and the plants are eaten
By boars, they applaud him with grunts.

To find the roots and transplant them on a page
Or in the garden of literature, is not easy.
The gardener is famed for his genius or a charlatan
Of rose bushes.

Truth rears its ugly head, there are doubters
Who will not be silent, he knows when his plant’s
Has been purloined.
Better than not be read at all....

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Joanne the willowy vixen
Willing and welcoming
Dancing on the pole  
Writhing and gyrating 
Erotically cavorting
Like a gracile courtesan
Suppliantly performing for the clientele
Of dirty old men and drunken letches
Debasing herself for meagre reward
In seedy surroundings
Selling herself to wealthy businessmen
With her nakedness she begs
For more paper currency
She calls herself an exotic dancer
But she’s no better than the geisha
Who satisfies a Mikado’s libido...

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Sprawled about the blanket spread
Minding the business of her own
Her mind led, far astray
By her thoughts, she is overthrown.
She dreams of a heaven
Beyond her meagre skill
Far-fetched from cold reality
Though reached from power of will.
For her it appears a lifetime
But to us a patient while
Stationed soundly at my feet
Though her head a ’wandered mile.
And itched along her rested neck
My hand so ever tender
Her head arose, so much confused 
And query from my brain did render....

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I am the gentle breeze,
That whispers through the trees.
I am that meagre light,
That glimmer in the night.
I am a prayer softly spoken,
I am a vow that's never broken.
I am the future and the past,
I am the first and the last.
I am there when you're in need,
I am the wish, not the deed.
When you think all is gone,
I'll be there to help you on.
Where you go, I go too,
Always there to see you through.
When you reach that downhill slope,
Then I am there, for I am hope....

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You have tried everthing,
Everything you have tried have failed
STOP AND THINK
Something is wrong somewhere.

You give in your best
Yet, it's never good enough
TAKE A BREAK
Give it a thought.

Despite your unsavory efforts,
Your reward is always meagre
THINGS OUGHT TO GET BETTER
Only after you undo your wrongs.

Search yourself, search your heart
Search your soul, and you will see
THAT GOD IS MISSING
Without him, you like shoes without laces...


TRY HIM, HE NEVER FAILS....

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I ask why I live in a flask
To hide my pride 
To chide and deride every task
Better to stem my indifference tide.

I ask why I feed on crumbs
To lead a life lost in poverty
To bite and fight my own thumbs
When in style I can bask in novelty.

I ask why I love in secret
To osculate in dark corners
To communicate like an egret
To conceal my amity antennas.

I ask why I earn peanuts
To eke out a meagre living
To metamorphose friends into butts
Of my banter when I need forgiving....

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