Short Noir Poems

Noetic nodules
negate numerative noir
negotiable needs...

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----the frost of fog licked
trees and tulips by the web
of a black widow----...

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Lord, I do not understand
I got an A in French
But I cannot speak French

Je Suis Noir...

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With a rose between teeth
      red mouth calling me
 your look reminds me of cinema noir...

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         piercing gaze
         inviting mouth
      gestural noir scene...

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Blazing,ardent kiss
  cabaret atmosphere.breathless dark soir
     your look steals the show, cinema noir...

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hors d'oeuvre norwegienne
bisques de normandy
canetons d'aylesbury
pudding au yorkshire
gateau foret noir
vin champagne
Bonn(sic) !...

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French artist Paul CezanneP
was quite s determined man
he painted again&again Mont Saint Victoire 
almost abstracted but never his bete noir...

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Welcome to Maison Ruinart
be sure and visit our cellar
It is like a dark gothic cathedral
We are one of the best vineyards in France
Chardonnay or Pinot Noir?...

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This is a little unusual for this old dude
My tum tum's a little upset, what did I chew
Late last soir,
Too much café noir
Not young no more, what the hell's my first clue!...

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gothic mystery
Hitchcock's first Hollywood film-
earliest film noir






Copyright © 2018 by Mark Toney. All rights reserved. 
First published 2018 in Hollywood Haiku via wattpad.com...

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A black widow?
(Quick shudder)
A brown recluse?
Lurking in shoes.
Red Rover, Red Rover,
one bite and it's over?
No just a half inch "noir"
on her way to the car,
children at home
alone....

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One of two, not yet perfect
Angry for the intrusion
Envious of your insight
Never will see it again
I think you're brilliant
I finally did
I already knew
Afraid of the point of view
Wondered when you would make mine
I've seen what you've done...

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Amassed bulging clouds 
Dashing enmity fusion, 
generously hovering
In jellylike kneaded layaway 
Mysterious noir over
Prairies quietly resting
Suddenly trapped under
Vicious wind’s X rated
Yelling zeal.

CarolineCecile - 10.15.12...

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Find me
In the middle
Where
The light
Meets
The dark
Find me
In the few seconds
Before the eclipse
Falls into
Total
Noir
The single moment
When
The moon
And
The sun
Are one
Hands toward
The light
Our footsteps
Echoing
Into the silence...

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This is a link to a noir short story I wrote, featuring a friend's cat. Administrators can delete if you wish, but I thought some might like a story.  I tried to be poetic. 

http://sylvannovelust.blogspot.com/2013/12/adventures-of-duffy-dean-unified-story.html...

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get it right and make it right again
days say solo days say ah dew shi paco
ah dew she say ah vay dew!
Adagio Cadenza
Andante C
Dolce Fermata
Fortissimo Larghetto
Mofit Octave
Piu Semore
Sforzando Tonality
Resendo Adagi 
Oleoresin Madagascar
Noir Nickel...

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  oxidized  t r e l l i s 
                     w
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                       t
                     e
                         d 
                             noir roses intersect ~
  q u i l t  of the forlorn 
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     Tough-talking film-noir luminary, Humphrey Bogart.
     His distinctive snarling voice and lisp set him apart.
     
  Swept film noir leading lady, Lauren Bacall, off her feet.
Diminutive, sarcastic; played characters that packed heat.
...

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I predict heartbreak
I predict this is how it will all end
Harvest
Emptying the lands
Raping the grounds

I promise Pinot Noir
What is this I'm speaking of
Emptying the land
Pillaging backgrounds
 Harvest
Fleece cultivates my soul

12/10/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2019...

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a trail of scurry
as if martins
had flown through the house

voices
thatpushallthewordstogether
you swing

lampshades
and make it all

film noir

shouts from a
mouth of cloth

so when you are as
empty as grail
but have no space

ypu understand
there is no sense without passion...

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The Chipped Cup
She sings a lullaby sweet
Purchased on an impulse
On Camden Street
(A leap towards the hip?)

Now her bottom is stained
Reaping the harvest of
Coffee- Noir. 
The fading blooms  
A pastel shade of rue.
My chipped cup laments
A bygone era. Though the future
Is aromatic still- Jasmine and rose-hip brew....

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Listen to poem:

and love is food
come bring your appetite
my lips ready for a feast
a nibble here and there

pinot noir or chardonnay
moist upon my tongue
please don't tease
or wake the tiger

it's a basic jungle rule
yes, food is love
and love is food
under moonlit skies                 



AP: 2nd place 2022

Posted on October 9, 2021...

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Film Noir

 
They had to operate
remove the one
and from the other
take a nugget.
Later in the hall
they said they got it all.
They said how well
she’d be with rest.
Her first night home,
as we prepared for bed,
she turned to show me.
In my mind the cinema of fleet
but fecund years
ran through another time.
 

Donal Mahoney...

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All the people stop and stare,
they don't care, they don't mind the street-lights. 

Bumpers kiss, fenders bend, I saw her grin, when she saw them glance again.

Black skin, with the wild hair, ripped denim laminated on her derrière. 

Leather in the summer, ask her if she cares, all the people stop and stare.

Black vintage with the wild hair....

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