Short One Off Poems

a one-off-
performance
art...

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suddenly I see


a beam of light in me...

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Everything today's a 'one-off'
                                    I doff my cap ~ my wig comes off...

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Thomas Hart Benton
Regionalism  favourite son
Painter of the authentic Midwest
definitely one-off I wuld guess...

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Trip On A Tanker

We had taken a trip on a tanker;
Arrived at a dock and did anchor;
We would land;
Saw much sand;
The first one off was a big banker.

Jim Horn...

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WALK THE LINE
the landscape
becomes his
art
GEORGIA CLOSE-UP
pictures of
a bee's eye
view
COME CLOSER
was Seurat
making a
point
EPHEMERAL
a one off
performance
art...

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A one-off was Barnett Newman 
spectral closeness was his plan
He created the art of the zip*
two colours in a mural clip

*see www.poetrysoup.com/poem/declarative_unit_newman_zip_1675988...

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Each day the airwaves brings an expert
Leaves one in awe a trifle inert
There they are on the telly
Advice on setting a jelly
Enough to put one off their dessert.

© Harry J Horsman 2018...

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Minimalist Donald Judd
from whom simplicity did flood
Letting the surrounds have their say
three dimensional art his forte

From installationist Allan Kaprow
ethereal happenings did flow
One-off activities non·par·eil
living art so surreal...

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Are you aware of a website called “Pantie Waste”
Yup! We can buy second-hand panties, not very chaste
Is this an internet stunt
Nope, a personal affront
Unbelievably disgusting, I rule this one off-base


(Check it out.... it's for real!...

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a cluster of grapes will get my attention
i'll want to know just who you are

take care to make them fresh 
and cold
and my eyes will flutter

pull one off the vine
put it in my mouth
and there will be
no doubt

you could be my man

just bring me grapes...

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"What kind act can I do" I hear you say
Well maybe a greeting or just a smile
Go on, be kind and go that extra mile 
And not just a one off, but every day. 


Written 5th March 2020

For kind ink poetry contest 

Sponsored By Charles Messini....

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A five minute fad
  a one week wonder
fame for a quarter of an hour...

Fleeting images..
shadows in the sun
vapour of the morning dew..

Petals of a flower



              a one-off-
performance

penning
    a hiku


touching
    a sculpture

viewing
    a painting
         ...    anew...

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Normally I can relax in the woods,
Today flies and mosquitoes are annoying me.

I slap them off my leg,
And blow them off my shoulder.
I flick a green winged one off my chair,

Can feel something crawling slowly
Toward my knee

I forgot to wear Vicks
Which bugs detest.

A tick?
I cannot wait to see....

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Nawty There
How can I address you properly?
You can't take off my dress
You nawty child
You've gotten her pregnant!
Get out of this house now
He was pulling one off
And pulled a muscle
It was a power shaft
She always upsets him
Only coz she loves him
The concept of time
Meant nothing when fecking
They worked as pilots
For the Arkansass National Guard...

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The wind felt
Catching one off guard
Sometimes refresh
Other times bad and good
The wave backward and forward of trees
The view of the ocean as the waves maneuver
Breezes front and center
Embrace
North to South
East to West
Breezes with their own confess
Outward blow
Some fast and suddenly slow
One never knows
Handy work Heaven
Breezy Point
Breathing in and out
The breeze moving about.
...

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randomness in art
essentially 
a one-off experiment to suggest 
a counterintuitive interpretation
In a visual representation
with  the element chance 
to bring spontaneity 

thereby
 liberating creativity from rational thought
 becomes 
full of surprise 
 open to different interpretations

revealing
visually striking
unexpected connections  
 of  meaningful shapes
 in
 chance   
   imaginative conclusions...

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           Pull the wool over our eyes
             Exploit your bully pulpit

           Ha, ha! Even ‘Wooly Bully’
             is relatively young ~
                     It's not the culprit


 
           ___________________________
           'Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs'
            were a 'one-off' pop group of the
            mid-1960's. Their hit was titled
            'Wooly Bully,' some kind of dance.
...

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It was one-off.
I will not punish myself 
again for brazen, stone writing,
girding the aneurism, after
a long siege.

An entire night was lost 
in repairing the blue vase.

You want to cut off the coalfield.

The gloom plunges deep. A 
swallow tweets for a passerby.

In the heart of darkness,there was 
the fire, a purple flame, ready 
to suckle the unborn sun.
the grass breaks the rock.
I pray for the burns.



Satish Verma...

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To fail is to hit the bottom scale,
Demonstrably show you could derail,
To shamelessly lose your trail
And go ahead to simply wail
And at cheating sky rail
Like one refused a bail:
To tears receive, even tears hail,
Keeping a face awfully pale,
No correspondence no mail;
Your image for helpless sale…

For the failed Male, no female
From the female bared a male… 
For one’s crucifixion, concrete nail,  
The wind to blow one off, A Gale!...

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Cockleburs on his chin, cockleburs between his toes
He has been where the dreaded cockleburs grow.
Cockleburs on his head, neck, butt, and his dog tail.
Cockleburs are prickly, stickery, and sometimes hard as a nail.

Why do you go where the cockleburs live?
I try hard to get one off, but it does not want to give.
I end up with thorns in my fingers, and they hurt and one bleeds.
So where is my dog now? Rolling around back in cocklebur weeds....

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Retreating into my mind, I find, 
Encased like glass, a history of my past, of
Lovers long ago, of bent and broken arrows.
Instant memories envelop me, like a familiar
Quilt, wrapping me into a mummy of guilt,
Unhappiness, pain. . . all feeling remains,
Are stored here, the bones of tears, to
Regret, resurrect, reflect, or entomb. I linger, having
Yet to exhume, the elusive, gold doubloons.



4/26/11

*Won 1st place in "One Off" contest...

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A One Off Concept
as Tends to happen
casting to be
announced
a institutional concept
emotion exclusivity
concepts of revivalry
quality needs not to be
negotiated
Neglecting the needs of
your consumer base
undermines your effectiveness
pre production is successful
at the post production fade
Brand recognition offers
satisfaction
Production within the bounds of
creation
allows the functioning production machine
to keep the momentum of production
...

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reverberations
      in unusual forms
      impressions exhibited
of glass wire
         steel lead wood
         &bread
looking to sea
by a main road
upon a plinth
or mountainside
within a cathdral
                        beside
     transparent
     immersive
     or in solid grids
tactile
       stimulating
           to the touch

imagination illumed
            by the one off
abstractions
            figurations
            in iterations...

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Warm inclinations, 
One off conversations,
Unquestioned accusations,
Endless limitations.
 
Frustrating drama,
Devastating karma,
Countless lies,
Tearful goodbyes.
 
Hidden treasures,
Forgotten pleasures,
Forbidden temptation,
Lost in translation,
Blind realisation.
 
Unchartered oceans,
Half cocked notions,
Chance meeting,
Designated seating,
Bank balance depleting.
 
Emotional prostitution,
Computer revolution,
Positive solutions,
New year resolutions....

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