Short Orator Poems

here comes the orator with his flood of words and his drop of reason...

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Firm pate... pointed beak...

Romanesque... wing thrust forward

       Classy Orator...

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his transcendent gift
    ciceronian eloquence
       it keeps on giving


Date written: 09/21/2019...

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Weaver of dreams,
caretaker of the word

Orator of the heart
—steward of love

(Dreamsleep: March, 2020)...

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As we sought the dawn knocking 
            The orator stood to address:
            'Peasants, He lamb cometh'....

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William Strode loved to recite aloud
a public orator so proud
Chaplain to the Bishop of Oxford
perhaps he read his poetics to his 'Lord'...

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Booth. How you hated the Union.
The end of suffrage you so despised.
One in the brain of the great orator.
Death in the theatre.
Sic Semper Tyrannis....

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Words fill up my brain
Spilling onto table tops
 and people’s laps
I try to speak
But my tongue
is too full of words
So they fall out onto a page
Making me a poet
Not an orator...

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AND WE SHALL CRUSH THE ENEMY INTO THE DUST, SOONER OR LATER
DEATH WILL BE SWIFT screamed the great orator
Once again the people listened to the leader of their nation
Life will be better for the German population
Fortunately it never happened

Hatred
Insurrection
Terror
Life
Extermination
Russia...

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Demosthenes was 'de most' famous of orators in ancient Greece!

His "Philippics" attacking King Philip of Macedonia is considered a masterpiece!

History recorded this and many other of his incisive orations,

For which he received well-deserved thunderous 'ovulations'!

(Written with considerable tongue in cheek!)...

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WINSTON CHURCHILL  
  
A Commoner and not a lord,
He spent his life,
And round his bedside,
Stood only his children, and his wife.

His stroke was fatal,
At 8 am on the 24th day
Of January in the year 1965,
God paved his way.

A genius, an orator,
A husband loving and so mild,
A man who swayed the masses,
In fact “History’s Child”....

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I had three poems
- Short ones-
And was told where to stand
To read them
My time was limited
Only time to read the bare words
No time for introductions,
Side stories,
Or explanations

“Just read the poems”

So I did
My elocution was perfect:
Clear, and to the point
I left the stage
To a silent reception

Because no one knows
Who I am...

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Red:  A Definition 

Primary and indispensable.
Intuitively felt as warm, never cold.
Romantic in its nature with body and depth.
Wafting sentience from a glass,
Willing drama to a bedroom.
Regaled as royalty by nature,
Often reduced by perception.
Best known and least understood.
Loyal, virtuous, the keeper of secrets,
The orator of life,
The measure of love....

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if you remember you are yourself again 
as an orator fall 
relapse when ijzende absolution with a maturity of understanding how does the 
armor of the gods 
the songs of the trust wishes clears up 
and clearance requirements of enchantment 
you taste the thorn of our grief mediation 
hit like a dream of innocents 
you have exhausted the great salvation
powered by...

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A wish, a hope, a wing, a prayer
   Be it fervent or fluidly flung in the air
Something to unite a divided nation
   To reflect our best, our deepest aspirations

And an orator to deliver it on an eagle's wing
   Ringing phrases to make our collective heart sing
Is there somewhere a voice, our vision to renew
   Or is this just a pipe-dream, nevermore to come true...

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In a Sunday wintry air
The pigeons, the sparrows 
And the mocking birds 

Without array 
Congregated themselves 
Outside the family house
 
Listening, intently 
To the noonday oration 
Of Her Majesty, the Queen

Whilst I, I quickly picked
The various colors and shapes 
Of myself, my dignity

Shortly thereafter
She, fumingly, dropped them off
Through the guiltless window...

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Politics is a mutual confrontation
To gain status, power and influence
Is not that simple
Sometimes out of logics
No sympathy
Only politicking
No discussion
Only debate
No laws
Only conspiracy 
No truth
Only absurd and fantastic ideas
No promises
Only proposals
With comical speech
A brilliant orator
With bribery
Some dirty tricks  
All are to win
And he who wins 
Is always to be admired...

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Wisdom and philosophy
Peeks at immortality
Passion’s sensuality
Questions of morality
All found in his poetry
Demetrios

Words that skip and words that dance
All embellished with romance
Leaving nothing to mere chance
Making hearts just simply prance
Demetrios

Of all the Greeks a true Greek
Mighty of men, never weak
Fine Orator, let him speak
His wisdom you’re bound to seek
Demetrios

Eileen Manassian Ghali...

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Aum,  Sacred Sun
  Aum, Life giver, Light bringer
Aum, Sacred Sun.

Aum, Homely Earth
  Aum, Spirits mirth, Cosmic birth
Aum, Homely Earth.

Aum, Holy Ghost
  Aum, Proudly boast, Loving most
Aum, Holy Ghost.

Aum, Mother Nature
  Aum, Our Creater, Life's Orator
Aum, Mother Nature

Aum, Divinest You
  Aum, Stay pure, Stay true
Aum, Divinest you,
Aum, all is entwined, all is Divined, Aum, Aum.
©John-Ovan.P.Hull...

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Political icon Atal Bihari Vajpayee,
Humble poet, orator to highest degree,
No one can ever match his exquisite flair,
Knee replacement puts him in the chair !





Written on 22/5/14
A clerihew on Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpayee, my fav ex prime minister India whose tenure turned India shining n prosperous ! His vision of a healthy nation inspired youth, his wonderful poems on country n culture n problems are highly appreciated....

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So quaint the papa
Of the church original 
So loose, the benedictions
From balconies fall.

Hours or minutes
Or seconds or days
End times, ne'er 
So obviously near.

Reguild the lillies
On the Crest of kings,
Approach thou legends 
Within reach of the demons.

So delicate the orator
Of foundation,  lays
Till wisps of sin
Engulf our plane.

Friend or few
Foe or many
On that night we forgot, 
The Saviour descends....

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Rooster dawned the day: Cock a Doodle Doo;
An orator did tread the ground: “True – True!”.
We crowned him as a hero;
He bid adieu: a zero;
Voters said shoo-shoo; I can't say, “Moo-Moo”. 


Ten syllables on line 1, 2 and 5
Seven syllables on line 3 and 4

* A 5th Place* in the following contest (judged on Dec. 19, 2020)

Nov. 23, 2020
Make Me Laugh with Some Humor - Any Form - New Poems Poetry Contest
Contest Sponsor: Tania Kitchin...

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I saw a skeleton 
In a board meeting
He was so cool the air was ice
And all were under the big chunk
All were frozen chickens, eyes vacant
Like dead man
Only the skeleton was alive
And talking like an orator
The big hollow in him
swallowing the universe
I felt the pull
And tried to flee
Don't miss the class
He continued with full gusto
Gentleman, now I present
A synopsis- how the hells are made
And the heavens are walloped...
Sun broke through my house....

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The little ones run away
Off to hide in Socrates cave
Run run run oh little ones
As I expand the Infinite dot universe
I lay down my spear
I shake my martini
After battle I hug my exotic genie
I bask in the glory and praise of the Greek Gods
The beauty of creation surrounds me
The eternal universe
Caressing quantum theory
As dark matter dances in my head
The big bang
I am the orator with no wisdom
I shall drink from the cup of knowledge
The poison shall set me free...

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It begins in the neurons of the brain
It ends in the stained wall most often
But pardon him for it just skids excitedly
From nowhere as a gentle serpent
Creeping slowly by the ladies' room
Now despise the grinning thespian
Mock the laughing orator
Curse the chuckling poet
Execrate the smirking vocalist and the painter as well
For they are a bunch of angelic maniacs like the rest of Adam's clan
Who strive to reach the occasional peaks in artistic modes
Now it's wet!...

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