Short Postmodern Poems

a
ae
aei
aeio
aeiou
aeiouoiea
uoiea
uoie
uoi
uo
u
UoieAEIOUOIEAeioU...

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anything goes
when
you're
going

no
where

no
w
h
e
r
e

(a?n?y?t?h?i?n?g?g?o?e?s?)
...

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another year 
down 
the
drain
(d
r)
(a
i)
(n
ddrraaiinn
dddrrraaaiiinnn
draindraindraindrain
anotheryeardownthedrain
...

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Trot-Trot
With two clicks 
I’m going around the world
While
I’m @ home.

My Poem is in Kurdish but there is no such option to publish in Kurdish Alphabet....

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postmodern world
they have rights
freedom is liberal choice

now a girl can scream out,
"Give me freedom, I won't be an aborted girl; I won't be a killer! " 


- Friday, June 14, 2019 Chattogram...

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words fall
fall from
from the
the noisy
noisy sky
sky dissolve
dissolve into
into the
the blur
blur of
of the
the past
wordsfallfromthenoisyskydissolveintotheblurofthepast
w
o
r
d
s
w
o
r
d
s
...

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yesterday

             became

                        today

                               becomes
    


tomorrowtomorrowtomorrowtomorrowtomorrowtomorrowtomorrow
??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
...

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Liquid pellets
Pellets slam
Slam gently
Gently into
Into the
The leafy
Leafy mire
Mire seeking
Seeking sanctuary
Sanctuary on
On vandalized
Vandalized park
Park benches
Benches retreating
Retreating into
Into gentle
Gentle liquid
Liquid silence



...

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i
i write
i write therefore
i write therefore i am
i write therefore i am building
i write therefore i am building this
i write therefore i am building this pyramid
i write therefore i am building this pyramid of
I WRITE THEREFORE I HAVE BUILT THIS PYRAMID OF WORDS
...

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gliding
  riding
     sliding


     flying
  rowing
glowing


sliding
 riding
    gliding


~\~\~\~FlowingoingrowinG~/~/~/~


...(((GlidingridingslidinG)))...


~/~/~SlidingridingglidinG~\~\~


~~FLYINGflyingFLYINGflyingFLYINGflyingFLYINGflyingFLYINGflying~~
...

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nothing
nowhere
no-thing
no-where
now(here)

simple
sounds
spaces
moments
moving simply

it goes
some/nowhere
it goes
so it (goes/does)
does/not (goes it)

it is/not happening
it grows
it shrinks
it knows
nothing (w)here

it knows
nothing
knows it
now(here)
knows it (not) (w)here

...

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4 sullen swords 
4 truncated tombs
4 comatose clocks
4 querulous quatrains

We of the Absurd
We of the Timed Out
We of the Checked Out
We of the Hanged

our candle-like Keywords
wax and wane UPRIGHT
cough up the REVERSED card
confined in blunted light

enter the Knight of Keyboards
spiritless warrior
brandishing weeping sword
time for The Rest
...

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going nowhere
quickly

grasping nothing
slowly

unknowing something
gradually


nowhere
quickly
grasping
something
gradually
nothing
slowly
unknowing
going



n
o
w
h
e
r
e
r
e
h
w
o
n
nowherequicklygraspingsomethingraduallynothingslowlyunknowingoing
gnioggniwonknuylwolsgnihtonyllaudarggnihtemosgnipsargylkciuqerehwon
...

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storms happen
happenstance stomps
selfish selfies inherit the wind
windmills become grist for the mill

Armageddon trending now
Utopia is Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day
go figure (& lie about the figures)
too many figurative flies in the proverbial soup

words float like moths to the factoid
sting like a bumbling bezoar
fly like a flock of birdbrains
put that in your pipe & tweet it...

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over there..>
lost time leaking away

collapse not into temptation
grant me/us peaceful solitude 
deliver us/me from erratum
inert/confined/lost
entangled in a weary knot
buried in dusty debris
suffocated by icy cobwebs
burned & frozen
begging for deliverance
longing for liberation
yearning to be untangled
thunder over water
deliverance?

lost life leaking into the past
<..over here...

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it
be-
comes
dis-
em-
bod-
ied

calm
moth
floats
in-
to
flapp-
ing
fire

be-
comes
blur
of
past
cling-
ing
to
ex-
haust-
ed
spir-
it
with-
in
tun-
nel-
ing
ap-
a-
thy

emp-
ty
words
fall
si-
lent-
ly
in-
to
lost
world

text
screams
with-
out
mean-
ing
or
mer-
cy

nomercycremon nomercycremon nomercycremon nomercycremon 
no 
mer-
cy

...

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I rest my case
on a house of cards
(that)
hit the nail on the head
(of) the nail in the coffin
(that)
hit the ground running
where the rubber hits the road
(while)
time flies when you’re having fun
in the nick of time
(and)
all’s well that ends well
all is fair in love and war
(let’s not forget that)
the writing’s on the wall
it could be worse
(as)
the light at the end of the tunnel
is a perfect storm after the calm...

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beings of the grind
grind through
catastrophic time
[[[!*&$%!!!!!!!!!!!%$&*!]]]

beings of the grind
groan in
cacophonous slime
#@!////////???????\\\\\\\\!@#

beings of the grind
grovel in
contorted grime
|?$#!-!#$?|

beings of the grind
gallop into
convoluted crime
|?$#!-!#$?|

&
kick
contentious cans
down the road
of raging
rabbit holes
(((??::::::::::::::::??)))
...

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get a job 
get a wife 
and a cheap PC
 things 
to survive postmodern strife
living in a world after LSD 
the world so deranged
I've come to get my diagnosis 
so they can capitalize on my illnesss
and all the things I'd rather be
in this state slavery's cheep
a world so deranged 
how dose it sleep
where's my money Mr. tax man 
the idiot king is fat
and his teeth are black
so let his cream of Texas float 
and darken all the oceans
so I can drive to work...

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eclipse an errant eon
inhale discordant ions
exhale insectile icons

disarm misfiring memes
take umbrage under a titanic umbrella
recede from seething red-holes in sinkholes

just so you know…
Helga and Zohar orbit the Moon
a harsh mistress giggles indifferently
a cold cosmos says nothing
you are (not) what you think (you are)

forbid fallacious words
forget wordy fallacies
forgo fatuous wormholes

FYI, it’s Awesome
FWIW, it's Perfect
TBH, it’s FUBAR...

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(I)
I am the very tip of
Byzantium’s jagged lance,
the bridge between
our forefather's fall
and the luminosity of the
our sons' golden age

(II)
I am the
Antiochian knight
burdened by
Mehmet’s yoke,
my torch
blazes with a
Varangian ire
that turns pagans and
satyrs, robed in
postmodern depravity,
into stone

(III)
My tale unravels
on cobbled pathways
mirroring Hagia Sophia’s spires,
beckoning before the
celestial halo –
apotheosis veiled by
dawn’s icy veneer...

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A dignified statesman, 
A deified ‘Godman,’
A glorified star (of films or sports)
All tumble—
After a Starr report 
Or an HIV test 
Or a dope test.
Or maybe a Watergate 
Or a Coalgate. 
Media reports or media hype?
Whistle blowers
On whistle blowers—ad infinitum. 
God and my God are antithetical?
Is rape the norm—
Where Rama and Sita are worshipped?
Whatever your belief,
Call it Postmodern Era 
Or Kali Yuga
Or what you will, 
Will entropy be the norm?
—	Ram., R. V....

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