Short Raff Poems

Henri de Touulouse -Latrec
a painter with a body a wreck
Known for mixing with riff-raff
in local bars  & 'caff'...

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In the lonely house
She must give body and soul
To the old riff-raff
Heaven will send her true love
He said maybe next year...

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The big city at night is a scary place to be
Full of characters who are totally out of their tree
They come out at night
The riff raff take flight
Like men with long hair wearing polka dot capris...

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What is the baseline 
  of your life?

How deep is the chord structure 
  of your meaning?

What is that riff that no raff 
  can destroy?

How long is your drum roll 
 —at the end?

(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2016)...

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The riff smiled first,
as the raff smiled back

Each knowing the other,
the white from the black

“They’ll never accept us,”
they both would exclaim

“The ‘grays’ have the mantle,
defiled and profane”

(Dreamsleep: May, 2021)...

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Less is more for it opens our heart’s door,
whence simply by choosing not to resist,
blissful in the boat God Himself does oar,
free from mundane riff-raff, no to-do list,
in staid stillness, we become a bliss mist,
whereupon all illusions fall away
and we see the light of Self, clear as day....

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I'm up to my neck in you
Forever deciding what you'll do
I've just had it through and through
I'm hitting down payment blues

Still being kicked in the teeth again
Heading down Rock n Roll Damnation
Gimme a bullet and take me away
To lead me to tranquillities salvation

This riff raff sin city is destroying our toon
I'm out of here, what's next to the moon...

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So ya thought ya might
Like ta go to the mouse show
To feel the warmth of

The mouse confusion
That kill-the-mouse-cadet glow
Hey you! Yeah you mouse!

Up against the wall!
This one looks more like a rat!
And that one is brown!

Who let all of these
Riff-raff mice into the room?
There's a mouse picking

His nose! Another
With spots! If I had my way
I'd have all mice shot!...

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3-18-2012	Looking for Gold in the Sandbox
There may have been a rumor or two about someone finding gold in the sandbox,
So we dig,some of us give in to this Riff-Raff right away,and look for better chances,
Others Waller about in the sand as if it were a shame,perhaps a blame,
Myself ,I have watched  life pass me by, but I have been a part of the times,
Someday I will be deleted, never will be lost, my writings of rhyme....

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Cat Café had an extraordinary chef, Raff McRayley
Pick your own fish, he told his customers daily
I can fillet them, fry them, sauté’ them or dry them.
Daddy Cat said, “I just want a taste, I want to try them.”

“I like them raw, said Buck the Cat, swallowing three.
That was expensive! Said the sou chef, Mrs. Bree-Lee.
Daddy cat said, “I thought a taste would be free.”
“it would have been, but by cracky, your son ate three!”...

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I’ve watched enough Star Trek
To know that you weirdos
Need to take me to your leader
Captain Kirk would not negotiate 
With such rumbustious riff raff
You’re trying my patience
I’ll continue to be polite with you
But don’t push your luck
Now take me to your leader 
And get those silly water pistols
Out of my face



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on July 28, 2018 for contest TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER sponsored by CAREN KRUTSINGER  -  RANKED 4TH...

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Hail President Whack a Mole
He does it with TREMENDOUS  soul

Whack there National Security Admin Mr Flynn
Lying is one TREMENDOUS sin

Whack a bulls eye on FBI Comey
With all that loyalty baloney

Whack the ole Press Secretary Spicer
Chip Chop like a speed dicer

Whack the Chief of Staff Reince
Little rat leakier to Pence

Whack the little new Chief of Staff
Scaramucci kind of riff raff

I am one of the great presidents of all time
Wac a mole Making America shine...

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