Short Spout Poems

coffee or bed – then she put my straw in her spout cup...

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a fallen leaf clogs
frenzied flowing in the spout
willingly collapsed...

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Pain inside my chest
from you, it stems an ever-
lasting spout of filth...

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With flaky brown skin,
Pungent bulbs spout sourness:
lachrymal layers....

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fire sculpted cavern
misty tent shrouds the cool rim
steam spout; water tap...

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No matter what deep wells are drilled 
through a white cloud, 
never does enough rain spout...

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the butterfly flies 
as south american coots
swim in roily spout













2-27-2016...

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wipe your sleeves back and forth
The magic blue sprite
from golden spout arose
And with dead poets charm
filled childhood days...

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You know how boys play with their tool
Pretending to be Mr. Cool
So keep an eye out
For a water spout
As they tend to pee in the pool!...

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If you should hear Tom Selleck spout
His irritating, "It turns out..."
It isn't a fluke
Just gobbledygook
Intended to smother your doubt...

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Vegans deliver "praise-me" talks
And brag about their healthy walks
They all spout facts
But watch their backs
Because they know celery stalks!...

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Just An Observation
Miracle Man
1/16/2024

It seems our tongues continue to spout,
far beyond the time our ears are worn out.
...

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Advertising is just about
The big buck, ads resort to a shout
It's always been
Like so it seems
Clear and obvious two sides they spout...

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To lessen this OD of mine
I have dried my teabags on the line
The tea's weak, there's no doubt
it needs help up the spout
but at least it's much cheaper than wine....

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My husband and I lie so often people fact check us
We are used to it and frankly do not care
Open encyclopedias bring us no fuss
We spout our fabricated truth into the air...

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My shoulders are alive with dandruff
Been blessed with it since I was a pup
Why me I shout
This frustration I spout
Maybe shove dandruff shampoo up my butt...

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In life you learn the true valuables,
Hot water is gold when the heater goes,
All my cash I'd give out
To have steam from the spout
Taking a literal cold shower blows!

4/22/18...

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Rushed along to triage
with time storming out
despite the flow within
just dying to spout.
Memory wraps its bow
with ideals devout
before launching a berth
along a fresh route....

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Lee vilifies Henry, her husband, a good man
Maligning him whenever and however she can
Most of us move out of her arrogant lying way
Not wanting to hear what she has to spout or say...

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The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout.
Along came the rain and washed the spider out...
Silly spider, of course he got washed out -
so now that arachnid can just sit and pout!...

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Black light beauty
But she ain't the queen
barfight reckless
without the mean
A water spout 
That pours out gasoline
And all the colors that I feel for you
Share all the same shades without the blue...

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My shoulders are alive with dandruff
Been blessed with it since I was a pup
Why me I shout
This frustration I spout
Maybe shove dandruff shampoo up my butt


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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The icky sticky squid-man
Squeezed from the water spout
Leapt up my nose and
Sucked my brains right out.

Dug deep inside me
with all his slimy legs
Inside my skull hole
He laid a thousand eggs....

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Women Magazines

'you cant be too rich
and you be too thin'
the glossies spout out
'your efforts will win'

but forgot to tell all
there's only one snag
it's full of cake adverts
and £5 a mag !!...

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All my sillies are starting to tumble on out
Can't really stop them, of that there's no doubt
Maybe something I ate
Or why I'm overweight
They're weighing me down, these sillies I spout...

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