Organic
...If love were 'dark matter'
it would be the size
of a small kidney stone.
Hate is
an intestinal tapeworm
that gnaws at our vitals,
though most folks
remain unsure just what 'vitals' are.
T...
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Categories:
sloshed, poetry,
Form: Free verse
if I was an Owl
...If I was an owl
I would swallow my prey whole
Letting them enjoy the entire trip
Down my gullet into my stomach
Being gentle with them as they sloshed through my juices
Not crushing them in a me...
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Categories:
sloshed, animal,
Form: Free verse
alent sho
...
He trundled his way up the three heavy steps
His mop of hair searching every direction
In the middle of the stage a brash spotlight
shone on a large drum kit
Behind a curtain dangled over a h...
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Categories:
sloshed, poems,
Form: Free verse
The Sands of Waikiki
...There's a story, I would like to sing,
Listen kids, if you've a moment free,
Concerning how I found myself
On the white sands of Waikiki.
One night, I got so roaring drunk,
I was sloshed for ...
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Categories:
sloshed, drink, drug, relationship, romance,
Form: Rhyme
Escape
...at the edge of the cliff,
she stood,
determined…….
eyes limpid pools of sadness
hair wind swept.
flawed….
damaged?
the swirling enormity below
inviting….!
nested in her own ignoran...
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Categories:
sloshed, angst, betrayal, death,
Form: Free verse
Baby Rhino Bubbles Up In the Sink
...Rhino baby bubbles up the sink in a flash
He is showing his goods, and he makes an incredible splash!
This is a whine sloshed out by my roommate, Leroy Flash.
Who is a bit scared of the baby; his ...
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Categories:
sloshed, 1st grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Monorhyme
Pitches
...The band was loud, but in the other room and the bar was jammed.
He set his drink down a little too hard and it over-sloshed a bit.
“Run away with me,” he said, spreading his arms wide, “I’m done...
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Categories:
sloshed, best friend, boyfriend, encouraging,
Form: Free verse
Slow Boat To China
...I was born in a landlocked getaway town
Where all the colors were black, gray, or brown.
Jobs at the steel mill were ratcheting down.
It was not in my future to stay.
So, I took a long walk off...
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Categories:
sloshed, adventure, allegory,
Form: Rhyme
After All Life Is But a Twisted Tale
...After all, life is but a twisted tale,
Of trying blue; to weigh us, if model.
To find happy rest in all we travail...
Winnings, everyone continually tail,
Unleash cheats and deceits of sh*ts co...
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Categories:
sloshed, art, betrayal, blue, business,
Form: Villanelle
Calcivore, Part I
...I.
Zack stared out on the Indian Ocean
through which the adventure cruise made its way,
they were near the famed Andaman Islands,
and would probably reach them the next day.
He’d paid extra ca...
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Categories:
sloshed, adventure, animal, dark, death,
Form: Narrative
Aspect of Aloneness
...Hardly venture into such verse.
In her bedroom, she wrote her curse.
She despised bright pupils at Yale.
If water drops could tell their tale.
She went on long walks in the d...
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Categories:
sloshed, analogy, appreciation, water,
Form: Kyrielle
Last of the Brood
...Here lies the last of the brood
Though always sloshed, never rude
Fame and fortune eluded him
So, he filled himself up to the brim
Always there when we would call
He died from drinkin...
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Categories:
sloshed, addiction, death, humor,
Form: Epitaph
Solemn Soldier
...I joined the army employment-sake; He did the same too;
I from India; He from Pakistan; though both blooms new;
Countries sought enmity; we looked for eternal friendship,
We're no traitors; advoca...
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Categories:
sloshed, destiny, friendship, life, love,
Form: Rhyme
Thoughts of Arran
...The air was pure and bright. A sea-salt tingle
hovered in an easygoing offshore breeze.
In mesmerising rhythm, wavelets sloshed
and swished along the timeworn jetty wall.
The bay was sparkling i...
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Categories:
sloshed, atheist, beautiful, memory, sea,
Form: Free verse
I Put That Stuff On Everything
...I put to you a tale of two sheep
tepidly beside themselves with fraught.
Now who was who and which was which...
It simply matters not.
But suffice to say, they were both dismayed
For the amelior...
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Categories:
sloshed, funny, humor,
Form: Rhyme
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