Farewell Society Poems

The Age of Man

We carried on
The age of man
Till moon of tin bore
An electric sun

And all machines 
Shone bright and clean
Keeping silent
But wanting more

Till the...

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A corrupt system we live in
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…is a cat not the totem of love

your physical contact generates feelings
were the neurons release 
the feeling for good vibes
peace, harmony 

by stroking soft gentle...

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He was my neighbor.
He lived up the street.

Sometimes he said “Hi”.

One day I saw him 
At the corner store.

We walked home 
Together.

I said I was...

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Long ago I entered slow,
Plenty time for me to grow,
Far above I started round,
Circling to down below.

At the top I had no bound,
Being far up...

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Poems about Things that Break III
 
These are poems about things that break and/or shatter: a bubble, glass, a mirror, a twig or tree limb,...

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"But love's a malady without a cure."
-"John Dryden"

Forbidden Song

The jury sits, pallid and grave,
well versed in the ways of "society" and "correctness",
he appears, drowned in...

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A tiny homeless man begging Death sits a coiled sidewalk fetus...

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Level
Four minutes to do what you want
What ya gonna do?
Listen to a pop song
Get half a ********
Smoke a cigarette
Drive round the block
Read two pages...

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I Dont Give A Fig About The Brouhaha...
of new year's eve,
yet yours truly does consider
at least one singular plum me facet by Jeeve
er...Robert (or Rabbie)...

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Whither the true gentleman who holds the door open for a lady
  Whither the noble scout, escorting an elderly matron 'cross the street

Whither the...

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"Go on forth young graduates,

And show us who you are

You're now our future leaders

We know you will go far"

And so commencement ended

Pictures done and people...

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Each afternoon, around wintertime
sat a sickly old man, with a very bad spine

Poor and withered, without any money
none of his days were ever sunny

He fought...

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She bade farewell to Prada and Gucci shoes, and said hello to Pucci, and Jimmy Choo.
 A love affair that didn’t last, finished by lunch,...

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Another death is in the news
By Stanley Russell Harris
The new mad author
& A Poetry Soup honourably mentioned poet

Another death is in the news.
Attracting lots of...

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