Sophomoric Poems

Paper Tigers

...Some go 
through life
in a sophomoric
zone

Knowing about
strangers
while being 
alone

To ever 
quote names
or that face
in the crowd

Aggrandizing
self
as their folly
— astounds
...

HO HO WHOA Second Chance algorithm drawing for January 17, 2025

...HO HO WHOA Second Chance algorithm drawing for January 17, 2025

No matter I kept fingers and toes crossed,
and waited with bated breath since January 2, 2025
even converted from skeptic to ortho...

Phantasmagoric

...Say phantasmagoric:
your tongue feels euphoric!

Like some prehistoric,
on feeling dysphoric
over threats meteoric
got an upset pyloric
and downed paregoric.

Were the dino feels real
or is...

I wanna trade in my stubby spindleshanks

...I wanna trade in my stubby spindleshanks...,

(a poor excuse for legs),
and get me the latest
sophisticated prosthetics advancements,
whereat integration of cultured stem cells
into custom made...

Port of Spain

...
Manifestations of your Gauzy Fantasies
Unravelling Bonds of Tangled, Mangled Destinies
Sun of Man Set His Right Eye on Me
Tenaciously Searing, Calculating
To Entrap Me, A Prisoner to His Needs
...

Sassy sobriquets schooled sissy spindleshanks

...Sassy sobriquets schooled sissy spindleshanks...
studious sexagenarian skinny scruffy scribe

My utmost humblest apology
for inducing the following
cerebral calisthenics upon your cranium,
but ...

Off the Beaten Track

...A plethora of attention
focused on twentieth anniversary
regarding terrorist attacks
upon American soil nine eleven
two thousand and one,
thus Schwenksville poet
opted for his best métier write...

Two Lovers Xi - Carefully Chosen Words

...He is looking at her a bit sanctimoniously
He is about to mansplain again

"Am I spooking you?" he asks grinning
"I'm not trying to propose, Cutie.
God no. Could you imagine?
I just think it's ...

The One That Got Away - Silence of What Ifs

...If a poet falls in love with you
you will live forever.
Atticus Finch - To kill a mockingbird.

In the midst of conundrums, of 'what ifs.'

I dislike the ocean,
its bitter saltiness, ...

Going To Church

...I have decided go to church.
A deeply prophetic interior voice 
has declared: 
'enough is enough.'

Since Christians are derided, abused
and killed around the world
without even a headline,
s...

Parrot Ting Reflection From a Barry University Graduate

...There has been much about being on a stage 
Since I started dealing with that adult style wage 
The Orange one used to welcome the new year 
With an evening date filled with cheer 

Now it says ...

Sassy Sobriquets Schooled Sissy Spindleshanks

...Sassy sobriquets schooled sissy spindleshanks...
studious skinny scruffy scribe

Scathing, scolding, screaming,
scorning, searing, sing,
sociopathic sarin soaked skewed
squirt, sputtering, squa...

Sans Scribbling Scrolling, Scrounging Scrunching Scrying Scribe Section Sixty

...the following quite quirky epistle may not exhibit the ordinary characteristics of poetry, but i decided to share this self made challenge (where every word begins with the letter "S" - no explanatio...

Sophomoric Dilemma

...I thought it once
To confess it to you
But I step back
Thinking of losing you
          
Friendship is a name
You are my life
I never play with hearts
I swear right now

I don't have any re...

Everlasting Stars

...The ex's take the square and
another moment disappears
as the checkerboard plaid host
attempts a sophomoric joke
my eyes dusty from the 70's
painted on glitter spray
yawn as time won't slip awa...

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