Stanton Poems

Conversation

...CONVERSATION

Tell me Polly, what does it say?
Well, I’m not sure I wish to share
Please, I never receive letters
Ah, I’m sorry for you, Leila
Oh, Polly, is it from – him?
Yes, it is from Edmu...

Clerihew Wright

...Stanton Macdonald-Wright
synchronised abstract was his light
Colours of the fragmented rainbow
of his work not many know...

Suffragist

...There once lived a lady in Scranton
Named Elizabeth Cady Stanton
She dared to promote
Women’s right to vote,
‘Tis said she threw many a tantrum.

written January 14, 2...

Spring Lingers

...Spring Lingers

Winter’s long rage is quiet now 
And Spring, once again clothes herself
With the promise of Summer’s warmth.

Yet, she lingers, and listens for
The soft and familiar tread 
Of...

P S Its Poetry Write On Write On Congrats To My Fellow Poetry Soupers Part 18

...P S its POETRY WRITE ON WRITE ON CONGRATS TO MY FELLOW POETRY SOUPERS PART 18

Thomas Flood                            122
Thomas Harrison                       304
Thomas Wells   ...

Thesan

...Oars and jars in place, 
sails ready to blossom, 
map drawn as a moon. 
Chinese character, rhythm of life,
painted on the hull.

It is strange that I see.
On every mornings breeze. 
That ther...

Some Held Onto the Hiccup and Screech

...All tidy and neat, smelling apple sweet
Life pranced forward in an amazingly great way
Then there was a hiccup, a screech, a slap 
Or something else that changed it into a foggy mean thing

For ...

Dueler's Thrust

...What's the scariest book you ever read?.. Some Stephen King book like "Salem's Lot" or "The Shinning"?

For me its Kate Millett's "Sexual Politics".. Oh, man.. Now THAT will scare you to death if y...

Communion of Saints

...Give me that old time religion
Give me that old time religion
Give me that old time religion
It’s good enough for me

Songwriters: Ford/Fascinato

With age comes the inner, the higher...

Kelp Seaworthy Report

..." Summa Lamma" Countrey Dellia  won a 
sixman " one woan brawl"
to hand the right to date
the infamous " Miss Wombahaz" Tense Tussy
he made Brinney Bassier submit using
a Castmen Crawl  ( elbow ...

The Private Eye and the Femme Fatale

...Pulp fiction had nothing on him. He was a man’s man. A protagonist
of his own making, self-reliant, and self-assured.  Marlow kept his wisecracks
to the bare minimum when meeting a new client.  Dam...

A Child's Day With Nature In the Nearby Woods, Tenth Poet In My Poet Dedication Series Frank Stanton

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A Child's Day With Nature In The Nearby Woods
(honoring tenth poet, in my poet dedication series)

I saw the rolling river at first glance,
...

Mrs Stanton

...Mrs. Stanton

In a little adobe bungalow
On the back of a lot in old El Paso,
Behind cacti and sand in s fantasy land,
Lived Mrs. Stanton, a writer.

Her days were spent among papers and books...

Last Call

...
     We sat at the end of the bar in a seedy place on Seventh street.  Nursing our drinks, we both had a bit too much that night.  My Whiskey Sour, you could tell everything about me by my drin...

The Farmer's Lament

...The Farmer's Lament

Rooster be crowin' go till your fine soil
Just no damn use for us to be ahidin'
Time now for bloody sweatin' and toil
Laziness, a farmer will never be abidin'
Crops planted...

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