School Surreal Poems

"Artificial Iris"


Orwell was lurking in the background, somewhere;
the dream was eerily familiar, 
the words and their meanings, read in Syntax,
once read between pages of hardcopy...

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"Messages"

Messages are delivered to us 
in the strangest of places, we resist 
like we are the longest hung revolution,
the biggest most viable important incarnation,
the loudest...

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I stand atop the mountain high
A champion, I’ve earned my prize
Through sweat and tears, I’ve reached the sky
My triumph now, it’s no surprise

I faced my...

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I still remember my first visit to the Coastal town
I thought I was prepared for what I'll see
But it's been even more this can't be...

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The table is old and worn
nicks and scratches 
its red plastic tablecloth left over from a forgotten Christmas
its holiday pattern worn and forlorn
many a Thanksgiving...

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in the surreal solemnity of nature

	a solemn ant colony
	passes in a funeral-like
	procession
	carrying bits of crumbs
	and one of their own…

	a lone ballooning spider
	ceases his kiting
	and hovers...

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Before there were rainbows, I roamed ambidextrously,
I streeled out into predawn air, senseless between Moon and Mars,
Reeling under Calvinistic cinder blocks, I hid from my...

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i need to stop frowning and epitomizing
and sell this Caddy to the Cardinal
trying to let it miss your attention won't fly
since writing is speech even...

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Awakened from an afternoon nap, I arose
and peeped out through the veranda window.
My weary eyes suddenly burst wide open in utter
amazement at what was being...

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Dare to live your life to the fullest.  Take a chance for you
      create your own happiness for it...

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Some say when one is dreaming,                                    they are...

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the numbers were in and it didn't look pretty
you people surrender your minds so easily
they dumb you down and you know it
they dumb you down...

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This is a simple ode,
To a soap opera from some time ago.
It was called Dark Shadows.
And it’s still one of my favorite shows.

It aired from...

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An angel all in white with a red handbag
Seven priests all in black clasp their hands in prayer 
A girl sits on a stool with...

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eternal enemy run for cover
we have caught up to your hide and seek game
the control cables have all been mapped
far beyond the billowy seaweed tangles
and...

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