Swampland Poems - Poems about Swampland

war in the swampland

...most violent war
a marshland for the masses
crocodiles eat

loving their fodder
dragging corpses in water
hiding evidence...

the grand masked ball

...We’re in Paris, staying with my Grandmère (Grandmother) for a few days around Mother’s day.
Peter (my bf) is getting to know my Grandmère. They’ve started to relax and enjoy each other. This time, w...

The Original Mister Shy Guy

...

Used to be a shy and retiring type
Back then but this is now
Like a Super Hero I burst upon the scene
To share my extensive knowhow

People have never been able to stump me
I'm a ma...

The Original Mr Shy Guy

...Used to be a shy and retiring type
Back then but this is now
Like a Super Hero I burst onto the scene
To share my extensive knowhow

People have never been able to stump me
I'm a master...

Give Me My Illusions

...It gives me comfort to believe the ivory billed woodpecker exists
Somewhere in dense swampland in the bowels of Louisiana
Where people do not often go, for it is a beauty.
Largest woodpecker in th...

Sink City

...It’s in the rows of old oaks
                the pothole that was never filled,
                                the decrepit buildings like time capsules
                dark and crumbling, creaki...

Swampland Conjecture

...Entropy evaporating
into itself

Birthing an ending
—singular truth

(Villanova Pennsylvania: Tribute To Stephen Hawking October, 2020)...

Mystery

...In a misty fog enshrouded pool
of blue and green, so dark and cool

something stirs both to and fro
it's unlike anything you know

It's more like something that you fear
and you would dread to...

Mad Anthony's Masterstroke, Part Ii

...The British traded with Major Murfree,
a galling fire the redcoats did see,
while Wayne waded through the deep swampland,
at the front a corps of axemen did walk,
to cut down abbatis that might s...

The Ghost of Boggy Creek

...Long ago when I was younger, yearn for knowledge I did hunger,
heard about a rumor going ‘round.
Twas a legend told for ages, passed along as time turned pages,
strange as any tale twas ever found...

Tragedy of Intelligent Man

...Sandy nations of Arabia
bushes of Tropical Congo
rocky lands of Afghanistan
the dry soils of Somalia
waters of the Mediterranean
bush land of Karamoja*
forestland of Colombia
ragged dress of o...

Watching Isms

...There is a world of difference
between schism and jism,
but they both end up the same.

Just as patriarchal Roman Catholicism
overpowers living and breathing Christianity,
so too does Capitalis...

Concord Massachusetts Passingways

...Haunted...
glowing foot falls on the dusted wooden planks cross the bridge
following them 
I swing around enormous trees 
skirt quickly...trying to catch up

were we holding hands as we walked
...

Montezuma's Revenge

...Must stay close to the WC

Senior Montezuma is laughing hysterically

Thoroughly enjoying his revenge at my expense

Didn't drink the water but it made no difference

Been back home for almos...

Biggest Deer

...Spring makes union with the sun
Young fawn is having fun
Down the river the fawn will run
Playing in nurturing like her mother rays of the sun

As during the summer her mother fawn will caress
...

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