Dangle A Backdrop
...Fountains sprinkle summer city rising steam spiral,
wet dispersed and raucous shrieks from children,
pavements, streets. lanes, byways imbued,
with that June to September jubilance,
jovial spiri...
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Categories:
touted, adventure, art, beautiful, beauty,
Form: Free verse
Southee serenade
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Foppish fringe flutters..pianist tendrils tinkling..
Flitter finessing leathery fruits..
Caressing..stitched dreams tickled & tailored..
Swing..swerve in clandestine cahoots…
Curve…vo...
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Categories:
touted, sports,
Form: Rhyme
Not so Glorious French Cuisine
...The Not so Glorious French Cuisine
The French are fond of foods most Americans
would freak out on, and they’re not bargains.
Let’s start with the least freakish: rabbit (lapin) –
farm rais...
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Categories:
touted, food,
Form: Free verse
Hearing Aid Advertisements
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If, like me, you’ve been retired
for some time now, and your mailbox,
like mine, has become the repository
of all sorts of health advertisements –
vitamins, medicines, ointments, organ...
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Categories:
touted, age,
Form: Free verse
For the science averse'
...When health scares are touted.' Check saftey rules are not
Flouted, or all futures may well end up being worse.'
My advice is; try not to be (too science averse)!
...
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Categories:
touted, education, health, judgement,
Form: Rhyme
A Paper Tiger
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His two objectives unmet
Bibi approves the ‘deal’ he gets
from Trump, in an unconscionable rush
to bully Israel into a peace made of mush
For 15 mo...
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Categories:
touted, courage, future, international, jewish,
Form: Rhyme
A dumpster fire
..."To the White House he strode," sang his choir,
The elephants sparked a dumpster fire,
His words became its fuel,
Deceit was his tool,
While the donkeys cried foul: "He's a liar."
We need no D...
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Categories:
touted, conflict, death, political, power,
Form: Limerick
Keyboarder In A Quandry
...My clawed nails hover over library setups,
one is circumspect and so guarded,
where I quake eyeball entrapment mode,
with desktop oozing clever poly functions,
that limitless latitude bespoke of...
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Categories:
touted, anxiety, care, character, courage,
Form: Free verse
Categories:
touted, memory,
Form: Rhyme
Paterson, New Jersey December 1, 1957
...Paterson, New Jersey December 1, 1957
Amidst the *****sapien species
one anonymous baby birthed:
I recount one little known piece of news
which one young married couple did enthuse,
profusely...
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Categories:
touted, adventure, age, anniversary, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Sophistication of sinister online skulduggery
...Sophistication of sinister online skulduggery...
lurks within the outer limits of cyberspace,
where dark shadows eclipse edge of night
indistinguishable from the twilight zone.
Within the Int...
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Categories:
touted, analogy, angst, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Free verse
Spirit and sponsor sane sexagenarian scribe and his spouse to a Utopian country
...Spirit and sponsor sane sexagenarian scribe (and his spouse) to a Utopian country
He seeks (in tandem with the missus)
legal asylum in Canada...
New Brunswick, Newfoundland,
Nova Scotia, et c...
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Categories:
touted, america, angst, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Rhyme
Number forty seven White House occupant against all odds
...Number forty seven - White House occupant against all odds...
regarding President elect
Donald John Trump.
As a cruel joke to self,
I imagined myself as a Republican
for that one glorious d...
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Categories:
touted, abuse, america, anger, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Poison Salesmen
...Zeal the Zealot just made some poison,
and he was proud of it as can be.
He advertised the poison for all the world to see.
He touted that his would kill all the mice and rats,
but, promised no h...
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Categories:
touted, political, pollution,
Form: Free verse
Concentric Circles
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Lift your celestial gaze to be amazed in Wonder
As has Ptolemy, then Copernicus and Kepler after
Who are the capricious Gods who dance in wander
To revere Mercury? Venus? Mars? Saturn? Jupiter? ...
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Categories:
touted, imagery, introspection,
Form: Rhyme
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