Old Man
...Old Man
his weatherbeaten face, lined
with the hills and valleys of age
watery blue eyes set against a
backdrop of bloodshot white
his cheeks reddened from
sun and alcohol, his aquiline
nose...
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Categories:
weatherbeaten, age,
Form: Free verse
Fallen Leaves
...
Humans are quite a deciduous lot.
It's our nature, but not Mother's motif.
We fall from grace without faith and belief
when fleshly flaws make us stumble, besot.
Tousled emotions are tie...
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Categories:
weatherbeaten, conflict, grief,
Form: Italian Sonnet
Eulogy
...Summer’s gone, though still keeps going
Dried are the rains of May
Weatherbeaten dinghies bobbing
In the shallows of the bay
Moored forever to the pier
Tinkle their rusty chains
Seagulls cryin...
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Categories:
weatherbeaten, in memoriam, weather,
Form: Rhyme
Trawl Tale of a Fictitious Seaman Told To Ye
...While on the topic
of blood kith and kin,
I relate another
fabricated poem about
blimey bloke of a fisherman.
Trawl tale of a fictitious seaman told to ye...
Courtesy webbed whirled wid...
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Categories:
weatherbeaten, 8th grade, adventure, animal,
Form: Rhyme
My Ebbing Physical Prowess and Strength
...My ebbing physical prowess and strength
noticeably decreases in one direction.
I take lock, stock and barrel
to revisit good ole days of yore
quite conscious undeclared state of war
prevail...
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Categories:
weatherbeaten, 12th grade, adventure, age,
Form: Rhyme
Starry Eyed Cloud of Surreal Angels
...Utmost nadir of despair found
this atheist craning his neck skyward
hearing resplendent August orchestra
today June 10th, 2022
choral symphony may sound absurd,
but...mine supreme auditory sense...
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Categories:
weatherbeaten, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
My Ebbing Physical Prowess and Strength Flows Away I
...analogous to expending precious Air Supply
embellishing, modifying, revising, et cetera
a poem crafted about fourteen months ago.
I take stock and revisit good ole days of yore
quite conscious ...
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Categories:
weatherbeaten, absence, analogy, april, birthday,
Form: Rhyme
Today August 29th 2021 Sluggishness Dogs Yours Truly
...Today August 29th, 2021 sluggishness dogs yours truly
Forecasting to thunderous applause
fast as greased lightning draws
upon futuristic atmospheric gewgaws
hot air emanates out these slackened...
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Categories:
weatherbeaten, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
My Ebbing Physical Prowess and Strength
...I take stock and revisit good ole days of yore
quite conscious undeclared state of war
prevails within body electric of troubadour
now seated at his Macbook Pro
today February 20, 2021.
Since ...
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Categories:
weatherbeaten, 12th grade, confusion, courage,
Form: Rhyme
I Can Sense Your Impatience
...I can sense your impatience...
While yours truly (me)
doth strives to maintain
comfortably seated
closed eye meditative pose
mine skinny sea thru legs
(mere fo' shaw
by George spindleshanks)...
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Categories:
weatherbeaten, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Unable To Breathe I Chokingly Gasp For Air
...Far as the (ease)
severely myopic eyes can see,
nothing but polluted atmosphere
where skull and crossbones
memento mori betokens beware,
especially with increasing chronology
mortality becom...
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Categories:
weatherbeaten, analogy, conflict, depression, father,
Form: Free verse
Loosing Lou Sing the Damn Rumors
...Loosing (lou sing) the damn rumors...
Torpedo style full speed ahead
keeping me in suspense,
what salacious gossip
gets browned, buttered, rolled
down the alley and bred
into unsavory tidbits...
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Categories:
weatherbeaten, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme
Indiscriminate Fate Doth Captcha All
...Despite cosmetic surgery to stave
inevitable demise cheating grim reaper
indefatigable measures undertaken
buzzfeeding mortal legacy bajillion
dollar industry remaining eternally
youthful cold...
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Categories:
weatherbeaten, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Starry Eyed Cloud of Surreal Angels
...starry eyed cloud of surreal angels
utmost nadir of despair found
this atheist craning his neck skyward
hearing resplendent August
choral symphony may sound absurd,
but...mine supreme auditory...
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Categories:
weatherbeaten, appreciation, april, crazy, joy,
Form: Elegy
Perdition Be Damned
...Perdition Be Damned!
Body electric zapped
lower gastrointestinal tract
wracked with wretchedness
pitted, rocked, and tortured
severe muscle spasms cramp
deathly hallowed deliverance
beseec...
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Categories:
weatherbeaten, atheist, death, father, funeral,
Form: Free verse
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