Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
Was Once A Poet Named George Hunter
Once was a poet named HunterWho when couldn't rhyme, would punt'erAnd come back next dayAs if to say,Sorry but I just coundn't do'er.So as calendar..
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Walking Up The Down Escalator
Walking Up the Down EscalatorAlong comes John …Ash(k) not what...You remember that today is...Time to do the …Laundry is full of dirty...Secrets that..
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Waitin' For The Cool*
Up at fourAnd out the doorGet things doneFor' th' rising sunDay breakMaking rounds closin' gate(s)Time's comeCattle in pens waitin' for someSelect..
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Visions Of Loveliness
Close your eyesThe vision soon arisesOf the one you left behindWhose smile remindsThat Dreams are madeNot by de SadeBut by the one who seesThe past..
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Visions Of Food
The smell of spring's in the airAnd soon the taste sensations will all be thereBut until the equinox arrives in JuneWe'll all be drooling, it can't..
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Villifying And Denigrating
He's at it againLecturing on a whim,Confusing the issues with wordsThat have no meaning to the assembled herds.Gathered there, hanging on his..
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Varicose Veins
There they bePlain for all to see,Bulging outUnsightly in a rout.Tinged with purpleWithout scruppleEmerging from thin skinBarely containing what's..
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Up Elevator
Up ElevatorWas on my way to my apartment on the thirty-third floor.Pushed the floor button and stepped to the rear, facing door.Just before the doors..
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Unintended Consequences
A country typically raises a trade barrier to protect its ownSo that they can compete more, not against foreigners,but those at home.While an airport..
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Ugly
It's not the bestOf neighborhoodsBut why throw her outIn this weatherJust because she'sOld, ugly and white.Probably costToo muchTo maintainIn the..
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Two Buzzards - A Fable In Modern Times
Two friendly scavengerswere sitting by the roadsideawaiting the next giftof manna from above,(or at least from passageunder the wheelsof a sixteen..
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Trruffles (A Chocolate Orgy)
She stood behind the counter, feet spread wideHer hair neatly tied in a bun that the netting tried to hide.Smiled when I entered, hands covered with..
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Transient -
Posted as a comment on poem: False BeautyTime when my fleeting days at last,Unheeded, silently are past,Calmly I shall resign my breath,To life..
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Transactional Analysis
Took a seat next to a friend in the bar.Greeted him with 'Hey'To which he replied, 'Yeah'.And we sat quietly sipping our beer.I noticed he was..
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Tranche
</>'Please sir, can I have a bit more? 'For there's more in the company storeAnd I need it to ensureThat my citizen's wellfare is secure'(To..
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Too Tall
They say he’s well over six feet tallBut that’s when playing basketball,Is he really head and shoulders aboveThose that surround him when push comes..
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Today Was Once Tomorrow And Will Soon Yesterday Be
But wait my father,There is time - yet. Go no futher,But stay awhile with meAs we both search the sea.For there is a ship I see on highSails set..
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Tobacco -
Others try to control tobacco useForcing one to become a recluseWhere in isolation of one's own choosingOthers gather to avoid the abusing.Tobacco is..
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To The Right Reverend...
There he stands, sculpting an imageOf what never was and never will be.Prodding his disciples to find the wayAnd cast their lot with the MakerWho..
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To Poet Master, C. Richard Miles
On the hyena and the MockingbirdThe hyena's laugh was his lastThis meal, not his bestFor indigestion came on fastAs the flighty bird in his stomach..
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To New Poets
Books may become a thing of the pastAs technology decides what will lastBut a person is more than just a flashy jacketThat entices the reader to..
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To Loyd Taylor, On The Evils Of Drink
After more than his cup would holdBig Joe beat the bar and toldThose around himHe had come to town to drink.And when he was finished,They'd better be..
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To Juan Olivarez, A Distant Sunrise
I stand welcoming the rising sunIOn the Myakka Prairie where morning's just begun.The landscape's flat for miles around,Silence, for it's miles to..
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To Ernestine
How busy you have beenTo post four poems on a whim(I know it doesn't rhymeBut 'been' is difficult in its prime)With eyes wide openListening to the..
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To Adam M. Snow - On Melancholy
Woe is me' indeedThat's not what you should plead,Instead look aroundAnd see the good that you have found,Plenty of time to addressThe..
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