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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..
©  Sidi Mahtrow
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..
©  Sidi Mahtrow
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..
©  Sidi Mahtrow
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..
©  Sidi Mahtrow
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..
©  Sidi Mahtrow
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..
©  Sidi Mahtrow
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..
©  Sidi Mahtrow
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..
©  Sidi Mahtrow
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..
©  Sidi Mahtrow
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..
©  Sidi Mahtrow
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..
©  Sidi Mahtrow
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..
©  Sidi Mahtrow
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..
©  Sidi Mahtrow
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..
©  Sidi Mahtrow
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..
©  Sidi Mahtrow
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..
©  Sidi Mahtrow
Three Short Poems
1) An IbisAn IbisIs.2) Ibis EyeIbisEyeIn the sky.3) Hurricane forecastWeatherForecaster.
©  Sidi Mahtrow
Thoughts On Teeth
Ever starred at someone's open mouthAnd noticed the teeth that are peeking out,Sometimes they are there to seeEven when the owner doesn't want them..
©  Sidi Mahtrow
Thoughts On Sitting With The Dead
It's said that hearing is last to goAs life's candle loses its glow.So sit quietly and whisper thoughts of howBeing together is forever, not just..
©  Sidi Mahtrow
Thomas Chatterton
Once was a priestWho lived in EnglandWho recounted the historyOf events that have come to beImportant to those whoAdmire those whoWent before.Rowley..
©  Sidi Mahtrow
They'R-R-R-Re Back (A Fable For Modern Times)
Termites once infested the house.Owners called the exterminatorTented the placeToxic gas spewed throughoutAnd all was quiet,Or so it appeared.The..
©  Sidi Mahtrow
The Yellow Bus
Crusing down the road th’ other daySaw a school bus a coming along my wayII looked sort of funny, like a big yelllow toadAnd as it passed me on the..
©  Sidi Mahtrow
The Wood Stork
Standing tall in the afternoon sunWoody waits for what's to be done.Arriving on wings widespreadExpecting something extra for his daily bread.Now..
©  Sidi Mahtrow
The Un-Sexed Female
It was a masterly delivered strokeThat removed man's yokeFreeing her and kindred soulsFrom childbearing and rearing toils.So that they at once were..
©  Sidi Mahtrow
The Unipeg
Where's the Unicorn is the question asked -Pegasus came and took him awayFor they were mates of another dayAnd if you look closely at the image of a..
©  Sidi Mahtrow