Some of my poetry

[Twitch]

Road Kill


Fury little wreckage along the road,
The small and irrelevant tragedies
Of the Great Highway and its industry;
Its striving purpose of forward motion,
Forever advancing the horizon’s
Promise with no regard for the fallen.
Some might afford them a moderate cringe
But most will either ignore them or gin;
The vanquished remind us each of our place
And the unyielding nature of traffic.

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[Outdated]

Sorry, couldn't help myself:

 

[Twitch]

Infurnace

One morning, with nothing better to do,
I dropped-by Dante’s apartment in hell.
As we made our way down the avenue
Said he: “Since you’re here, have the tour as well.”
I asked of him: “How’d you land this gig?”
As along the banks of the Styx we trod.
“How’d you end-up in the fiery brig?”
Said he: “There’s no harsher critic than God.”
I laughed my ass off—I couldn’t help it,
He shot a look more acid than honey.
I said: “Oh don’t get yourself in a snit,
You have to admit, the big guy’s funny.”
Laughing, in spite of himself, he says:
“Just wait ‘till you meat Richard Ramerez.”

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[Sherlock77]

Nice!

 

[Twitch]

Nice!

Thank you. Poetry was one of my early obsessions--especially fixed forms.

 

[tree]

@Twitch
“Just wait ‘till you meat Richard Ramerez.”

meat ? or meet?

 

[Twitch]

@Twitch
“Just wait ‘till you meat Richard Ramerez.”

meat ? or meet?

A bit of both, lol.

 

[GrownupGirl]

I once read this poem in an early Garfield comic strip:

I have a buddy,
My buddy's a toad
He's kind of muddy,
He's flat on the road
But he is my buddy,
And my buddy to stay
Until he's peeled up,
And sailed away.

 

[Twitch]

Every time I see you it rains


It’s our first date, the sky breaks wide,
We scramble for a place to hide.
A dry spot ‘till the weather wanes:
“Every time I see you it rains.”

Today we wed, it comes again,
Our wedding park is made a fen.
Her wrath she barely now constrains:
“Every time I see you it rains.”

She leaves me for a lightning bolt,
It woes her with a mighty jolt.
With her final breath she complains:
“Every time I see you it rains.”

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[Outdated]

I'm not a huge fan of poetry but I like that one.

 

[Alexandria]

It’s our first date, the sky breaks wide,
We scramble for a place to hide.
A dry spot ‘till the weather wanes:
“Every time I see you it rains.”

Today we wed, it comes again,
Our wedding park is made a fen.
Her wrath she barely now constrains:
“Every time I see you it rains.”

She leaves me for a lightning bolt,
It woes her with a mighty jolt.
With her final breath she complains:
“Every time I see you it rains.”

Short, but brilliantly sweet!

 

[Twitch]

Sigh... Okay, fine. I'll stop.