From the classifieds
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Found: no answer at all. Rope.
Found: a Ford (our own).
Found: great odds. A fine thing.
Cheerful poems
Cheerful poems — a collection of the best works on PoemShip.
Us(e)
the difference between us
is a table
every man minding
a nothing of several uses
employed to count ewes and esses
night and day
Cruise
A borrowed voyage:
we dine and talk
and the wine is
excellent company.
Economizing measures
I bring things to hunt,
meet others
in books
and tend a mind
printed in ink
to save money.
Poet in public
I am the parrot
brought from the sea:
I speak like a ruffian
to the light.
Tin soldier
I could join the war
glad as rust
I would go be the enemy
for an afternoon.
Blithe spirit
The lark is mad,
dishabille in a disco—
a fine lad, to court
in his ash coat.
Anger addict
Anger made
a good home:
come to dinner vexed
and walk on lead.
Guest of honor
no notice taken
of her passed out in the cake—
birthday rum
Proverbial (13)
Sun on the water
shall never thirst.
An excellent cook took
the sacrament on his knees.
A captain forced to walk
ordered ships to carry horse.
Chasing shadows
The retriever pup
chases butterfly shadows
even in his sleep.
Butterfly’s shadow:
the dog’s nose goes wild
at the lack of odor.
Muzzle to ground,
his legs get ahead of him:
herding shadows.
Butterfly shadow
on the lawn shrinks, vanishes.
The dog digs for it.
Head under water
the golden retriever
keeps his eyes open.
On the creek bottom
Refrain
At the office
or at home,
if reckoning day came
in a bottle…
I sing.
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