Tag: rhyming poetry
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Cosmic Typhoons and Tycoons
I see cosmic typhoons and tycoons wandering under the purple moon near the edges of a blue lagoon playing their loud double bassoons I feel like a lonely loon in a Groucho cartoon or poor Rocky Raccoon from that Beatles’ tune fly me to the Full Moon in your hot-air balloon release me from this war-torn cocoon I can be ready anytime soon after I’ve ... -
A Dank and Foggy Morn
Tis early, on a dank and foggy mornAll the groans of lovers sound inside outAnd their bed lights shine on the icy lawnEven the yapping canines have lost count I’m wandering these streets, groping on trustLike the bad old days of whiskey and wineI’m looking for her last piece of stardustAll I find is some ... -
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An Unused Compass
Inside the White House of JusticeI found an unused compassThe dial was both black and whitePointing up, down, left, and rightNot the normal North-south, East and WestSlyly, I looked around and tucked it into my vest Oh well, I thought, finders’ keepersWhy leave it for the government sweepers?Despite not showing me, which way I was ... -
Daydream
Dreaming when I’m wide awakeI let my spirit soarNever knowing what’s at stakeWhen I open that door Seeing things that don’t belongInside the waking worldBut I float upon a songAnd let my mind unfurl I do not know if I’ll reviveFrom this deep fantasyI only know I feel aliveWith things I cannot see So if ... -
The Dark Chasm
There is a dark chasm in the groundHere, on the wrong side of town Beyond the precarious edgeI cannot see a safe landing ledge The black abyss is bottomlessAnd fiendishly fathomless As I peer across the boundless crackI wonder about life’s widening trackWill I ever be able to find my way back? -
The Moon’s Hallelujah Sound
I stand within the Twilight ZoneBetween pitch black and home Here in no man’s landListening to the Last Post from the bandstand I am not scared, nor do I feel aloneThe deep grayness glows like black chrome Bathed in droplets of moon rainThe tapestry’s dampness melts into the fading plain As I wander above my ... -