Poetry’s Work

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“Poetry’s work

is the clarification

and magnification

of being.”

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― Jane Hirshfield

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Elfje: (Cinquain)

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play

reality practice

distraction from life

necessary when not abused

games

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Haiku:

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elements erode

here today gone tomorrow

earth ages nobly

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Poem:

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the races will be amalgamated
moral responsibilities debated

too many standards outdated
personal gains advocated

the king is highly overrated
the poor eunuch was castrated

is it an honor to be animated
whose ego needs to be inflated

do we know how history was translated
is the loser always frustrated

questions of life too complicated
opposing views never integrated

too old, the thinking mitigated
the sedate man domesticated

learning to enjoy life uncomplicated
the simple things appreciated

trusting those who are venerated
my body parts have been donated

please consider me antiquated
old, spent, tired, exhausted

there is no punch left in the line
these few words will be my shrine

ME and the Boss

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Mismatched

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“Poetry:

three mismatched shoes

at the entrance

of a dark alley.”

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― Charles Simic

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Elfje:    (Cinquain)

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pair

two alike

dryer eats one

need to wear  two

mismatched

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Haiku:

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manicured landscape

nature will have the last laugh

weeds and brambles win

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Poem:

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life is a series of metaphors
every good poem contains one or three
explaining the whats and wherefores
what has been and what shall be

metaphors that compare the plant
thoughts that reflect the animal
philosophies by Emmanuel Kant
ideas that are hopefully compatible

what has my life been like
over the river and through the woods
forever paying tolls on the turnpike
or dreaming of a life awash with falsehoods.

will tomorrow be a different allegory
or more of the same boring trite cliches
knowing everyone will tell a different story
the ignorant feigning an attitude blase

my choice of analogies is to be smart
or should the simile be clever
or should I lead with my heart
who me, my life a metaphor, never  . . .

ME and the Boss

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