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Rated: 18+ · Book · Writing · #1236257
A log of the magnificent journey across the vast sea of my imagination.
A sig awarded for winning "The Anything Goes Poetry Contest"

A log of our magnificent journey.

May 26, 2018 at 7:03pm
May 26, 2018 at 7:03pm
#935320
The dog,
eager to run
and have a little fun,
chases the ball on Folly Beach.
Tomorrow, I’ll return to the rat race
with its vulgar gratuities.
But today, we are free:
the dog, the ball
and me.
May 16, 2018 at 6:40pm
May 16, 2018 at 6:40pm
#934677
When Whitey Bulger maimed and killed,
it got pretty ugly in town.
As Mafia leaders went down,
pressure on him began to build.

The cops moved in, and he took flight.
With cunningly true pretension,
he managed to dodge attention
by hiding himself in plain sight.

The kindly killer was done in
by his love for a feline friend
and things he could not comprehend
in that negligent discipline.

When Whitey Bulger maimed and killed,
pressure on him began to build.




Author's notes:

1. Form: Swannet - http://thepoetsgarret.com/2012Challenge/form23.html

2. For those not familiar, Whitey Bulger was a Boston mobster who avoided capture for 16 years by assuming a new identity with his girl friend as a retired couple in Santa Monica, CA. The story of the hunt can be found at the following link: https://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/24/us/24bulger.html
May 9, 2018 at 7:16pm
May 9, 2018 at 7:16pm
#934271
Back in 1969,
I got arrested for riding the rails
down in Mississippi.

They caught me trespassing
on Conductor John’s train
and threw me in the Starkville City jail--
said I was a vagrant hippie.

Through my cell window, I could see
flowers blooming on a magnolia tree
and longed for the day
I would once again be free.
May 9, 2018 at 5:02pm
May 9, 2018 at 5:02pm
#934246
Midnight poems
about my dreams
erupt in streams
without restraint.

Midnight poems
make passions glow
like lava flow
in Hawaii.

Midnight poems
release the rage
from mental cage
for all to see.

Midnight poems
keep me awake
with thoughts that bake
my weary brain.

Midnight poems
capture the grist
and will persist
beyond the dawn.
May 7, 2018 at 5:23pm
May 7, 2018 at 5:23pm
#934117
The twisted mind
behind
this test
possessed

unholy knack
to rack
my brain
with strain.

Beware the ghoul
with cool
facade
to prod!



Prompt for the "Invalid ItemOpen in new Window.: Write a Minute Poem (The Minute Poem is rhyming verse form consisting of 12 lines of 60 syllables written in strict iambic meter. The poem is formatted into 3 stanzas of 8,4,4,4; 8,4,4,4; 8,4,4,4 syllables. The rhyme scheme is as follows: aabb, ccdd, eeff). THE TWIST - Write it in 30 syllables (3 stanzas of 4,2,2,2; 4,2,2,2; 4,2,2,2 syllables.
May 5, 2018 at 8:21pm
May 5, 2018 at 8:21pm
#933995
Young cowboy Bob likes to frequent
the local honky-tonks and bars.
It is his special way to vent
after days of riding boxcars.

For money, he will steal and rob
from any poor soul who’s around,
because he never has a job--
just hangs ‘round like some lazy hound.

That ragged old scar on his cheek
and the evil glint in his eye
will make the queasy patrons shriek--
he’s such an evil-looking guy.

If you cross him, he promptly cuts
you up with his trusty switchblade.
It’s true, folks, he’s really quite nuts.
You have good cause to be afraid.

He’s afflicted with a bloodlust
that thrives on the blood, guts, and gore
and feeds on a very robust
craving for even more and more.

He would just as soon slit your throat
as drink another shot of booze.
So be sure NOT to get his goat,
‘cause that’s a fight you’ll surely lose.
May 2, 2018 at 5:29pm
May 2, 2018 at 5:29pm
#933835
http://www.flickr.com/photos/keanalee/2726414583/


Behold the buckets
full of plump, golden peaches,
freshly picked from yonder tree,
succulent and sweet,
to blend in homemade ice cream
or bake in tasty cobblers.


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