Best Serious Poems

Here lies what's left of Knobby Clark;
he didn't hear them shouting, 'Shark!'

written 13th September for Jesse's epitaph contest...

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Tears Of Serious

Two rivers of silver approach you at a time by crying
Taking on water in rain as they serpentine by around black rocks
And other fears that gather up about their banks
One silver moving wall of water is shallow in its depths
Remains nameless all the...

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No one knows how long they'll live
I guess it's much better that way
Who among us really wants to know
When we'll reach that final day?

Please let it be a great big surprise
Like maybe while eating ice cream
Expire with a huge smile on my kisser
Or perhaps pass...

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Life’s twists and turns
  he took in stride
Preferred to see their brighter side

Until one somber day
  fate took his love away
No longer could he laugh or play

Just sat and penned her poignant verse 
  his cries did rise to Heaven ~
'Board winged...

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Old Clarry was deaf; yes deaf as a post,
and couldn't hear a word that was said.
But he'd sit alone while we conversed,
when we gathered in young Harry's shed.

I suppose old age gets us all in the end,
but Clarry's still here and he's ninety two.
He doesn't...

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Resolution this year…stop buying spree,
Infinite number …shoes, jewellery! 
Dior purses, handbags nice,
Chanel dresses, reduced price,
Family panicks at purchase they see! 

Clear the wardrobe, full of expensive clothes… 
Gucci, Klein, Kors - covering head to toes,
I must donate some good stuff,
Don't I have outfits enough!
For a...

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“butter flies and marshes mellow”, that’s what he said to me.
did i look shocked — you bet, but i did him one better.

“mine craft and more bid yeller,” I smirked,
and he said, “wazzthatsposedtomean?”

as if he was drunk, he slurred all his vegetables to gather,
and i...

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Astir the divining of earth.
The sea is alive and gives birth.The sand gives a sigh
And waves are so high.
     The beaches all filled up with dearth.

A freak — oh its mock and its girth.
The tsunami cursed all its worth.Some beachcombers die,
As...

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  It's time for a serious poem
    So I can truly show 'em
  That I've mastered metaphor
    simile, prosaic petit fours ... 

  I'll pull out all the stops
    rhyme and meter, extra...

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orange tweeting bird
sent his buddy to Greenland
frosty reception!

Percy pig candies
UK tariff ten percent ~
are they for the chop?

penguins and grey seals
are desert island dwellers ~
how can they be charged?

dow jones Index falls
trump claims there will be a boom ~
egocentric creep!
...

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Grandfathers teeth
are strange,
says Jimmy
who is five years
They come out
of his mouth at night
He looked quite
stunned and shocked
Of all things ...
he gets a little scared
for what could happen
With his mouth full
of chocolate





A-L Andresen 15.06.2015 :)
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Screw the rules is the motto I live by
Too old to toe the line
So sue me and then just try to collect
Won't be alive to pay the fine

I'll be kicking up daisies on a hill out back
As you tear out all your hair
Sure had the...

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Only one of the haiku poems below is serious. The others are frivolous. Can you spot the serious poem?

zero, one, two, three,
four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,
ten, eleven, twelve

Do four out of five
dentists really prefer
sugarless Trident?

twelve, eleven, ten,
nine, eight, seven, six, five, four,
three, two, one,...

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The Giants won the Series;
I didn’t really care.
The team I root for (Yankees)
This year didn’t make it there.

But always this reminds me
When my son was very young,
He referred to this finale
With a kid’s slip of the tongue.

He called it “The World Serious,”
Not meaning to be...

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For serious women everywhere, for Philippa and, today, for Rosie

Serious Women

Some of us have faces 
That are less inclined to mirth
Mapped upon them traces
Of the journey from our birth
Inscrutable, mysterious
The face our mother gave
Inherently quite serious
Disconcerting, grave
See us in the street and we are
Focussed and...

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