Best Word Painting Poems

today I pick up my grammar pallet 
and paint for you a personal couplet 
something in a monochrome line display 
something to enjoy in a special way 

transforming emotions onto a page 
becomes easier with practice and age 
sometimes I look and then I remember...

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Word Painting In Black and White

Cubed ice dismantling the plank bridge with pliers 
made of syrup spilled with a dash of grief and brawn 
the reptilian doughboy mixes up another cosmic batch 
of truth cookies designed to mislead with wishes of 
the big power grab...

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I go out for walks
once in a blue moon

when I do it’s a warm day
and the sky is many shades of blue 

the moon
is just a clipped fingernail 

I’m so happy now
I’m over the moon and weather
not under it

Whit Howland © 2019...

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The Front Window Cogitation
By Sy Roth

Observed the others drowning in their tears.
A pasty rain inks the front window
Sad remnants of a broken sky in Kandinsky splashes 
Marked on an ancient, bubble-blown glass. 

Outside cars distorted,
People amble in sodden abandonment, 
Shuffling along with the meanderings of...

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