the lights are low
you can see the sweat beads
bathing his face like a lizard’s tongue
the crowd is standing on its feet
screaming, dancing, whistling
stomping their feet to the tune
of a marching band
he’s gyrating his hips
making love to the mike
his words are thunder
lightning bolts appear from nowhere
the poems are burning in his hands
the crowd is screaming for more
he’s running up and down the aisle
reciting the ten commandments backwards
he’s back on stage doing acrobatics
the audience is spellbound
the judges are frantically writing
down their scores
he’s standing on his head
he’s trying to raise the dead
he’s brought in the Pope for a duet
the guy waiting his turn
looks white as a ghost
Copyright ©: A. D. Winans
A few random poems:
- Низами Гянджеви – Другим знавала ты меня
- A Sort Of A Song by William Carlos Williams
- Илья Эренбург – Круг
- Spenserian Stanza. Written At The Close Of Canto II, Book V, Of “The Faerie Queene” poem – John Keats poems
- Robert Burns: Lovely Young Jessie:
- Ghouls’ Parade poem – Brako Attafua poems | Poetry Monster
- On the Circuit by W. H. Auden
- A Color of the Sky by Tony Hoagland
- Николай Карамзин – Стихи на слова, заданные мне Хлoeю: миг, картина и дверь
- Mornèn by William Barnes
- Николай Гумилев – Заклинание
- The Fairy Bridal-Hymn by Vachel Lindsay
- On the Death of Robert Dundas, Esq., of Arniston by Robert Burns
- A Front Row Seat To Hear Ole Johnny Sing by Shel Silverstein
- Morning Rain by Tu Fu
External links
Bat’s Poetry Page – more poetry by Fledermaus
Talking Writing Monster’s Page –
Batty Writing – the bat’s idle chatter, thoughts, ideas and observations, all original, all fresh
Poems in English
- Snapshots Of A Daughter In Law
- Shattered Head
- Rural Reflections
- Prospective Immigrants Please Note
- Power
- Planetarium
- Paula Becker To Clara Westhoff
- Our Whole Life
- Orion
- On Edges
- November 1968
- My Mouth Hovers Across Your Breasts
- Moving In Winter
- Miracle Ice Cream
- Living In Sin
- Integrity
- In Those Years
- In The Evening
- In A Classroom
- Implosions
More external links (open in a new tab):
Doska or the Board – write anything
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Duckduckgo – the real alternative and a search engine that actually works. Without much censorship or partisan politics.
Yahoo– yes, it’s still around, amazingly, miraculously, incredibly, but now it seems to be powered by Bing.
Parallel Translations of Poetry
The Poetry Repository – an online library of poems, poetry, verse and poetic works
