TEST: Haikus

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Stone is unconvinced,
of the mason’s shame and guilt;
When the hard rock breaks.

The boat-bobbing sea
soaks the mariner’s tall tales
with a salt-sharp wit.

Food warms the oven
for heartfelt treats of the cook
from unstale dough.

Voicing the voiceless,
poets reveal the faceless:
Feelings into words.

A lovely girl’s smile
can last an entire day:
Cheaper than candy.

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from out of the blue
An angel came down to earth:
Did she fall or was she pushed?

Angels come to earth:
Do they fall down descending
Or are they just pushed?

Ugly women frown
But the cheapest cosmetic
Is just a smile.

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The ugliest woman
Is she who wears a frown
For the least expensive cosmetic
Is but a well-worn smile.

Copyright © 2010 Frank TALKER. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute it in any format; provided that mention of the author’s Weblog (http://poetryftalker.blogspot.com/) is included: E-mail notification requested. All other rights reserved.

Sad-Eyed Sexpot

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I knew you best once before -
The self knowing kept me mute;
Remade myself, then, something more:
Your look unmanned me to the root.

Her face intentions thoughts it breeds
Yet hides a love lived merely once;
Revealing long felt wants and deeds:
So much prettier than those other cunts.

Our mouths reside among the wand'ring places -
Where mouthing lips lie where none may rush,
In open secret female spaces
That blush to see that they may blush.

Mind's eye now illuminates a seeming deep
Its misshapen form well becomes the climb;
To veil imperfect a dreamless sleep
That perfectly ages this too soon time.

Copyright © 2010 Frank TALKER. Permission granted to reproduce and distribute it in any format; provided that mention of the author’s Weblog (http://poetryftalker.blogspot.com/) is included: E-mail notification requested. All other rights reserved. Frank TALKER is also the author of Sweaty Socks: A Treatise on the Inevitability of Toe Jam in Hot Weather (East Cheam Press: Groper Books, 1997) and is University of Bullshit Professor Emeritus of Madeupology.