Ken Gosse
/ GreyThoughts.InfoI’d be a diamond in the rough
if I were made of firmer stuff,
but, in fact, I’m rather mellow,
somewhat jigglier than…
By Ken Gosse
A variation on Dylan Thomas…
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He’ll rage against the dying of my light
but old age took its toll along the way.
He doesn’t know I think the …
By Ken Gosse
I searched all my poems for “tabula rasa”
but found a blank slate—not a horse at the gate.
In this large, empty casa, I shouted “Qué pasa?”
There wasn’t an answer. I chose not …
By Ken Gosse
Toody and Muldoon probably …
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I’m confident that in this lot
I’ll find my auto’s parking spot
although, perhaps—and …
By Ken Gosse
The short, better life of a rescued cat.
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Mew doesn’t knock anything onto the floor.
He doesn’t play games; doesn’t stare out the door.
He’ll climb down a cat tree but never climb…
By Ken Gosse
I’d be a diamond in the rough
if I were made of firmer stuff,
but, in fact, I’m rather mellow,
somewhat jigglier than…
By Ken Gosse
A variation on Dylan Thomas…
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He’ll rage against the dying of my light
but old age took its toll along the way.
He doesn’t know I think the …
By Ken Gosse
I searched all my poems for “tabula rasa”
but found a blank slate—not a horse at the gate.
In this large, empty casa, I shouted “Qué pasa?”
There wasn’t an answer. I chose not …
By Ken Gosse
Toody and Muldoon probably …
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I’m confident that in this lot
I’ll find my auto’s parking spot
although, perhaps—and …
By Ken Gosse
The short, better life of a rescued cat.
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Mew doesn’t knock anything onto the floor.
He doesn’t play games; doesn’t stare out the door.
He’ll climb down a cat tree but never climb…
By Ken Gosse
A Small Tribute to a Favorite Giant.
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“Don’t count your boobies until they are hatched.”
Words of wisdom from Thurber that still go unmatched.
Burns said, true…
By Ken Gosse
The “Monster Mash” was a 1962…
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The little toe, as most folks know,
that fiendish body part,
takes sudden pain, so …
By Ken Gosse
Inspired by an evening from …
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I found an old gray sonnet with a faded
ribbon on it from when we first met.
That day old Dobbin pulled …
By Ken Gosse
When fairy tales meet the real world.
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In college, she had many boys, at least a score or more,
derrieres in chairs or on the floor—she wasn’t keeping score.
In tête-à-têtes, ménage à trois…
By Ken Gosse
Hormonic harmonics.
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The harmonies we once enjoyed
now seem to make my wife annoyed,
like games we used to play in bed…
By Ken Gosse
I borrowed this from a short …
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The maid of my betrothed stood fully clothed,
her face away from where I entered in
so quietly, not knowing I’d …
By Ken Gosse
Who was on first, first? Who cares?
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Our first date wasn’t her first date
although it had been mine.
The same was true when …
By Ken Gosse
Reminiscent of Carole King's 1971 hit, "It's Too Late."
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So many years ago when we were young,
in college, with like-minds we were among,
we broke up—she found joys in other…
By Ken Gosse
What goes around, even in fun…
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A crude joke had been started for fun
about what someone did to someone.
Nothing new. Naughty fluff…
By Ken Gosse
A chilling tale, opening…
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Without a palindrome or plan
I grabbed a nearby spray-paint can
and rustic lantern, much…
By Ken Gosse
Base on Edmond Rostand…
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Though the body and face were her beau,
words he echoed came from Cyrano
who was near, but in…
By Ken Gosse
Stories one hears through the years.
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In college, they split by his choice, a regret,
since he stayed alone—self-imposed oubliette—
while back at her campus young…
By Ken Gosse
Borrowing from Engelbert…
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I close my eyes but cannot sleep
while sheep and angels ’round me creep.
Though shooting stars don’t make…
By Ken Gosse
The moon just happened …
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… rose gently as a rose
in darkness of the night,
demurely lighting my …
By Ken Gosse
A Grim Start for the Reaper
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… an infant he nursed at the breast
of a harpy who’s fierce, feathered chest
seethed venom most toxic.
It’s not paradoxic…
By Ken Gosse
.. there in rows, not columns,
blood and sweat and tears you’ll bleed
while seeking what you need through slaloms,
zig-zagging at breakneck …
By Ken Gosse
Don't throw out your babies …
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…just decided to erase
a verse that paused before my face
but didn’t have the time or…
By Ken Gosse
…were me, I’d like to be
some other person, thoroughly
exciting, handsome, debonair;
someone with that ....
By Ken Gosse
Memories of a First Date ...
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…walked down the beach,
two young hearts within reach,
hand in hand in the …
By Ken Gosse
… rhyme? Dear me! Set verse free!
And as for meter, there’s no doubt
it has no need for concrete grout
nor well-cut bricks, each…
By Ken Gosse
…doth the lovely butterfly
emerge from chrysalis,
which caterpillar deftly made
without hint of…
By Ken Gosse
Inspired by Robert Frost's…
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…certain that, in ages hence,
good neighbors in due deference
will build strong walls in their…
By Ken Gosse
Inspired by Ogden Nash's…
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… your mother was here,
I’m sure she’d draw near
with advice wise and …
By Ken Gosse