The Paradigm Is An Oxymoron Shift
Oxymoron
encapsulates
my self-portrait
an enigma in two-step
but out of time
take out the prefix oxy
and you have a wonderful description
of me.
poem by Vince Gullaci
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Tell Me
Tell me
how you love me
ten small things
that put
a smile on your face
a twinkle in your eye
a spring in your step
tell me
there's
no one else.
poem by Vince Gullaci
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On Flemington Road
Born at Royal Children's Hospital
fed at Ozanam House
died at Royal Park
obituary for the homeless
and destitute
on the road
to a nameless
grave.
poem by Vince Gullaci
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Poesy
Mine
Is always
A little poem
At the bottom
Of the page
Self obsessed dreck
Or startling truth
The reader
To decide
If it stands
The test
Of time.
poem by Vince Gullaci
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Willie Wagtails
Willie Wagtails
visit in spring
when the Photinias bloom
and the dead heads fall
the beautiful little
black and whites
scour the debris
for seeds.
poem by Vince Gullaci
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Soulless In Suburban Place
A defensive attitude
with an aggrieved tone
a manifestation of doubt
leaves me a feeling of gnawing
a fragile bone
too obsessed
to leave it alone.
poem by Vince Gullaci
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The Court Jester
I can't disguise
the old fool
hubris is the shutter
to the pointing crowd
the emperor with no clothes
shouldn't have left
the ranks of the clowns.
poem by Vince Gullaci
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The Mourning
It seems
the old man
was no more
circumspent now
as then
his children lamented
without noticing
the red glow
of dawn
the herald
of a new morning.
poem by Vince Gullaci
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Wishful Thinking
Stick
the blessed relief
up your derriere
if i'm going down
it's kicking and screaming
and don't lecture me
on propriety
I don't give
a rat's arse.
poem by Vince Gullaci
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Hippocrite
Overwrought
indulgent
melodramatic
emoti onal
one or all of the above
a mass of contradicting
mistakes
fine
the same missteps
in others
intolerable.
poem by Vince Gullaci
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