poopling soup recipes #124

there was an old child that named the beasts 
then he sat down and named all the feasts 
when the tables were turned 
his gods lessons were learned 
and the worms devoured the old child's priests
 
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author's notes- not a Limerick it's a lymberbrick

poopling soup recipes #191

tales from the multiverse 1

there was a pale clown lost in a war
in its maze he met a Minotaur
sleeping in a manger 
unaware of danger 
so the clown saved the babe from folklore 

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poopling soup recipes #180

lost track 6

there was a raindog who tracked a crow
soon he passed angels wings in the snow 
a hare watched his passing
saw vultures amassing 
as the raindog's heart began to slow 

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author's notes- not a Limerick it's a lymberbrick

raindog meaning -refers to a habit dogs have of getting lost when heavy rains wash away the dog's markers they have left to guide them home.

author's notes- tom waits in his brilliant song"raindogs" used the word as a metaphor for  human beings who are lost, in pain with no sense of direction and who don't have a social or physical place to belong. 
as in all my lymberbrick poems and quite a lot of my other poems my characters are metaphors. I love Tom Waits' use of the raindog metaphor so it pops up in my own poems now and then. 

poopling soup recipes #136

there was a witch who toiled in a field 
where she found a glass slipper concealed 
inside was a wrong foot 
that once left prints of soot
but the witch knew what marriage would yield 

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poopling soup recipes #189

frown lines verse 9

there was a maiden the wolves did fear
a vengeful ghost they called the Sow Bear 
she tore out their black souls 
filled their coffers with coals 
freed the souls they held in chained despair 

the end

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poopling soup recipes #203

there was a lizard lounging around 
listening to a funky new sound 
he drank fortified wine 
on fruit flies he did dine
then that liz went clubbing underground

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poopling soup recipes #135

there was a drone that played the bagpipes
the smell of whiskey fumed from his pipes 
he wandered far away
died in a bloody fray 
for the lies told by the stars and stripes 

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poopling soup recipes #188

frown lines verse 8

there was a maiden whose face turned stern 
in her shattered heart vengeance did burn 
she crossed the sea of stars 
to the wolves abattoirs
where their steeples she would overturn 

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poopling soup recipes #179

lost track 5

there was a raindog in a birds nest 
where the cuckoo egg is deemed a pest  
Cronos spreads his dark wings 
sheltering fisher kings
the hero raindog is dispossessed

author's notes- not a Limerick it's a lymberbrick

raindog meaning -refer to a habit dogs have of getting lost when heavy rains wash away the dog's markers they have left to guide them home.

author's notes- tom waits in his brilliant song"raindogs" used the word as a metaphor for  human beings who are lost, in pain with no sense of direction and who don't have a social or physical place to belong. 
as in all my lymberbrick poems and quite a lot of my other poems my characters are metaphors. I love Tom Waits' use of the raindog metaphor so it pops up in my own poems now and then. 

poopling soup recipes #129

there was a poet on a soap box
his final words  were unorthodox
he let his last words hang 
like dead stars in the yang 
the poet birthing a paradox 

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authors notes- not a Limerick it's a lymberbrick