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PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD'S/-VID00001.MP4-*POEMS*/-..-"(FOR*FUTURE*USE!)_-(if**THE*WORLD*IS*FORE*EVer*
ER*DIZZY*)!"?
DECEMBER 26,-..-2019.
TEXT:
FIRST(*5*)-BOOKS*PRINTED*-..(1980-1985.
30*/-..*MEN*/-TAL*-*TALI*-*A(!)"
2."BLACK*/-..*TRUCK*(!)"
3."MR./-..WIG*ley/-..*CUMS*!
4."(69)*IMAGES*/-
..-*BE*LoW..(*THE*BELT!)"?
5."*SEX*/-..-(*I*)..-/*CoN*!)"?
_________________________________________________________________
NOTE*ALSO*on*line*PUBLISHED: -96*POETRY*BOOKS/-..ON*-
PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD/-..-WEBOOK.COM- BLOGS.
philip lawrence sherrod, poet LEGAL*DISCLAIMER: ©
Author: PLS7 ©
Word count: 158
Views: 0
LEGAL*DISCLAIMER:©
Original*Poems:
-were*Created..&*Copyrighted..Aug.
2001.
All*-
Personal*Names..*Used..are*Fictional-
!../-?-
&..-*Created./-
...as*Original*Characters/-!..-
To*Represent*Symbolic-?
*Human-*Relationships!..-
&*All*Created*..*Persons/-!(?)
..&***Personal*Names-?
..are*(-Over* 18yrs.-old!). -
The*Work..*Represents/-!
..an*Attempt..To*Explain/-
?..The*Vicissitudes??/-..&*Dilemmas/-?
of*Being*Modern*/-?..&*-
Dealing*With*/-
?…*Modern*Living/-
?..&*Human*Imagination/-?..(?)
-As*...-*Psychological*Factions(!)
Note:..Punctuation*Used*To*An*Excess/-
?..As*A*Way/-?..To*Guide*The*Reader/-?
-..Control*The*Reader/-..
To*The*Point..(!?)-Of*Understanding/-
..The*(Poet’s*Intent!)?..-As*Well*As..-
Create*An*Additional/-?..Art*Form!
JANUARY 07, 2008-2016.
ABOUT MY POEMS:."these works/-..come
from-..(Every*Day*Attempts!/-)?
..to *Communicate/-..With Others!(?)..-
(About..One's*/-..Intimate*Feelings!)?
..-Some*Tmes/-..Falling*Short/-..Of*/-
..Complete*/-..Dia*logue/-?..&*-Failing*-
..*All*Human*Understanding’S!(?)..
-or of*a.. Poet's*Concern*/-
..Of*LIMITED*Traditional*Boundaries!-..-
of*/-..&*For*/..- The Majority/-?..-
For*ThOse*LIVING*..-
*IMAGES-..(!)?-...Are*Forced*/-
..Upon*One!..-Bye*the-....-(Un*Educated*/-
?..-Multi*/-..*Tudes!)?"(?)
(They*Are*Serious*Attempts/-..At*Love!)
Note: -all*mye*poetry/-..is written/-..as-..(the*Spoken*Word!)?
& *Dedicated*/-..-To*The*Way/-..-Most*People*Speak/-!
*Consciously/-&..Or*/-..UnConsciously(!)?..-&*(Are*Heard/- ..With*All/-..*Those*/-..*Little*/)-..*IN*CON*GRUITIES/- ..Of*Color*Full/-..In*Ventions/)-..&*Personalities/-..*Cre- ating/-..Some*/-..Quite*Color*Full/-..Dramatic*Speech(!)? ..Such*As/-..*The*Use/-..of*Slang/-..&*Colloquial*..-(
(Small*Rural/-..To*Urbanites/-*Language(!)?..The*Way/- ..You*Hear*Them*Speak/-..As*Opposed/-to The*(Proper*/-.. ..English*Dictum!)-..In*Short/-..I*Have*Taken*Liberties!
..As*A*Poet/-..To*Remind*America(!)?-of*The*Rich*-
ness/-of*(..the/-..*American*Language!)?..But*Again/-..I*TAKE/-..
-LIBER*/-..*TIES(!)?
-Using*Low*Class*Slang/-
..-With*Hier*Archial*Voice(!?)
-(NARR*I*TIVE*PROSE)-
-(WRITTEN*IN*OMAR*KHYYAM*or*THOMAS*GREY’S/-..-*QUATRAIN*)!?
-l-ate 16th cent.: from French, from -quatr’e ‘four.’
TEXT:
-POEM*1:-
-(GLASSEY*EYES*/-..=(NEAR*THE*
P*-..-*OST*BOX)!!??
-&*SET*WF’/-..-*NO*GLAU*COMAS-?
(WAITING*NEAR*MYR*TLE*BEACH)
-(LIKE*CRYS*TILE*/-..--KRS*TILE*/-..-*CROCK*A*DILE*-(??)
*EYE’S*CRY*ING*
(BEYOND*A*CROW’S*LEAP*/-*FOOT*)?
-OR*A*TAIL’S*LEAP*-
(A*BUN*DANT*LY)
(HAZEL*EYED*/-..-IN*PAST*LIVE’S)
(BELOW*THE*/-THUNDER*ING*CLOU****DS(!)?
-(I*RE*MEM*BER*ING*YOU)??
(NOT*TO*/-..-LEVEL*HEAD*ED)
-AS*THEY*.-..-.*LOW*ER*ED-
(*ME*/-..-*WF’*CAU*TION*ED*)
-&*DOWN*AMONG*DAD*&*MOM-
-IN*A*HOLE*/-..-OF*BLACK*EARTH-
-&*RED*TOPPED*GRASS-
-(HEARING*THE/-..-SAS*SING*OF*)-
(OF*MAY*BE/-..-”(*INK*Y*BLINKY*))--(*CROWS*)?
(LIKE*SASS*A*FRASS)
-(“HARRY”)-
OR*WAS*IT/-..-”COR*DU*D*LAL-
*MARY*”?
-(LIVING*IT*UP)-
-&*THE*SAX*A*PHONE-(!?)-
(I*GAVE*/-..-MYE*SON))
(I*GAVE*/-..-MYE*SON))
(-TRY*ING*/-..-TO*OUT*BLAST)
---(THE*SUN*)--
(A*METAL*KIND*/-..-OF*SMELL*)
(SOME*THING*/-..-LIKE*IC*A*RUS)
---(FEA*THER*ED*WING’S*)---
____(*WAX*/-..-*MELT*TING*)____
(*GREEK*&*ROMAN*(!))?.
-TERM*INUS.
-POEM*TWO: -
-*(NO*ONE*KNOWS*WHY)*-
(THE*BLUE*BLACK*/-*BOU*DARK*)
(RUS*STLED*LIT*TLE*)
-??-?
-(BUT*/-..-THE*HAR*BOUR*RING*)-
“*CROWS*”
-(*SANG*THEIR*FEET*/-..-*OFF*)-
-&*HEAD’S*/-..-*DOWN*ON*-?-
(THE*NEIGH*BOR*ING*WOOD*EN)
-BOX*/-..-*CELE*BRATE*TING*-
(THE*DER*MISE*D)
-(&*THE*DE*CEAS*ED)-???-&*-
(RAN*/-*RAM*PANT*LIKE*ANTS)
(BUILD*DING*/-..-*THRU*CRACKS*)
-OF*/-AN*/-..-*UN*I*DENT*TI*FIED*-
-&*(CHAN*NE*LED)?
(*FORE*/-.*SKIN*NED.-*TUN*NELS*)
-(HOPE*FULLY*/-..-*TO*A*QUEEN*ANT*)
(*PRE*EN*NING*/-..-*HER*ANT*TEN*NA)
(&*EATING*/-..-*HER*YOUNG*)
-..-(*LIKE*SATURN*SING*ING*)-..-
&*GOYIA’N*/-..-*HISTORY*&
-(NOT*/-..-*ERASED*YET*)
(!!!!????).
-TERM*INUS.
-POEM*THREE: -
-”(KEEP*IT*/-..-*SIMPLE*/-..-*FER*-
*DOCTOR*WHIMP*LE(!?).
(THAT*I*HAD*/-..-A*DIMPLE*)
-*YOU*KNOW*WHERE*)?.
(I*TRIED*D/-..-TO*BE*POL*ITE)
-BEFORE*-*THE*HONEST/-..-DIS*-
CUSS*ION/-(!)?
-ON*TUES*DAY’S/-..-DE*BAIT*TION-
(*HIM*/-..-*TELLING*/-..-*ME*)
(*MAY*BE*/-..-*PARA*NOIA*)
-(COULD*ROT*/-..-SUM*WHAT)-
-(I*THOUGHT*)-
-(*OTHER*WIZE*)-
(LIKE*A*RED*/-..-OR*GREY*)
-(*SCREECH*OWLS*)-
(HOOT*WF’?_>>_*THIS*)
(BECAUSE*HE*HAD*/-..-*RUFF*LED*M*-YE*
((-*FEATH*ERS*)).
-TERM*INUS.
-POEM*FOUR: -
-about*/-..the*degree*TERMINUS*
-*AL*LENDI*/-..-HE*WHO*/*CAST*/-?
(NO*STONE*/-..-*RENDERS*/-..-??
(NO*NORTH*WESTERN*GROUSE)
-*NEAR*A*RANGERS*HOUSE*(!)?
-&*FLOUSE*/-..-THAT*IDEA*-
(IN*THE*BITTER*ROOT*MTS.)
-(LIKE*A*MOUSE?-
-(I*WORKED*/-..-ONE*SUMMER)-
--
(PULLING*/-..-*RIBE’*PLANTS)
-&*CHEM*I*CALLY*/-..-*KILLING*/-
..-(THEIR*PARA*SIT*TIC*AS*SES)!?
(_FOR*SAVING*/-LONG*NEEDLE_)
(WHITE*PINE*TREES)
-(AS*A*DO*GOOD*SOLDIER)-
(FOR*THE*/-..-*FORREST*SERVICE)
????
-(WHAT*RE*MINDS*ME)-
-OF*THIS*/-..-*SEEMS*PLAUSE*ABLE*
-BUT*NOT*LIKE-
(*THE*CARD*/-..-*FROM*)
(THE*BIAN*CARDI’S)
(10*ALICE*PLACE)
-ORINDA, CAL.
(HAPPY*-2020)
-(WF*A*SPUNK*LY*WHITE*DOG)-
(HELD*BYE*/-..-*SPUNKER*BLONDE*
-ON*TIP*TOE!?)
(DAUGHTER*EMER*ITIS)
-*IN*?-..-*WHITE*SHOES*(!)?
-AS*SHE*/-..’S”-MOMA*’S*-
(*DARLING*)
??
(ME*TOO)!?.
-TERM*INUS.
-POEM*FIVE: -
_(*ARRIVE*ING*AGAIN*)-
-(TO*MYE*4:oo*AM*JOB)-
(FOR*IMPEACH*MENT)-
OF*ANY*THING
-(YOU*CAN*/-..-*THINK*OF)-
-&*I*’m*/-..-*SURE*YOU*WILL-
(_LIKE*JACK*&*JILL_)
-(GO*UP*THAT*/-..-*HILL*)-
(????)
-&*SHE*SAID/-..”DON”T*DUNKIN’*ME(!)”?
-”&*I*SAID
-(WHY*NOT*SALLY)”?
-(I*AM*/-..-KING*/-..-*UV’/-..-*PAULS*VALLEY*(!!!!????)”
-BUT*THEN*AGAIN-
(SO*ARE*THE/-..-*DRO*SOPHIA)
-&*&*PLECOPT*ER*IAN*/-..-*MOTHS*
(LOOKING*FOR*nose*TO*FLY)
-*in*-
-(RIGHT*-*BARRY)!?
(THEN*THERE*WAS*/-..--*THAT**LONG*
-*LOOK*(!))?.
-”(I*MEANT*GALLON*/-..-*NOT*1/2)-
*GALLON*)”?
(SHE*LOOKED*/-..-AT*ME)
*SIDE*WAYS*
_”&*HER*/-..-RED*RIM*MED_
-(GLASSES*TOLD*/-(?)-
..-ANOTHER*STORY)”!?
-(*STRIVE*VIN’/-..-*AIN”T*/-
*ARRIVE*IN”)!”?
-TERM*I*NAL.
-POEM*SIX*: -
-(PICK*UP*STICKX*/-..-*SEVEN*TRICKS*)
-(CAN’T*BLAME*TRIX)-
(GET*MORE*DOPE*/-..-WF’*LESS)
-(*HOPE*)-
-OR*HAVFT*TO*VISIT*-
_(THE*EMPIRE*STATE*BLDG>)_
-&*PLAY*/-..-WF’*/-..-KING*KONG-
-EVEN*IF*/-..-YOU*HAVE*HDRO*PHOBIA
-OR*ARE*/-..-A*KISSING*COUSIN-
(WEARING*RUNNING*WHITE)
-ADIAS*DO-
-(WF’*/-..-ARCH*SUP*PORTS)
-!!??-
“(AN*A*TENDENCY*/-..-TO*ASTRA*PHOBIA)”!?.
-OR*CLAUSTRO*PHOBIA
-(*HA-*HA-*HA)-
_&*LAUGH*ING*/-.._TILL*I*DIED_
-(BUT*WF’AUR*ELIC*PAIN)-
-UV’*AUGUSTUS****!!??.
-*OF*ROME*(!!!!????).
(FROM*PRIX*de*ROMA*BELLS)
-*ME*-(1986)
-ECHOING*&*CHIM*MING-!(*^)-
_(IN*PAR*TH*E*NON/-..-(*CEASAR*)-.
..-(*CEASAR*/-..-*CEASAR*(?.
-TERM*I*NUS.
-POEM*SEVEN*: -
-(*LIVING*OFF*?_>>_*ALLI*GATOR”S_>>_
(*PEARS*)
-(RIGHT*UP*/-..-TO*THEIR*CHINI*-
..*CHIN*/-..*CHIN*!)?
-&*LETS*BEGIN*/-..-WF’*FRU*GA-
-*REASON*-
?
(WF’*ALLIGATOR*PEARS)
-(ANGIO*SPERMS)-
-(OF*MEX*I*CO).
-(I(AM*TOLD*))-(*ARE*GOOD*/-..
-FOR*YOU?))
_-&*RAW*MILK*(!)?
_&*T.J.’S_
*SILVER*GOAT*CHEVUE*
&*THE*WILL*/-..-TO*LIVE
-(*WHOLE*Y?_>>*COW*)-
-(*SMOLLEN*)-
(WAT*‘APPEN*TOMYE*COW*KISS)
-*ETCHING*/-..-ON*ZINC*PLATE*-
(*SPE*NIL*LI)
PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD'S/-VID00001.MP4-*POEMS*/-..-"(FOR*FUTURE*USE!)_-(if**THE*WORLD*IS*FORE*EVer*
ER*DIZZY*)!"?
DECEMBER 26,-..-2019.
TEXT:
FIRST(*5*)-BOOKS*PRINTED*-..(1980-1985.
30*/-..*MEN*/-TAL*-*TALI*-*A(!)"
2."BLACK*/-..*TRUCK*(!)"
3."MR./-..WIG*ley/-..*CUMS*!
4."(69)*IMAGES*/-
..-*BE*LoW..(*THE*BELT!)"?
5."*SEX*/-..-(*I*)..-/*CoN*!)"?
_________________________________________________________________
NOTE*ALSO*on*line*PUBLISHED: -96*POETRY*BOOKS/-..ON*-
PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD/-..-WEBOOK.COM- BLOGS.
philip lawrence sherrod, poet LEGAL*DISCLAIMER: ©
Author: PLS7 ©
Word count: 158
Views: 0
LEGAL*DISCLAIMER:©
Original*Poems:
-were*Created..&*Copyrighted..Aug.
2001.
All*-
Personal*Names..*Used..are*Fictional-
!../-?-
&..-*Created./-
...as*Original*Characters/-!..-
To*Represent*Symbolic-?
*Human-*Relationships!..-
&*All*Created*..*Persons/-!(?)
..&***Personal*Names-?
..are*(-Over* 18yrs.-old!). -
The*Work..*Represents/-!
..an*Attempt..To*Explain/-
?..The*Vicissitudes??/-..&*Dilemmas/-?
of*Being*Modern*/-?..&*-
Dealing*With*/-
?…*Modern*Living/-
?..&*Human*Imagination/-?..(?)
-As*...-*Psychological*Factions(!)
Note:..Punctuation*Used*To*An*Excess/-
?..As*A*Way/-?..To*Guide*The*Reader/-?
-..Control*The*Reader/-..
To*The*Point..(!?)-Of*Understanding/-
..The*(Poet’s*Intent!)?..-As*Well*As..-
Create*An*Additional/-?..Art*Form!
JANUARY 07, 2008-2016.
ABOUT MY POEMS:."these works/-..come
from-..(Every*Day*Attempts!/-)?
..to *Communicate/-..With Others!(?)..-
(About..One's*/-..Intimate*Feelings!)?
..-Some*Tmes/-..Falling*Short/-..Of*/-
..Complete*/-..Dia*logue/-?..&*-Failing*-
..*All*Human*Understanding’S!(?)..
-or of*a.. Poet's*Concern*/-
..Of*LIMITED*Traditional*Boundaries!-..-
of*/-..&*For*/..- The Majority/-?..-
For*ThOse*LIVING*..-
*IMAGES-..(!)?-...Are*Forced*/-
..Upon*One!..-Bye*the-....-(Un*Educated*/-
?..-Multi*/-..*Tudes!)?"(?)
(They*Are*Serious*Attempts/-..At*Love!)
Note: -all*mye*poetry/-..is written/-..as-..(the*Spoken*Word!)?
& *Dedicated*/-..-To*The*Way/-..-Most*People*Speak/-!
*Consciously/-&..Or*/-..UnConsciously(!)?..-&*(Are*Heard/- ..With*All/-..*Those*/-..*Little*/)-..*IN*CON*GRUITIES/- ..Of*Color*Full/-..In*Ventions/)-..&*Personalities/-..*Cre- ating/-..Some*/-..Quite*Color*Full/-..Dramatic*Speech(!)? ..Such*As/-..*The*Use/-..of*Slang/-..&*Colloquial*..-(
(Small*Rural/-..To*Urbanites/-*Language(!)?..The*Way/- ..You*Hear*Them*Speak/-..As*Opposed/-to The*(Proper*/-.. ..English*Dictum!)-..In*Short/-..I*Have*Taken*Liberties!
..As*A*Poet/-..To*Remind*America(!)?-of*The*Rich*-
ness/-of*(..the/-..*American*Language!)?..But*Again/-..I*TAKE/-..
-LIBER*/-..*TIES(!)?
-Using*Low*Class*Slang/-
..-With*Hier*Archial*Voice(!?)
-(NARR*I*TIVE*PROSE)-
-(WRITTEN*IN*OMAR*KHYYAM*or*THOMAS*GREY’S/-..-*QUATRAIN*)!?
-l-ate 16th cent.: from French, from -quatr’e ‘four.’
TEXT:
-POEM*1:-
-(GLASSEY*EYES*/-..=(NEAR*THE*
P*-..-*OST*BOX)!!??
-&*SET*WF’/-..-*NO*GLAU*COMAS-?
(WAITING*NEAR*MYR*TLE*BEACH)
-(LIKE*CRYS*TILE*/-..--KRS*TILE*/-..-*CROCK*A*DILE*-(??)
*EYE’S*CRY*ING*
(BEYOND*A*CROW’S*LEAP*/-*FOOT*)?
-OR*A*TAIL’S*LEAP*-
(A*BUN*DANT*LY)
(HAZEL*EYED*/-..-IN*PAST*LIVE’S)
(BELOW*THE*/-THUNDER*ING*CLOU****DS(!)?
-(I*RE*MEM*BER*ING*YOU)??
(NOT*TO*/-..-LEVEL*HEAD*ED)
-AS*THEY*.-..-.*LOW*ER*ED-
(*ME*/-..-*WF’*CAU*TION*ED*)
-&*DOWN*AMONG*DAD*&*MOM-
-IN*A*HOLE*/-..-OF*BLACK*EARTH-
-&*RED*TOPPED*GRASS-
-(HEARING*THE/-..-SAS*SING*OF*)-
(OF*MAY*BE/-..-”(*INK*Y*BLINKY*))--(*CROWS*)?
(LIKE*SASS*A*FRASS)
-(“HARRY”)-
OR*WAS*IT/-..-”COR*DU*D*LAL-
*MARY*”?
-(LIVING*IT*UP)-
-&*THE*SAX*A*PHONE-(!?)-
(I*GAVE*/-..-MYE*SON))
(I*GAVE*/-..-MYE*SON))
(-TRY*ING*/-..-TO*OUT*BLAST)
---(THE*SUN*)--
(A*METAL*KIND*/-..-OF*SMELL*)
(SOME*THING*/-..-LIKE*IC*A*RUS)
---(FEA*THER*ED*WING’S*)---
____(*WAX*/-..-*MELT*TING*)____
(*GREEK*&*ROMAN*(!))?.
-TERM*INUS.
-POEM*TWO: -
-*(NO*ONE*KNOWS*WHY)*-
(THE*BLUE*BLACK*/-*BOU*DARK*)
(RUS*STLED*LIT*TLE*)
-??-?
-(BUT*/-..-THE*HAR*BOUR*RING*)-
“*CROWS*”
-(*SANG*THEIR*FEET*/-..-*OFF*)-
-&*HEAD’S*/-..-*DOWN*ON*-?-
(THE*NEIGH*BOR*ING*WOOD*EN)
-BOX*/-..-*CELE*BRATE*TING*-
(THE*DER*MISE*D)
-(&*THE*DE*CEAS*ED)-???-&*-
(RAN*/-*RAM*PANT*LIKE*ANTS)
(BUILD*DING*/-..-*THRU*CRACKS*)
-OF*/-AN*/-..-*UN*I*DENT*TI*FIED*-
-&*(CHAN*NE*LED)?
(*FORE*/-.*SKIN*NED.-*TUN*NELS*)
-(HOPE*FULLY*/-..-*TO*A*QUEEN*ANT*)
(*PRE*EN*NING*/-..-*HER*ANT*TEN*NA)
(&*EATING*/-..-*HER*YOUNG*)
-..-(*LIKE*SATURN*SING*ING*)-..-
&*GOYIA’N*/-..-*HISTORY*&
-(NOT*/-..-*ERASED*YET*)
(!!!!????).
-TERM*INUS.
-POEM*THREE: -
-”(KEEP*IT*/-..-*SIMPLE*/-..-*FER*-
*DOCTOR*WHIMP*LE(!?).
(THAT*I*HAD*/-..-A*DIMPLE*)
-*YOU*KNOW*WHERE*)?.
(I*TRIED*D/-..-TO*BE*POL*ITE)
-BEFORE*-*THE*HONEST/-..-DIS*-
CUSS*ION/-(!)?
-ON*TUES*DAY’S/-..-DE*BAIT*TION-
(*HIM*/-..-*TELLING*/-..-*ME*)
(*MAY*BE*/-..-*PARA*NOIA*)
-(COULD*ROT*/-..-SUM*WHAT)-
-(I*THOUGHT*)-
-(*OTHER*WIZE*)-
(LIKE*A*RED*/-..-OR*GREY*)
-(*SCREECH*OWLS*)-
(HOOT*WF’?_>>_*THIS*)
(BECAUSE*HE*HAD*/-..-*RUFF*LED*M*-YE*
((-*FEATH*ERS*)).
-TERM*INUS.
-POEM*FOUR: -
-about*/-..the*degree*TERMINUS*
-*AL*LENDI*/-..-HE*WHO*/*CAST*/-?
(NO*STONE*/-..-*RENDERS*/-..-??
(NO*NORTH*WESTERN*GROUSE)
-*NEAR*A*RANGERS*HOUSE*(!)?
-&*FLOUSE*/-..-THAT*IDEA*-
(IN*THE*BITTER*ROOT*MTS.)
-(LIKE*A*MOUSE?-
-(I*WORKED*/-..-ONE*SUMMER)-
--
(PULLING*/-..-*RIBE’*PLANTS)
-&*CHEM*I*CALLY*/-..-*KILLING*/-
..-(THEIR*PARA*SIT*TIC*AS*SES)!?
(_FOR*SAVING*/-LONG*NEEDLE_)
(WHITE*PINE*TREES)
-(AS*A*DO*GOOD*SOLDIER)-
(FOR*THE*/-..-*FORREST*SERVICE)
????
-(WHAT*RE*MINDS*ME)-
-OF*THIS*/-..-*SEEMS*PLAUSE*ABLE*
-BUT*NOT*LIKE-
(*THE*CARD*/-..-*FROM*)
(THE*BIAN*CARDI’S)
(10*ALICE*PLACE)
-ORINDA, CAL.
(HAPPY*-2020)
-(WF*A*SPUNK*LY*WHITE*DOG)-
(HELD*BYE*/-..-*SPUNKER*BLONDE*
-ON*TIP*TOE!?)
(DAUGHTER*EMER*ITIS)
-*IN*?-..-*WHITE*SHOES*(!)?
-AS*SHE*/-..’S”-MOMA*’S*-
(*DARLING*)
??
(ME*TOO)!?.
-TERM*INUS.
-POEM*FIVE: -
_(*ARRIVE*ING*AGAIN*)-
-(TO*MYE*4:oo*AM*JOB)-
(FOR*IMPEACH*MENT)-
OF*ANY*THING
-(YOU*CAN*/-..-*THINK*OF)-
-&*I*’m*/-..-*SURE*YOU*WILL-
(_LIKE*JACK*&*JILL_)
-(GO*UP*THAT*/-..-*HILL*)-
(????)
-&*SHE*SAID/-..”DON”T*DUNKIN’*ME(!)”?
-”&*I*SAID
-(WHY*NOT*SALLY)”?
-(I*AM*/-..-KING*/-..-*UV’/-..-*PAULS*VALLEY*(!!!!????)”
-BUT*THEN*AGAIN-
(SO*ARE*THE/-..-*DRO*SOPHIA)
-&*&*PLECOPT*ER*IAN*/-..-*MOTHS*
(LOOKING*FOR*nose*TO*FLY)
-*in*-
-(RIGHT*-*BARRY)!?
(THEN*THERE*WAS*/-..--*THAT**LONG*
-*LOOK*(!))?.
-”(I*MEANT*GALLON*/-..-*NOT*1/2)-
*GALLON*)”?
(SHE*LOOKED*/-..-AT*ME)
*SIDE*WAYS*
_”&*HER*/-..-RED*RIM*MED_
-(GLASSES*TOLD*/-(?)-
..-ANOTHER*STORY)”!?
-(*STRIVE*VIN’/-..-*AIN”T*/-
*ARRIVE*IN”)!”?
-TERM*I*NAL.
-POEM*SIX*: -
-(PICK*UP*STICKX*/-..-*SEVEN*TRICKS*)
-(CAN’T*BLAME*TRIX)-
(GET*MORE*DOPE*/-..-WF’*LESS)
-(*HOPE*)-
-OR*HAVFT*TO*VISIT*-
_(THE*EMPIRE*STATE*BLDG>)_
-&*PLAY*/-..-WF’*/-..-KING*KONG-
-EVEN*IF*/-..-YOU*HAVE*HDRO*PHOBIA
-OR*ARE*/-..-A*KISSING*COUSIN-
(WEARING*RUNNING*WHITE)
-ADIAS*DO-
-(WF’*/-..-ARCH*SUP*PORTS)
-!!??-
“(AN*A*TENDENCY*/-..-TO*ASTRA*PHOBIA)”!?.
-OR*CLAUSTRO*PHOBIA
-(*HA-*HA-*HA)-
_&*LAUGH*ING*/-.._TILL*I*DIED_
-(BUT*WF’AUR*ELIC*PAIN)-
-UV’*AUGUSTUS****!!??.
-*OF*ROME*(!!!!????).
(FROM*PRIX*de*ROMA*BELLS)
-*ME*-(1986)
-ECHOING*&*CHIM*MING-!(*^)-
_(IN*PAR*TH*E*NON/-..-(*CEASAR*)-.
..-(*CEASAR*/-..-*CEASAR*(?.
-TERM*I*NUS.
-POEM*SEVEN*: -
-(*LIVING*OFF*?_>>_*ALLI*GATOR”S_>>_
(*PEARS*)
-(RIGHT*UP*/-..-TO*THEIR*CHINI*-
..*CHIN*/-..*CHIN*!)?
-&*LETS*BEGIN*/-..-WF’*FRU*GA-
-*REASON*-
?
(WF’*ALLIGATOR*PEARS)
-(ANGIO*SPERMS)-
-(OF*MEX*I*CO).
-(I(AM*TOLD*))-(*ARE*GOOD*/-..
-FOR*YOU?))
_-&*RAW*MILK*(!)?
_&*T.J.’S_
*SILVER*GOAT*CHEVUE*
&*THE*WILL*/-..-TO*LIVE
-(*WHOLE*Y?_>>*COW*)-
-(*SMOLLEN*)-
(WAT*‘APPEN*TOMYE*COW*KISS)
-*ETCHING*/-..-ON*ZINC*PLATE*-
PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD'S/-VID00001.MP4-*POEMS*/-..-"(FOR*FUTURE*USE!)_-(if**THE*WORLD*IS*FORE*EVer*
ER*DIZZY*)!"?
DECEMBER 26,-..-2019.
TEXT:
FIRST(*5*)-BOOKS*PRINTED*-..(1980-1985.
30*/-..*MEN*/-TAL*-*TALI*-*A(!)"
2."BLACK*/-..*TRUCK*(!)"
3."MR./-..WIG*ley/-..*CUMS*!
4."(69)*IMAGES*/-
..-*BE*LoW..(*THE*BELT!)"?
5."*SEX*/-..-(*I*)..-/*CoN*!)"?
_________________________________________________________________
NOTE*ALSO*on*line*PUBLISHED: -96*POETRY*BOOKS/-..ON*-
PHILIP LAWRENCE SHERROD/-..-WEBOOK.COM- BLOGS.
philip lawrence sherrod, poet LEGAL*DISCLAIMER: ©
Author: PLS7 ©
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LEGAL*DISCLAIMER:©
Original*Poems:
-were*Created..&*Copyrighted..Aug.
2001.
All*-
Personal*Names..*Used..are*Fictional-
!../-?-
&..-*Created./-
...as*Original*Characters/-!..-
To*Represent*Symbolic-?
*Human-*Relationships!..-
&*All*Created*..*Persons/-!(?)
..&***Personal*Names-?
..are*(-Over* 18yrs.-old!). -
The*Work..*Represents/-!
..an*Attempt..To*Explain/-
?..The*Vicissitudes??/-..&*Dilemmas/-?
of*Being*Modern*/-?..&*-
Dealing*With*/-
?…*Modern*Living/-
?..&*Human*Imagination/-?..(?)
-As*...-*Psychological*Factions(!)
Note:..Punctuation*Used*To*An*Excess/-
?..As*A*Way/-?..To*Guide*The*Reader/-?
-..Control*The*Reader/-..
To*The*Point..(!?)-Of*Understanding/-
..The*(Poet’s*Intent!)?..-As*Well*As..-
Create*An*Additional/-?..Art*Form!
JANUARY 07, 2008-2016.
ABOUT MY POEMS:."these works/-..come
from-..(Every*Day*Attempts!/-)?
..to *Communicate/-..With Others!(?)..-
(About..One's*/-..Intimate*Feelings!)?
..-Some*Tmes/-..Falling*Short/-..Of*/-
..Complete*/-..Dia*logue/-?..&*-Failing*-
..*All*Human*Understanding’S!(?)..
-or of*a.. Poet's*Concern*/-
..Of*LIMITED*Traditional*Boundaries!-..-
of*/-..&*For*/..- The Majority/-?..-
For*ThOse*LIVING*..-
*IMAGES-..(!)?-...Are*Forced*/-
..Upon*One!..-Bye*the-....-(Un*Educated*/-
?..-Multi*/-..*Tudes!)?"(?)
(They*Are*Serious*Attempts/-..At*Love!)
Note: -all*mye*poetry/-..is written/-..as-..(the*Spoken*Word!)?
& *Dedicated*/-..-To*The*Way/-..-Most*People*Speak/-!
*Consciously/-&..Or*/-..UnConsciously(!)?..-&*(Are*Heard/- ..With*All/-..*Those*/-..*Little*/)-..*IN*CON*GRUITIES/- ..Of*Color*Full/-..In*Ventions/)-..&*Personalities/-..*Cre- ating/-..Some*/-..Quite*Color*Full/-..Dramatic*Speech(!)? ..Such*As/-..*The*Use/-..of*Slang/-..&*Colloquial*..-(
(Small*Rural/-..To*Urbanites/-*Language(!)?..The*Way/- ..You*Hear*Them*Speak/-..As*Opposed/-to The*(Proper*/-.. ..English*Dictum!)-..In*Short/-..I*Have*Taken*Liberties!
..As*A*Poet/-..To*Remind*America(!)?-of*The*Rich*-
ness/-of*(..the/-..*American*Language!)?..But*Again/-..I*TAKE/-..
-LIBER*/-..*TIES(!)?
-Using*Low*Class*Slang/-
..-With*Hier*Archial*Voice(!?)
-(NARR*I*TIVE*PROSE)-
-(WRITTEN*IN*OMAR*KHYYAM*or*THOMAS*GREY’S/-..-*QUATRAIN*)!?
-l-ate 16th cent.: from French, from -quatr’e ‘four.’
TEXT:
-POEM*1:-
-(GLASSEY*EYES*/-..=(NEAR*THE*
P*-..-*OST*BOX)!!??
-&*SET*WF’/-..-*NO*GLAU*COMAS-?
(WAITING*NEAR*MYR*TLE*BEACH)
-(LIKE*CRYS*TILE*/-..--KRS*TILE*/-..-*CROCK*A*DILE*-(??)
*EYE’S*CRY*ING*
(BEYOND*A*CROW’S*LEAP*/-*FOOT*)?
-OR*A*TAIL’S*LEAP*-
(A*BUN*DANT*LY)
(HAZEL*EYED*/-..-IN*PAST*LIVE’S)
(BELOW*THE*/-THUNDER*ING*CLOU****DS(!)?
-(I*RE*MEM*BER*ING*YOU)??
(NOT*TO*/-..-LEVEL*HEAD*ED)
-AS*THEY*.-..-.*LOW*ER*ED-
(*ME*/-..-*WF’*CAU*TION*ED*)
-&*DOWN*AMONG*DAD*&*MOM-
-IN*A*HOLE*/-..-OF*BLACK*EARTH-
-&*RED*TOPPED*GRASS-
-(HEARING*THE/-..-SAS*SING*OF*)-
(OF*MAY*BE/-..-”(*INK*Y*BLINKY*))--(*CROWS*)?
(LIKE*SASS*A*FRASS)
-(“HARRY”)-
OR*WAS*IT/-..-”COR*DU*D*LAL-
*MARY*”?
-(LIVING*IT*UP)-
-&*THE*SAX*A*PHONE-(!?)-
(I*GAVE*/-..-MYE*SON))
(I*GAVE*/-..-MYE*SON))
(-TRY*ING*/-..-TO*OUT*BLAST)
---(THE*SUN*)--
(A*METAL*KIND*/-..-OF*SMELL*)
(SOME*THING*/-..-LIKE*IC*A*RUS)
---(FEA*THER*ED*WING’S*)---
____(*WAX*/-..-*MELT*TING*)____
(*GREEK*&*ROMAN*(!))?.
-TERM*INUS.
-POEM*TWO: -
-*(NO*ONE*KNOWS*WHY)*-
(THE*BLUE*BLACK*/-*BOU*DARK*)
(RUS*STLED*LIT*TLE*)
-??-?
-(BUT*/-..-THE*HAR*BOUR*RING*)-
“*CROWS*”
-(*SANG*THEIR*FEET*/-..-*OFF*)-
-&*HEAD’S*/-..-*DOWN*ON*-?-
(THE*NEIGH*BOR*ING*WOOD*EN)
-BOX*/-..-*CELE*BRATE*TING*-
(THE*DER*MISE*D)
-(&*THE*DE*CEAS*ED)-???-&*-
(RAN*/-*RAM*PANT*LIKE*ANTS)
(BUILD*DING*/-..-*THRU*CRACKS*)
-OF*/-AN*/-..-*UN*I*DENT*TI*FIED*-
-&*(CHAN*NE*LED)?
(*FORE*/-.*SKIN*NED.-*TUN*NELS*)
-(HOPE*FULLY*/-..-*TO*A*QUEEN*ANT*)
(*PRE*EN*NING*/-..-*HER*ANT*TEN*NA)
(&*EATING*/-..-*HER*YOUNG*)
-..-(*LIKE*SATURN*SING*ING*)-..-
&*GOYIA’N*/-..-*HISTORY*&
-(NOT*/-..-*ERASED*YET*)
(!!!!????).
-TERM*INUS.
-POEM*THREE: -
-”(KEEP*IT*/-..-*SIMPLE*/-..-*FER*-
*DOCTOR*WHIMP*LE(!?).
(THAT*I*HAD*/-..-A*DIMPLE*)
-*YOU*KNOW*WHERE*)?.
(I*TRIED*D/-..-TO*BE*POL*ITE)
-BEFORE*-*THE*HONEST/-..-DIS*-
CUSS*ION/-(!)?
-ON*TUES*DAY’S/-..-DE*BAIT*TION-
(*HIM*/-..-*TELLING*/-..-*ME*)
(*MAY*BE*/-..-*PARA*NOIA*)
-(COULD*ROT*/-..-SUM*WHAT)-
-(I*THOUGHT*)-
-(*OTHER*WIZE*)-
(LIKE*A*RED*/-..-OR*GREY*)
-(*SCREECH*OWLS*)-
(HOOT*WF’?_>>_*THIS*)
(BECAUSE*HE*HAD*/-..-*RUFF*LED*M*-YE*
((-*FEATH*ERS*)).
-TERM*INUS.
-POEM*FOUR: -
-about*/-..the*degree*TERMINUS*
-*AL*LENDI*/-..-HE*WHO*/*CAST*/-?
(NO*STONE*/-..-*RENDERS*/-..-??
(NO*NORTH*WESTERN*GROUSE)
-*NEAR*A*RANGERS*HOUSE*(!)?
-&*FLOUSE*/-..-THAT*IDEA*-
(IN*THE*BITTER*ROOT*MTS.)
-(LIKE*A*MOUSE?-
-(I*WORKED*/-..-ONE*SUMMER)-
--
(PULLING*/-..-*RIBE’*PLANTS)
-&*CHEM*I*CALLY*/-..-*KILLING*/-
..-(THEIR*PARA*SIT*TIC*AS*SES)!?
(_FOR*SAVING*/-LONG*NEEDLE_)
(WHITE*PINE*TREES)
-(AS*A*DO*GOOD*SOLDIER)-
(FOR*THE*/-..-*FORREST*SERVICE)
????
-(WHAT*RE*MINDS*ME)-
-OF*THIS*/-..-*SEEMS*PLAUSE*ABLE*
-BUT*NOT*LIKE-
(*THE*CARD*/-..-*FROM*)
(THE*BIAN*CARDI’S)
(10*ALICE*PLACE)
-ORINDA, CAL.
(HAPPY*-2020)
-(WF*A*SPUNK*LY*WHITE*DOG)-
(HELD*BYE*/-..-*SPUNKER*BLONDE*
-ON*TIP*TOE!?)
(DAUGHTER*EMER*ITIS)
-*IN*?-..-*WHITE*SHOES*(!)?
-AS*SHE*/-..’S”-MOMA*’S*-
(*DARLING*)
??
(ME*TOO)!?.
-TERM*INUS.
-POEM*FIVE: -
_(*ARRIVE*ING*AGAIN*)-
-(TO*MYE*4:oo*AM*JOB)-
(FOR*IMPEACH*MENT)-
OF*ANY*THING
-(YOU*CAN*/-..-*THINK*OF)-
-&*I*’m*/-..-*SURE*YOU*WILL-
(_LIKE*JACK*&*JILL_)
-(GO*UP*THAT*/-..-*HILL*)-
(????)
-&*SHE*SAID/-..”DON”T*DUNKIN’*ME(!)”?
-”&*I*SAID
-(WHY*NOT*SALLY)”?
-(I*AM*/-..-KING*/-..-*UV’/-..-*PAULS*VALLEY*(!!!!????)”
-BUT*THEN*AGAIN-
(SO*ARE*THE/-..-*DRO*SOPHIA)
-&*&*PLECOPT*ER*IAN*/-..-*MOTHS*
(LOOKING*FOR*nose*TO*FLY)
-*in*-
-(RIGHT*-*BARRY)!?
(THEN*THERE*WAS*/-..--*THAT**LONG*
-*LOOK*(!))?.
-”(I*MEANT*GALLON*/-..-*NOT*1/2)-
*GALLON*)”?
(SHE*LOOKED*/-..-AT*ME)
*SIDE*WAYS*
_”&*HER*/-..-RED*RIM*MED_
-(GLASSES*TOLD*/-(?)-
..-ANOTHER*STORY)”!?
-(*STRIVE*VIN’/-..-*AIN”T*/-
*ARRIVE*IN”)!”?
-TERM*I*NAL.
-POEM*SIX*: -
-(PICK*UP*STICKX*/-..-*SEVEN*TRICKS*)
-(CAN’T*BLAME*TRIX)-
(GET*MORE*DOPE*/-..-WF’*LESS)
-(*HOPE*)-
-OR*HAVFT*TO*VISIT*-
_(THE*EMPIRE*STATE*BLDG>)_
-&*PLAY*/-..-WF’*/-..-KING*KONG-
-EVEN*IF*/-..-YOU*HAVE*HDRO*PHOBIA
-OR*ARE*/-..-A*KISSING*COUSIN-
(WEARING*RUNNING*WHITE)
-ADIAS*DO-
-(WF’*/-..-ARCH*SUP*PORTS)
-!!??-
“(AN*A*TENDENCY*/-..-TO*ASTRA*PHOBIA)”!?.
-OR*CLAUSTRO*PHOBIA
-(*HA-*HA-*HA)-
_&*LAUGH*ING*/-.._TILL*I*DIED_
-(BUT*WF’AUR*ELIC*PAIN)-
-UV’*AUGUSTUS****!!??.
-*OF*ROME*(!!!!????).
(FROM*PRIX*de*ROMA*BELLS)
-*ME*-(1986)
-ECHOING*&*CHIM*MING-!(*^)-
_(IN*PAR*TH*E*NON/-..-(*CEASAR*)-.
..-(*CEASAR*/-..-*CEASAR*(?.
-TERM*I*NUS.
-POEM*SEVEN*: -
-(*LIVING*OFF*?_>>_*ALLI*GATOR”S_>>_
(*PEARS*)
-(RIGHT*UP*/-..-TO*THEIR*CHINI*-
..*CHIN*/-..*CHIN*!)?
-&*LETS*BEGIN*/-..-WF’*FRU*GA-
-*REASON*-
?
(WF’*ALLIGATOR*PEARS)
-(ANGIO*SPERMS)-
-(OF*MEX*I*CO).
-(I(AM*TOLD*))-(*ARE*GOOD*/-..
-FOR*YOU?))
_-&*RAW*MILK*(!)?
_&*T.J.’S_
*SILVER*GOAT*CHEVUE*
&*THE*WILL*/-..-TO*LIVE
-(*WHOLE*Y?_>>*COW*)-
-(*SMOLLEN*)-
(WAT*‘APPEN*TOMYE*COW*KISS)
-*ETCHING*/-..-ON*ZINC*PLATE*-
(*SPE*NIL*LI)
-..(YOUR*WERE*/-..-(BLIND*/-..*AS*BAT)
AS*AR*MONK*JEW*E*LER
NEW *YORK
(!?).
-TERM*I*NAL.
(*SPE*NIL*LI)
-..(YOUR*WERE*/-..-(BLIND*/-..*AS*BAT)
AS*AR*MONK*JEW*E*LER
NEW *YORK
(!?).
-TERM*I*NAL.
-..(YOUR*WERE*/-..-(BLIND*/-..*AS*BAT)
AS*AR*MONK*JEW*E*LER
NEW *YORK
(!?).
-TERM*I*NAL.
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