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0283 A Poet Condescends

It has been brought to my notice
that a review by you of
my latest book of writings
(the term ‘poem’ suggests
false expectations and is not therefore
used by me) claims that, I quote,
‘this poetry is so obscure that
I reckon it’s a hoax’…

Your comment is truer than
you yourself would appreciate.
My writing is indeed a hoax
in terms of your level of
understanding. I do not seek
easy paths to meaning, nor
the standard readymade language of the
avant-garde. So what I have
worked though, you have not,
and therefore, your understanding
however partial would be, in your

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poem by Michael Shepherd
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Athletes as role models and heroes is a hoax, a sick hoax. The men and women who are fighting in Iraq, they are the true heroes.

quote by Gale Sayers
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Hoax

As they stumble over the crumbling of their foundations...
They still insist they must persist,
To inflict their standards and values.

But a hoax has provoked most folks.
And the joke invoked has them now in tears.
The gloom and doomers have appeared.

They wish to soften the effects of their demise.
Quick they try to cover all told lies.
To hide their deceptions with an injection of relief.
And a promise to restore a greatness,
Anyone of a consciousness can see...
Has been a game for thieves to play,
At their expense and ignorance.

Those precocious folks learn to hoax,
Early.

poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Igniting What Promises to Be

I feel a jolt,
When both eyes I find...
Glued upon you.
My pulse races,
And there is nothing I can do...
But to keep you in clear vision.

Not to miss one thing your actions emit.
You've got 'it' and I find that attractive.

This is not a joke or a hoax.
I know what I feel is real.
It sits on my emotions too.
And those of mine are here to feel.
To reveal that more with your touch.

I feel a jolt,
When both eyes I find...
Glued upon you.

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poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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Sometimes It Is Not The Poem But The Poet

how i want to be a pseudonym of a pseudo-poet
all: pseudohematuria
pseudoxoma, this sham shame this
counterfeit eshete, this fake classic
this pretense
inside this desception, false sun shining
on the sand, 'nom de Usenet
best-known and funniest hoax
this BIFF BIFF BIFF
Many flamers/ entities,
that AI program of sophistication

yet to exist
and the exits
travesty generator to simulate

oh! ass!
a significant number of people
like us
fooled by the forgeries

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poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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The Elaborate Hoax

The Elaborate Hoax

Written by Wilfred Mellers, Saturday, February 12,2011, @ 12: 05 PM

What if everything you were told was a lie

Would you just lie down and die?

Would you cease to try?

Would you even question why?

Would faith still render all your decisions?

Would there still be religious divisions?

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poem by Wilfred Mellers
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Distributed file systems are a cruel hoax.

quote by Zalman Stern
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I've never written a song in my life. It's all a big hoax.

quote by Elvis Presley
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I always enjoyed my smokes,
Nobody chokes,
It's all a bloody hoax!

haiku by John Thorkild Ellison
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In a secular age, an authentic miracle must purport to be a hoax, in order to gain credit in the world.

quote by Angela Carter
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