Karl Stuart Kline Poems

Pigsty People
Overtly
Letting their
Leavings
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I'm a sentimental romantic,
Something in which I take pride,
I'm honest about my feelings
They're not something I need hide.
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Plastic People with plastic hearts,
Plastic men with plastic parts,
They are here, strongly standing,
Robotic beings, never demanding.
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Brain Stemmed Roses is my most recent book and these poems are excerpts from the six sections of the book. (3.1 thru 3.6)

3.1 (from Section One) 'A Poet's View of Poetry'
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The thought occurs again...
That those skeletal remains
Could have been my good friend Lynn
If she had been with me
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You’re looking for women?
You want them to serve men of all ages,
Taking money from them
For you, without benefits or wages?
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Terrorists struck without warning!
Coming out of a clear blue sky
On a beautiful cool morning,
Leaving us to wonder why
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You were my Sunshine,
My one and only charmer
And I was your Quixotic
Knight in rusty armor
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Like you say, it doesn’t pay,
But where’s the fun in writing prose?
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She was my sunshine,
My only sunshine,
She made me happy
When skies were grey,
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