Short Rictameter Poems

tree
soldiers
standing guard
providing fruit
walnuts and acorns
peaches, apples
forever 
giving
tree...

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Unicorns
Their cone
Revered by princesses
Born fresh from rainbow’s belly
Beauteous and magnificent
Fleeting power glimpses
The magical
Unicorns...

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Ballroom dancing
Big bands, Hollywood glam
Chiffon decorated dance floor
Men were gentlemen, women were ladies
Decent formality
And etiquette
Stardust...

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Ricky, my world, I will love you forever and always
Ricky, my world, please don't go
Ricky, my world, please understand
Ricky, my world, please love me back...

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Hoot owl
Distinct owl voice
Echoes favorably
Nocturnal and mysterious
So unexpectedly forest friendly
Hidden away, a dark shadow
Unique who sound
Hoot owl...

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Cleaning
Under the greasy stove
Behind the washer and dryer
Inside the smelly refrigerator
Under the bed where the best shirts hide
Such a mood lifter
Cleaning...

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Closet
Keeper of clothes
So perpetually messy
Unkempt, unless the owner is prissy.
Often starts out insanely neat
Try, unsatisfied, stomp
Piles on floor
Closet...

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Darkness
Descending Doom
Despondency's Domain
Deleterious Degrading
Deepening Dramatic Desecration
Demonic Debilitation
Destructive Delusion
Desperation
Darkness...

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Heart
Keeper of good
Our feeling arena
Often activated by mind
Imagination can stir her up too
So easily bruised and broken
Lovely and forgiving 
Keeper of sad
Heart...

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creamy
tapioca
fresh and warm from oven
my hazel eyes get big as I
anticipate the glorious first bite
it is better than expected
not enough of it though
tapioca
yum yum...

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Parasol
Doll like
So perky and pretty
Original middle French word
Fancier than a simple umbrella
Small colorful ones in glasses
Make martinis sparkle
Italian word
Parasole...

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Thoughtfulness
Caring
Listen, clarifying
Sincerity and empathy
Happiness for another’s good fortune
Giving benefit of the doubt
Wisely not advising
Considerate
Thoughtfulness...

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Fish
The Christian sign
A secret at bad times
Iridescent, sparkly scales
Ambassadors that willingly nibble,
They are hidden in dark oceans
Our water messengers
Honorable
Fish...

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Sometimes, 
I dare to look
into your forsaken-
forsakenly beautiful eyes.
Aquifers bursting sunlight burrowing 
daisies swirling in a dream
under the sun
I look away
sometimes...

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Meeting.
Soaked souls in wine.
Dizzy, tingling hearts fall behind.
Our moment's trump all else; rebuilds lost time.
Ignite, our connection is flint.
We dance 'til dawn.
Meeting....

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Password
My twin and I
New vocabulary
Bit too big for Christmas stocking
A 1950’s game for family use
Crazy guesses extremely fun
Inspired much laughter
I still love it
Password...

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Eagle
majestic bird
ponderous predator
clumsy flyer, adroit hunter
strong symbol of imperial power
high, inaccessible aerie
monogamous mating
staid homebody
Eagle...

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Lovely
The way we string
Words to form
Ideas that were not unmeant
Yet meaning so much more, or may be less
To each our own devious end
Tower of Babel raised
Is it not just
Lovely?...

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Movie
Words soon appeared
Violence and horror
Evil, terror and evil
On the screen, and I wish I was kidding
I covered my eyes a whole lot
Could not recommend it.
A sad excuse
Movie...

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A mask
Left without face
Guarded a man with scars
Kept him in lonely seclusion
The public made him a brutal nightmare
Took a matrimony with shadows
Evolved into a myth
Story of hate
A mask...

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No Way
Too expensive
Buy coats for the children
I will wear mine another year
Yes, a movie star, when I tried it on
My husband talked me into it
Beauty personified
If you insist
I do...

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Autumn
Pumpkins on vines
Canning is in session
Vegetables, mason jars
Mama’s pressure cooker gets a work out
Fresh vegetables, crusty pies
Hot out of the oven
Warm pumpkin pie
Autumn...

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On the curtain
Add glorious room glitz
Maybe earthly glimpse of heaven
Beautiful, magnificent opulence,
Bringing much glamour to my guests
Tiny glittering orbs
Flashy sequins
Sparkles...

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Roses 
Once fully bloomed,  
Now adorning my room. 
I sit and wait for spring's return 
On baited breath I wait and dote   
Poetics of a rose, 
I must compose. 
Roses...

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delight
a delusion
provided by yourself
in order to uplift spirit
to secure a happy place for your mind
to escape from terrible pain
exists for a great cause
helps to provide
delight...

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