Best Abbreviated Poems

Wind stops for a brief moment 
then strikes. 

Copyright © Cynthia Jones 
Feb.9/2013 

We're in the middle of a blizzard. High winds and snow. We have snow drifts adding up, but not a lot of snow around the doors or driveway....

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In brevity of time
God aroused my soul aside.
While enraptured in this moment,
Deity, had so rapidly,
Stripped away my sinful pride....

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Blustery winds blow outside 
so cold. 
Minus thirty-four wind chill 
so cold. 
Fingers freeze within seconds 
so cold. 
Trees covered in ice, shiver 
so cold. 
I can't wait for the Spring's warmth 
so cold. 

Copyright © Cynthia Jones 
Jan.3/2014 

I am getting tired of being...

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I have often thought it ironic
If not positively absurd
That the term, abbreviated
Is an eleven letter word...

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Slander my work
Disregard my views
Disgrace my ideas
It only proves my point
Our society is set up to destroy
Not people, that would be too obvious
But people, their minds and souls
In ignorance and doubt
You can't do this
You can be this
You aren't smart enough
You aren't rich enough
Embrace the material...

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Check out Darwin Barney's abbreviated slide and crawl into third
It's on YouTube, even Darwin laughed at himself, how absurd
For all the Blue Jays fans
Got them off their hands
Worth the admission, a fun spot in a dismal year for the birds...

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One Sunday afternoon last summer with the weather being great,
we decided we should carry on one normal summer trait,
and put on a ‘barby’ for the neighbours, so we can socialise,
while we have a drink of bundy and tell a heap of lies.

Before the guests were...

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