Best Ephemeral Poems

Would Autumn's leaves' colors dazzle us so
      displayed on their twigs the year round? 

Would Spring's peonies seem so full, so fragrant
      if they never faded in the heat of the Summer?

Would Winter's soft snows...

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Ephemeral
 
Tis not mystifying, though disheartening, 
that we are simply passing shadows
…. a mere breath exhaled…. transitory
 Sunrises numbered at first drawn breath
 though each stand of hair is lovingly counted
 
A lone flower in a field of waving grass
 will pass unnoticed, once flourished.
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Yosemite’s Ephemeral Autumn Falls

Bald giants of swift water smoothed pale granite
Mark deep clefts for tumbling summer snowmelt
Rush released from frozen streams once frostbit
Silver swells - Ribbon Falls in pure ice melt -
Ephemeral streams slowed beneath Orion’s belt.

Thin tulle mist from autumn’s gossamer Bridal Veil
Flutters, bathing...

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A five minute fad
or one week wonder;
fame for a quarter of an hour...
Fleeting images..
shadows in the sun,
vapour of the morning dew..
.
Petals of a flower...

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to live in today,is to see;

for tomorrow's today,may not be

Inspired by Picasso' remarks on his paintings...

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ephemeral script
language written in the sand
no need to encrypt...

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Here I stand before creation,
  a fleeting flower fragile against the elements…
Intoxicating is my beauty in strength,
   for I am a transient in time a floral fugitive…
Demanding devotion and moisture,
   a fugacious flaunting fragrance…
Look upon me in brevity,
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Like a flower that wilts, 
Like a tower on stilts, 
This life's just a vapour, 
Bite the dust, time scraper, 

Like the fall of Eden, 
Like the call of Big Ben, 
Time hurries rapidly, 
Life scurries vapidly, 

Like a wave that abates, 
Like the grave...

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a one-off-
performance
art...

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We take a deep breath

Hold it for a while, exhale

No more breaths allowed! 




(C)  Demetrios Trifiatis
     07 September 2015...

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Ephemeral online moment...

Yours truly plagiarizes himself with zeal
courtesy mental cogs and rusty wheel,
thus no literary crime committed to steel
I broadcast material shown thru rickety
black and white Roman Times newsreel

forthwith shoddy wordplay exempts me
against copyright infringement meaning
only I own privilege to take self to heel,
nevertheless yours...

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Linkedin thru tenuous
webbed world wide
electronic thread defied
no matter flurry of emails/
messages exchanged flattery applied
courtesy transient online

tête à tête downside
cyber venue offers convenient exit
personal aversion, I chide
brevity figurative thorn in side
futile effort Androcles tried
I haint lion, familiarization denied

fledgling cyber acquaintanceships
dead on the vine, yours truly sighed
potential...

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ephemeral blooms
rising up from the rich ground…
It’s springtime again....

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complex web of beats
when we deviate
from the accepted
norms conventions
we are alienated exiled
or even executed
she is eloquent
we kill our visionaries
misogynistic zombies
she is spread on the
wavy green grass pondering
our skin touching
biased weird perspective
perception of the ephemeral
intangible moment of love
boom bap with a bouncy twist
conceptual rhythms culminating in
abstract...

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EPHEMERAL GLORY


Oh, my LORD 
Let not my soul be lured by vanity’s charms into 
The quicksand of ephemeral glory

But rather 

Guide her onto the path of righteousness for the
Exaltation of Thy love to attain!


© Demetrios Trifiatis
    22 OCTOBER 2013...

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