Best Hints Poems

I     Clear Water Mirror

Clear water mirrors the trees;
caressing shades of green dress them still.
Of late, the evenings hold a chill;
the season bend approaches;
ending summer's stronger scented flowers
along the lane nod and point to God.


     II  ...

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Quizz with broad hints for poets

the nose bridge
an ear sans fold kneeling on a slab (sometimes
	an upward curling lobe)
two upper ears sans lobes both folded into each other
two narrow noses meeting isosceles arms one leg 
         crossed...

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Devilish smile intriguing
Suggestive mood hints desire
perfume wildly provoking
humming profound moans...

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Second Quiz with even broader hints for blind poets

The Princess Anna stood
   arms half-akimbo
   at the scrawny edge of the receding bank
her Polonaise pollarded down
   to her exposed tarsus heels

A wilting comb of fern and shrivelled grass
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negative feelings

permeate egregiously

hints of truth remain

11-30-15


August 3, 2018
Senryu Contest By Mick Talbot
First Place...

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Is academic education for human welfare or to kill innocents?
Then why do we practice only to rape a poor for false prints?
We like to live a luxury life but never identify the living dents,
Trying to achieve without honesty and using shortcut hints,
You eat fresh then...

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As lonely sighs drift across the mountaintops
Mists linger ‘til midmorning, caressing trees
It's evident that the temperature slowly drops,
For a chill is accompanying the August breeze.

Slight hints of color nestle in along the crown
As lonely sighs drift across the mountaintops
A few leaves, growing tired, are drifting...

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Is academic education for human welfare or to kill innocents?
Then why do we practice only to rape a poor for false prints?
We like to live a luxury life but never identify the living dents,
Trying to achieve without honesty and using shortcut hints,
You eat fresh then...

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Touch of morning
Kitchen aroma;
Caffeine fix

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Sunlight dazzles
Myriad colours hurl;
Sights and sounds

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Balcony duet
Lovebirds singing;
Morning serenade

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Observe and see
Marvels of light;
Beyond words 

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Wonder tints
Calm acceptance;
Miracle moments

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Bamboo swaying
Windy escapades;
Leafy music

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Sample choice
Declare poise;
Fanfare moves voice

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Pretty curves
Smiles and breasts;
Lovely delight

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Here we sit
Aware of cares;
Stillness presides

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Chinese herbal tea
Hot water brew;
Bitter taste comforts

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Finesse shows
Humour...

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The 31st day of the 10th month
How many of you have a hunch?
It is quite an odd day for young and old
However truth may be told

The children play throughout the day
Then by night give quite a fright
In these costumes dark and light
Only seen by serene...

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Hints of Autumn are as subtle
as the crops awaiting harvest.
And nights darkening earlier,
after the dog days of August.

Changes are hard to recognize;
hints of Autumn are so subtle.
Like the pumpkins turning orange
under leaves of emerald green.

And maple trees changing colors,
although October feels far off.
Hints of Autumn...

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Hints of Autumn 

The air kisses night with a chill
As if summer forgets herself
In scarlet sunsets reveries
And ignores crickets whispered hints.

Summer days grow shorter still as
The air kisses night with a chill
When seconds race against the sun
Bearing clues of gold autumn tide.

Misty veils hide her...

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Her scent sends me wild

With a hint of lavender

Wafting from her hair

I am no longer myself

When she walks into the room


Line 4 is 7 syllables but not according to the syllable counter.

20~June~2017

For Tanka contest
Sponsored by: Laura Loo...

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The shape of me
Constantly changing 
New forms expressed
Facets exposed
The curves of me angled
Polished
Exposed
Look deep
See the inner me
I do not wish to hide
this is where my soul resides
Yes there are flaws
Exposed by the light
Yet within the complexity
There is more to see
I am a reflection of you
Expressed...

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What gave me away?
Was it my sway?
Or my long limber limbs
Like glasses with broken rims?

Oh sure, wind has its way with me,
But broken or uprooted, I’ll never be.
Neither short, not tall, could be my description.
My strength and elasticity, a better depiction.

Cry me a river is...

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