Best Laconic Poems

from  the bottom of your heart,
mellowed by touch;
verses read from  your  eyes,
all is clear enough.










Nov. 29,2013          5.10am
By Leonora G.

First Place
Contest: Laconic Verse (old/new)
Judged: 12/29/13
Sponsor: Poet Giorgio Veneto...

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God is
Greater than
Christianity...

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A Poet – Chiseling a Tenuous Verse
Scrutinizing for—Refined Brevity 
Distinguishing on—Verbal Rarity 
Mastering the Art of—Succinct and Terse

Analyzing the—Precise, Fitting Word
Harsh,Choppy—and Concurrently Flowing
Continually – Engaging —Growing   
Placing – Failing Limping Verses—on Hold...

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Learn things from silence
It's a chance to urge patience
Likewise, add prudence....

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Laconic lullaby a simple sigh
a wink a terse goodbye,
pithy pun a pointed reply
made turgid when seen eye to eye.

Tangy zest an alibi
for why you flit on by
to mollify and justify
your brusque awry reply....

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Leave your adornments out.
Admonish fluff to flee,
Carried away from sight. 
Anneal your true meaning,
Never more concealing
Intention, with detours
Confounding what you say.

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15 April 2017...

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To cross the street Herr Biedermeyer
made a firm election:
the spot was safe – Gefahrengasse -
strictly one-direction.

But, looking south and stepping out,
he got a sharp surprise:
a car, approaching from the north,
was hidden from his eyes.

It knocked him in the air, and soon
had sped away and gone.
Herr...

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R-eaders
O-f
S-entence
E-mbrace
M-onocrostic,
A-lways
R-emembering
I-ts
E-mployed

C-onciseness
A-s
N-ame's
D-irect
E-xpression
L-ets
A-ll
R-ealize
I-mportant
A-rt

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Monocrostic (Birthday of Rosemarie Candelaria)
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