Best Origami Poems

Moments of meditative serenity
Crimping pleating floral white hybrid washi

Shaping and triangulating dainty folds
Stringing vertex wings of freedom symmetry

Garland of classic crane origami
Wishing long happy peaceful life



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Submitted on April 25, 2019 for contest A GARLAND sponsored by JULIA WARD...

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A forehead wrinkles 
at the pounding of water from the sky

It kind of wishes that
it could  d
             r
              o
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Origami leaf,
Glides toward a nest of leaves:
Mimicking the birds....

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A wind came along, and we were set free
away from two places, where we used to be.....
 
Circling and settling, folding over and over again, 
until the shape we once knew, was made into new

Origami stars, one sun, one moon, one world
Where outside, looking in,...

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sitting at the table
making origami birds
with empty foster labels
untold are his words

she floats onto the dance floor
like the awakening of a dream
a single stitch in time
a moment in a need

she turns her smile upon him
a glimmer in the moon
holds her hand out to him
a hush...

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Folds of paper edges in shape
delicate tales of intricate drape
thousand beautiful Origami cranes
holding hearts in wedlock chains
a crescent moon, no lines or creases 
crumpled papers ...in bits and pieces...

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Origami tigress...
orange sun ribbons painting
gently rising ribs,
you sleep... a smiling cherub 
in the green silky nape of noon

Under a lavender moon
unfolding- arising
sashaying my cobblestone dreams
of a million carnal pinwheels.
A playful smack to the flank 
brings me to your sweetened stream
a black fanged bite to the...

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god's origami
different universes
we color papers...

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Forlorn love letter
Posted by crestfallen heart
Paper full of pain
Origami crafted boat
Battled turbulent water....

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rice paper
dragonfly
captured 
by
the
wings of
the 
origami bird...

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Origami

Sitting quietly chatting sipping
fragrant coffee steaming.
Mind eyes mind's eye, all independently wandering
 'let slip' reins dangling.
Peace, as they individually pursue 
their individual endings. 

Activity, a quorum and a ladder 
gather them together,
a 'sale' sign erected in a bookshop window.
Initially eyes observe a dim and watery...

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cerise love letters precisely folded
affectionately showcased
opaque menagerie

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(C) May 2017...

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Let us play a game 
With my bamboo lips!
My wet-folded,
Scarlet colored mouth.
There’s no math
Required, just the
Essence of your French kiss.
Don’t you worry,
I won’t give you any paper cuts.

Take my lips’ corners
And fold them with 
Your love,
Then gently squash them 
With your own.
Reach inside their 
Centerline,
Till...

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Cast him not in bronze,
Nor sculpt in pottery clay,
Lay down the chisel
Where the marble bust holds sway.

Better to fold paper
In the Origami play,
So when fame has died,
He can quickly blow away....

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frugal one squeeze roll
toothpaste tube last fate fold love-
your origami...

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