Best Short Poems Poems

Santa Cruz, the early morning’s
cold air damp and gray
than sunshine emerges gold and
folds into the maple and piney leaves
as curelium takes over high on the hills above
while over the ocean to the west still lies
the misty skies of blue haze


He sat and told me not...

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Four Short Poems for the Apocalypse

Poem #1 – “Reality Bites”

Feeling so hopeless.
Feeling the loss somewhere inside.
I can feel it, but I don’t know quite where.
Reality bites.
Feeling so awkward and sad.
I knew it was bound to happen.
But still,
I can’t get it out of my mind.
The last...

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SHARING A NEW BIRTH

Life begets life.
A Miracle takes shape 
beyond thinking, 
creating blessings. 
Bathe in its aura and
let the joy wash over you.
You are the recipient
Of the Creator's great glory.
flavored with amazing grace.

CAK 2-10-2013

SYNOPSIS:
A poem written to my niece
of the birth of her son.


LEAVING CANADA

I'm...

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[- with 2-4-6-8-2 syllables in a stanza]

Calm sea
curves in white frill,
as gentle, lazy waves
dash against each other, playing
catch me.
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Scrawny
cats gather close.
A bevy of them meet
on the gravel sand discussing
conquests.
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I learned
to watch the sands
of shifting friendships sink
like tides that ebb and flow with wind
pushing
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Her voice
a cruel...

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[form is cinquainish- with 2-4-6-8-2 syllables in a stanza]

Fountain
where lilies bloom
violets, reds and whites
their soft whispers like God’s finger 
touched them

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Snowflakes 
perch on bare trees
dazzling under sun’s light
nature’s gift an awesome prism 
white gems

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Pillow
my closest mate.
when I lie down to sleep
in my dreams, looking out....

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Estuary

the strong tide greets the sheltered stream
where life's hereafter dares to dream

a place where screeching, circling birds
fall silent to breath’s final words

where memories once formed on land
are carried by the shifting sand

to where the river meets the sea
and on then to eternity.


Aqueduct

where ten arches span...

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“Scantly-published in life, JD Salinger is set to become prolific in death”. 

This is Tuesday
and a day of short poems.
Salinger spoke to me
and said that it is better
to not be so prolific.

He should know,
having set the pace,
and attained a measured glory
with a certain story....

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SCHMOOZE
Beware of smiles with sweet words.

OBSERVATION
Let
your 
senses 
speak.

TRUE FRIEND
Stays when others leave.

MANAGER VS. LEADER
command-catalyze
delegate-show
talk-act

TEACHING and  LEARNING
happen anytime. anywhere

FAMILY...... matters most

PROMOTION
aspire, accept, inspire.

LIFE
is what you think and work for 

TIME....
walks slowly
runs fast
flies swiftly 

CHAMPION
Envisage. Trust. Survive....

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Capri

roofless cubes, spidery with wire,
cakes of azure and enzian;
above at the Villa San Michele
Rilke smiles down at the broken beaches,
at coves of defiant waves, compacted sea

Pompeii

a chessboard of honest stones
open to a sky of hushed shouts;
we huddle in a boned frame
of another life, a stopped...

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III.
diamond sky
climbing up into
the mountain,
collecting the
scattered spoils of 
temptation; seeking 
rest from raising 
the green wood
roots of trees,

these broken kingdoms
will also perish, like 
collections of antique skin
to be buried
in the garden
of wonder
(alongside the urns 
containing the ashes 
of apostles).

IV.
clouds rising
out of the earth,
while the lamp
throws...

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Poem 1

i

Poem 2

I

Poem 3

We

Poem 4

You

Poem 5

Introspection...

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A bird flies
With five-feathered plumage.
It scratches its colorful beak
On the white, white sky.
It may see other birds.
It may not.
All we know
Is that our pen’s 
Run out
Of ink.
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Life, a delicacy
Bird, flutter
Flutter one
Flutter two.
Death, a treat
Bird, flutter
Flutter three
Flutter more
For soon,
Too soon,
The music stops.
And you will flutter
No more....

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No rambling is their best regard 

Not boring to excess

Not saying ten words when three will do

Long writes do make me yawn-oh!



7/27/2015...

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Here are 15 very, very, very short prose poems! I think it is better to do it this way 
than to add 15 very short single poems. Hope you enjoy them 
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Voodoo

She kept trying 
To make him 
Disappear! 
Until one day 
After casting 
A powerful...

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A Haiku Poem

 
Crossing in between,

Roaring sounds beam light throughout,

Passes just in time.
...

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