Best Sparse Poems

Bird in Sparse Tree



Lost in the woods
I should not have left my perch
The trees are sparse now



10/13/17
James Edward Lee Sr....

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Sparse Plate


Never trust poetic twists
making old words new
forms that merely test your wits
hold your breath till blue.

Searching for the perfect rhymes
garnish for sparse plate
parsley, sage, and wilted thyme’s
vain attempt to sate.



4/4/2015

submitted to 7/5 Trochee – poetry contest
sponsor - Andrea Dietrich...

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Human race, don’t boast on the casualty coast
Frisking, seeking, pricking and nicking the truth
On a continental coast as to your truth you toast
Sending to Coventry the uncouth

Pummeling the truth, belittling the youth
Whose views you deride
As your rollercoaster swings South
In the company of your petty pride

In...

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sparse winter
trees wear birds
like ornaments
they scatter
at any sound
and fly away...

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miniscule buds popping up
yet they never make a whisper
ants trotting in a line
rarely seen through my eyes
air flowing past my lips
all without 
a single acknowledgement through the process
countless lives wandering the universe
functioning all around
so much to be seen 
with sparse time
and not enough senses
to experience...

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