Brief Poems - Poems about Brief

Boyhood pranks gave way to thanks for the New York Yanks and all those franks ...

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(Macbeth, Act 5, Scene 5) Out, out, brief candle—flicker, fade, A tiny light in life’s grand parade. For life’s but a wisp, a fleeting flare, A moment’s breath in the cosmic air. We light our candles, then they die, In the blink of an eye, we sigh. But what if life’s not a race to chase, But simply a candle in a cluttered...

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once again the warmth of sunshine showered my being awakening the inkwell of mind overflowing in musing contemplations of allegorical messages of a fertile womb of mind seeking to inoculate others against infectious lies of deceit sowing apathtic seeds towards empty scales of justice and plowing that pandemic-abracadabra oppressor syndrome that we must uproot in the awareness of ancient poetic-tragedies being a thing of the past and that we must be even stronger than...

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A brief visit I sat trying to write A poem of love Yes, once Love hit me hard I sensed someone Standing beside my chair Yes, it was her Twenty years had gone She looked the same She smiled with eyes of love Then, she faded away ...

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A sphere of iridescence, thin and frail, A fleeting spectrum caught upon the gale. Born of a breath, a whisper, soapy kiss, It swells and shimmers in a moment's bliss. A perfect globe reflecting all around, A transient beauty without root or ground. It holds the light, a fragile, hollow dream, A world contained within a sunlit gleam. But touch it lightly and...

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Written: March 15, 2025, for contest Sponsored by Brian Strand ************* Did happiness lie beyond that high wall? Perhaps such joy dwelled, nowhere at all, Only pain could stir that brief, elusive call....

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I love you, all of you The you inside you Every inch, every ounce The very essence of you I want it all....

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Take advantage of those non enduring things, they are similar in swiftness to evanescent time: it's the cleverest thief stealing your last dime, who saves in an amber jar copper pennies? Does youth only last for twenty brief springs? Staring into the clearest mirror simply deceives: that smooth face will no longer glow with beauty, fine lines and wrinkles could appear after...

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TIME: A BRIEF INTRORDUCTION Time Limited, limitless Running, crawling, strolling Contradictory as a paradox Forward ONE OF THE FEW TRUE INFINITIES Eternity Past, future Flowing, unfolding, echoing With us every day Always...

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Brief Commentary "Great Ceaser's GHOST!" *** Is that Stealing? -Gray Squirrel 11-12-2024...

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He sneaked his way into the Lecture Hall like a thief, His greetings were brief, Glancing around the room with a friendly smile, he then rested a long gaze upon her face, She felt uneasy and thought he might be in the wrong place. A while later, he boldly slipped a note into her hand, with a one-eyed wink, Reading it...

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A soul in constant war, Ever pondering, ever sore. Fighting battles it cannot flee, A being trapped in purgatory. What it longs for, just out of reach, Peace forever beyond its speech. Why must the raven find no rest, Why brief calm, never blessed? Only to be...

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I once ordered my pencil “Write me a poem” My eraser is missing And I’m all alone The pencils were kept in a box made of leather a major step up from the days of the feather then came the ink pen with blotters and blobs pocket protectors for multi-pen snobs next was the ball point so smooth and so slick to calm school day angst with their click-click-click-click now...

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percussively I think my way as rhythm over cloud peaked tops mountain points like metered dots and on them stand and pluck, oh see my breath transcends eternity introspect I aim my gewgaw outwardly to a passing world and yet it seems I’m not as bold it searches inward with effect I am my own play’s architect meditate a friend who soothes who heals at home I...

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brief time did our brief time together continue in your heart did it go beyond time lost and enter into the void as a reality can you now reach out and touch it bring it back as though it were alive have the years dulled the once expectations and excitements of our affair im not asking for eternal moments of memories or hardened...

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