Uplifting Mystery Poems

unique in appearance
ultra-long pointed horn
unction-powered, some say
uplifting, stands for hope
ubiquitous in myths
ultimate in mystique
unreal—or is it?...

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Margin of Error

By Mark D. Stucky
If, statistically, Adam and Eve
hadn’t exceeded Eden’s margin of error,
would lambs now be lounging with lions?
Would toothy T-Rexes have been...

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Quantum Acts of Kindness

By Mark D. Stucky
Our universe collectively consists of tiny acts,
        as innumerable particles
  ...

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A symbol of vulnerability 
with implausible durability; 
master at misrepresentation, 
a bolster of modernization. 
 

Praised for its lucidity, 
nowise for its amorphicity; 
such is...

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Sitting here watching TV about the Sherlock Homes tales,                 ...

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In the winter I realize 
I became a cat moving from one cozy spot to the next. 
I stretch and lay. 

I watch the snowfall...

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Trails of time 
I note the trails sublime
I see them dance around 
my fingers like starlight
arcing in the night 
I intertwine the firelights
dancing around my...

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in my dreams
casting charms
the spell of
magic and romance



AP: 3rd place 2022, Honorable Mention 2022, Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on July 25, 2021...

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This Dusk ***

Night begins tipping its massive 
Glance into my window, 
Its wispy bangs protecting early 
Sight of the  diamond highlight 
Topping its black...

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Appearance w/o an Opposite..

Oppositions

We observe today with expectation

In that stretch of the future..

But in a new time..as time is exposed

Oppositions are also exposed..and the

Seamless sounds..quivering...

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N ature calls and our attuned hearts gently quiver
E choes across the land harmonized so sweetly resonate 
W anderlust a scent we recognize akin to...

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The Gardener 

She’s twenty-three and he’s eighty-six
He walks with a Zimmer, she watches Netflix
He has a mansion and a Maserati car
She has her diamonds and...

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Little known virus billed with hype
is much like the elusive snipe 
look for clues and bilk mysteria.

COVID-19 is a blight
take your temperature, dispel fright
combat the...

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'till time is no more 
I will glide upon
grace granted and measured 
out to the rhythm 
of the celestial spheres 
within the conflux of
the creator's...

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in a world
of magnificence
and beauty
of mystery
and elegance

resides the seed of greed
the trace of evil
the fabric of good
in one mixed bag

they coexist
entwined
as life on earth
in its...

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