Scales Poems

Scales of Control

In scales of steel, the city sleeps
Where dragon laws in darkness creep
The streets are veins of ancient stone 
Where freedom's blood has long been flown. 

The towers pierce the smoky sky 
Like claws that grasps and never die 
The people move with careful pace 
Under eyes that watch each secret place.

Through gates of fire, the

River

Glistening wet scales
Reticulated pattern
Meander movements

scales of all sorts

rattlesnake scales locomotive them around
scales are needed when you make a musical sound
when you weigh food, you mean a tiny numbered scale
larger one needed to measure a dog or a Yak in Vail
on the memory scale, some days I do quite well
Other days I am lost in my own thoughts, here in the dale

stillness in scales hiku

For Brian Strand's 1394 Poetry Contest 

2 July 2025 

Contest Judged:  7/7/2025 11:09:00 AM
1st Place




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Fiddlesticks

There was a young man bought a pangolin
but thought it was a mandolin
to be played like a violin
he tipped its scales 'til they creaked
tweaked its tail so it squeaked 
and named the bow Anne Bowleyn

Removing the Scales

Doubt and fear makes a name,
To try to over step loves gain,
By using what our eyes can see here,
Constantly trying to replace love with fear,
The hearts cry that shuts the mouth of the broken,
That leaves no room for words to be spoken,
Can you not see past this with your earthly eyes?,
Because eternally the heart will

No Tipping the Scales

    Bach is to music 
      as integrity to sales

    Accuracy demanded
      on each of their scales

a matter of scales

the matter of scales

We, you and I, who don't believe in a rose
scented heaven, painted by a five years
old child who has a mother named Glady 
Nor do we believe in that place where 
stokers go, tired of an electrified world 
I know of a man on X who is doing his 
best believing in a friendly God,

Riding the Scales

rules must be made for both sides - Libraic scales mind equilibrium

equal length
pan holders - no unfair weights, no pandering
justice must not take sides
judges should not be stuck in pockets; moneywise
dressed - for success, not their own
scales are not a see-saw, not a slide
papers read the same in each pan
a woman is a woman, a

Scales of Justice

In the realm where truth and fairness reign,
The Scales of Justice sing their ancient strain.
They dance upon the precipice of law,
With blindfold tight, they seek no flaw.

Bearing the weight of society's trust,
They measure the worth of actions, fair or unjust.
On one side lies the guilt, heavy with shame,
On the other, innocence, seeking no blame.

With careful

The Scales of Being

In the market of life, where all trade and barter, 
A sage stood silent, watching the starter 
And ender of deals, the ebb and the flow, 
Of gains and losses, the high and the low.

"Look beyond the binary," he softly spoke, 
To a merchant whose ledger had just gone broke.
"In loss lies a lesson, in

The scales of Lady Justice

The scales of Lady Justice

Slapped in the face on the left in the right.
Exposed in all my private place.

Choked by the cord of avenge and revenge both seek.
Stung by bees of foul and lied speech.

Yanked arms by extreme deception.
Legs mired in the sea of corruption.

Can Lady Justice no longer hold the scales
 in this American

Dark Scales

   You pay BLM...DOJ?
A Garland like a serpent over the 
Ten Commandments-Followers 
and over the Constitution.
You keep doing what you accuse 
Trump of doing, then let your Media Priests preach. 
Then you use Google to snatch descent 
out of the air.
Brought to you by Pfizer and the Lord of the Air.
You let rapists

A Market of Broken Scales

As I walk through the market in the early light
I see the vendors and the buyers in a constant fight
I see the goods and the prices change every night
I see the scales and the weights that are never right

The vendor claims the scales are his only heirloom
The ones he got from his father along with

WE GOBBLED GOATS CHEESE

WE GOBBLE GOAT’S CHEESE


Scales of justice weighed in gold and coal
cherubs and demons cheer without fear
horns blow, rooms gather fat

Coaxing a grey Persian cat 
climb stairs of glamour 
or disillusioned clamour 

Heads dance across Florentine floor
joy shiver silent at a wooden door 
hazardous stealth the cunning core

Roti fry in sesame oil to serve 
with Côté

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