Short Abridging Poems

Residual effect
Abridging prism
Iridescent droplets
Nuanced nature
Burnished buffer
Optical illusion
Water colors...

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Listen to poem:

drifting waters
abridging
drenched
pigments
of my memory
whimsically
scatter
homebound
the dyes
staining the
cold pressed
arches
of
my mind's
canvas



Published in my 24-page photo/anthology book ~THE MIND'S CANVAS~ 2023

AP: 2nd place 2020, Honorable Mention 2022

Submitted on July 6, 2020 for contest STRAND COMPLETELY NEW (6) sponsored by BRIAN STRAND...

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Sunbeams serenade my window pane
Imploring restful notes to disdain

Abridging curtain the bright melody doth strain
My top sheet covers the harmonious chain

Gilded streams strike heartier refrain
But dissonant chords cloud my brain

A glistening symphony of metric lines retrains
The cerebral rhythms course through my veins

A chorus of light waves entrancing crescendo maintains 
From ingratiating pageant my body no longer abstains




Stephen Parker
August 14, 2012...

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