Short Accolade Poems

accolade revealed -
Spring unrolls wildflower carpet
children welcomed home

Brian Johnston
March 15, 2016...

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Forever 
Beyond this age
Bare moments that wilt
Clues of our ire
Only an accolade 
Return our souls
Forever...

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It's not the accolade diploma
          who distinguishes,
          a human being,
          is the human quality
          who qualifies.. !...

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Awarded An Accolade

Much homage on him had been paid;
Recognition given to with honor laid;
Person desired,
And had hired;
On then awarded another accolade.

Jim Horn...

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Trees
Climb to the hill.
Swaying hands.
Pressing feet.
Valley gazes.
Streams accolade.

Sea sees
Rains slow walk
Down the shore.
Her flying frock.

Sea calls
Rain strolls away.
Her hair soars.

Dancing butterflies.
Rainbow flakes on
Forlorn earth.
Silent sky looks....

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I look for the Buck?
I'm looking for the Starry Eyes?
Instead I'm blinded by Free Wi-Fi.
Zombies in the gloom,
Faces lit with Cell phones, iPads, 
And Laptops!

My Name, they inscribed 
On my paper cup.
The ultimate Accolade.

I'm the Star in Starbucks!

©dbyrne jan 2013...

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My two girls you see
did great things for me

Music ,one ,soon did play
through this gift,one day
in my life Vivaldi et al
came to reside,and stay

The other,on a horse did ride
so her equinity I also tried,
 for me,then a hobby,did provide 

Thus my life they have  enhanced
in two instances,by chance...

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Alone at four this silence my amazing ally

The quiet is astoundingly amplified

One person always awakes adroitly

Once again annoys, but I aspire to align 

One accolade accomplished; I didn't scream

I can only be accessible if

Alone again adjust my thoughts to God 

Date: 04/08/2021...

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.
A
Re
Turn.
Drop 
Reward
Trophies
Accolade
Affirmation
Expectation
All applause
Re
Run
Train
To live
To give 
In
To
The
Seed
Return
Reward
Accolade
Applause
A dissolve
Stay there
 Stray not
 return to
  Home
  drop
   In
 to
The
Source
The store
Repository 
It contains
The seeds
Seasons
and the
Crop....

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Love is like ones pedigree given utterly,
When one loves life seems to move in slow motion,
When one loves you tend to have merriment of different emotions that makes you feel accolade.,
Love beckons beyond your mind , beyond your soul but mostly love is ensnared in ones heart.

When one loves your hearts , body and soul are pirouetted  perpetually....

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At 6:00 AM I rise to see
the earth in silent ecstasy
as morning sun shines down on me
and wraps me in its light.

My feathered friends all serenade
a sweet, sweet morning accolade,
right there beneath the willow’s shade
where I can watch their flight.

It seems the Lord is good to me,
and I am grateful that I see
the earth in silent ecstasy
as she and I unite.....

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Certain songs come on the air
And you can’t help but dance.
No matter where you are, you’re up
If you just have the chance.

You’ll feel your toes start tapping
As your body starts to move
And before you know it, you will be
Well into your own groove.

Not every one’s deserving
Of an accolade and yet,
If a song can get you dancing, 
That’s as good as it can get....

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The Gazelle!!!

The morning cock crows
And the feeling grows
Towards the daedal damsel
With the gaze of a gazelle

She is an enigma
A portrait with dimples
The opera of the steeples
And with an accolade for charisma

In the center of my fantasy
She gives me a frenzied insomnia
The feeling of euphoria
And the smooth warmth of ecstasy


Jideofor.Obidike
as "The Plantagenet"...

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In the shade you’ve got it made;
The sun’s intensity does fade.
Of sunburn, you won’t be afraid
And you can sit in pleasure.

On city sidewalks or a glade,
Beneath a tree I wouldn’t trade 
A shady spot; you’d not persuade
Me, not by any measure.

Some folks by a/c’s might be swayed 
But when the pros and cons are weighed,
I’d save the biggest accolade
For shade, which I do treasure....

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What treasure rare and highly hung should ever lofty drape,
‘Cross heavens bright while flouting fate,
Ever lofty accolade, past reach of fingers stretched,
What would soften stony aura?
What touch could soften apathy flesh bound?
Let not bitter remembrance sting, 
But adoration soften cares bygone,
Truth might soften hardness old, 
Though proven only hard of trial, 
Proven still when heart relents...

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The facade of your election;
Brings no accolade to the nation;
Your ambitions lack honesty;
And your actions are a travesty.

You travel abroad to collect honors;
Yet you ravel the region with horrors;
Some describe your style as canny;
Yet all ascribe your rule as tyranny.

With only your candidacy;
We have the ascendancy of autocracy;
We lack the decency of democracy;
We observe the supremacy of idiocy....

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E ach pebbled path awaits the fall mum without momentum
L anguishing until the fall of foot brings them a pace.
A ll static objects seek the joy, the soulful strum 
T hat gives to some and uncommon sense of face
I dling not within the static shell, the unnoticed place.
O nly movement brings the eye, the heart to hold, the rise
N o stone unrolled can bring an accolade to such as I.



* End rhyme pattern of rhyme royal...

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PETITION OF THE POWERLESS

Citadel of my inner strength
Crushed by your colossal ambuscade
My pain like carpet spread to length
To receive your cruel cavalcade

My Fountain of dreams fade like bubble
Pushed by your power’s barricade
In my platter serving toil and trouble 
You walk away with unfair accolade!


9th November 2016
For Brian Strand's Contest
Any form theme max 14 lines...

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Professional Poet,
  I cringe at the term

A lonely consensus,
  so much to learn

Days writing couplets,
  nights dreamed in verse

Feelings when gifted,
  not mine to rehearse

Professional Poet,
  to run and then hide

Resisting the accolade,
   cousin of lies

The Muse calls my marker,
  chits payout in thought

Each line spoken freely,
—no longer store bought

(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2016)...

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At work one time, I was surprised
When a lady gave me quite a big smile
I've still got it, is what I surmised
I had more pep in my step for awhile

After a few more times it went bad
When I found, I lead myself astray
"You remind me a lot of my dad!" 
Was what she would finally say!

I thanked her for the nice compliment
Meanwhile massaging my wounded psyche
And thankful that her accolade spent
Wasn't her grandpa that I looked like!...

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Angels! ! !
Pristine they are,
Angels are our aegis.
Angels are our confidants,
Confidants who know what we want!
Angels are sidekicks!

Angels! ! !
Legends they are,
Who work around the clock?
I prefer calling them enthusiasts.
Angels are our seekers.

Angels! ! !
Heroes they are,
In tragedy, angels consume us to keep heart and have hope!
Angels are victors!
Angels are noble!
Let's accolade angels.

All Rights Reserved 

T.m.T scripts...

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To see an old man and his muse
Sad, yet one day vie; and not care,
In his pen an ode to Ted Hughes
His way to say, ‘to you I share’
For you and I did not fuse
It was you so apt; had the flair,
For I am kin one to the booze
The one to let go sod the prayer.
Oh the joy and the accolade
The pen and ink of our decade
For you did win. For me the shade.
An ace in professoriate
Now you lie in aureate
For you are the laureate!

© Harry J Horsman  2016...

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Furiously clacking away
At a tiny keyboard,
One parent computer-sentry,
The other a full time zone away.
When I manage to sneak a second,
Looking at all the contests
I would never have a chance
To enter, I wonder:
What is a blitz?
And thus spawned a small ditty,
Albeit a quick one,
On life, death, and the keeping of memories.
Almost a month later did I receive my first and only accolade.

3-7-2017
https://www.poetrysoup.com/poem/keep_my_memories_869924...

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The summer sun was once my friend;
I basked beneath its glow,
But friendships often fade and this
Was one that had to go.

The younger me enjoyed a tan
On smooth and unlined skin,
But lately that is not the shape
My sagging self is in.

And danger lurks when sunshine
Causes cancer cells to bloom
So by soaking up some rays
I might be guaranteeing doom.

There was a time Apollo
Earned my every accolade,
Yet today I turn my back on him
And settle for the shade....

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Since “West Side Story” hit the stage,
No show could quite compare.
Such music, lyrics, dances, plot
Are magical and rare.

The gorgeous tunes you can’t forget
Are Bernstein at his best
And Sondheim’s words would leave the world’s
Top poets most impressed.

The choreography delights
With every Robbins move
And Arthur Laurents told the tale;
Will Shakespeare would approve.

I saw the play again today;
It never lets me down,
Deserving every accolade
That’s earned it its renown....

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