Short Achilles Heel Poems

Either this or that
  tricks are discovered...
Cards up your sleeve or,
Achilles' heel !...

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It's your kiss that thrills
Your nearness my Achilles heel
Your arms disarm my sanity



Cynthia...

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We are gifted life
for later to be taken
so why emotion
that used to manipulate,
strength built on the fear of it.

© Harry J Horsman 2014...

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To lament the lion hearted
to cowering in trembled skin
befits the bottom dwelling things
the silt under wool of society's rug
While bravery is steel in stance
and oils the jaws of recovery
the bite of poison from burnt mouths
will hit the heel every time....

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man’s Achilles’ heel
is not shown when he is mad
it’s when he’s in love







;)
Nov. 23, 2012
Note: This is Man's Nature this time not nature of nature.
I suppose to say, madly in love, lol.


Third Place
Contest: Haiku 101 For Newbies to Haiku and / or Poetry Soup Contest
Judged: 11/23/2012
Sponsor: Poet Charles Henderson...

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M and M's candy, my Achilles heel
By far the best treat in the land
The way they taste, so addicting
And look, they don't melt in my hand!

They aren't in my hand long enough
My pie hole keeps sucking them in!
It can bring a tear to my eye
Thinking about no M and M's

In conclusion, I'll terminate 
The accolades that I shower
By raising one, up to the sky
Here's to that M and M power!...

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Do you have an Achilles heel?
Mine is a blueberry muffin.
Always makes my taste buds squeal,
When it comes fresh from the oven.

Served up warm with a cup of tea,
A reason to get out of bed.
No coffee or eggs, not for me,
Now ready for the day ahead.

Often I cheat, have one more please,
And feel I’m as big as a whale.
My sweet tooth once more to appease,
‘Till I get on the bathroom scale!...

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I heard poor old Samson 
Singing songs for Delilah 
One fruitful afternoon 
In a room after gala 

Her charming beauty 
Made him loudly squeal 
Telling secrets so loudly 
Like his "Achilles heel"

Poor old Samson 
He was played like a stone 
Like an old flute, he spoke 
His whole silence was broke 

For his body was mighty 
For he's blessed by the almighty 
But his spirit was weak 
And he's played like a freak...

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Spring sweet daughter dances around, 
Like an experienced gypsy connected with nature.  

She spins, twirls, leaps, and falls, 
But mostly enjoying herself like a wild child.
 
A word of warning to those to close, 
Falling for her will become your Achilles heel. 

She’s a wildfire that consumes, 
If you stay too long you’ll get burned too. 

But oh, how pretty isn’t she, 
Like a belladonna, she brings a swift death....

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Listen to poem:

The days fade into  weeks and years
your memory still brings me to tears
and in my dreams you still appear
your passing was one of my greatest fears.

They say that time does heal
but my heart is my Achilles heel
the pain i feel I cant conceal
I wish I had a heart of steel.

Alas, it melted when I first I saw your smile
and with your beauty I was beguilled 
your looks,your hair,your style
you made my life, worthwhile....

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Introspective, and charmingly coy,
her shyness enchanted my heart;
she wandered along in her own private world
quite unwilling to ration a part 

of her intricate mind full of poems
and novels abstruse and arcane, 
they would challenge a D.Phil from Oxford
their mangled motifs to explain. 

Then I discovered her Achilles heel,
the way to steal one little kiss;
it was Rilke, he was the key to her soul,
'rigor mortis' to absolute bliss!...

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Daddy there's a monster under my bed! 
No... Silly girl...
You have been misled...
But daddy I hear it breathing!
I know it's real!
Dear, you know your cries are
my Achilles' heel...
Please come and look!
I am so scared! 
OK I'll look!
I can't have you despaired...
Daddy why do you stare under my bed so long?
Honey you were right, and I was wrong!
Indeed there IS a monster under your bed! 
Child when will you realize that your daddy is dead?!...

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Introspective, delightfully coy,
her shyness enchanted my heart,
she wandered along in her own private world
quite unwilling to ration a part 

of her intricate mind full of poems
and novels so frightfully arcane 
they would challenge a D.Phil from Oxon.
their mangled motifs to explain.                  

Then I discovered her Achilles heel,
the way to steal one little kiss;
it was Rilke, he was the key to her soul,
rigor mortis to absolute bliss!...

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Introspective, and charmingly coy,
her shyness enchanted my heart.
She wandered along in her own private world
quite unwilling to ration a part 

of her intricate mind full of poems
and novels so frightfully arcane 
they would challenge a D.Phil from Oxon.
their mangled motifs to explain.                  

Then I discovered her Achilles heel,
the way to steal one little kiss;
it was Rilke, he was the key to her soul,
rigor mortis to absolute bliss!...

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Achilles' heel 
You’re another day older
The world’s much colder
She…

It’s not your fault
They were taken 
Don’t blame yourself 
for God’s mistake
Is…

Her beauty reflects your own
Her life reflects your future
Chasing rabbits will get you there faster
Loss of faith will bring you there faster
Watching…

The ball drops
It’s clever to see
What happens to us
And here we are
Waiting…

Yes, 
Take the evil out of this
You’re stronger
She’s stronger and always,
Loving…...

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Introspective, and charmingly coy,
her shyness enchanted my heart.
She wandered along in her own private world
quite unwilling to ration a part 

of her intricate mind full of poems
and novels so frightfully arcane 
they would challenge a D.Phil from Oxon.
their mangled motifs to explain.                  

Then I discovered her Achilles heel,
the way to steal one little kiss;
it was Rilke, he was the key to her soul,
disappointment to absolute bliss!...

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Undertone 
 

Whispering breeze 
From the smile of her 
Divine blossom 
Cleaved the solidity 
Of my melancholy life
And allayed my ache
That captured my heart
By mesmerizing the devil of 
My Achilles' heel 
My unknown myself 
And transformed me 
As a hedonic to ramble  
In the garden of joy; 
Then, I kissed on her cheeks
And whispered into her eyes
To not to leave me, ever,
And to live with me forever;



R K Chowdary Jasti
@all copyrights reserved 
22.02.2013@8.59pm...

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In my armor instead he wore
Now lays dead, my friend of honor
Petroclus, Oh! The grief I bear
Cannot be wiped away like tears.
Long will I suffer his demise;
Lost forever, our mortal ties.
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My lifelong friend lies before me
His emaciated body
Dressed in his “Best Mans” tuxedo
He wore so many years ago 
as my best man in our wedding
bearing our golden wedding rings.
 Oh! This human weakness: sorrow
What claim you, all my tomorrows?...

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