Short Afoot(P) Poems

october twilight
magical mischief afoot
a tiny owl hoot...

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gingerbread smells here
pine needle cinnamon soft
christmas is afoot...

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red bird feeder swings
as the squirrels are afoot
shaking the tree limbs...

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Sons' (graves) crunch afoot;
my retch (rose) on pale marrow.
Late, this sun's dissent....

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Feline
Highly strung
Hidden weaponry afoot
Pussy purr; sadistic slash ~
Masterstroke...

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Generation X
Audio neon hell rat
Barren sin afoot

Granite oxen
No hole under a tail
Stone for a brain...

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Political Changes 

Brexit in Britain 

Donald Trump in America 

Marine La Pen in France 

How do you like them Apples ????...

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ethereal country air 
mysticism is afoot
I sense the orbs 
procure my camera
feel led to the fence post
fog does not disappoint...

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When sleep's afoot
  roaming the hills
Will pillows deign pursuit...

Yet when dreams linger
  waking's a beggar
knocking at your door...

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a tangle of vines

  pawprint of the bear

  a wind afoot

  rumbling of thunder

  one, two, ten drops of rain

  'lost in the woods bingo'...

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For what we harm,
let peace touch
not us

but cast afoot
deep within scarred
caverns to find

alas it is in
this everlasting hollow
that roots find life...

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Mt style is styless
words made from smudges and dots
like cots of baby robots
fraught with thought
a despot naught
stop
the game is afoot
is forever endless ?
or will this pain not stop...

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Everything's going good, I've no problems to tell
It's so wonderful that it's all starting to gel!
With all of that said,
You'd say I'm ahead
But my car broke down, so now I'm afoot as well!...

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ancient Aztec communication mask
with her brilliant fluorescent lines
comes alive in the deepest recesses of the caves
unseen by humans
revered by spirits of the otherworld
mysticism is afoot...

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In snow
Walk slow

If stuck
Hard luck

Bad foot?
Stay put

Forced stay
Delay

A sleigh!
Hooray!

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Contest: March of the Footle
Sponsor: Timothy Hicks...

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Three am now
Faerie magic is afoot
The witching hour

The house is silent
Spirits try for attention
I know they are here

I sense and smell them
Because my family is fey
Sometimes they throw things...

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Sea horse mania is afoot
I see them in my sleep
Thanks to a collector daughter
They prance and neigh

Ridiculous I think
There is loud laughter
A splash from my water glass
Two land on my bedside table...

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Mystic madame had an ethereal ambiance of her own.
We visited her rarely, for she was not often home.
Her house had an eerie quality, a personality of its own.
Apparitions were afoot, even when no human was home....

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from a winged elm tree
a wren's knife cuts through glum dawn ~
                            joyful day afoot



A New Hiku Footle Tanka Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Brian Strand
Date written: 11/15/2022...

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pious mantis prays


          nefarious plot afoot


                    to devour her mate

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
© All Rights Reserved

Placed No. 5 in Carolyn Devonshire's "Praying Mantis Haikus" Contest - July 2010...

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Camouflage afoot
hooves trembling
don't stay put
run aground disassembling
hurry shroud apparel
fortress in view
departure from the barrel
exemption you blew
woe
go



* It's hunting season, so I thought I would write about the poor deer :(...

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Alone, aging actor alive after abuse.
Adult adept, adapt action above acute ankle.
Admit ached, agree affix aptly crepe.
Ashen apres, amigo angry apart afore. 
Asked aloof aunty avoid awful baloo.
Alarm nurse ahead, agony alert.
Aggro afoot...adios amigo....

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SANTA FREEZE

What is afoot is what made Santa freeze —
Not the normal chimney smell in the breeze.
This must be a joke!
He hates these old folks!
Instead of socks Granny hung her undies.

11/29/2018
*contest does not require meter so I took some liberty :)...

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I feel an incredibleness enter my heart strings today
I wonder what this is about; it is not my birthday.
The holidays are over.
Something is afoot.
Something marvelous.
Something wonderful.
I feel joyful.
Mischief of the best kind.
I smile, knowing a terrific day is beginning....

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Peanut


Pet pup with paws I am full of pep
Earned my echoed brave endeavors
Afoot I run amused underfoot, a spill angered my owner 
Nooky with my wet nose as I nip their ankles 
Unfed, unruly until I am fed
Tail wages tasty tidbits I am given


12/8/2020...

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