Short Aft Poems

still have much to learn 
there will be an aft and stern
world may mix and churn.

Jim Horn Haiku...

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as you go
do it slow
don't fall down
mabe am not around
to pick you aft the ground
i will say as you go your way
HAVE A BLESS DAY...

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ne'er whilst ere, nor aft, I deem a trolley soul...tis I, I adore 


Who Flips Your Trolley Poetry Contest 
Sponsored by Bobby May 
12/30/2019...

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glory-of-the-snow
blooming best shivering
‘aft deep Winter rest
the prince releases Snow’s lid
warms up love’s lips with his own

9/7/2022...

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A young rogue named Finn
Ran away with an escaped slave,Jim,
Down the river on a raft
On the Mississippi this tale was craft-
Encounters & adventures,fore and aft....

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Money flows in and out like a torrent
Which I find unnerving and very abhorrent
The Golden Years Ha!
Peace and joy ever aft
That's a giggle, my bank account is dormant...

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Money flows in and out like a torrent
Which I find unnerving and very abhorrent
The Golden Years Ha!
Peace and joy ever aft
That's a giggle, my bank account is dormant


© Jack Ellison 2016...

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Four people were walking at four fourty four
Faith Fullen at aft and Phil Fallon at fore
Then Fallon moved aftward and Fullen went fore
Till fullen was first and Phil Fallon was four


~For the Four, For, Fore contest~...

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Waiting, watching, listening for the storm to reach the shore.
Swirling the waters cauldron; lifting the ocean floor.
Relocating and destroying - beachcombing aft the wind has blown.
Walk the sands of turmoil - collecting cuttlebone....

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My eager man bought me a wee thong
which I put on to best get along
but rubbing bugging attacks
soon whacked my fore and aft crack.
My pinged pong found his dingdonged thong wrong.





... CayCay
August 7, 2019...

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She hawks with dusk,
Aft gloom slightly waters the earth.
Proclaiming her filthy bodies
With seductive strides
Amidst the lawn of preys.
Hoping that her veiled tainted elegance
Would lure another victim
To the depths of her lavender quilts....

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It's said each piece of chocolate shortens life by 2 minutes
By that calculation, I'm dead... died in 1543, don't have any limits
You may think I'm daft
Looney toons in the aft
But statistics don't lie, they just cloud your wickets...

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It's said each piece of chocolate shortens life by 2 minutes
By that calculation, I'm dead... died in 1543, don't have any limits
You may think I'm daft
Looney toons in the aft
But statistics don't lie, they just cloud your wickets...

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In the unplumbed depths
of whales’ deep-held breaths
a singular shaft
fired with force from the aft
twists to it end.

Deep in the dark
where reality lies stark
a flittering thought
lies unexposed, distraught
awaiting the penetrating insight....

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What is a word
That is one two
Wait shouldn't that be too
i want to get bitter
sweet turns to better
sorry just buttering you up
a wasp came before four bees
making mistakes at the back of the ship aft errors
said no to the un
Auuu to the glimmer of gold...

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Aft’ i lift the honeycomb shades,
I sip my Major Dickason blend,
delight in a sunny sea of leaves,
behold a glorious morning wind.

Indulging in effervescent forest of trees -
my front yard’s summertime ornaments.

6/4/2022
Bite Size Poem no.45
Sponsor: Line Gauthier...

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Pace Setter

young dog tugging fore
suddenly old dragging aft;
any age, they set pace.


Poem suddenly came to me while walking my 11-year old lab/dane X (labadane) and remembering how he used to pull me along....

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AFT-PLAY  - Nighttime Musing


Listening -
soft murmur of her breath
gently moving silken strands
draped across her face,

Nuzzling -
beauty’s aromatic aftermath

adrift -
on a sea of dreams.



12/6/2015

submitted to – Nighttime Musings – Poetry Contest
sponsor – FJ Thomas...

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President William Howard Taft

   Weighed 350 pounds and was quite broad in the aft

      He once became stuck in a White House tub

         As a result of devouring too much grub!

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
(c) 2014 All Rights Reserved

Entry for Andrea Dietrich's "Clerihew" Contest...

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The rain, insane, the floods flow down.
We saw the wreck before it hit.
Over storm’s head, a ghostly gown -
The rain, insane, the floods flow down.
Houses and boats float all aroun’.
Aft’ its fury, hurricane split.
The rain, insane, the floods flow down.
We saw the wreck before it hit.

10/5/2022...

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my muse
went on
a cruise ship
vacation
leaving me
alone

right
now aft
or port
she is
dancing
on some deck

as i am
playing solitaire
on my cell
phone
not even
real cards

i miss
the texture
not new
nor worn
cards
finger familiar

like touching
her thigh
a foreplay
game
how can i
lose
against myself...

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(7-5 foot)
Rain washes the filth on streets 
away . It gets rid 
of the stink of decay I
 do say .The smell aft-
er a rainy day smells for-
rest fresh ,I relay

Rain feeds the plants everyday.
Thru the root system,
plants grow tall  ;not wilt away.
If you don’t wear a  
rain jacket then you’ll get soaked.
This is not a joke ....

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Nine Months
Not nine and a half
Still hurting
Broken heart

Nine Weeks
Not nine and a half
Too old for that
Too old by half

Nine Days
Not nine and a half
Still counting
I know it's daft

Nine Minutes
Not nine and a half
Tears flowed
To, fro and aft

Nine seconds
Not nine and a half
Writing these words
And now its past....

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L-ove is like a river, 
E-ver flowing at rainy season; 
A-mazing clear water glows in the hot summer's beacon. 

A-ffection is like a river, 
S-tream that connects to the sea; 
P-assion is felt deep inside, 
E-ndless bond is good to see. 
R-aft rests silently floating on the third of December; 
A-version is like a mud, love is like a river....

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Brontosaurus boogie, stomp, stomp, stomp
Higher than your ceiling, tromp, tromp, tromp.
As long as two semis, honk, honk, honk.
Let’s hold it on the freeway, bonk, bonk, bonk.

Brontosaurus cousins, laugh, laugh, laugh
Introduced to sisters, aft, aft, aft.
Swishing cars off freeway, crash, crash, crash.
Brontosaurus boogie, mash, mash, mash....

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