Short Afterward Poems

The sun was shining, 
A few moments afterward, 
it began to rain....

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Sitting at the café
Reminiscences
Stroll by
Revisit,
Afterward 
Abscond....

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Winter begins —
her clogs and his windbreaker
afterward snow banks

12/15/2018...

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At a certain diner I often stop
  It's super cheap; they serve such slop

Afterward, a broom and a mop, 
  Then on the pot 'til there's a plop...

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Hearts and Flowers
  The Eiffel Tower
An engagement ring
  Reason to sing

A wedding planned
  Passion's quicksand
Soon afterward ~
  Romance interred...

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"Don't sass me"
Conscience will justify you in it
In all ages of the world fiction has lured the obtuse 
Afterward act accordingly to the dictates of your best judgment...

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Passion for life is exhilarating.
Climbing to heights of reward.

Achieving a top overrating.
Amazing a great afterward.











Nayda Ivette
9-13-2015...

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Cut the cancer,
Lance the boil,
Oil the rash,
Gash the unnatural growths 
Inside your soul.

And splash on sentiment, afterward:
Cheap antiseptic, but it won’t sting....

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beautiful rainbow

     reminder of God’s promise....

          follows gentle rain

There was a gentle rain recently, falling from a sunlit sky.
Afterward, a beautiful rainbow remained.

© May 18 2010 For Rick’s “Strict haiku” contest...

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(20/08/2011)

I will hold my breath,
And sweep my sight to the sky,
Before crying
I’ll scream out loud in heart,
Stab my nails in palm over your lie,
Before crying
None of them worked afterward,
Cos my tears dripped then vaporized
From the beginning...

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lazy, long afternoon
preening sphinx-like
catches a stray scent
aha! dinner!...
stealth-creep
agonizingly slow, 
'til, target in sight
she springs...
afterward, sated
lightly licks 
the corners
of her whiskers
curls back into
her no-hammock...

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a poem just Now written

a poem enters
is recorded and exits..
recorded Now..and
in readings afterward
the reading colors the Now
but not in the colors
of the recorded poem..
yet both the 
writing and reading
express the 
ever-present Now......

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A summer night
A room, a bed
A life-time of emotions
Beneath the covers
And mosquito net
Eating grapes
Reddened by the sun
Love-sweet and round
Cool rain, washes clean
And muddied pools scattered
Mingled with bitter-sweet tears
Shed afterward....

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High and low we search
     in every crack and crevice
   Likely and unlikely places
     yet we find no traces

   of what we are looking for
     the reason for existence
   spending our whole lives in pursuit
     afterward, we search even more...

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Whenever insomnia doesn't allow me any rest,
I correct the problem by having sex.
Afterward I'm asleep within minutes,
but I often leave my partner unfulfilled and distressed.
So if any of you beautiful, lovely poeteses
are lacking in sleep, I offer my services.
LOL!...

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Isn't it ironic that most of the world's human population,
enjoy movies about underdogs resisting oppression,
ultimately thriving afterward with their celebrated rebellion,
when in the real world it appears that most everybody,
submit without question to authority willingly....

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SNOWMEN DIE IN SPRINGTIME

Snowmen never stand
in the yards afterward when
it's near forty-two degrees
shovel put away
hasn't snowed since Christmas Day
SNOWMEN DIE IN SPRINGTIME 

2/22/20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2020©
Sedoka Poetry Verse...

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LOOKS LIKE RAIN

Up
Up
Away
Umbrella
High into the sky
Is it sunny or is it clouds?
With warm delight you melt or bounce into moist ceiling
Afterward drifting down, handle in hand, chatting with your favorite person, ever wiser

Kim Rodrigues © 2017
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William A Cleator once lost his entire memory of his identity.
Afterward, William A Cleator underwent years of intensive therapy.
William A Cleator adapted and was "cured" inevitably,
when he was resurrected as TheKidster, Billy.
Billy TheKidster, William A Cleator's alter ego personality.
RIP WAC....

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Dauntless in everything,
  yet afraid of ending.
Positive when life throws-
  one of its hurtful curves.

When ask to do something,
   Bang!mission accomplished,
Oftentimes taciturn,
   sooner or later blabby.

One minute ecstatic,
  afterward blood-boiling.
Running my own race,
  is my life's purpose....

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If you find yourself in “the tunnel”,
in case it's a matter of blood sugar,
eat something.
No matter what or how much.
Want a nap afterward?
Take it.
The only expectations
you must live up to
are your own.
If you can't meet them
it might be better
to lower the bar.
Relief comes in knowing
there's no sin in being imperfect....

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I am a very lucky man
  to be a tiny part
    of God's grand plan

On the Sabbath I stay away
  from society's business
    for one whole day

Spend time with family and friends
  Pray, study, commune
    take stock of life's ends

Afterward, relaxed and refreshed
  I resume life's daily test
    primed to do my level-best...

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I've been focusing lately on our friend P D.
P D is very therapeutic for me
especially when I feel moody or very grouchy.
I just unload all I've got on our friend P D 
and then afterward things feel better for me
and P D seems to take it all most humorously.
I have such great friends. How Lucky Is Me?
Best Wishes Always,
Love,
B...

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hell's goal is to heal
shall we evolve and swap now~
shun hell afterward

do each of those who
wish the worst for other kin~
they, too, deserve hell

paradise on earth
guess someone else's hellhole~ 
shield it to yourself

Written: March 27, 2023

Hell Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Robert James Liguori...

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See Dick run, in the golden latterly years,
When past is gone, the future premieres.
Jane is a librarian, in the floral ruby days,
Sally is a teacher, in the tangerine phase.

Puff pursues orange butterflies in heaven,
And he and Spot frolic, in sunshine lemon.
Mother and Father reside in assisted living,
Where the blue jay to the moon is singing....

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