Short Alouette Poems

The canvas empty

The pen is sickly

Spewing emotional guts

Heavy weight lifted

Right hand is privileged

Leaving the paper nip-tucked




Eddie Merritt......."Alouette Your cleansing rite"    Peace...

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ginger surmising
the mood while rising
a sip for me, Bach and tea
a bench for a throne
liberates my own
connection with ivory


restless eyes draw closed
moments to compose
gingerly to far off place-
fragrant steam escapes
wrapping rapture's shape 
in timeless, lyrical lace

~...

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wings beating, beating
a frenzied greeting
hovering around my head
here and there you flit
with no time to sit
so much work to keep you fed

oh you little sprite
wonder at your flight
you're so like a magic spell
flash of ruby wing
pleasure that you  bring
here and gone, a sweet farewell...

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Saffron wore the brave
for freedom they craved 
wrote history with their blood
we give salute
they faced the brute
our lives are not nipped in bud

non-violent way
freedom knocks one day
need to revere sincerely 
wow to commit lives
let the nation thrive
price in past borne so dearly

Date: 3.9.2014...

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Now there will be wine,
Grapes are big and fine.
Come yee all to the vineyard; 
Vino loves our smiles,
In near and in miles;
Toast goblets lady and lad.

Red or white, our choice,
In harvest, Rejoice:
We shall harvest, wine and dance;
Vino's bubling gift,
In wine is no rift,
But smile,love and romance....

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September is here
With skies bright and clear.
Summer birds will be southbound.
Cooler breezes near.
School football we cheer.
The young quarterback is downed.

Parents go berserk,
Call player a jerk
For manhandling their loved son.
The ref's not a shirk,
Is good at his work,
Says no infraction was done....

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longer than Haikus
this the form i use
till my inspiration gone
five five and seven
in lyric heaven
my pen just writes on and on.

like treasures of gold
my words in heart hold
a wealth of thought and feeling
spill out upon page
enhanced through the age
this my way of self-healing.

© Harry J Horsman  2014...

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Autumn enters now,
cleansing every bough.
Leaves start tumbling to the ground,
caught in spiral whorl,
patterned in a swirl.
Still falling without a sound.

Above, limbs are bare.
Coldest air they'll share.
They'll stay that way until spring.
Fighting with the cold,
waiting to behold.
When the birds begin to sing.


8/31/14...

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Tumbling and rushing
Grumbling and gushing
Through reeds and over great rocks
Swelling and swaying
Dancing and playing 
Mid nettles thistles and docks

But down the low glen
Where moor turns to fen
The river slows her fast pace
And there in the mire
She loses her fire
Yields and abandons the race

~~~





30/08/14...

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Mystical sunset
Horizon's duet
Serenity's serenade

Wedded shivaree
Joyful jamboree
Evening's encored promenade

Take a look skyward
Keep your faith upward
Heavenly inspiration

Breathtaking painter
World's entertainer
Our holy aspiration



(form Alouette)
syllable count: 5/5/7/5/5/7 
Rhyme: aabccb with at least 2 stanzas...

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I fly up so high
floating in the sky
watching below for my prey
If they knew they'd fear
for them death is near
This is part of natures way

I make my attack
hit the water smack
With my talons grab on tight
The pike in my grip
it will never slip
It is trapped within my might



Trying a form Dr. Ram's explained called an "Alouette"
557557
aabccb...

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Morning’s slow embrace...
Showing her soft face,
Blushed and painted and blended.
Silks pulled ‘cross the sky,
Pastel ripples fly,
Hushed and rushed and splendid. 

Opposite the world,
Sun is sinking down,
Quietly and sleepily. 
The moon is pulled high, 
Her blue smile wide,
Lovely, friendly, but lonely. 

(This is an Alouette poem)...

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How she calls so mild, 
my senses beguiled
under a swaying oak tree
where the notes are long, 
fluttering among
the rustles of leaves in glee.

A lark with sweet notes, 
her music afloat
in rhythmic sway with night sky, 
an incantation
in gentle motion;
to lure slumber's rock-a bye!



Alouette Contest of Dr. Ram Mehta
16 July 2014...

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Bird of song, you trill
Fine tunes that refill;
a piping of serenade
upon bright treetops…
while I, in awe, stop
along dewy bend of glade.

Glum near a mountain
from a heartbreak’s strain,
till wings of rhapsody bring
an awakened flight…
Lo! My breaths delight
in your dawn-chant of healing!


Dr.Ram's Alouette Contest
by nette onclaud ...

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A dark blue ocean
always in motion
will sparkle in the sunlight
casting disks of gold
that each wave must hold
until lost on sands of white

foam flecked water churns
grabs sand as it turns
retreating back when it's done
once again to hold
those bright disks of gold
soon lost to a setting sun


For the contest "A Lovely Alouette"...

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a former post...


Sweet Juliet Rose

of beauty composed, 

with cupped rosette form of old-

Emitting from blooms,

Sweet tea-rose perfumes,

a fragrant scent to behold-

                            

Sweet Juliet Rose,

elegantly posed,

with delicate textured folds-

Hybrid perfection,

with peach complexion,

no lovelier bouquet sold-...

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The menstruation,

Till its cessation

Makes women to live outside

Their homes for four days

Come home on fifth day

Husbands helping and inside.



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Based on an ancient Indian custom as the women were not allowed to touch anything

in the house for four days of their menstruation cycle every month. They were considered 
untouchable religiously....

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Songbirds are singing,
voices are ringing,
morning arrives in the vale.
Hummingbirds humming,
woodpeckers drumming:
everything hearty and hale!

Throughout the forest:
katydid chorus;
Barn owl has something to say.
Crickets are chirping,
bullfrogs are burping,
glorious end to the day.

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The Alouette again: 5a/5a/7b/5c/5c/7b, two stanza minimum...

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Feel rotations spin;
Can’t see where I’ve been,
Years approach and joy flies by.
When did it begin?
Much to my chagrin,
Goals elusive drift to sky.

Time is no man’s friend.
Final days I spend;
With anxiety I cope.
Begging God to end,
Yet I just suspend,
Hung by threads from fraying rope.



*Written September 4, 2014





*Written September 4, 2014...

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Watch the birds in flight
As they soar from sight
Over verdant canopies,
With their nests below
Tiny feathers grow
On their fledglings in the trees.

Hungry mouths to feed
With the gathered seed
Found upon the dewy sod,
Which the skylark brings.
Afterward she sings
Her sweet gift of song to God.

© Connie Marcum Wong

 For Dr. Ram’s
‘The Alouette Contest’...

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Floating in the air
Dancing oh so fair
Flits from flower to flower
On gossamer wing
Making our heart sing
Pollinating hour on hour

Beautiful display
Every summer day
Fluttering delicately 
Bewitching our eye
You soar in the sky
Enchanting us so gaily

08~30~14
Contest: A Lovely Alouette 
Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich
~awarded 3rd place~...

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Smell the summer air
Blowing everywhere
Drying up the drops of rain.
In this seasons breeze
Wheat fields grow with ease
Barley, corn and sugar cane.

Sun is beating down
Warming up the ground.
Dandelion seeds float free.
Wild flowers with grace
Daisy’s happy face,
Waiting for a date with bee.

Written by Brenda Meier-Hans 
08.30.2014
For contest A Lovely Alouette
4th...

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Mom you're so lovely!
Like my lil’ bunny!
Your arms are fluffy and soft;
Want to hold you more;
Makes me feel secure;
With your hands all of me oft,

Mom you're so cuddly!
Want you beside me!
Wake me up a lil’ later;
Miss you so by then;
Like I miss you when
My eyes close and you’re not there.


* overheard my niece talking to her Mom as she was put to bed :))

9/1/14...

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Stone better than gold
        One that can`t be sold
Crystals that shine more than stars
        Men behold thy face
       with rays full of grace
Fresh pretty skin without scars
	
            I profess my love
          which is from above
with strong heart and a pure mind 
       That makes most girls thrill
           Love!,that fit the bill
    Passion, that is hard to find....

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Chrysanthemums bloom
Destroying the gloom
From the summer’s finale
As leaves start to change
Building moods so strange
All is felt with the entry

A cool breeze whispers
Filled with fine answers
To all the doubts that occur
With the fading time
The seasonal crime
Of leaving the past leisure




September 1, 2014
For: A Lovely Alouette Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Andrea Dietrich...

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