Short Angled Poems

Sides

Look for sides of a
right-angled triangle. They’d like you to
do that 
very much. 
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these entangled straight lines
time to straighten
the angled circle
...

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the polished blade glides
precisely to and fro
dusting the mulch below,
the angled wedge shapes the fall-
timber...the echoed call....

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Danger cracks while fears blow by
White flames reflect on the forests' face
Obtuse angled deaths and white roses
Still hang in their branches as memories displace...

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A Great, Red-Nosed Elf howled a Laugh,
That split the Zoo's Christmas in half!
 the Reindeer got tangled
 (he too steeply angled)
...they got strung up on a Giraffe!...

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The most Compleat Angler that's ever been
A zillion worms he'd gleefully dangled
Lies cold and squirming, and sadly doth glean
He's feast for the worms used while he angled...

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Shaken, not stirred

Pour into tall angled glass...

Drop in olive orb.

 

(January 18, 2011  Wausau, Wisconsin)

(c) Copyright 2011 by Christine A Kysely, All Rights Reserved...

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wild birds are gliding
in the crimson dimension
of sunset on sea

sly stars are twinkling
through treetops along the shore
dark curtains will fall

in the twilight hour
there'll be songs to sunset moon
cream dipped in roses...

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A katydid stopped at my door.
Wedge of green gossamer
But something more.

I angled to get a closer look.
Intrusive I fear was I.
He quickly me forsook.

Off to call at another door
Winged wisp of wonder
On a neighborly autumn tour....

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Saffron light dipped and angled down 
the stairwell of an abandoned train station 
in such a way that one might think 
God put Picasso in charge of painting 
the sun-baked afternoon. 
The amber hue on earth 
was a sharp contrast 
to his Blue Period sky....

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Down the old road a lantern turns ash-gray
bulb angled  like pendulum
clinging on darkened sill.

With rainfall drowning the fragrance of trees,
my eyes grow weeds as light dims
on rake of brittle thoughts.



Through My Window Contest
18 Jan 14
from Franco Gonza...

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The timely light of day,
Sensing the cold inside,
Are we angled for doom,
Within us, and without,
 
We stand as we stand,
If we could be more,
We strive to be more,
Uncommonly real,
 
In the eye of our soul,
We are what we are,
Created from birth,
Uncreated till death....

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John had a favorite reading chair 
near the corner of the room
angled towards the fireplace 
with a tall lamp light 
set at just the right height
padded with his wife's 
embroidered cushions by his side
and a custom-made ottoman under his feet
John sat there looking happy and complete....

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Plain droplets plink downward risk-free.
Rain, that bristles on panes, weighty.
Rip-roaring, soaring, not boring,
as wind assists an outpouring.
Angled and claustrophobic dance.
Can’t see the light; cars take a stance.
Sky, a blue-gray, wiper flip-flops.
Shy, the soft pelts of ho-hum drops.
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Spring

Took me

By surprise

Redbud blossoms

Doves coo early on

More species come to feed

Somehow  spring has  subtly  sprung

Sunbeam shakes her yellow hair down

Angled    'pon    violet    covered    lawn

Winter locked up the buds, spring held the key
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In shadow, shade and angled light,
memories echo, when given time.
They persist, though out of sight,
when even bells will loose their chime.

To torture, teach or reprimand?
Why then comes, the weathered old?
The heart and soul hold scars and brands,
when even stars burn out, turn cold....

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.
R uffed feathers smoothed
O ver minor infractions tempers flared
A nalogy to two Cocks fighting 
D estiny exciting vacation

T angled arms and legs
R estlessness dissipated
I ndividualy each child slept
P atiently dreaming of first ocean splash

Sponsor: Kim Merryman
Contest: ROAD TRIP
Written: August 24, 2013...

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Company Cafeteria


People right-handed 
carry their cups
in the right hand.
Left-handed people 
carry their cups
in the hand that befits
left-handed people.
Whichever the hand
all carry their cups
elbows right-angled.
Whichever the hand, 
all cups are at sea, adrift 
on an ocean of saucers.


Donal Mahoney...

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Gray is the day, somber the mood
Clouds so thick emotions just brood
Noisy roosters vent strife

One lone crow across this sky viewed
Caws as he goes with none pursued
Swallows bring sky to life

As they dart, play looking for food
Their wings so angled that is good
Noticed now for unrife

unrife-uncommon
mostly seen in summer
here......

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Digital clock bomb ticking silence lower right angled forever is eight point five 
hours a day there toiled kempt invisible spent walking rigid funk robot wired 
loose framed shut felt mutt waste like glimpse circular window goldfish and city’s 
outline swept through wander inhale adjust inhale time square one infinite mess 
oh calculator sonata...

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For every time I have to walk away,
For every time I'm left behind,
For every time an outstretched arm just can't reach,
For each knowing glance we know we can't show,
For each starless, half-less night,
For each drawn out, angled silence,
Know my heart is worn on your sleeve,
Or lies in your pocket.
Write away the weakness of my name,
And sign me to yours....

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Hand on hat,scarf wrapped tight
Black brolly angled low;
Each step a battle won.
A frail determined figure
On this year's reunion.

Face down in the mud
He was later found,
A note clutched in death's grip
"Better to die upon your feet
Than to live upon your knees"

No-one remembers why
No epitaph they wrote
Yet engraved thereon ..his final note....

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Blue veil skirmishes its shadow.
Witness recalls object to matter of law.
Judges undecided no ruling made certain of flaw.
Weakness in difference as higher courts rules 
Unrevealing blue hiding its shadow.
Just a little distortion angled crowd of tumbles.
Still meets our expectations to guarantee rounds.
All respected decision quietly bow self destructions....

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Levels horizontally fixed
angles of light are tightly fit
geometrically spaced slats
fragmenting our perception flat

Narrowed slits squinted view
awkward sight for most in lewd
unaware of drawstring near
lifting veils vision clear.....

Trapped below the shadow of self
angled heights obscuring shelf
empty pantry up above
as lower self continues shove...

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Gathering, waiting
As dusk settles near,
Patiently anticipating 
To watch and to hear

The first shooting spark
To utter a boom,
And fill up the dark
With a crackling bloom

Familiar faces angled
To get the best view,
Of a sky spangled
With red, white and blue

Joined by the fireflies
And their show of light,
'Til the last firework dies
On one July night....

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