Short Barred Poems

I feared today
For my country
Freedom is barred....

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Our waves crash hard;
I'm left scarred bad 
and barred from sea....

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race to vaccinate
creates race barred from entry
and race to stop stop...

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gripping images
lucid word art on paper~
loquacity barred...

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no hosting no holds barred
simply are
mine
the vine
of grapes
you keep eating
you ape...

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Parliamentary polls on the card 
Whom to elect is not that hard

Liquor stores are barred!...

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whitest of daylight
screech barred owl piercing eyes stalk~
bracing bare branches 

12/5/2023
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bloated cloud floating
peacock in unfurled plumage
a no holds barred time
____________________________
June 7, 2016, Kolkata...

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Priest Antonio Vivaldi of Venice
wrote Farnace an opera piece
It was Vatican barred for 300 years
happily in 2022 we now will hear...

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Beside the last pew, 
a chipped white collection plate.
A ghostly blessing
if you toss a modern coin
through time and the barred front door....

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the door not locked
or even barred
light slips through
what is left ajar
an intruder knocks
seeing it not blocked
and steals my heart away...

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barred owls sound like they
withhold their hooting barrels
deeper muffed release


2019 September 23
hawmanysyllables
5-7-5...

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White dandelion
Seeds blow kisses to the rain—
Swirling wind tease tag;
My palm barred through the growth of
More hollow walks soon in bloom....

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barred owl
also known as hoot owl
call sounds like “who cook for you”

moon keeps her eye on him
he’s a known predator
with his eye on a rabbit...

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Billy Joe was a caring bartender
who tried to be a broken-heart mender.
But stories of woe
put him in a hole.
Now he's gone on a two-week bender....

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bough bobbing with bulk
as barred owl hoo’s for his mate
hither and thither

10/16/2021
Owl Haiku
Sponsor: Robert Liguori...

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will die with me
and my body
will be 
barred or burned 
doesn't matter to me
i won't go to heaven
i wont go to hell
i will just die
and i ok with that...

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The barred owl - is he really wise?
He climbs trees instead of flies.
It is mostly in this regard
That he runs the risk of being disbarred....

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when dark roads lose their way,
a falling sun turns grey,
where are the speaking sticks to show the way?
hello who's this!... lost in night, with all roads barred to go....

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. for public domain

Kind words
flow through windows barred,
seep through concrete walls,
rise under prison doors.
Wanting only a hearing,
they glisten when we listen....

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There once was a quest for Long
to reach the ultimate dong,
now it's all about Hard
so you'll find yourself barred,
unless Viagra’s along.


(Limerick)...

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Tilted nipple, lend
Your acquiescent ballast
To rotate earths breast

Referring to the “Milky Way”
_____________________
*Inspired by Raul Moreno's  
Nature's Best Contest...

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opening the door was easy
it wasn't made of wood
it wasn't barred
no lock with a skeleton key
closing it is harder
it remains ajar
your foot inserted firmly
in the door-frame...

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Adam and Eve sneaked back to the Garden
Hoping to earn for their sin a pardon
   Eve saw the damn snake
   And began to quake
Snapped snake: "Out of this garden you're barred in."...

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Better than being a Trump retard 
Who from my list has been barred
Body and face are too badly scared.

Ran out of time. Will finish later.

Jim Horn

You can for me if you want to....

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