Short Bated Breath Poems

Always searching
Endless waiting 
With bated breath
Anticipating…...

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I fear the morrow -
caged by past, I rip apart;
yet today's growth blossoms....

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watching,
with bated breath,
the sun begin to rise
and ribbon rippling ocean waves
with gold.

18.09.19...

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You make simple things 
become  crudely entangled; 
Knotting up a string;
Strangled thoughts and emotions
constricted to bated breath....

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The house has been cleaned, 
the hearts have been washed. 
With oil, the lamps are replete; 
all await with bated breath, 
the bridegroom to greet....

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how gloweth thine eye
in this sadness of sunlight…
where trees cease shaking
woodland rests with bated breath
wryly squirrels search for home

© Harry J Horsman 2023...

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Tonight i write in praise of giggles
those i push with bated breath
and never come too soon
those chuckles
between teetth
that smile in eyes
and joy filled tears
are born...

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between the feral
and the ethereal
lust and love
playoff

soul watches
with bated breath

but the fact there's a game on
signals it's yet work in progress

11-December-2022...

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Listen to poem:

thunderstorm approaching
coffee cup in hand
with bated breath
i await the sign
you are there
within my reach
and all will be alright



AP: Honorable Mention 2021

Posted on July 13, 2021...

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we cannot lie
our heart searches 
for that magical scent
elixir divine sublime
for soul’s ascent

with bated breath
we wait to be touched 
by love’s wafting magnetism 
that colours of the rainbow 
set aflame body prism...

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Folks wait with bated breath 'cross the nation,

   For Phil's insightful prognostication.

      What will his prediction be?

         We will have to wait and see,

            After Phil wakes from his hibernation!

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

(Not for contest)...

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I miss those days
God ..I remember those days .good old days..when we used to pen letters ..fold it carefully...in an envelope.oh!!..a tups of cologne and mail it...waiting 2 ..maybe 3 days for the response..with bated breath..then nuff skin teet..and heart a beat when you see a letter from her..sigh..I miss those days.....
Sigh...

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summer beautiful, brown breath 

summer brave, beautiful breath 

Sweaty, strong summer  

Sad, small summer beautiful, brown breath 

Beautiful, Beautiful brown, yellow, orange, summer
strong summer balmy, bated breath  
Sweaty bated breath 
Beautiful  summer




8/6/20
written words by James Edward Lee Sr. ©2020...

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Like the morning sunlight 
You came into our humble abode
And dispelled all shades of darkness
And ever since then
Your brilliance continues to glow

My little star of the night
Twinkle for it is your lot to do so  
The world is waiting with bated breath 
For the birth of a big star 
Happy birthday my little angel 
Good morning and continue to win...

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gold sky, dark sun, black moon,
blind faith, sheer trust, intune,
water flows, horizons haze, darkness peaks,
blind faith, beleive in prayer, God speaks!
eclipse sky, eclipse life, eclipse death,
changes good, changes bad, bated breath,
tones of faith, misted clouds, fill the night,
blind faith, in the heart, creates the light.


For Ms. Swanson's Contest...

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Sleep, Lord Poseidon,
Deep, everlasting sleep
While sailors watch with bated breath

Old planking creaks -
The pitiable, splintering sound -
Old planking creaks

Old sailor,
Splintery-kneed old sailor,
Keeps his watch

With ever a thought of life's futility,
Down deep,
Where dolphins stay

But Lord Poseidon never sleeps
And dolphins play.....
And play...

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In you I trust. You symbolize a promise.
If self-reliance fails and footholds crumble
You’ll keep us safe from harm. You will protect us
If handholds break, if we lose grip, or stumble.

With you in reach I dare release the tension.
Your solid metal roundness will inspire
New confidence and faith. I can exhale now
The bated breath and, with relief, climb higher....

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My Greatest Sin 

They behave with me 
As if,
 I am a criminal 

So, I was very anxious 
To know 
 What my biggest crime is 

Hurriedly I put my deeds 
To check 
 In a wonder soft ware 

It went to find out 
My sin 
I sat in bated breath 

It flashed out clearly 
In a minute 
The wrongs in life I did 

My greatest sin is 
It says 
I do not care anybody....

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Bid me one lasting night
as I clasp my empty hands and ponder
why love is so ephemeral
I pray for your still-beating heart
and the anguished torment that lies within it
the shadows are my constant companion
forever in your bated breath
I mourn for our once love
you’re next to me
at my lonely side
though you are already gone
leaving fresh memories in your wake...

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Organic mystery, bated breath
Known causes, uncertain breath.

Systemic matter, wild shields
Cells in order, fated breath.

Corporeal wave, bloody fashion
Tumultuous fissures, captured breath.

Peasant ailing, fortune calls
Civil measures, alien breath.

Shadows cast, a just reward
Mortal wishes, eternal breath.

Toasted glass, healer's gain
Conjured image, phantom breath....

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I play my song on lute and flesh;
Fingers nimbly strumming along.
My voice sings out with bated breath-
Cries and whispers, the siren song.

My lover joins me in the duet,
Our tempo is sweet and slow.
Together we play passion's song
A tune learned long ago.

A melody of exquisite magic--
It rarely sounds the same.
Pray you to can join in singing the song
Known as Love by name....

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Do I have your attention now 

I see the look from under your brow

With vexing eyes forged with mine

To the reading of my words in every line

Hanging you now on bated breath

TO seeing it through to find my poems death

To comments posted by only a few

To the questioning mind not getting my view

Knowing the truth lies in the cracks and seams

I thank you for reading my dreams...

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anxiety showing through;
bated breath and tired sighs
all the same
today and tomorrow...
just crude forgeries of yesterday
nothing changes
every exhalation breathing out
another piece of our monotony ridden souls

pressure
strife
choking me, constricting my lungs
as if even the air is now my enemy
blowing and pushing me in directions
that I'd sworn never to take

anxiety showing through...

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Let me walk alone,
my journey to enhance.
Stop to pick a yellow daisy;
time to pause and dance.

Let me dance alone
tho my steps, to some, be wrong.
Waltz high upon a mountain;
whispered echo's of my song.

Let me sing alone
of loves with bated breath.
Fill my soul with laughter
until I lay in death.

Let me die alone.
Toast my life with wine.
My journey was my own
and it was mighty fine....

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When the whistling winter weather
freezes flora, fur and feather,
huddled hares hide in the heather,
languish lean and lined like leather.

Hear the howling hounds of Hell,
bloated banshees bearing bells,
sense the sickness in the cells,
silent serpent spitting spells.

Doom and darkness, dreams of death,
blushing brides with bated breath,
crazy crackheads cooking meth,
silent souls succumb to stress....

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