Short Batteries Poems

shriek pierces the night
where are the damned batteries ~
just let the place burn
...

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A house, a career
An impeccable lawn-
My lover at dawn
She prowls to my teeth
We enfold ourselves
Our batteries complete...

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Doors locked
blinds closed
removed the plug
from the telephone.

No one home.



Peter Dome.copyright.2014 .Jan....

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Love is like a remote
It's never there when you look for it
But once you find it
And push its buttons
You gain control...

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the batteries in
my camera fast
to lose energy

yet, a beautiful day
to explore artful  inspirations
very cold morning...

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If Sex Be

The Gift or Toy's of Love

Then the Batteries 

Must be what provide the Shock's 

When Chemistry Flops

Afterwards...

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My grandson just loves to make noise
The louder the better his toys
His batteries I hide
The noise still resides
Turns out that I hid his decoys...

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Oak leaves 
Fall from the tree 
A few pictures, I need 
If it wasn't, for these batteries. 

Copyright Cynthia Jones 
Nov.5/2006...

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round and round
he goes on his tricycle
everywhere
a pleasure to watch and hear
(batteries thankfully not included)


Published, Atlas Poetic, 11/21/16...

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A Torch with batteries		
                                         A bulb shows light to the Sun		
                                               One laughs One smiles...

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Not unlike the hands on a clock
We constantly move forward
And yet go nowhere
Playing a game with time
As we wander around in circles
Until our batteries run out....

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Cookies crumble, records tumble
  Flowers wilt, drinks are spilt

Batteries corrode, mountains erode
  Wine turns sour, storms knock out power 

Beauty fades, so do crusades
  No poem so clever, it lasts forever...

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I've got a crush
on my chiropractic doctor.
He of the beautiful bones.

He helps me with batteries
of a balky device, says
"Give me a minute"

My spirit soars, as I say 
"What's more, all my 
minutes are yours"...

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I've charged up my MP3 for music while I'm here
made sure that my camera has batteries for all new memories
cell phone has a full charge, not much good did that do
but there is nothing like the energy....
my soul gets from Mexico...

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So you will know finally 
use your ears ‘til they’re boiling;
Gather knowledge faithfully 
until that skill set’s glowing;

Soon you will be addicted 
to this creative bouquet;
Batteries not included,
got to walk down this highway....

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Glued to her smartphone
Gaping at it
Her mouth contoured in a WOW
She herself plugged in
A human transistor
Eyes glowing, ears antennae
Batteries fully charged



    August 22, 2019
 Wow Me Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Nina Parmenter...

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Sometimes my world falls silent
I’m longing to hear your voice
So replace dead batteries
In my hearing aids!

At last I can hear clearly
Yearning for those little words
You whisper to me each day ...
What time’s lunch ready!...

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Modern Times 

Artificial heart
Its batteries fastened to your belt
Be careful
Always have reserve batteries
In your pocket
Should you run out you have got
2 minutes 
To find and replace
So do not fumble and lose them 
On the floor....

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A witch on a  journey at night
was gripping her broomstick in fright -
the batteries low,
a distance to go,
she wished that she'd traveled by kite!

written 21st October for Tania's Halloween limerick contest (used Soup's syllable checker)...

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we are batteries...
nothing but chemical soup...
generating dreams...

holograms of what...
this and that...these and those...just...
words appearances...

serving a purpose...
but infectious to...context...
us...with paradigms...

stan sand...

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It is more often true than not,
Batteries are not included
For this, I can empathize 
It's hard when you are excluded!

If batteries are found missing
Please put some in, without adieu
They are deserving to be there
And it's just the right thing to do!...

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mi Musa and i
try to speak
though confusedly 
interjecting 
si is si
in Espanol
in Italiano
but oui
is not we
but si

but noi
is closer
then nosotros
but most of the time
the time it takes
to take us
to a place
that makes sense
only leaves
dead cell batteries...

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As I try to clean up my mother's garden

I spy:

2 novels (read)

4 red roses (undead)

A single roll of thread

 5 batteries (dead)

A weeping daisy on the edge

And a bit of some very depressed hedge.

All things my mother would hate to find in her beloved garden....

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In the daylight hours
It’s so much easier
To maintain the illusion
That everything’s all right
With our fragile world
Under the moon’s caress
I have the luxury
Of crying myself to sleep
As the batteries recharge



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on October 15, 2018...

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Christmas comes with planning,  
who are you buying gifts for.  
What to get them,  
what to eat.  
Oh well I took the batteries out of my scale,  
one problem solved, hooray!!!...

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