Short Bearings Poems

out-stretch wings
and
stiff
broad sail
gathered 
its bearings
what guide
the
red tail hawk
full flight
across the 
iron rail...

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And when you tear 
open my rib cage 
I'd like for you to
make me something 
beautiful
The bearings of my
insides I hope are
useful to you
I hope I am useful to
you....

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There once was a man named Art 
Who was thrifty and shopped at WalMart 
He was happy with life
As he rode on his bike
Till the bearings fell apart ...



By: Kyle Ezra Kriticos...

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In Joys' windy traverse
Their day a-float
Had just lost its moorings!
And it's bearings!

Hopeless you say; for help
With need to call?
Ventures this wild and free
Dare who? Which sea?...

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It's easy to lose your bearings in the Bering Sea
Or your yo-yo in Tokyo get what I mean
How about this
Being squished by a fish
The fish needs to apologize, that's totally obscene...

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It's easy to lose your bearings in the Bering Sea
Or your yo-yo in Tokyo get what I mean
How about this
Being squished by a fish
The fish needs to apologize, that's totally obscene


Silly?...

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Bearings lost, just like that, dark---can't see
  
  Tide's pulse doth quicken...

    Moorings unpinned, in a flash---at sea

Reaching / stretching / clawing / panic-stricken 

   Tide's pulse doth quicken......

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Furst night in Brockton
new guy in town
Again
lost in a sea
of Nauthinaz
I'll get my bearings
I'm an Ex-Sailor
used to course less
wanderings
no boundaries have i
aimless
no to john barleycorn 
born to nowhere
drawn to the sea...

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Pilot daydreaming

Head in clouds

Lost bearings



Forgot parachute

Now playing

Harp

With angels

Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
© All Rights Reserved

Placed No. 6 in Dr. Ram Mehta's "Septolet" Contest - July 2011...

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Hope is on the way
I just received the call
Packed my bags
No longer sad
Think I may tag along

I’ve finally got my bearings
Positioned for the ride
I hold on tight, conquered the fight
Now ready for my life

So many things I had to learn
Like, hope lives eternally
So I open up
Ready
Willing 
For it to set me free...

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I am lost in the World
But I have my bearings
I am lost in the crowd
But I am me

I am lost in time
But I hear the ticking
I am lost in the dark
But I can see

I am lost in emotion
But I have feelings
I am lost in life 
But I am free

I am lost in my mind
But I am thinking
I am lost
But I've found me...

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land of midnight sun                                                                                                                                                          having drinks with a grizzly                                                                                                    my bearings are off...

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You sit at the top then turn upside down,
a carnival of unwanted feelings;
So difficult to handle the comedown
stillness is torture so you move around; 
On this ride it’s hard to get your bearings;
Memories follow you from town to town,
water guns and balloons winning prizes;
This constant fresh start just tantalizes....

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It is,
what do you not say
I read the dusk
on your eyes.
Unspoken words
hammering!

A timer,
quartz clock,
ball bearings, pellets
croissant of terror.

Suspicious of the lady
riding on crest
responsible,
for the happenings.

Fear,
hair raising,
turns back the centuries.
We lose,
ourselves!


SATISH VERMA...

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If miracles existed,
And all these clouds were lifted,
I’d journey straight into the sun
And never once look back

If Heaven's only waiting,
I’d shed these earthly bearings;
With joy I’d take my splintered cross,
And never once regret

If He was really loving,
I’d break these chains still keeping
My tethered spirit from belief,
And never doubt again....

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My spirits have been lifting
The ice begins to thaw
The deep end begins to shallow
I recognize me once more.

It’s been a long time coming
My rope was worn and frayed
I’ve been scooped up and have my bearings
I’ve once again been saved.

The low times have been frequent
The highs fleeting and brief
This happy medium is magnificent, 
a Godsend, and sweet relief....

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Listen to poem:

I knew all along
my tears were
full of self pity

I felt sorry for myself
and for the loss of you
I knew they were tears of shock
tears for needing time to process
time to get my bearings

then one night
I knew I had crossed
a milestone when
my tears turned to 
tears of gratitude
for having been blessed
with the love of you



AP: 1st place 2021

Posted on February 21, 2021...

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Alone
Hungry and Thirty
Loss
Surrounded by trees and swamp
One could be animal food
As darkness falls into the night
Bearings unknown
One can lose their mind
Trance of thought to nowhere
Movement pause
Frightened
Heart pounds
Environment nature sounds
Never ending
Wonder
How, When, and If
Unsearchable
Perhaps even untraceable
How long able?
Wilderness binge
Over and out

	
...

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Her smiling face,
As a cardinal Bird,
Sings in my mind,
To develop new craft images,
To appear in my sleep,
Becoming a sweet dream.

Her smiling lips,
A melanic melody,
To melt away memories,
To mend one’s pace,
A mental arithmetic,
To find one’s bearings.

Her smiling eyes,
To put one’s finger on,
To get someone’s down
To a fine art, a fire bucket,
Finders’ keepers,
To find to the finish....

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Where will this light go?
Some who claim to know
See its presence dim--
A wisp of cosmic whim--
A flicker made complete in afterglow.

Why was this light made?
To complement the shade?
Did schism at the source
Give the dark its force? 
What whole could luminescence have betrayed?

Yet burning lights could be,
Within the mystery,
An ember in the dark,
A needed bearings mark.
More or less than this makes it unfree....

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Gloria
I feel like shouting for joy
My Redeemer lives
He lives through me
In me and from me
In my circumstances, situations, bearings
He is the lifter of my head
My assurer, my booster, my rearer
My supporter, my suspender, my sustainer
You are everything and you are all
How can I not shout hallelujah?  
When you are the reason for my living
My existence, my essence
God Lord – You are You are
The reason for my being....

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Fear is an appealing danger 
With all logic to withhold your full capability 
It lives in heart's manger 
The heart attached itself to duality

Where one see its own detriment
And his grace cum chances 
But live in fun-filled trances 
Than going for a hard moment

Moments define our shortcomings 
Responsibility is key to get stronger 
Fear derails our bearings comings 
Yet everyone isn't getting younger 

#Itsfearfulsometimes
But be ye bold!...

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Beneath the ocean, below what we know
lies a word most souls never see. 
those who dare travel to that depth
Discover passion abreast true despair. 

Above the surface our bearings hold fast,
the way home can always be seen. 
Fore far beneath the calm we show
love rages and it's jaws won't release. 

Loves first real gaze hinders all time and space
all things lost appear to be found
One moment, love seems like the glue
till the chaos changes all we perceive....

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Why must this be nature 
The short glance that feels like im staring 
My heart beating in rage 
My stomach turning like a truckers bearings
No where to hide
The river flow from ones sweat glands
And then theres also
The rubbing of clamming hands 
The sudden urge to breath deep
As your perfume sweeps from cheek 2  cheek
Knees become weak 
It's you I seek
Savior of my nightmares 
And the Goddess of my dreams
Forever my Queen
And  I your King.........

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draw me closer to the shining light
I am stuck in a sticky blackened mess
of bitter regrets
you are the hope in my eyes
the warm fire in a far distance
I'm reaching for comfort
I'm reaching for peace
Some strange wind has swept my bearings
And I slip into uncertainty's mire
Mustering in helplessness
I find no glory upon this test
draw me closer to that dimming light
I'm afraid to lose my sight
There is nothing that I can control
but give up my hold...

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