Short Belies Poems

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flimsy fig leaf blade
belies the belittlement
of hiding under...

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Winter white, gold snow
descriptions wax poetic 
cold show belies truth...

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birch trees shedding bark
beauty belies the danger
wolf prints on fresh snow...

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The angelic smile on her lips
Belies the Lioness in her heart
Silent, ready to roar...

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sweet innocent belle belies-
                                        allurement in her eyes...

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wanton
has disregard
as prime motivation
for destruction that belies need
and want...

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WINTER BEAUTY
Winter, freezing, belies its beauty,
It's nature's seasonal duty....

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A bulging belly balefully belies
the vanished vigour of youth;
happens to most of us.

- - - - - - - - - - -

19 November 2018...

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What was,
became you

What will be,
becomes you

What could be,
belies you

What is
—befalls

(Dreamsleep: September, 2020)...

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We see fear in the other’s eyes,
which belies heart’s tremulous sighs,
that would, if it could, freely dance
but the spark of pure love’s romance
needs to escape ego spawned lies....

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Avocado’s rough exterior skin

Belies the beauty contained within.

Smooth and green with the texture and

Taste of God’s most nourishing delight.

Certain souls compare in this way....

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Damn the truth,
  damn the lies

Damn the trap,
  the choice belies

Damn the freedom,
  damn the fate

Behind their masks
 —transcendence waits

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2017)...

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Yea - therein belies mine enemy, such sot;
Countless battles - tho' not the war lost.
A moth seeking light - a man's deepened thought.
Unlike beer - hearts weren't meant to lie in frost....

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his pained smile belies

          rivulets of quiet rage...

                    coursing through his veins


Date written: 09/07/2020




Happy Labor Day everyone!:-)...

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what lies within
that chin
beneath quivering lips
that belies the lie
within the tongue
tied by bounds
of clenched teeth
holding within
the lies squirming
in a swarm of spit
lying to be cast in
a phlegm amen...

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Bubblewrapped children
  disparate hope

Spirits in limbo
  shortest of ropes

Control and protection
  their meaning belies

Tomorrow ill promised
 —eternity cries

(Villanova Pennsylvania: November, 2018)...

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just because a truth appears abstract ~ simply means it merely belies

   thought the moth looking at his shadow ~ believing he’s a butterfly


A BRIAN STRAND STANDARD Poetry Contest
Syllable counter PS 2x17
04/09/22...

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Imagine life within a realm
   Of magical mystery

Where dreams are not occurrences
   But real in all their favor

Nothing passes unobserved
   Or felt, though unexplained

A simple truth belies itself
   And life the greater gained...

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Crystal drops of dew
 
sparking in a silver web

belies a fly's gruesome death

coming into view

as vibrations flow and ebb

a spider seals its last breath.



Written Jan. 7th, 2016 
SEDOKA FORM (Rhymed)...

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What came of you, oh rouging bashful sun
Your fiery face belies your youthful enterprise
Morning dew illuminates by incandesce spark
Was it brash action of the taunting wind 
that made you color so?
Your blushing face now tints the evening sky....

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short forced breath
belies hidden angst
as yet but a ripple
so we look at it
for it has the potential
to become a tsunami 

in looking becoming
stillness of the void
there is no one here
save soul presence
one with oneness
vibrant and aglow...

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Love belies

Pricks deep into heart,
Hurts the tender emotions,
Is love mere word?
Belies the hope and the faith,
Languorous with first cold night !



August 25th, 2014
For contest 'Hope faith and love tanka' by Regina Riddle

Awarded 4th place...

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Siren or sea nymph queen
Sea hag encircled by arms,
Serenity isn't her domain--
Silent swarm of suction cups
Tell secrets to the mistress
Enchantress of deep dreams
Dark abyss of abysmal kelp beds,
Belies the smile she keeps
Kindled on her maidens face....

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In silent air on silent wing
the deadly flight to one will find
unwelcome communion in the gloom
that hails the never-ending night

The heart shaped face belies the truth
imparting spiritual grace
a beating heart then nothing more 
a flash of white then empty space...

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A briefcase full of sorrow…
  the hiding place of tears

One trade to end all others
   excuse to lie and steal

The papers hide the story
  all documents in vain

As grief belies the glory
  —of a life that deals in pain

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2019)...

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