Short Bemoan Poems

in between two events
whence in the waiting zone
do we remain vibrant and aglow
or despondent, happenstance bemoan...

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They have not a place to stay 
Sitting there, starving, all day
It causes me to bemoan:
The fact that they’re all alone...

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really 
sharp
to tease

a mind
bemoan
century past

fire works
grow wild
here in the street

four of July
grow to surpass
hell on earth...

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megaphone bemoan
                                         ignoramus laureate 
                                      soapbox needs a wash






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Once we are grown,
Days are a blur—
Then we bemoan
That all beauty must fade;

Thus it is shown
With no demur:
Youth is a loan
Which cannot be repaid....

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love, thy wanton ways
and the mischief in thy eyes,
i bemoan my fate:
like a moth drawn to the flame
like a fish biting the bait.



Tanka 2 contest by Andrea Dietrich...

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Should malachite bemoan
The diamond's luster
When the diamond could
Envy malachite's color?
Does the pearl cite
A greater metamorphosis
Than that of hematite
Though both be lustrous?...

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Greedy media give us sensation:
the four horsemen who bring devastation.
But if they were to stop,
do a bad-good news swap,
we’d bemoan Armageddon’s cessation....

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Money buys 
freedom
when blood’s 
overdrawn
Reality’s
greed
destiny
pawns

Money buys
freedom
its truth
to bemoan
Dignity
truant
the future
— on loan

(Dreamsleep: January, 2024)
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within the burning castle
in vibrant joy I stand alone
unable to quite understand
why close ones fate bemoan

at the cremation ground
the aghori sings a hymn
behold the light of his soul
it never ever grows dim...

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Congress has a unique way

      Of telling us how to live each day

      They bemoan the problems faced by us all

      Then pass a law when the roll is called      

      Exempting themselves, to our dismay...

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pearls are being thrown
cast down before unworthy 

           thrones

oysters should bemoan

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This is a "split-haiku" as described
 in Mystic Rose's new haiku form....

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Learning His lessons at last
The past must die as the past
The future must never exist
So let the fates turn and twist
No time to berate and bemoan
Each instant is ever on loan
Right now is the now or never
Nothing but God lasts forever...

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hungry to the bones
many woes to bemoan
in silence they pray
would solace come their way
the world feeds them lies
drowns them in pretensive sighs.

written 3/2/22
Bite size poem #35 poetry contest
Line Gauthier sponsored
6 lines...

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their youth are blaring rock bands from ipods
in electricless village bamboo shacks
their adults bemoan the loss of culture

our youth are blazing on ahead, consuming
in never sleeping cities of credit and commerce
our adults are lost in mezmerizing ragas...

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Keeping up with the "Joneses" leads nowhere-
You discover quickly that Life isn't fair!
Be content with the Life that is your own...
If you have what you need you shouldn't bemoan-
Not everyone can be a millionaire!

submitted to the Anything Green contest
Sponsored by: SKAT A...

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Blue black was the night
a cat clawed moon fright
larked against the sullen sky
no blow to bemoan
no flight to atone
and so no stars were on high.

The air leaden, gray,
weak of shadow's play
feline howls, growl, harmonized
uncovered shivers
bodies that quiver 
by a claw moon undisguised....

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Learning His lessons at last
The past must die as the past
The future must never exist
So let the fates turn and twist
No time to berate and bemoan
Each instant is ever on loan
Right now is the now or never
Nothing but God lasts forever

*Inspired by Robert Frost's poem 'Nothing Gold Can Stay'...

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Roses bleed
their petals bare
Thorns gone missing
pickings rare

Crimson anguish
garden sown
Season desperate
roots bemoan 

Roses bleed
their fragrance spoiled
 Lovers search
as stems recoil

Cold breaths gather
 northern winds
 Seeds of hope
—to plant again

(Radnor Pennsylvania: May, 2022)...

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The glaring sneering Sun has
Beat me down to the pavement.

The hot the heat
The flaring has won.

The. Violent engagement beastly
Perspiration beseigement

Beaming steaming gleaming
Dazed AMAZED seeking shade
From deathly rays.

Prone to bemoan the scorching
Phase of days of UNFALLING RAIN

Nick named SMOKRD AND turned
FIRE STARTER SUN 
Churned and burned...

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It trembled there upon her lid
Then down her cheek it slowly slid

So many memories from  long ago
The faces that she used to know

She knew her time was soon to end
A new adventure 'round the bend

She never thought she'd be alone
But yet her fate she'd not bemoan

But every now and then a single tear
Came with memories so crystal clear

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Shattered heart, quivering lips,
Anguish laden tears,
In sync with dragging feat. 

Embedded footprints of echo and impressions,  
On the drenched empathetic sand.

Sparkling rainbow sailing proudly on the waves,
Roared loudly," No sorrow can be forever grave."

Washed away every bemoan,
Sprinkling beautiful shells and stones.
Spreading a new lease of life to hone....

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Poet:  Ken Jordan
Poem:  Boy Lay Dying 
Edited by:  Sparkle Jordan
written:  July/2015


Days
are short
now,

Seconds
are
precious -

Minutes
are few -

Light
give's way
to
Darkness,

way too
soon -

and

when
the
Old Sun,

is
gone -

Night
will 
bemoan 

a 
Sad
Cry."

before
the
harvest moon -

copyright (c). 2015. all rights reserved...

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Loneliness visits
when stranded alone
Confirming the emptiness
—lost to bemoan

The darker the moment
the thicker it spreads
To lie and to cover 
—my spirit in dread

It blocks every motion
I make to get out
Its shroud to enshadow 
—within and without

As somber it tenants
it knows all the while
Its life but a memory
—the moment you smile

(Dreamsleep: May, 2022)...

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LAMENTING HARMS

I am passionate in regardless requiem
I dress ridged and deploring
I need shed tears for my sorrow I bewail and bemoan
I am related to elegy
I vacation at the cemetery
My job is lamentation writing up funeral chant a burial hymn
I desire to sing at my passing in heaven


11/26/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019©
LAMENT POETRY FORM...

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