Short Berth Poems

Two sisters argue
Angry wide berth in family
Conversations lost...

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sail ship of lofted line
down the keelway rolling fine
splashing birth to berth...

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The sound of a good poem;
words that roll over the tongue
fall into the ear
ricochet off the mind
and berth at the heart....

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Always beware of a man called Drake
Give him a wide berth for goodness sake
He will surely run amuck
Drakes are flirts
Ask other Ducks!...

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A garden magic
There is an understanding
Between moths and butterflies
Taking turns vital
And wide berth to wasps and bees
A pecking order of sorts...

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The disdain shown by her little moue
Pasted on her face was lots of woe
We gave her a wide berth
Because she had no mirth
As welcoming as a fractured toe....

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Elf man with the gnarly snarly barley face
With a bubble noise, can you take the pace?
Prancing and dancing this gnome-like race
We give you berth, and we give you grace....

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Wild wily witchy cat sat on a spell book, looking phat.
We gave him a wide berth for he is a professional pitter pat.
And you don’t want to rile up a Halloween cat like that!...

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Don Johnson pens from his far south berth 
insightful poems tinctured with mirth.  
Of human foibles, plights 
and Aussie nights he writes; 
all while dangling down under the earth....

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Rushed along to triage
with time storming out
despite the flow within
just dying to spout.
Memory wraps its bow
with ideals devout
before launching a berth
along a fresh route....

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It may be leisurely
This activity.
Gleeful, through a sea air
Gliding o'er a sea;

To watch, ah! Heart-buoying.
Long past ahoying.
To that far horizon's
Dream isle's berth; melts in....

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I write sedoka
mixed with alliteration
wonder when I would wage war
to tackle this team
For freedom free,fair and firm
before big boys bid for berth.




Olusegun Arowolo
Contest:"Sedoka me any subject"...

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Mundane, I Ascend and duel. The impulse to use, sentiments of self immolation. The barbaric psyche that perforates thru my perception murderously. 

No berth to go, no region to disguise. Amity is pertinent!...

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Berth Write/limerick


There was a young wordsmith from Perth
who when writing would question the worth
of words from the thesaurus
he so hoped would awe us
though placed in a substandard berth


John G. Lawless
6/9/2015...

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No parchment for to pen my verse
Nor ink to fill my quill
No destined place for words to berth
Nor is there even will
No words to write or come at all
Nor inspiration flow
No lesson learned or offered here
Nor anything to know...

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Little matters the Corona Curse, little matters stockpile's dearth;
Of Johnson's job, clearance for virus is the very worth.
Infested with infection and inquietude, the entire Britain bawls: 
Boris, Boris, brought barathra engulfing my bedside berth!...

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elegance 
       of a 
           phrase
ripples 
     across 
        my mind:
glittering
     prefigure 
         a poesie:
flitter
flicker
      into life
crying 
    I'm here!
from within
 the berth
      channel
      of 
         inspiration...

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Childlike levity, a bliss bath
Soul’s innate vibrancy 
Each moment a holy sabbath
Free from delinquency 

Give ego a wide berth
Revel in bubbling mirth
Beholding soul’s rebirth

Defy gravity
Childlike levity

16-November-2022
Quietus ...

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Fair winds and following seas.
May full sails surge with scudding breeze.
May peaceful moorings host your craft
wherever indulgent winds waft.

A toast now to your safe return.
May choppy seas be left astern.
May evening offer pleasing berth
to ensconce in halcyon firth....

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Ethereal and mysteriously savvy, secretive witch hung out in a web
Waiting to scare the spider, who would be terrified when he realized his fate
Faeries and elves gave her a wide berth, fearful themselves of her powers.
This wily witch intended to turn the spider into a housefly, his worst fear....

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Dirty dress 

With out a stain in a train 
Journey of life with The Stations of love 
Sleeping in a berth sound of tracks spark 
of line  speed of time 

Near the moon stand river of 
My bleeding pain make a stain 
when you stand near my heart  

Dirty dress

With love all 
Jagdish bajantri...

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The Buddhist monk, with a clean bowl
Set out in search for food
He wished to relinquish control
Gourmet desires removed

Tread gently on the earth
Give desires a wide berth
Joyous in bubbling mirth

Erst cravings shrunk 
The Buddhist monk

18-December-2021
Quietus ...

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Wait
until
twilight fades.
We’ll rendezvous
under the flickering magical moon.
Lead me afoot, pathless woods where you choose,
Lay me gently
on earth’s cool
soft berth
Lace
our
fingers,
and whisper
sweet love poems
and slowly yield   to deep rapture whimpers


7/19/2016...

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A melting river, a tree's return
A respite from the winter's burn
Where thin leaves capture the sun's might
To briefly hold the weight of light
An elusive bloom in a fragile berth
And the heavens envy the warmth of earth
Even as day falls to gray and languishes there
Gold could not be so lovely, were it not rare...

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when friend we did get
things have become better yet
his name will be Viet

when poems has a touch
we will always love them much
to heart closely clutch

when Mary gave birth
we would have peace while on earth
Jesus beyond all worth

rode in upper berth
happiness did have a dearth
we would have much mirth...

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