Short Bourne Poems

Moonlit falling leaf
Night winds play steal you away
From your kindred place


Gene Bourne.
03-20-14.


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Turn computer on 
Tingling feeling, just a fizz 
Where your Navel is




Gene Bourne
06-01-14



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Twigs scratch your window
Pull your covers close and tight
No breeze blows tonight



Gene Bourne.
03-16-14



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In its final soar 
Finds the limb it learned to fly 
Lands, to fly no more 


Gene Bourne
06-08-14




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no matter where you are    

home is not a place
per se...tis bourne deep within
our own heart each day
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Slalom, serpentine or straight 
Your course need only approach your goal 
Although important is the rate
To a noble bourne, it is not the soul...

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Henry VIII desireth an heir.
Wife after wife, nary son hath wives bourne.
Thusly, he cut off each head.
Findeth a new wife instead.
His sole son hath been born from an affair....

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In a given pace
Dismail  of rounds
Sounds of ordinary
Act as eagle as bourne
Join  the pot in dreams
Flourish to all  to shine
Live of  short coming
High hopes  all come back...

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In a given pace
Dismail  of rounds
Sounds of ordinary
Act as eagle as bourne
Join   the pot  in dreams
Flourish to all  to shine
Live of   short coming
High hopes all come back...

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#-11
Attic floorboards creak
Something seeks a memory
Sleep and leave it be



#-12
I'm sure there are two
Another cat sneaked inside
My cat helps it hide



Gene Bourne
06-23-14...

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Too wise for anything 
but faith…
to be carried by angels
in love’s holy grail

The light in her eyes
to reign majestic
illumined by heavens
flowering dale

(Dreamsleep: December, 2021)...

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I see the world all  beneath
Wars for oil planned turmoil
Wealth walks in greed in surge 
Speeches done about lost dreams
Making in dreams from yesterday
Dreaming as equal as all bourne
In a pot in  making one piece...

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Small one
Playing is done
And your bedtime has come.
Wind is moaning
rafters shifting.
Listen.
Inside closets 
ghosts are sniffing.
Dare not move. Dream you fly.
Sun in your eye
Morning. 

Butterfly Cinquain

Gene Bourne.
07-05-14...

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It matters not the timing of a day,
An absent mind that meets a busy street.

The driver of a bus who turns away
To better hear a joke behind his seat.

An accident, no planning to discern.
A curve of fate, be random or your turn


Gene Bourne
07-21-14





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pool of souls
choosen in  birth
is it  random 
or meant to be
glue to a  chosen  body

bourne in pain host  passion
first breath in cry 
to be hold and love
last  breath in cry
to be  respect 

in disperserse of universe
fighting with our shadows
holding a seasoned soul...

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Blue marble in space

     On your vagabond journey

          Through the galaxy

              Plying your eternal bourne

                   Please avoid those asteroids

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

Entry for Francine Robert's "Blue" Contest...

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To all my Souper pals I raise a toast

     I love the creative po-ums you post

          May your well never run dry

               As your poet's bourne you ply

                    As Ralphie said to Alice - you're the most

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

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I’m but a man of meager means
A man of simple pleasures
Tho’ deep endowed with eager dreams
I enjoy life’s simple treasures

My days I know are numbered now
And so are minutely measured
So that I might remain 
A man it seems (and bourne by dreams)

A man of meager means
And simple pleasures
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Your wishes can't regain,
A thrill so long ago. 
To once again reclaim 
A past you wouldn't know. 

You view a different dance, 
With unfamiliar tune 
You pine for lost romance, 
Yet treasure not the Moon.




Meter - Iambic Trimeter (Cataletic).
A-B, A-B Rhyme.
 
Gene Bourne.
06-11-14




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Treatise of love suborn
Of feelings, desires shorn
With parochial aspirations born
On ritual wings bourne
Romance brokered forlorn
On christening morn, personal 
license torn
Deeded by title; underwritten 
with scorn
Parceled with dowry; with 
annuities adorn
Liabilities, a fitted mantle 
charitably worn...

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Gray dawn,
A yearned yawn,
My foot on cold white marble.
Gush to the stop,
With marathon stomp,
Bourne to jouncy travel.




It's mainly inspired by my initial feelings on first day heading to a new job i always dreamt for.Hope you liked it.Please give remarks of appreciation/criticism down in the comment box....

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Fruit of The Heart

There scarcely abound happiness
In hearts that nurture no forgiveness:
While the 'unforgiven' is fettered
The 'unforgiving' is also burdened!

Forgiveness' fruit of the bosom
Bourne from the heart's blossom;
While the Grower's heart's gratified
The Picker's thirst's also satisfied!  


21st Aug' 2013...

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From afar both night and morning
On the four winded sky,
The stuff of life that made me
Blew here, so here am I.

Now for a breath I tarry
Not yet to blow apart,
So take my hand and tell me
The feelings in your heart.

Speak now and I will answer
How shall I help, now say
'Fore to the winds four corners
I go my endless way....

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Opinions never veer, 
Nor acting deem you wise. 
You're branded now with fear
Behind a thin disguise. 

Behavior layered deep, 
No fantasy can hide. 
The wounded at your feet 
Your conscience won't abide. 

A fire too great to quench. 
Has spread too far within. 
Were you to turn an inch, 
You'd face what you have been. 


Gene Bourne.
09-10-14...

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Simultaneous the sting,
Those who two-time on the wing.
Each at fault began the fling.
Subterfuge, a complex thing.

Schedules smeared and rearranged.
Missing gaps in time explained.
Lies to memorize, maintain.
Learn the lying details game.

Shelf life of adultery
Locked away for none to see.
Those who trusted while deceived,
Hold, and rightly so, the key.



Gene Bourne.
06-26-14...

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