Short Braced Poems

name said sullenly
i heard the dread in her voice
so i braced myself...

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Blasphemous beastly betrayal braced brutal barren babble. Bruising baleful backbites 
become branding breach....

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In case
I face
With haste
Nay waste
I am braced to chase the hours embraced
By the moment of my time well placed!



TY
8-15-19...

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Six steel and brass strings.
Twelve frets, precisely spaced.
Hollow braced spruce….magic.

Featured: PoetrySoup Home Page - Week of 8/26/24...

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polish the rind
suck the wind
stumbling
fog braced
dead rat sideways tired on sidewalk gray
sea beacons
slime green
no
shoes
just walking out there
rocks
in
pocket
gathering speed...

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Bountifully blest, 
Body and soul thank God blissfully
Braced upon today’s breath
Blooming with beauty
Built-up to share benefits 
Bereft of boastfulness.



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Blessed*...

...I yield...

...to the Lord...

...Source of my all...

...Braced!

*Psalm 34:8 O taste and see that the LORD is good: blessed is the man that trusteth in him.

July 6, 2019...

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Sky our covering
We braced the city square
empty lyrics,
A shadow everywhere
I'm not free
Silhouettes mock awry

colour makes the city walls
Sentences and limb darken
Already compliment
tomorrow's night crouches all...

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The blast of nostrils opened up the sea
The stroke of tendrils dried up the tree

The dusty roads covered man's dream of gold
Croaking toads sharpened the sword untold

One day... peace and harmony braced the blue planet E....

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Unlike castles on sand
Your name tattooed into My Hand
As within gold engraved
Into my interiors will remain saved

Like the redness of my blood 
And my veins with pulse thud
With each molecule braced 
Will be perpetually graced…
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Pink and yellow flowers;
Distinguished
And boastful
In their exuberating 
Colours, 

Braced themselves
On tender stalks
Of watery greens,

While Butterflies
Dressed as Red Barons, 
Hovered and hummed
And flapped
Their Scarlet wings 
Feverishly....

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God-braced life builders

       Valuable beyond gold’s price

               Children’s* great mentors.

*Psalm 34:11 Come, ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.

June 17, 2019
Reposted on June 19, 2019...

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Challenged
        And under-defeated
He braced,
        Turnbuckle against his spine

Nervous
       And over-perturbed
He bounced,
       Mat against his heel

Champion
        And agin-heavyweight
He sparred,
        Air against his fist...

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Hard 
times strike,
crushed sky falls
on life’s debris.
Sink shattered within, 
feel divine touch
of braced bliss,
make soul
strong .


May 31, 2020
Syllable count checked on howmanysyllables.com
Contest : Ninette
Sponsor : Emile Pinet...

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Truth-braced faith* pleases God's heart...

Yielding labour of love's part

Blessed service midst skeptics' dart.

*James 2:26 For as the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without works is dead also.

Verse in rhyme form

March 18, 2019...

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Between Renvyle and the Ocean
Is a pebble beach
Of grey and white and black
Where I stood braced
With troubles of my making
And all else at my back.

I tasted the sea stained air
That swept gulls and gannets
And their cries to Inisbofin,
And for a brief moment
I was part of all that....

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Grasping the power of my persistence.
There will be no end.
Outraged,violated by sin.
Touched by the hand of hell.
I will not bend to his untimely spell.
Braced from disgrace.
Free my agony that I can't bare.
God grant love.
Limitless without compare.


Limitless contest
sponsored by.....Paula Swanson...

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Zealous unto good works*
fervently faith-driven
compassion-braced 
we follow our Lord
Saviour Almighty
by His grace.

*Titus 2:14 Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

March 12, 2019...

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On two feet adorned with five inches of pointed toes

Fatima oozes elegant seduction from crown to her base

Necked with gold jewels she strides along ankle braced

Proud back leaning forward her hips lead to reshaped bosom

When stylish stilletos falter she falls flat on her delicate face

05th June 2018...

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In France there once was a free petting zoo
Into which walked curvy Madame Leroux --
   As she braced to sit
   Tight dress ripped a bit --
Precocious kid said, I think I'll pet you



             July 29, 2019
 A Limerick, Old or New: Your Personal
        Favorite Poetry Contest
       Sponsor: Andrea Dietrich...

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blissfully braced up as God's beloved child, I'm blessed to build lives

*Jeremiah 17:7 “Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.”

October 17, 2023
3rd place, "How do you feel today 2 - One liner" Monoku Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Silent One; judged on 10/19/2023...

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He
like a drink
      did granpa
      Shreeve
Sergeant stripes
still on his
       sleeve-
Victorian born
        buckled belt
        boots,trousers
braced
strong
           silent,twirled
           of moustache
           rigid
upright
no ceremony-
            faded
            sepia grey
            in
memory...

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The cutting edge of Fall
Shears the leaves from trees,
Exposing them as ramrod tall
Soldiers soon to freeze.

These warriors of wood
Battle with the gale
Defiantly they’re braced, and should
Be, when Fall-winds wail.

Are we as brave as well?
How will we bear the burn
Of winter’s sleeted, bone-chilled hell?
Trees, help us learn....

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The cutting edge of Fall
Shears the leaves from trees,
Exposing them as ramrod tall
Soldiers soon to freeze.

These warriors of wood
Battle with the gale
Defiantly they’re braced, and should
Be, when Fall-winds wail.

Are we as brave as well?
How will we bear the burn
Of winter’s sleeted, bone-chilled hell?
Trees, help us learn....

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The cutting edge of Fall
Shears the leaves from trees,
Exposing them as ramrod tall
Soldiers soon to freeze.

These warriors of wood
Battle with the gale
Defiantly they’re braced, and should
Be, when Fall-winds wail.

Are we as brave as well?
How will we bear the burn
Of winter’s sleeted, bone-chilled hell?
Trees, help us learn....

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