Short Buoy Poems

for strength
tossed out of nowhere
a buoy



posted on August 31, 2018...

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you buoy my soul oh liquid gold…my thirst for you will never grow cold





12-30-17...

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eyelids toss and turn
as
the dam breaks
scrambled eggs and toast floats
a juice glass buoy

5/20/2020...

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Big Buoy Bob

There is a big buoy
Named Bob
He has an unusual job
He sits on the grass
With his ever flat ass
Never to ring
His ding dong...

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Make a mango levitate in water
Look at its surface like a buoy floating
Pretend there's a treasure chest attached below
Peel the skin to reveal pure gold
Hollow out the mango holding a gem.

*...

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Dreams need heads to occupy
As floats buoy up the non swimmers
It's all a sea, we're all in it
And we wake up on the sand
Missing a bit of the journey
Right there, in salvation - we dream on
Until the next time
We open our eyes...

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Bereft of buoy,
sinking in this life's ocean
I pity my acts.
Till my sorrows disappear
Happiness hiding behind.




Won first place in STRAND CHOICE D,any form,any theme Poetry Contest sponsored by Brian Strand...

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he reached out to me
threw me a buoy
and i let it bounce off me
knowing i was drowning



AP: Honorable Mention 2022

Submitted on July 18, 2022 for contest A BRIAN STRAND PREMIERE CHOICE sponsored by BRIAN STRAND

Originally posted on July 11, 2022...

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this is the moment after the loss,
the garden as heavy as a standing horse,
as a frozen moon hangs like a buoy at ebb

north is the direction of winter,
a stripped.down world before the crawl

i hear your letting down of the shutters,
your steps tired up the stairs...

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Just point her nose straight out to sea
to view God's glorious serenity
Look towards heavens, praise in prayer
You'll find God's church everywhere. 
====================================
 
Lake Pontchartrain is where I take my boat ,"Atta Buoy" 
when I want to see God clearly...

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An angel's campfire
just beyond the virgin horizon
where dreams are sown and born..
as sky stones skip across the night
in timeless godly light
where miracles from afar
seek out the wounded heart
to buoy them to calming cays
that lie between bloody storms
of hopelessness-of souls aflame...

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Dipping his toe
in the river’s denial,
uncertain of its depth

Floating his memories
on ripples of fate,
his deepest secrets kept

Refusing to sink
excuses cut free,
his reasons left to buoy

Erasing his doubts
 the island ahead
—all sharks turned into Koi

(Dreamsleep: May, 2022)...

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She dies!
I cry!
Seasons change
plants die
winter fades
spring arrives
jasmine 
and blossoms
everywhere
new life for all
but not for her
so come spring
I cry
yet with time
carpe diem
I seize the day
and more and more
loving friends 
buoy me up
so generously
that I cry
I cry!...

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Moonlit pool - 
Icy, wintry
Ignoring my buoy
Ignoring my will
No control
I jump in  
Boggy, limp, put out  
For you
But you point
You run
My tomorrow -
Forlorn 
Lowly I bow 
In my icy, wintry
Moonlit pool
 

By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders
Eighth place in No Heads or Tails Contest (Jan. 2012)...

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A drowsiness that borders on fatigue:
some say I’m spending too much time at sea.
My boat’s a rail and seat and little more;
nineteen inch stick and web strap for an oar.
Engaging workout always buoy me;
I might as well get in another league!

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A Scupham stanza: 6 lines, isosyllabic, abccba rhyme scheme...

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Listen to poem:

Exuberance bobs, bops and bounces
on a trampoline of joyous elation.
Its riff a catchy refrain
that sticks in the brain,
prods and pokes receptive minds 
into action and reaction.
Like a buoy rocking on waves,
to and fro,
up and down,
side to side,
Just can't sit still,
all aflame and glowing, 
sparking with joyous jubilation....

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May the beauty of Nature in Spring,
Fill you with wonder, joy and peace,
Through this unsettling era so baffling,
Supporting you til our confinements cease.

Isolated of necessity this holiday season,
Yet thankful for animals in our lives,
who buoy and console, our mutual love easing,
Strains we'll soften with safe hugs to survive!

mrt/4-10-20...

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Why insensibly annoy
The three-year-old boy
With tales about Ancient Troy
That does gaiety destroy,
When you can his vivacity buoy
With some blue-eyed toy
Or a much sweetened soy
That heightens a child’s joy;
Or before him act a decoy
Or some crazy song employ
About a girl unprofitably coy
The Pure Gold, a sweetened soy
Tales about Troy, The Alloy....

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Words work well
Truth time tells


Jest joy juice
Opt odd ooze


Love lines looks
Buoy brisk book


Prime pure paste
Watch waves waste


Feel flames freeze
Set swift squeeze


Count cards clear
Set sound steer


Prize prompt play
Dance dream day


Style still sounds
Glimpse grand grounds




Leon Enriquez
13 December 2016
Singapore...

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Life and nature are relative thoughts in reality 
In the examination of how life acts honestly
And partners inside the buoy of quality 

One who is with nature is balancing
That thusly can advance toward getting 
To be noticeably open to its understanding

The definition of life is being
As the demonstration of living 
With life and nature move in a twisting...

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The river ripples as it flows,
Reflecting clouds on high. 
A duck dives down and I suppose
When he comes up, he'll fly.

The sky turns pink; the buoy light
Starts flashing neon green.
The day surrenders to the night,
A sight that's seldom seen.

How lovely just to sit and think
As Nature steals the show
And carries me right to the brink
Of where I need to go....

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A world full of syllables
Is so highly tillable;
they ebulliently buoy,
never leading to ennui.

When you’ve got Hong Kong Phooey
with a bowl of chop suey
and a glass of Drambuie,
what else do you need?

Or a wolf man named Gershon
with a camo tutu on
and he’s traipsing ‘cross your lawn,
asking more is just greed.

—————

H/T to A Playboy’s Toys by Gershon Wolf...

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Am i speaking with a girl coy
And not sensible Billy Roy
Just cramming much sugar in soy?

Up appetite sucrose could cloy,
Sweetened meals hearts hardly buoy,
Much sugar and less joy,
Yes, time bomb treating as toy;
Not better than Rum for Ahoy!

I could swear a food demon's ploy
To their finishing hands employ

"Now Diabetes here we come:
Billy Roy and I show the sum"...

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SUN DAY

                                               Ocean
                                                Tide’s fun
                                                  Bold sun
                                                   Red nun

Jet ski flies o’er ocean, tide’s fun splash
All day affair - bold sun, red nun thrash

4/9/2017
Tyburn Form

*nun – cone-shaped buoy...

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In search of my shadow
in the torrent of kings
I wade through the current
of all other things

Alone treading water
my essence bemired   
This river a dungeon 
of banished desire

I reach out to grab it
it motions away
To outline my image
while swirling at bay

And not till I’m sinking
does it buoy my form
To chase was my folly
—now rescued reborn

(Dreamsleep: May, 2023)...

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