Short Burnt Out Poems

Stoking a burnt out fire to rekindle the flame, is like riding a legless horse....

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a murder of crows
moves in mournful procession
with burnt out coal clouds

06 July 2021...

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The stars
Burning away
Revealing their stories
Until their lone life is snuffed out
Burnt out...

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writing is cathartic; I write one-liners when my muse~ feels burnt out














Alexis Y.
01/07/2021...

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Burnt out bulbs
dark windows
a stillness
I wait
	wait	
			wait
nothing moves
	nothing matters

I live in dreams
	where he talks to me
...

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There once was a gifted child,
Through all their lifetime they smiled,
But a bump in the night,
Came as a fright,
And now they are all but wild....

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Autumn Bedecked

Burnt out peeping leaves
Swaying on their breezy veil
Bedecking their grave


October 21, 2015
Contest: Autumn Haiku
Sponsor Skat A...

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in 
twenty 
twenty
they implanted 
the first GPS
into a human brain
to point out the way

on the way
it
got confused
and burnt out
before 
the warranty
was up...

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walking waiting for
nothing but walking 
can't decide, just do,
actions mechanized
briefly burnt out, ai!
the end is the start of
something else (some
one break this box)...

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current girlfriend problems
the dead one is far better 
than the live one
if it were'nt for lying lips
i think i could do better
but one of those lies 
just happen to be
i love you...

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What springs forth from desire?
A cool sting that inflames a fire.
Whiskey radiating into the soul.
Did the amber embers take their toll?
Why? My love.
I put you above.
Now we are but a burnt out coal....

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Holes in the wall adorn my boredom
Rotten cigarette ends
mock the 
burnt-out-end-of-day, my
I'm so glad I'm taking this class with you,
she says
warm-toed
and un-empty.
She will never know how to plug it in....

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Those who live in the bright spotlight of fame

Soon grow weary of critical acclaim

As targets for media seeking to shame

Their stardom goes nova in a burnt out flame




*Entry for Brian Strand’s contest...

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Burnt-out believers,
They have dwelt too long by shallow rivers,
Troubled Christians,
They see the night interplay with the light,
Hopeful warriors,
They still perceive the holy fragrance.


December 17, 2024.
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Like burnt-out logs on ice-cold firedogs nudge, 
emotions crumble at tentative touch.
 

In Iambic Pentameter: Stressed syllables are in bold....

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Who snuffed out my writing spark?
It used to burn so bright,
Now notebooks, lay forgotten
All, tucked out of sight.

Where did the emotion go?
My urgent need to vent,
Now, when I crawl in bed at night 
My mind is simply spent....

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midsummer heat - the hazy memories of a burnt-out affair

trembling 'cross the sky   in the heat of summer storm   she files for divorce


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A ku duet contest by Silent One
Placed 2nd...

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The clouds parted
and the stars have left
The seas dried
and all there is
is land
The burnt out sun
a hole where it once was born
The air is oh too
hard to swallow
And shadows idle
in missing light
where defeat has no fight...

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Purple nebula
gas insignia
finds a polished glass
astronomy class
here on earthly sod.

Pluto ice ball
now a rogue moon
White dwarfs sun fall
burnt out too soon.

Lenses peek.
comets streak.
Say to me.

You see
no God?

Odd......

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THE DARKNESS WE FELT YESTERDAY HOVERED 
TILL THE MORNING HOURS OF TODAY. 
AS THE DAY WENT ON AND THE DARKNESS WAS
BURNT-OUT BY THE SUN LIGHT. 
AND THE BLUE SKY THE COLOR OF HER EYES
APPEARED THROUGH THE CLOUDS. 
MAKING A CLEAR PATH TO HER RESTING PLACE....

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i was gone for a while
but now i'm back
my brain was burnt out
as well as off track
but back to the grind 
the everyday struggle
get money everyday 
as i continue my hustle
now where do i turn
the thought in my mind
another chapter in life
another corner to turn...

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      Literature is dead
        so say talking heads
      Done in by new technology
        with an assist from eschatology

      Whoa, Nellie! Hold your horses here
        Illiteracy’s been wiped out
      More folks read than ever before
        ~ it’s literature that’s burnt out
...

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Thirst rages in me
The walk is long and tiring
Hunger never leaves

Where are them people?
Have the zombies caught them all?
Are they eaten up?

Raging sun shines on
No rainwater since eons
Trees and leaves burnt out

Shall I survive it?
The end of the world has come
My heart has to pray!...

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Listen to poem:

"Obscurus fio." -- Horace (65-8 B.C.)
("I strive to be brief and I become obscure.")

Dark. I wait,  in 
a corner of night
on the edge of fate.
At a worn-out table
with marred veneer,
a blanket of dust
to keep me here,
a burnt-out bulb
for consolation:
closeted in silence.
Bound in desolation....

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DESERTED 
                              iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
                             death is not dessert
                      after seasonal parties

                ! revenge of an ageless fire !

     birthday candles all burnt out
wishes made on earth are ash

8/41/2017...

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