Short Caliri Poems

an haiku each day
will keep dementia at bay
now then where was I.



Haiku in the Mirror Contest   
Sponsored by Matt Caliri
July 26, 2023...

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She is with me now
Haunting my every movement
Wanting to be seen
Remaining invisible
Doppelgangers are present


Entry~Matt Caliri contest~Doppelgangers...

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The Life Acrostic Poetry Contest
Sponsor-Matt Caliri


Life can be a blossom
It starts with a seed
Flourishing and taking root
Enduring and then letting go...

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Scorching sun
Waves lapping the shore
My sandcastle floating away


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8th place in "Look At This Place"
contest by Matt Caliri...

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mirroring haiku
self-reflective senryu
stares right back at you



for the Haiku in the Mirror Poetry Contest
sponsored by Matt Caliri
written 07-28-2023...

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Men came here from mars.
Aliens through and through, I
Realized this fact years ago.
So they”really”don't understand us.










Contest: Planet
Sponsor: Matt Caliri
05/25/2021...

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A somber dawn breaks upon a hillside 
     strewn with hedges of dew 
         drenched blackberries


Written 8/19/22
FIRST PLACE
Your Thoughts On Blackberries Contest
Sponsor:  Matt Caliri...

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Evergreen reaching blue continuum 

Aloft and immersed gallery

Rockies, gems carved in mystery

Treacherous terrain variations

Harboring living enigmas


5-17-2021
Planet Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Matt Caliri...

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ALCOHOLIC

Annoying
Liar
Cunning
Offensive
Hopeless
Obnoxious
Loathsome
Inebriated
Crafty


6 February 2020 For the contest sponsored by Matt Caliri

(Written by a recovering alcoholic with 38 years of sobriety)...

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Barely awake on a sun showered knoll,
Elapses does time though no thought of it I've stole.
Am I awake with a fish in my mouth?
Right or wrong I care not what it’s all about.

*If I Was Animal What Would I Be* Contest
Matt Caliri...

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Hippety Hoppity
Willowby Wallaby
Bound for Austral-i-a
Land he called home

Hadn’t the money so 
Aerodynamically 
Rode on the wing, but then
Wound up in Nome




Double Dactyl written for The Contest of New Terrains by Matt Caliri...

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Blackberries are juicy and sweet

And very delicious to eat.

For me though, I think,

Are those I can drink-

Blackberry liqueur is my treat!


July 29, 2022

Contest: Your Thoughts on Blackberries
Sponsor: Matt Caliri
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Life


L- Little moments that create a bigger joy,
I- Inside the heart of every girl and boy.
F- For living is the sum of experience one by one,
E- Ever in the past and ever more to come.


Life Acrostic Contest
Sponsored by: Matt Caliri...

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dark berries of vine, 
quench up this overdue thirst.
sweet juices, divine,
rest on my deserted tongue,
colour me, how you desire. 

07 August 2022
'Your thoughts on Blackberries' Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Matt Caliri
57577 syllable count...

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Eighty revolutions
Around the sun I will soon experience 
Residing on this old planet while 
Time presses steadily toward  
Heaven—for eternity.  

5/13/2021
written for "Planet Poetry" Contest
sponsored by Matt Caliri...

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Virgins were we both when first we met
Each fumbling encounter; awkward,
Nudity was a new experience.
United eventually in passionate embrace
Sex was discovered; much later, love.


Planet Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Matt Caliri
Date wrote: 06-June-2021...

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If I could talk to God,
and hear his voice audibly.
Could I take the awesomeness?
Would I fall on my face, speechless?
Would God lean his ear to earth and converse with
a simple nurse, as I?
Yes, yes, I think he would...


Poesy-Matt Caliri for the Contest...

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Visible at both dawn and dusk from earth,
Extremely hotter than other planets,
Named after the god of love and beauty,
Unusually goes round clock wise and
Shines as lustrous lamp up above the sky.


Planet Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Matt Caliri 
Date: 14-05-2021...

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sponsor	Matt Caliri
Contest Name	Anything 

we are the limit of ourselves,
act another part and soon it shows,
a new bird it takes flight,
deep down you really know,
i'm right!
a confident one who grows...
with deep insight!    

thanks to my mate Russell...Don Johnson...

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S Saturn whirls, twirls, in centrifugal dance
A Around in cosmic ecstasy
T Twirling, turning she’ll entrance.
U Undreamt fantasies woven in her 
R Rings, play out in 4/4 cosmic rhythm in
N Notes of click-clanking, tinkly, icy drums.


5-28-2021
Planet Poetry Contest
 Matt Caliri...

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A Backward glance was all I got
To let me understand the plot
It really didn't help a lot
I'll never know just who was shot

OR

I'll never know just who was shot
It really didn't help a lot
To let me understand the plot
A backward glance was all I got

Contest: A Backward Poem
Sponsor: Matt Caliri...

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Endless stretches of the heavens
Across the stars, galaxies and eternal voids
Realms of gods, angels, spirits and venerated ancestors,  
Thus says the LORD:
Heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool.


~05/16/21
~Contest: Planets
~Sponsor: Matt Caliri...

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Enthralling nature nurtures with care 
Awesome biosphere of the blue planet,
Repository of a unique habitat in lifeless space.
Tracing the diverse lineage of life’s evolution
Humans arrived to capture and usurp the land.

May 10, 2021
Contest : Planet
Sponsor : Matt Caliri...

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M en are from Mars Women are from Venus
A liens not speaking common language
R adio frequencies needing to be adjusted
S coring highest when both dials land on Love



AP: 3rd place 2022, Honorable Mention 2021

Submitted on May 10, 2021 for contest PLANET ACROSTIC sponsored by MATT CALIRI...

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Hey mum!
Just saw a good place,
Near the house of my mate,
While looking to it's width,
I wonder should I play?
Fortunate, I am to capture such view,
For the sake of you.
Just a little wish of mine,
Look at this place,
So attractive to my soul.

12/04/2021
Contest name:  look at this place
Sponsored by: Matt Caliri...

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