Short Careening Poems

the north wind blows
careening snowflakes around
the alarm clock explodes...

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You had me briefly careening
towards that crooning
but your excessive preening
and secret self-loathing
won an abrupt ending...

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snug seats of leather
wheels of speed grip the pavement
a belt to secure
jets scream anticipation.......
careening momentum, flight...

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Running, leaping high
I feel as if I'm flying
Rolling, soaring sly
Careening through the trees, free
Forest of dreams while I sleep...

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Disillusion: Uncaged, balding dogs :
staring, grinning, careening, 
through broken windows moment by moment.

     Copyright McCuen 2008...

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The Tower of Pisa started leaning
Builders knew by floor three the meaning
Soft earth they say
Still stands to this day
 More than 16 feet off center careening...

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Careening down the freeway
   adjusting   watching
   my rear-view   mirror
Checking to see 
   if death
   be closing in
Lurking there
   in my blind spot
of a blinded   life.
...

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Purose and Meaning

What was Trump's purpose and meaning
Information we should start screening
All of it start searching through
Just like FBI tries to do
My head off wall went careening.

Jim...

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The highway of life is full of speed bumps and unseen peril
Heed the rules of the road; ease off the gas pedal when traveling
On a serpentine route, or risk careening off a high cliff



Date written and posted: 11/25/2018...

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When I die I want to go peacefully in my sleep like gramps
Not screaming like his passengers while careening off the on-ramp
Want to wake up in our garage
Enjoying a soothing massage
Administered by the neighbor's sexy teenage tramp...

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When I die I want to go peacefully in my sleep like gramps
Not screaming like his passengers while careening off the on-ramp
Want to wake up in our garage
Enjoying a soothing massage
Administered by the neighbor's sexy teenage tramp...

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Racist checkers-ego fueled. 
Back and forth they go. 
Jump me once I'll jump you twice. 
Careening toward the darkest back row.

Nothing left but two lonely pieces. 
Forever frozen in opposite corners.
Staring over a checkered past.
Over a field of a burned-out dream....

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L – Little Larry Leadfoot
I –  insisted on
C – careening around
K – key intersections
E – endangering himself, 
T – terrifying other
Y – youngsters. 

S – Sergeant Smart
P – persisted in
L – law enforcement,
I –  impounding Larry’s
T – tricycle.

written April 6, 2018...

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careening through outer space
on this giant blue marble
sailing upon the waters
called the sea of discontent
when came the time of evil
the saltiness of sorrow
yet a revival of hope
and with a return to love
bring about the paradise
we have long been waiting for

date:3/17/22...

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A light stroke of the sun caresses the soft features of your face just right
As dust particles dance in the morning light 

Surrounded by a thousand molecules careening about suspended in a sunbeam
You lay motionless deep in a daydream 

The seemingly choreographed specs maneuver in perpetual bliss
As serenity sneaks chaos a kiss...

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Quiet like the sea that winks at you with caution
Until waves wash your balance in a soaking totter
Exertion in a rooted footing to snatch breaths of salty air
Steadiness holding/healing a body from the drop off of loss
To watch the setting sun, its lilt and tow of memory
                                              careening beneath waves...

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Seeping into my reality
I feel the effects
Of excruciating pain
Destroying my soul.
It obliterates my senses
Keeping me numb inside
Everything but the pain
Is careening out of me.
My heartbeat is incredible
Beating like an idiot
It jumps off a cliff
Unknowing where it lands
It hits the bottom hard
Bleeding to the truth.

Russell Sivey...

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Salubrious antipasto
Trimmed to be vociferous
Left without the tympani
Holding up a symphony
Greased well guaranteed articulate
Inundated synchrony
Molded into ebony
Gone on before the starting gate
Innate
Careening toward a screening
Where is all this the leading?
A gracious over-seeding
All sliding towards a feeding
In generosity I ate...

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Churlish wind hovers overhead
Ready to chart its path of dread
By wistful, listless conductor led
Twirling baton with rotors fed
A swirling blender over land spread
Careening, eerie echo left in its stead
Fluffing the threads of barren bed
Wispy fibers in ginning whirlpool sped
Silty granules from denuded top shred
Strafing the strands of every bare head...

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We work on the Funny Farm
Charlie And I
Different Cartoon Characters everyday
Heckle and Jeckle, Droopy, Captain Caveman
Careening through the day like Homer Simpson
Curiously, where is he?
Oh, he’s around somewhere
Crusading for a better day
Because when all is said and done
We all deserve a Duff Beer at the end of the day...

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Azure panels fade; shed golden mane
Black, celestial portents mail links chain
Windows of heaven shaded darker strain
Foggy panes availing beams do disdain
Billowing, gray folds gilded tapestry doth stain
Burgeoning spouts brackish bile to drain
Reverberating drums strike dolesome refrain
Streaking bolts o'er tumult wax then wane
An eerie whistle howls announcing the careening train...

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Ahhh- blue
the color rose I give to you.
Harken and listen to the meaning,
before you begin 
joyously careening.

It is a cool color,
universally meant to calm.
Helps with blessings, grace,
charm and intuition-
With a sublime embrace
and exalted fruition-
This blue rose I give to you
with love as my mission.

Won 8th place in the "The Blue Rose" contest by Mac McGovern

A. Green...

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Another bash 

   Careening dancers emerge

Frenzied

           Gyrating haplessly into jigs

                                                  kilts lifting

                     Maurice nods

                               Ormond poised  queerly 

Rocking
                   stretching 

                  Tim under vintage wiles 

                                                 Xavier  yawning  zzs....

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Then you caught her in her spiral 
                                        as she hit the ground

     Scraped knees and bruised mind 
careening

          Your kisses healed her broken spirit,
                                                lifted her around

     Your love weaved golden threads 
gleaming


9-27-2020
Rithimus Divisa 7 Poetry Contest
Gregory Barden sponsor

4 lines from "Beautiful Sadness"  7-16-19...

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I love life.
I love my family.
I love being kind.
I love laughing.
I love music.
I love being happy.
I love meeting new people.
I love being helpful.
I love long walks.
I love people watching.
I love reading.
I love writing.
I love real stories.
I love listening.
I love trying hard.
I love reflecting.
I love fresh air.

When things feel like they are careening out of control
I come back to the basics
of all I know....

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