Short Cast Down Poems

O' my soul, thou art cast down.
Thy shame hath brought thee low.
Why dost thou weary thyself with sin?
Why dost thou waste thy power so?...

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Angels with majesty sing out loud.
Foolish antics drawing a great crowd.
Some cast down to the fiery below.
Others remained. It's these that glow....

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Cast down, broken
So beautiful, unknowing

They are you, and I
Trodden, scars showing

Open their eyes
Give, love bestowing

One word, in kindness
See a life glowing

Love one and all....

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The shadows cast down from above
Blanketing a dying memory.

Remembering the warmth of lost eyes;
The face a fading melody.

Lonely green cement hallways silent,
Yellow paint chipping from the walls....

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She tilts her head
Light lifts one brow
To say somehow
The time is now
Pursed parted lips
Eyes seeking stare
Hope slips somewhere
Loose looks cast down
Lithe lacey gown
Deep desires found





Written: 3/5/21...

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pearls are being thrown
cast down before unworthy 

           thrones

oysters should bemoan

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This is a "split-haiku" as described
 in Mystic Rose's new haiku form....

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A friend I thought I had
        when you came with a smiling gaze
But here I stand now
        trapped in a lonely haze
Cast down the memory drapes
        and put me in denial
Deadly are your deeds
        they drown me in a pool of betrayal...

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He sits rounded, like a stone
colours dripping with the rain
fading like an oil painting

His grimy hand outstretched
holding out a white cup
his very own white flag

My expensive leather shoes
thump the ground in time
trembling, eyes cast down

I scurry by...

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Walk in the light
Where truth puts right


Dare to be clear
Live without fear


Make up your mind
To love most kind


Let peace abide
To cast down pride


Go on your way
Live kind this day




Leon Enriquez
16 November 2015
Singapore...

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And cobwebs lick her unkempt, soiled dress

Wailing for unborn child of dusk, alone ~

That every barbed gaze slithers, cast down

~ Ripped as pointed hooks nailing the flesh.



Four Lines Contest
Sponsor: Broken Wings
by nette onclaud
9/23/2015...

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November's sun brings smiles
   to every passerby's face
As throngs weave their way
   through downtown's rat race

On overcast days
   eyes are cast down 
or look straight ahead

Today they glance upward
   like petals of a flower
to soak in the goodness 
   of each precious hour...

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Tormentors come and harassment seeks.
They prey upon the frail and weak.
Attention seekers another plot.
They place their bets and cast down lots.
Derangement speaks down from the fold.
They fight the years but still grow old.
Doublespeak deceitful truth.
Stumpage shown from inner booth....

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Restless dreams unveil a token
Bestow the heart left torn and broken
Wake from the passion and devotion
Of virulent words as when spoken
Cast down the sword, end the crusade
Abscond the battle of memories made
Release the clench on beleaguered ways
Straight is the path, through the haze
To embark on the road beyond the maze...

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Time is slowly grabbing my tears,

Calling my fears inside my soul,

My body trembles,

My heart no longer beats,

You took me and drug me through the dirt,

Oh!  How much it did hurt,

My soul is burn't,

My eyes cast down in shame,

I am wishing the end was here,

I thought I could be strong,

But I could no longer hold on!...

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In the shadow of love,
The restless shuffle
And shun, as if in
Recovery.  Fallen

Bliss burns, like hot coals
Under anxious feet,
Molecules surrender
One upon the other.

Serendipitously,
Nature's adventurous
Spirit absorbs the spill of
Cast down shadows,

Sheaths of fallen love,
On the wings of angels,
Mercifully cobbled
Into hearts and bones....

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The Rubaiyat still murmurs misty-sad
Of youth’s romantic dreams we all have had
And lost, along the years of laughter, love, and tears, 
Like once-sweet wine fermenting bitter, bad.

Is mere self-pity poetry or art?
Fitzgerald thought so, and he squeezed the heart
Until he bled the pain that fell like wine-red rain,
Proud passion punctured by a poet’s dart....

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Burn your wings; they're no use to you now
Cast down your halo; no more will you bow
Live life in the ground, not one in the sky
Carve truth in your arms, and let yourself die
Paradise scorned beats paradise lost
Annihilate your soul at whatever the cost
Rage against life, give not to Death all your fear
You may spurn god's gift; no Hellfire shall sear
...

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I look to you, one of many.
You are my past, now my present.
With me still, surrounding me always;
saying; stay steadfast!
Bend your knees when hope is gone.
Cry out HIS Name when you are unlearn.
I listen, as you speaks HIS truths.
I follow; knowing you've been here.
Show me your ways; I need to know.
Cast down your wisdom; I want to learn. 
Stay with me; as always....

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Never blind,
Yet radiant and fair,
Feared far and wide,
The one true heir,

Gods only equal,
Scorn of smaller minds,
Enlightened her lover,
Found them both in binds,

Cast down in Shadow and Flame,
Eternally apart,
Striped of Sight and Name,
Vengeance filled the Heart,

Not vengeance, my love,
Punishment is set,
From ashes raise a Dove,
The messenger of Death....

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I tip-toe cautiously through each day
eyes cast down, a silent waif
nothing showing upon my face
my essence truly buried safe
an outward disguise carefully placed
but a glimmer of hope always saved
breath of renewal will now awake
the inner spirit never frayed
it becomes a blossoming flame
and with heartfelt promise I reclaim
the restoration of my faith
and inner beauty glows always...

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Will you leave this life
Without a murmur or a whimper
Be cast down to the depths below
In a hallowed tomb of timber

You did not exit stage left
To the sound of thunderous applause
Or the scream of heavy bombardment
Or some tearing tiger claws

To all the men who slipped away, unnoticed
Here is ye're epitaph
We looked at the world with unblinking eyes
And all we could do was laugh...

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Outcast amidst the favored few
walk in shadows, still in view 
downcast in face, cast down in place
abysmal human's lost his race

Denied to sup the once shared milk,
no care nor kindness for his ilk
emptied fullness, fully void
life once built is now destroyed

Bows and scrapes for charity,
no one cares and no one sees
a living death, lives a Pariah
oh specter, where is your Messiah?...

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I cast down the trenchcoat past, 
Shrug it's weight onto the floor, 
Step the lightbulb uncertain 
With ginger steps towards the door. 
And a final glance shot 
Over one shoulder or another, 
Lingering looks and visual hooks 
Snag the fading of a lover. 
I draw her symbol to me 
So I may kiss the shadows 
Of my leaving from her brow, 
And whisper that my heart 
Will be with her again...somehow....

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On which side of moon sun shines not,
There our haven may be well sought.
Cold as dark as wind ne'er blows,
Seas o'sirens no soul knows.

Eye she has upon us all,
Cast down bright as star a'fall.
We in bliss this all amiss,
Her sight so seems naught but droll.

Truth be told on summer's day,
A'bright our sky a'flame our heart.
Never could or ever would,
We from her dark ever part.

SeaWolf
©...

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Tears from heaven
fall down to caress my skin.
Tears from heaven
reach deep within,
to touch my soul with gentle hands.

Tears from heaven
of weeping angels called forth,
to bathe the world in love.
Tears from heaven
cast down on me,
tears from heaven
gently wrap me in your embrace. 
Let me not weep, 
but feel the loving grace of God
upon my heart,
tears from heaven
let me not forget what lay deep within....

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