Short Caveat Poems

Mighty
mammoths roaming
with dramatic red deer-
paleopathological
cartoons....

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If it sounds too good to be true
The low price is the clue
So what would you say
To a resort on Waikiki Bay
That costs you but two hours pay
  ~ Caveat emptor! -- Stay away!...

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Dark destiny’s hiss
burnt in fire of bliss
on our so choosing
games more amusing.

Caveat is this ~
we be drenched with bliss,
ego vaporised
and God realised.

26-October-2022...

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there was a young man from Seville
whose wife's voice was chillingly shrill
	he said please shut up
	he’d more than enough
sending him looking for advil!

(caveat: no endorsement of product intended)...

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Caveat Spender
by Michael R. Burch

It’s better not to speculate
"continually" on who is great.
Though relentless awe’s
a Célèbre Cause,
please reserve some time for the contemplation
of the perils of
EXAGGERATION....

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With chinchilla glass
ocean waves lapping my toes
fancy flights take off.

Wren pecks at my thoughts
as it perches on tree stump
posing as prince toad.

Caveat flashing light
intrudes in my dreamy state
warns me to leave prince...

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"Buff-a-flies!" My tiny granddaughter points 
   to the black and yellow wings settling around us.
"Butter-flies," I agree with caveat. 

She scowls and refuses to speak again 
  until after dinner time.
Did I learn my lesson? Mostly......

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If I, the fly, upon the wall
were, all but none the wiser,
then I would spy the wicked weave of me, myself, the spider.
But neigh,'tis not. What caveat!
My prey heeds not, by nature.
For "something wicked this way comes",
an understated danger....

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raise the bar
stop pause blink

we are present
at both ends
simultaneously 

intent furious 
peace tranquil

move up and down 
ladder of vibration
seamlessly 

we acquire thus
power of bilocation

there is a caveat 
the seeker 
must disappear...

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there had been no warning on the flask
no caveat for self-inflicted poisoning 
just a devilish delusion of filling the void

it was not the corkscrew that messed it up
but bottle to mouth resuscitation blacked out
all emptiness until surrender meant hope
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The corners the cornerstone of the spectrum is none;
The validity of the spiral quantum some;
Virtual highways run;
Horizontal pathways spun;

Caveat abrasions;
Baptismal conversions;
On slots liaison;
Realities conversions;

Darken tunnels?...

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Whispers crying;
Caveat twix tween dead winter and lively spring;
 there's a voice in The Dark 
Hollow dark chirpings 
of crawling worms 
Being eaten by swollen birds
Screaming are the crawling squirming worms


1/19/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021...

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When I first heard the words
I relinquish The whispers
Caveat promenade
Mine sight suddenly raised
Come before me relentless
Quiet sparks extinguish the dark
Radiant confident
Alphabetical jaundice
Words gathered roughly spoken


12/26/21
Written by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021...

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I learned the lesson “let the buyer beware”
When I didn’t have that much money I could spare,
Took by an itinerant grifter
Who was quite a likeable drifter
He took me for a ride and didn’t even care!

written January 13, 2022
for "Latin Lessons Poetry Contest"
sponsored by Margarita Lillico...

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caveat brilliants
bright Sun Shines light in the day
 ever bright brightly 
~
God writes on the blue
 skies in the darken coal nights
caveat brilliants
~
the finger of God
bright Sun Shines light in the day
 ever bright brightly

11/28/23
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2023


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Caveat is warning or proviso of specific 
stipulations, conditions, or limitations.

Trump Caught In a Caveat

In a Corvette with blond, Trump was caught,
With traffic becoming unbearable onslaught;
We know why;
Hung out to dry,
And what could be  one more incredible caveat.

Jim Horn

As usual, listening to MSNBC and Smerconish....

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No one knows
  what to do
If I breathe in 
  my poodle's poo

Can I shake paws
  with my cat
If I rub her tummy
  Is there a caveat

And God protect me 
  from the friendly St. Bernard
Who slobbers all over me
  I need a bodyguard

In fraught times like this
  Where to turn for advice
Seems the truth really is
  We're just rolling the dice...

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Walk On Water

Salvation is conditional
based on the caveat of confession
in truth, with remorse and conviction
in acknowledging sins committed
and expressing from the heart and mouth
that Jesus Christ is Lord and Savior;
(submission is mandatory)
so ask yourself, “Do I believe,
can I walk on water?”
                   ***

Reference:
Matthew 14:22-33 (NIV): Jesus Walks on Water....

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. for public domain

Thales Twin

(for those who practice poetry - a caveat)

Few will understand you,
much fewer less will care.
Everyone will think you mad,
and they won't be wrong there.

Friends will flee, abandon you,
parsons will curse your name.
You wander all streets aimless,
your work brings you infame.

Falling into wells is just
the price of starry rhyme
to guide weary travelers,
when Sun has run the sky....

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romance of a Roma waggon
tinkering around the world
dreams of blissful freedom
no possessions nothing to lose
bells and whistles violin music
horses with intricate saddles
gallivanting on free reins
crackling camp fires

before you unsettle
look around you
scapegoating and othering
xenophobic attacks
even a tramp under a bridge
has less ill repute
at least a German born hobo

last caveat
visit the museum
at Auschwitz Birkenau


27th August 2021...

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Indomitable 

The thing you never thought before 
Totally Unsaid unseen that is
My thought, virgin
It never depends on any membrane 
Nor my chastity belongs to my body 
It is completely a matter of soul 
Conviction is not a matter 
That you can cripple it
With missiles and bombs
The spirit of my humanity is not a wire 
That it will bend or bow under any pressure 
Neither my creed will vaporise 
Like a drop of camphor 
Under your scathing attack 
Nor will it be unholy by any human touch...

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cracks between doors,
like rats, fingers course
thru, corrode against
the inside of a clenched
fist. cease, this silence,
i insist(bite tongue, each
word, penance)suffer,
humor is a sense-
shattered glass tickle
bare feet- the caveat
of clenched teeth. mis-
placed morality, i do
appreciate your sin-
cerity; fate compromised
(the hands of time, 
mesmerised in back&forth 
instants). "it is okay"
someone will say; but 
words change & fall away
like leaves, all intent
bereaved....

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