Short Cheep Poems

Menswear
I wear. 

Bit big
Slight dig. 

Womens
Not them. 

Cheep cards
Shipyards....

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Song birds going cheep cheep 
My heart  goes boom boom 
Because he left me broken hearted
Thought he changed but he’s just the same...

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Escaped memory
like the pin that jumped out of its way
as a hip that seems to be cheep
against each other it runs away
escaped memory in the victory
hot blood remains history....

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We all need at least ten hours sleep
To wake up all bouncy with a cheep cheep cheep
Ready for the day
Ready to sashay
Like a ballet dancer through the air I'll leap...

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We all need at least ten hours sleep
To wake up all bouncy with a cheep cheep cheep
Ready for the day
Ready to sashay
Like a ballet dancer through the air I'll leap...

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We all need at least ten hours sleep
To wake up all bouncy with a cheep cheep cheep
Ready for the day
Ready to sashay
Like a ballet dancer through the air I'll leap...

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Winter is when the bears sleep
Spring is when the birds cheep
Summer is when you bicycle ride
Autumn is when you don't go outside
Then the 4 seasons start over again,
Like a cycle with no end...

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Bronze butterflies aflutter, nearby
birds chirp and cheep and try to cheer
the heroes falling this time of year –
the acorns and the leaves – 
letting go so easily and
without a sigh.


2004 Fall...

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I should be asleep
But try as I might
I can’t help but keep
Wanting to write
Not only deep
Into the night
But till birds cheep 
And it’s all but light
Then I sleep
Not only deep
Into the day
But till birds sleep...

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Idea sparks
Sizzles
Peters out and dies.
Makes an elongated screaming sound
As it falls from heaven 
Crashes into the sea
The splash wakes me.
What was that? I ask my muse.
The only answer I receive is the cheep of a bird outside....

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Today I have open eyes and a straight spine
Birds cheep and car wheels rush
Wires fan the sky
Posts lean
The buckles on my boots tap out a tune
As the sun cleanses rather than warms
There are cracks in the earth
But I don't fall in...

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In the morning i wake up and hear the whispers of trees
And the waterfalls going down at ease
I hear that its spring 
And the flowers cheer 
I pick them up one by one 
And the sky is clear
I hear the wind whistle
And the birds cheep
I hear the sounds of world peace...

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Ding, ding, ding flutter sound of the wind chimes 
as the wind gently tickles them to laughter. 
Tweet, tweet, twitter, twitter, cheep, cheep, 
as birds carrying on cheerful heart. 
Sun’s warm embrace
and a prayer  
of
Thanks. 
 

3/22/2019...

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Bloom
of green 
leaf cascade
spring citrus whiff
bird cheep and lamb bleat 
madrigals swirl
snowdrops on
winter
blight

Date originally posted on Poetry Soup
 ; 17th April 2021

 Date posted for this contest ; 13th August 2022

This work has been howmanysyllables verified...

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Eggshells were full of promise,
Then eggshells splitting,
Arriving chicks 
Abandon shells.

All wet and limp
They sleep until
The yellow fluff of life excites.

Then cheep cheep cheeping 
and peep peep peeping,
Peck pecking at seeds,
And growing, growing,
When, as hens,
They start those promises again.
...

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The fish know I’m coming

Turtles line the logs
Swans parade in pre-game frenzy
Geese honk from the cheep seats
Muskrat groundskeepers tend the “field”
Bullfrog-voiced announcers “harrumph” the goings on
Dragonfly vendors work the crowd

The fish know I’m coming

The game is on…….


John G .Lawless
©6/11/2017...

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Operation disaster plan
madman gone crazy
off the rocker
once apon a time
still going on today
burning coals
head full of orange steam
we don't know why
I guess
green light
green suit
engine full steam ahead
destroy
wisdom
wise 
intelligent of the intelligent
frustrate
with bad no sense
expensive cheep
bribe...

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Good night, sweet angel
And may your dreams be sweet.
I'll tuck you in warm and snug
On your soft flannel sheet.
Good night, sweet angel.
Close your pretty eyes.
Dream dreams of birds and bunnies
Under deep blue skies.
Good night, sweet angel.
Have a peaceful sleep.
We'll meet again tomorrow,
When the birds begin to cheep....

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Good morning, sweet angel.
I hope your dreams were sweet.
We have a busy day today,
Lots of new friends to meet.
Good morning, sweet angel.
Open those pretty eyes.
Your smile is as sweet
As ten million apple pies.
Good morning, sweet angel.
The birds are startting to cheep.
It's time to wake up now,
And stop counting sheep....

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My son’s bird loves to squeak and squawk
As through puckered lips, though he’s got none.
I think he likes to hear himself talk,
But his carrying on is not much fun.

I whistle back, though a little flat
Hinting, “Don’t give me none of your lip.”
He replies, with an ear piercing cry
Of, “Chip-chip-chirp, cheep-cheep-chirrip!”


For Suzette's Grook contest...

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DARLING BIRDS OF MAY
                                Chirrrrup chirrrrup  darling birds of May
                           Peep, cheep, peepy cheep please hit the hay
                                            We are summer birds
                                            Say no empty words
                                    Rising sun is bathing us with ray...

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When finally he falls asleep			
He skims along from dream to dream		
Across his face a smile then creeps		
He finds himself beside a stream		
Where flowers bloom and sparrows cheep	
Caressed by warm comforting beams		
He feels serene in slumber deep		
Then all at once wakes with a scream		
As bombs explode and children weep
Aborted peace ... a shattered dream....

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Lakeside at dawn,
all is calm, quiet, but expectant.
Then, peeping from the silence,
barely discernible
is the sound of whispering wings 
stuttering a plaintive beat, intermittent.
It is the flock of fairy terns soaring together 
in wavy, gliding flight formation,
just above the sand, just above the waves
returning to their lakeside roost,
to gossip, cheep, squabble and rest....

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Each morning birds chatter and wake me from sleep
In avian society talk is cheep
**
A balding sheep who writes poems in the farmyard
Has written a sonnet and signed it, ‘The Baaahd’
**
The police came along and I’m locked up with felons
But I only admired the grocer girl’s melons
**
My Gran says respect the elderly or we all suffer
The thing is, she’s batty, the geriatric, old duffer...

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the chirping
the peeping
the warm summer day

brings me back to life
in almost every way
I dutifully ignore my soreness

a robin in flight
frantic hummingbird
quickest moves ever

a twitter and a cheep
sail through the trees
on this warm summer day

butterflies welcome me
back to my garden
my senses on high alert,

noticing everything
I am starting to find
my way back to myself....

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