Short Cheshire Poems

A Cheshire Cat grins
His presence reassuring
Silence keeps the night...

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Frowning
in frustration
Alice cannot conceive
the cat beyond the
grin...

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A hammock that swings
on the bright sparkle of stars;
The Moon in cheshire....

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Black-purple night
This quarter moon sight or
The Cheshire cat’s
Smile, whiskers and
Yellow eyes, tonight...

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hop on the back
of the Cheshire cat,
made of devil’s food cake
faint into the void, 
ladling out clusters of
pinkish-blue whipped dreams...

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a bunch
of roses
on one
thigh
a bud
in the
middle

where
do i see
eye to eye
where the
Cheshire Cat
sleeps
now i'm smiling...

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As wily as the Cheshire Cat
Leaving almost nothing behind
A gigolo with ego fat
He was truly one of a kind
Definite cad in everyone’s mind...

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A kindle of 
Black cats
Wearing wide 
Cheshire smiles
Pointing their 
Yellow eyes 
Scolding the 
White mice
For crossing 
The line...

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much like her namesake
bit by bit she disappears
into the shadows

For: Black Cat Haiku Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Robert James Liguori
April 6, 2022...

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can't see again
cross you like a whip
just like that
quick like cheetah 
cross him
hippo comes out
cheshire around you
around again
cross again whip like...

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I
A crescent moon,
The smile of Lewis Carroll’s Cheshire cat.

II
Yellow taxis caught in traffic
A row of sunflowers.

March 26, 2023
Fairview, Baguio City...

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Two feathers
Caught from
The edge of
Your mouth
From north
To south
Indeed, we
Shall witness
The Cheshire cat's
Mischievous grin
Saying once more,
Who are you...

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Cheshire Moon

the bottom half of the moon smiled
grinning through the haze of dawn
soft glow casting shifting shadows
across the glistening hoarfrost 


Submitted to SKAT's contest...

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A strange Cheshire feline, gold eyes neon-bright
Floats like a phantom with teeth glowing white
His low, haunting purr
Adds an eerie allure
For our kids every Halloween night

10/31/22...

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she has
tattooed
on the back
of her leg
a Cheshire Cat

i saw it
once 
while walking behind
her looking at
her behind

then it
disappeared
but
by staring
my grin stayed

on...

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At his mad tea party; the Mad Hatter
climbs on the table braking cups and plates 
provoking Alice, while in the patch the red ace 
of hearts is bating Cheshire the blue chatter.


8/16/2021...

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Carly Simon

Songstress, big hair, and a huge smile
Cheshire cat teeth you can see across the Nile

You’re So Vain—Just might be about Jagger
Love her—Itsy-Bitsy Spider—and all her swagger...

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Prose and its narrative
the lazy alternative
Words most abundant
meaning defined

Declarative function
it reads codependent
As poets but smile
— with language refined

(Saint David’s Pennsylvania: May, 2024)
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Bubble balloon buffoon did not need jester hat
His costume designed by merry Cheshire cat
Argyle socks created by cirque du Soleil
Splattered paint on coat has much to say
A walking artwork, enhancing this weird Tuesday.
...

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night make your move
blue-gray tiger stripes and
whiskey yellow eyes
catch the moon
by surprise and
turn it into a
neon white
Cheshire cat smile
then asking
in your casual
baritone voice
Alice do you know
where you are going
my dear...

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She crushed my feelings into smithereens
Spitting on them and kicking them with a weird joy
Her face distorted into a Cheshire cat grin
I could see her soul loved hurting me
Her mean knife was sticking out of my side
She made a running jump into it...

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what glee
and gleam
i dream
a dream of
the crescent moon
at night
that hang from
starry sky in sight
the neon white smile of
black and purple
stripped cheshire cat
that ask 
who are you
before he 
fades away
with delight
on the
otherside of night...

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Consistently sincere 
rock solid.
Formidably weathering trite storms.
Carol your dedication
exemplifies
exemplification.

Whether shocked or soothed there you are
discerning
smart
shrewd
kind

You know your own mind.

The Cheshire cat's toothy grin
has nothing on you....

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Both black and white
Kittens wearing pink
Mittens, sit playfully,
While facing the
Enchanted mirror
To their great surprise,
Those lovely kitten eyes
Witness a paper tiger
Appearing in the mirror
With a great big 
Cheshire cat smile
Then, asking, who
Are you...

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April evening, blue and pink
The Cheshire moon is grinning wide
The first faint stars begin to wink
What kind of secrets do they hide?

April evening, pink and blue
The poet strives to pen a rhyme
Of star jasmines and starlit dew
And tranquil as a twilight chime....

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