Short Chime In Poems

Interesting conversations started as a strangers chime in...

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from wind swept branches
cardinal sings of morning's rise
cicadas chime in...

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January  Two Perspectives

From his park bench bed
He hears bells chime in New Year.
Quiet desperation.

From her pavement tent
She peeps.  Harrods is open!
January sales!...

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Clap to jingle bell rock
 Chime in with silent night
 Croon to a white Christmas
 Children can sing along
 Can you feel the magic
 Chorus of let it snow!
 Christmas songs to enjoy!...

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Heard Trump Chime In

Trump is probably past his prime
When climbing did fall off a dime
What once used to be ready made
No longer around can he parade
In again we have heard him chime.

Jim Horn...

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Come oh dear!
Chill has cheer
chime in here

Santa sings
joy he brings
kids all cling

to get gifts
Xmas lifts
our spirits


8-Dec-2018
Charlieku 3-3-3 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: charles messina...

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Twits
Hanging
Inverted, dumb
listen in, ease dropping.
Chime in with rude chirps when prompted
With presumed relevant authority
Unwelcome interruption peals
Clangers
Rung


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5 June 2017...

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Prime a good time
Time that words chime
Chime in sound rhymes


Ply your sweet wine
Wine that spreads lines
Lines that feel fine


Plot to be wise
Wise in calm spice
Spice more surprise




Leon Enriquez
04 October 2014
Singapore...

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I hear your voice when the breeze blows 
My wind chimes ring out the song
That stirs my heart, for my heart knows
Of whom and for whom it longs
Our frequencies match perfectly 
In sync is our melody
Two as one in unison
The song of you and me...

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Quatrain #622:
PLAY


Prize then your time right now and here:
Live that still rhyme as play moves cheer,
Ask love to chime in stillness true;
Yes poise can mime both far and near.

~~~~~~~~~




Leon Enriquez
05 February 2017
Singapore...

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Evening bells chime in the steeple
  Merry villagers doff their workday masks
Like schoolchildren, not yet grown-up people
  Untethered from their joyless tasks  


One's a druggist; another a clerk
  All count the minutes 'til five 
Matters not where they work
  The hour of freedom's arrived...

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Appreciated morning time friend.
Despised morning time enemy.

Always knowing when to chime in.
Never knowing when to shut up.

Piercing the calm.
Then teasing peace, but only for a short while.

Liking to hear itself speak.
Can't hear myself think.

Alarm clock....
Oh, dreaded alarm clock....

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The giant blue and green dragonfly, 
with its broken wing,
tries madly to escape 
its silver cage.

The poor old thing doesn't belie
escape from its sturdy ring
is an impossible reshape
of its once golden age.

I turn away with a sigh,
realizing with a sharp sting,
that I, too, am caught in a dreamscape
of impotent rage.


Image: Chetta Achara...

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Drenched in the rain, she walks up the hill
Pot in her hand, feet marching towards the well
Day or night, candles flicker where she dwells
Her other half drinks in absurdity 
Throats parched, kids study in obscurity
On topic “Unity in Diversity”
She feeds the stomachs, lay them to sleep
Bells chime in Temple, she goes to sweep
Devotees swarm in, their pockets are deep...

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Oh how lovely are the flowers songs;
Roses singing soprano while tulips belt out baritone notes; chiming songs is their greatest joy.
Bluebells and daisies chime in tenor as, 
day lilies and buttercups provide verse in alto.
Now that you know what they do with their time, 
listen with ear and heart.  You’ll hear them; 
it’s similar to angels singing.
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Clear crystals eat iron voices.
The wind dies; its bones rattle on.

A stealing wind moves many loose tongues, but where?
"Where' is not the question but a movement,
a rapport pealing from somewhere.

When wind is silent, wind chimes listen.
Speech goes deaf when the wind rings.

A snow laden sky sings under our feet.
Icicles chime in the sunlight.

Tinkling is the light....

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trees
blooming
varied thrush
whistle flutelike
chime in the shadow
daisy-rise sigh 
rose come up. 
you're late
burst
moon
grace us
with spring gift
and silver touch  
on warm river's nights 
spring awake us
from winter 
send bird
songs

1ST Place Contest Winner

Written: February 19, 2022

Springtime Ninette Contest Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: M. L. Kiser...

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It was a day when my river met
your waterfall, it’s been good
like new year’s eve
one moment after.

There are whole unearthed days,
days legendary for their reincarnated
ghost of a chance.
Some are still rehearsing their
‘what ifs’
and other misplaced wishes.

It was a day when your life
changed to mine.
Sometimes I forget myself,
but you are my day & tomorrow clock.
You chime in my heart....

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Ghostly shapes 
Through misted trees
Chime in timed precision 
With shiny keys
Keys pulled from my heart
When you left me on my knees
And staring through the bottom 
Of this bottle of wine
I can see in the dark sky
A bright moon shine 
And at three AM
Everything starts to look fine
In this hazy morn
A light will soon appear 
And this misty orchestra 
That has brought fear
Will leave me sober
And without a tear...

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In the LIGHT, I FIGHT to find my clear SIGHT,
With echoes of TIME that CHIME in my HEART,
Each moment's a GIFT, a spark that feels RIGHT.  

Through SHADOWS, I TREAD, where doubts may SPREAD,
Yet hope's gentle WHISPER will never DEPART,
As dreams UNNFOLD, chasing bright paths I READ.  

In the DANCE, I PRANCE, embracing the SPHERE,
A purpose that CALLS, within me it PLAYS,
To share my SOUL, I'm WHOLE, this is why I'm HERE....

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IMPOSITION OF PAIN

you come calling
banging on my bangs
at the midnight hour
cupping my countenance 
roughly in your hands
scraping more suffering
haranguing harder and harder
my head harasses the pillow
with an eternal tick tock
you shower me with increasing pressure
taunt me with moments of despair
kick it up a notch
chime in my rhyme
i grimace at  your gangrenous grin

orange hues open my eyes
sky’s skewed

Kim Rodrigues © 2017...

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The battle in blood and fire
Emotional fireworks everywhere
Bewitched by poetic lyre
Where both meet in one embrace
No prejudice, no colour, no race
No wasting time on futile dare

Sober or drunk in lover’s wine
The most powerful of all time
Where both love and hate entwine
No matter whom you are or where you’ve been
No matter what you endured or what you’ve seen
Morning bells will chime in rhyme 

1ST PLACE in Mid May Contest
Sponsor: Brian Srand...

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Nature gives all a fresh start
The wind speaks through whistles
Spring has revisited since winter concluded
Birds chime in, with feathers of sapphire
The wind speaks through whistles
Buds of all sorts visible on steadfast trees
Birds chime in, with feathers of sapphire
Life in every form has blossomed
Buds of all sorts visible on the steadfast trees
Spring has revisited since winter concluded
Life in every form has blossomed
Nature gives all a fresh start...

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His destiny concrete
Mystic tranquility a stillness of the night's
Tranquil moon.  
Heaven's nature casts 
A spell in June. 
Solitude amuses a Vacant lot.
a lone pauper sings 
Tones of grievous moans.
Forget me not forget me not
The solo croons 
The tunes float on the lonesome
Moonlight stabbing at the heart
Of the ashy night 
The empty glow testing each 
Mournful note
Steady and slow rhythm
Line by line
Rhyme and rhyme
Chime in kind
Moon and shine...

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Hurl a fine whirl
Swirl in a twirl


Kind feel shapes mind
Find a clear sign


Grief can be brief
Sift what you lift


Start with pure heart
Art comes in parts


See how to be
Free as a tree


Know that warm glow
Flow in sure show


Then know just when
Brand follows trend


Mime in good time
Chime in fond rhyme


Grade in sure trade
Made things must fade


Gall comes to call
All in time fall




Leon Enriquez
08 December 2014
Singapore...

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