Short Ching Poems

i ching and the tao
the opposites and between
chaos and order...

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the habit of time —
the ka-ching of memories
stored in a drawer

7/18/2018...

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L-ove
I-s

C-onquering
H-eart
I-n
N-ew
G-low

C-learly
H-aving
A-ffectionate
O-penness

Topic: Poetess (Li Ching Chao) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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Let us dance
to the matrix 
of Tao Teh Ching
with love unbounded
may we spend 
our eternities
forever grounded
always together
2 souls, 
1 entity
all Heart...

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C-omposer
H-as
I-nspired
N-ice
G-irl

C-omforting
A-wesome
L-ady's
M-ind
A-gain

Topic: Birthday of Ching R. Calma (November 21) 
Form: Vertical Monocrostic...

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Yesterday I found a wedding ring,
I know that it will make someone sing,
so I will advertise,
"Ring found - not a big size"...
I hope the ad makes me sing "Cha Ching!"...

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Making Ends Meet 

He stretched a quarter into a dollar
Having an extra buck made her holler
He don the extra mile
Her piggy bank smiles
Cha-ching wails out as she grabs collar

connie pachecho

8/17/17...

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D ense water droplets evaporating without
E ase; they ooze,
P enetrating the clouds amid the breeze…
A ching feelings, these droplets seize,
R ending memories, as smiles cease; leaving 
T ears that never appease…...

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King Kong plays ping pong
His doorbell goes ding dong
And you'll hear his singsong
Chitterings that ring wrong.

Bing bong goes the Ming gong
Just see how the string's long
Thanks goes to Ling Wong
Who tossed the I-Ching strong....

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Physical death employees
Triumphant afterlife theater
   crystal wind spirits flow
   temples of awakenings
    sunset wings singing
    fields forever new of
  even counsel innocence
burgeoning light presence
     Tao Te Ching pages...

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An eternal optimist I am, one day closer to spring
Hey, it ain't a lie, always look on the bright side of things
Could be a lot worse
Could be riding in a hearse
Little things count like the sound in your pocket of ching-a-ling...

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the bin by the door

overflows with umbrellas -

till’s steady ka-ching 


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Date written 14th December 2019
Writing Challenge, December - Winter Haiku or Senryu
Sponsor, Dear Heart - Wiishkobi Ode...

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Our Congress has been overlooking

The wisdom of old Granny Lu-Ching

       She was full blooded Chinese

       And said, "Beware strange foods please

 Of crooks that won't eat their own crooking!"



                                    Timothy I. Brumley...

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My heart knows,
    Why it chose
    One red rose.
    Timeless pose,
    To propose.

    Church bells swing,
    Choirboys sing.
    Wedding ring,
    Lots of bling,
    Toasts go ching.

    I/ 13/ 2022.

     What's new poetry contest.
    Sponsor Joseph May....

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Good and evil exist like
Two sides of an arrowhead
Like crime and punishment
Mutually support independent industries
A man divided is never whole
Nuclear fascination, molecular fireworks
The atom split, armaments deferred 
Duality rings
Like chains waiting to be broken
Releasing man
Into spiritual adulthood...

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I had a fair life with nothing special
Till he came along, he made a ding dong
Ding dong

I thought I was strong, yet he prooved me wrong
I'm Lost in his cute cues of ching chong
Ching chong

A lovely mess, no one could ever bless
I wouldn't last long, in his game of ping pong
ping pong

Ching chong
Ding dong...

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Now the time has come to tell the truth
But, I don't want to come across as uncouth

So sad to say I had my day
All along the months of May

To sing along with a ding-a-ling
Even with a Cheech and Ching

There were the days I gave myself a haze
And was always in a complete daze

Sleeping with the men
Keeping track of kin...

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Breakfast


Clinks... clanks... a crash... a clatter
Pots... pans... and plates... a platter
Smells... sounds... people... and voices
Stools... chairs... tables... and choices
Ching... ding... a door... and a breeze
"Mornin'!"..."Take your order, please?"


©Deborah burch
2005/12/06/2016 (repost)

For Brian Strand's #245  how it reads aloud CONTEST...

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He r ey	es Beau
tiful
The s
un st		ill sh
one
the w
ind stil	l bl
ew.
I vis
it all 	the plac	
es we kn	ew.
A truth fo
r you
Just One more th	ing.
M
y lo	ve for y
ou unen
ding.
The tear
s had sto
pped
My eyes w
ent dry.
There's no m
ore rea:son for m)e to c
ry.
I'm hap;py
 now that y(ou'r)e wat"ching, ove,r me.
My baby girl. My silver tree....

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every passing second
tick-tock-tick
for every clock chimes
every hour passed
ching-chong-bong
I'm still standing
and I'm still waiting
tick-tock tick-tock
time waits for no one
time does not fly
time does not slow down
time is time
here I stand
patiently waiting
here I stand
waiting for you
and for you
I only wait on
and I will wait
even for
forever
Tick-Tock_tick...

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over there..>
lost time leaking away

collapse not into temptation
grant me/us peaceful solitude 
deliver us/me from erratum
inert/confined/lost
entangled in a weary knot
buried in dusty debris
suffocated by icy cobwebs
burned & frozen
begging for deliverance
longing for liberation
yearning to be untangled
thunder over water
deliverance?

lost life leaking into the past
<..over here...

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Ho. Ho. Ho. Here we go,
blow off the calendar 
for show.

Racy red, glazy green 
and bright white  
blaze into sight.

Hell's bells, boredom tells.
Yuletide pride takes a ride,

while leaves on trees
as yet yearn to turn 

and Turkey Lurkey is still
wheezing in the freezer.

Save your sales 
for a later date;
in return, you may earn

more green 
than you've ever seen.

Cha Ching!...

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Ho. Ho. Ho. Here we go,
blow off the calendar 
for show.

Racy red, glazy green 
and bright white  
blaze into sight.

Hell's bells, boredom tells.
Yuletide pride takes a ride,

while leaves on trees
as yet yearn to turn 

and Turkey Lurkey is still
wheezing in the freezer.

Save your sales 
for a later date;
in return, you may earn

more green 
than you've ever seen.

Cha Ching!...

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i've tried
i've tried to
summon you
to come to me

i've tried
ouji 
rune
stones 

and i ching 
to at least
bring me
something

among the
words of 
boards
stones

and yarrow
sticks to
know a
feeling

about you
and a spirit
that will come
through and even

just simply
answer yes
or no but
you're not

dead
so i 
give
you

a ring and
engage in
conversation
over the phone

will you
marry
me...

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I consult the I Ching with a question
Only I myself will ask.
Giving Taoism my full attention
Three pennies I will cast.
Six casts in all will yield a hexagram
Chance determines each line.
The bottom three shows plainly who I am
The top three will divine.
Depending on the hexagram result
In it lies a message.
The book of changes I must now consult
Determines the presage.

Wind followed by wind
Is self-realization
One continuum....

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