Short Chipping Poems

Forces chipping at
Marble, wood, steel no matter 
Tired hand happy eye...

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my facade has cracks
you chipping the smooth veneer
that used to protect...

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chipping paint from wall...
can they match up the season?
— moody Spring

8/22/2018...

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cold chipping sparrow 

cozy warm garage it flew~

peer out windowpane


1/18/2021...

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finds a piece of flint
sits chipping away at it 
such concentration
proudly holds his arrow head
dreams of being a hunter

(a stone age boy)

Jack Horne...

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Heavy winter clouds
Thorns piercing inside
Roots deep in my soul

The bitter freeze slowly melting
Chipping away at the stone
Missing you everyday I see you...

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Arty stuff No 2

Rodin was chipping away,
At a big lump of marble one day,
He was sculpting a bloke,
But with one dodgy stroke,
The wobbly bits all flew away!...

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I have an X-Acto knife
In my mind
Chipping away at the memories
Of you.
Piece by piece they fall out 
Through my eyes
On to the cold
Wet, 
Dirt,
Below my 
Bare feet.


By: Sabina Nicole...

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D. oes it really matter where we meet?
A, fter all the venue is chipping in beautifully
T. ouch of red and white will match beauty of the day
E. ctasy of my heart will adore the bliss of your emotions...

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I set alight a fire burning bright
It was a blaze of hope, of faith
Having no tinder, I thought I might
Burn my heart; and smoke billowed, wraith.
I whittled at the carbon fuel, chipping as its lathe....

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The shadows cast down from above
Blanketing a dying memory.

Remembering the warmth of lost eyes;
The face a fading melody.

Lonely green cement hallways silent,
Yellow paint chipping from the walls....

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Rotting away like tooth decay
Crashing down like a building
Dissolving like sugar in water
Just pain and no shielding
Breaking like glass
Chipping like wood
Been falling apart 
From the start
Fixing it we should...

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Anticipation
While culture strengthens
In love of poetry,
In give and to take
An exchange of view.

While together
A common cause,
We work so hard
To understand.

In this way
Unified
A small task.

Chipping
Away.

Hate.

© Harry J Horsman  2015...

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The wind of Fate

O wind of fate

wrapped in chilling breeze

wiping my face

swiping my fate

Whispering my name

as its rolls by

flowing day and night

chipping verses

writing new chapters

as each man scatters

to carve out his own destiny...

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Bicycling through space;
I passed meteors.
I asked, please refrain;
From chipping my home;
It’s called, Planet Earth.

Lyrids, said “sure”;
Persids, too and
Taurids agreed
With my request.

But, the strays
I heard say,
“well...perhaps”.

With charm
I did 

Win.

...

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Blue time
Blue time 
dressed up 
in remember
Wrapped up
Rapt up
In robes 
of regret
Justice
Just ice
Frozen tears 
chipping 
and 
breaking
Another lost try to forget
Colors
Colors all
 pastel
And fading
Memories frozen 
in rime
Flowing 
past hell
evading
But still 
doing 
time...

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Penny
Pennies
Into pounds
Cost of living 
Breaking down 


Digging 
Chipping 
Gritty climb 
I'll come out on top 
I'll work 
I'll grind 



Sometimes short
But never without
Thirsty commitment 
 dampens  this  drought

Drip by drip
Collect the flow 
Cup almost full
But don't let them know .
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Mangled legs and broken arms.
Does not kill you so whats the harm.
But my mind is slipping.
What do I do?
I've got away with body unharmed.
I will though carry scars.
But the walls of my sanity are chipping.
What do I do?
I cant bear it no more.
I find life to be a bore.
But I think I am dying.
What do I do?...

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With your cruelty
You turned my heart to stone
Then with skillful hands
You crafted it with your chisel 
Chipping away small pieces 
Sculpting life like wings
Providing the illusion of magnificence
How the world marveled at your masterpiece
Envied my perceived trancendence
Yet sadly my heart would never be able to fly!...

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From here I see again - not property
Men mangled and maimed by history
Not the shadows in chains
Chipping and hauling wooden flesh
Creation with more license
Than God on the silver skin
Carried its cargo before the wind
Of meaninglessness -
Here looks across the shining city
The muted mist of history
And here stand only as man
Nonnegotiable, nothing less....

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The poet mines the cave for treasures sought;
  its walls encrusted with events long past.
Chipping away to find that buried thought,
  emerging with gold nuggets at long last.

Then comes the day it all falls into place,
  remove one word – the message feels diminished.
The poet, feeling visited by grace,
  stands up and smiles, proclaiming “it is finished.”...

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You were the rock
Of the family 
You held us together
And kept us strong
You were like a lion
When you roared
Everybody listened
An stood at attention
That’s how powerful
You were
But father time
Begin to chip away
At the rock
Who begins to crack
Into small pieces
Chipping and chipping 
Away at you until
You turn into dust
That flew away with
The wind...

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There is nothing we can think
that is not the thought
of a universe--
no spark we can light
that a star has not first 
seen (the dust of us
and what we build upon);

so small we are—not our atoms,
for each of these
is a world of its own

while we price away our freedom

chipping perfect gems
into fragments of consciousness
the lesser man calls
love and possessions…....

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Some escape across paper bridges
through a bluish rain
weighted by hasty decisions
chasing that mist called sanity,,,
others remain-chipping plaque from souls
rooting gemstones from smolder
sowing hard clay into gardens of stone.

Either way you play it 
it's always going to rain 
may as well take a sip
splash about
inhale the good
filter the bad..
in the meantime, don't forget to live....

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The meadow has come alive in vibrant hues
Lavender is blooming, accented with yarrow
And small ground flowers are showing blues
The meadow has come alive in vibrant hues
Columbine and alyssum are taking their cues
From insistent chirping of a chipping sparrow
The meadow has come alive in vibrant hues
Lavender is blooming, accented with yarrow. 

written March 6, 2022...

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