Short Circa Poems

at a bus stop ~ a man lifts his mask for one last puff...

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Who are you most afraid of
                             ~ Obama, Osama, and your mama...

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They came to gaze


disappeared in the haze


Impressionist art circa 1870-90 in a Spaces form...

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She's a free spirit
Frangipani in her hair
Headed to Woodstock


Date written and posted: 01/19/2019...

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Mother to me 
is a bittersweet deed
signed in blood 
from which 
I will never be freed





circa 2007...

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You gave me life
Love
Estranged
In the end
Cancer 
Friend
I didn't lose
But gained you





circa 2005...

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You are my shelter
My foundation
And in between 
The room
To furnish 
With a dream



Circa 2006
Posted 3/14/2017...

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Cheeks: apple skin shined
Hair: flaxen golden threaded
Lips: petulant pout
Eyes: dark sea currents whetted
Date: Circa 1903....

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Up your seconds
stretch every moment
Joy in the instant
— present sublime

(Harry’s Café: Rush Street, Chicago – Circa 1982)
...

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A treasured washstand 
from the groom's  workshop 
for his bride - 
its value enhanced by
adding handmade towels       
from her hope chest....

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Anacreon the  greek born circa 580 BC
loved to pen erotic  poetry
alternating long&short in syllabic metric
lyrically untranslatable from the ionic...

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The experience
of you
germinates

a hungry 
hungry little root

winding it's way
inside me

so warming

you must be seed
and sun





circa 2006...

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Circa vista under seen

life and spirit flow..

sublime outline forms


little hill folds down..

cross the valley bleating sheep

combs coombe the eyrie hawk..!



copyright Joe Maverick 2011...

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Carving the antennai
watch the carved butterfly
touch and felt
by bored passing students
forced summer drive
Its glory emblazed
on a plastic label
Cabbage white model
last known
circa 2025...

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Difficult morning
hesitant sun, not again. 
Rise up, 
as you were meant to.
Take the shadows of the night and 
  breathe life 
back into existence. 
Don’t leave me empty 
as you have before....

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"I love you as much as
A billion dollars or more.
I wish you a Merry Christmas,
My favorite Mom! Xoxo."

Marissa Faries
Circa 2004 (Age: 10)

A poem I wrote on a Christmas greeting card to my mother....

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I'm so completely full of rhyme
like a bad case of acne
I'm oozing all the time
forever poems are brewing
as awe and words combine
like a bad ass rash
burning something quite sublime





circa 2006...

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Babes
flesh of her
with the audacity
to crown themselves 
lords
if not gods
masters of all
all
natural

fools 
at her feet

As every kingdom falls
Nature alone
knows immortality 




circa 2005...

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More afraid and fearless
than I have ever been
precariously perched
upon the cusp of a dream
faith and swollen heart
clenched in either hand
with an eye on the tide
building castles in the sand.



circa 2006...

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Welcome to my brain
Scalar saturnalia

Embracing sun and rain
Where rainbows spring euphoria

Where shadows cold and deep
Indulge in dreams of light

Where from the demons reap
The powers to take flight



circa 2006...

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So many colors
Leading the eye away
From Eve's nakedness


Inspired by "The Garden of Earthly Delights'  Hieronymus Bosch circa 1500, Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Garden_of_Earthly_Delights
01/05/22...

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at one end
a finishing
crack actually
only a hair
line fracture left
of the sound
hole
of my old
mandolin

depression
era circa
1930's depresses
me even with
one string broken
soft pick
strumming her
pear
shaped body...

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I am of Ireland
(anonymous Medieval Irish Lyric, circa 13th-14th century AD)
translation by Michael R. Burch

I am of Ireland,
and of the holy realm of Ireland.
Gentlefolk I pray thee:
for the sake of saintly charity,
come dance with me
in Ireland!...

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Cool, groovy, hip 
No bummers here 
Just a psychedelic love explosion 
A total gas 
We had a blast
The chicks were far out 
So many foxes
The babes were alright 
The whole scene was out of sight!
A good trip all told

This poem is circa the 1960's...

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Faith,hope and charity
each positives, to me
and essential,as can be

The first,a gift from God
with agape,for free
the other as certain as can be

.....try them,each one,is for thee


This form was created by Scottish poet Roddy Lumsden circa 2007...

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