Short Circling In Poems

Beneath dark clouds gathering
a sparrow walks, shivering,
circling in the mud of winter,
his wing a broken splinter.
He's unable to fly into spring....

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ENVY

Swimming in the deep
Sharks circling in green waters
Waiting for a cramp





Written By: Liz Ward
July 22nd 2016...

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The past is the parched scream
of dead and dying flowers
the present is a bamboo raft
shark fins circling in the devil's hat
the future is a silky-smooth horizon 
sprinkled with halos and sunlight.
...

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I think I am like this question mark
not knowing which way to go;
what is my spark?
Life can be confusing, tumbling, 
and circling in my mind
never knowing what to find.
So when I see this question mark,
I see me....

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The virtues, sacrificed
  By muscling vices,
Lay dying 
Across the dusty crusts of Earth.

The sky, once admirably azure, 
Now bleeds dark streams of gray 
Above the sight of flying vultures
Flapping, circling in wait....

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code red —
don’t come to school.
ignores - can’t stay away!
her own teenage son could be in trouble.
the drones circling in her harried brain.
a mother’s feeling sick...insane.
calm days have passed away.
texts her husband —
code red

8/27/2018...

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Light
Is swirled
In the sky
Pink-orange tint
Charcoal colored clouds
Brightening each moment
The sun’s last rays of the day
Circling in sky around my home
It’s like a snow fallen paradise
Colors shine on white carpets into night

Heidi Sands

12/18/22...

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Let’s talk this over
I know that you’re mad
Was it something I did?
Was it something I said?
Don’t leave things hanging,
Said that you’re dead.
We’re losing our minds.
We are circling in a fence
You know all along that I love you.
But how did we end up here?
Talk to me....

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It’s just me and who else?

Is someone tracking me through these spells?

Is someone lurking in my wake?

Is this place storming with snakes?

I can feel these voices getting tight. 

Weaving around, and circling in the night. 

Me and whoever else has arrived-

We are banded by radiant nights where we thrive....

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Floating on a repentant leaf.
Circling in flotsam fairy pond.
Drizzling leaves whirligig in dark.
Wayward wings beg woods to respond.
Tiny tears flooding maple boat.
The sentinel owl nods his head
as hearts resound with golden wings
whisking away prodigal’s dread.

8x8 Poetry Contest
Sponsor:  PS Awtry
Date:  11/10/2018...

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cool clear chilly night 
the moon glows so big and bright... 
the owls out tonight 

circling in the sky 
bats swerving so way up high... 
the hooter's- now fly 

golden eyes in trees 
flapping wings soar in the breeze... 
dinner for two, please  


A Haiku Collection of Three 
Nature Themed Poetry Contest
 
Sponsor: Tania Kitchin 

10/1/2022

*(Howmanysyllables.com)...

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I see it in you, waning, in broken pieces everyday,
That fall away and you let them,
Sun soaked diamond chips
Like broken chimes on a marble floor. 
This silence produces an ominous screaming,
A falcon circling in the dry desert sun
Gliding on imaginary air
Screaming the anticipation forth,
As the last piece delicately falls
He dives to his prey.
You cannot hold yourself together.
Pray that I will....

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It's a grand old boat-still quite reliable.
But from the darkness below.
A crimson breasted leviathan is clawing holes.
Deep into its starry soul.
She's quickly listing.
Vermin gnawing away at the sextant.
Panic is hastily jumping ship.
With the NorthStar stuffed in their bindles...

The loyalists are bailing water.
Hope garnished in salt and blistered.
Predators are slowly circling in.
To the sound of a cracked conche....

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Never think I am dead,
I will be alive for what I did.
I will move around as the winds blow,
I will make glits on the snow.

I will dance on the golden coloured grain, 
I will give feather touch during the rain.
If you wake up early in the morning,
I will make sound as like as whispering.

If the birds circling in the sky,
I won't give you chance to cry.
I will shine in the sky at night,
My memories will make your eyes bright....

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Once again I find myself alone
With no one warm to hold
To the pain my life is sold

And when I'm feeling down
I turn and look around
But nowhere love is found

So I lie on my bed
Remembering everything she ever said
Still circling in my head

So I continue to write
For I've lost my hope to fight
For a day that's better and bright

Now, no matter how many tears I cry
No matter how hard I try
I'll spend the night on my lonely valentine...

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