Short Cited Poems

The lineman waves his flag



I take the ten-minute break...

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Dull, gray clouds rolling
Autumn-cited grasses bow
Today I am king....

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Let it whatever, be!
You can't change chance!
Only conjure its preliminaries.
Cited in will, maybe!...

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A dog by the side of the road
Whelped out her cute little load
A copper who saw
Reeled off the law
Cited for littering I’m told...

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There was a pastor named Caste
Whose habit of swearing was vast.
Some said his firing was near
But Caste cited nothing to fear
“You see, I repent too _____ fast.”...

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Understated should be more subtle
who is the ex of cited
Why do we have questions
What is the part of icular
Elongated should be shorter
What is the spiration in
And where does go............. go
And what gave God the idea of us
Are we the creators of him...

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Awesome beauty chilled, 
Definite effort forgives, 
Generating hourly igloos, 
Just kidding lovely maker, 
Nor'easter operating possible quiet rightful snow, 
Thoughtfully underneath, 
Very wonderful,
X-cited young zealot

Russell Sivey

Entrant into yasmin khan's "SNOW ABC" contest

3/10/2012...

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A Woman of Substance,
Cited as An Instance,
Her name Lady Constance …
The rest giving Distance!

Then, she become married
On her wedding carried:
A Worshipful Bridegroom,
Who could wait for their room
But would rather off zoom
To it long swept with broom …

But mid-street Fatal Crash,
To the Man A Fate harsh …

Now married soon widowed:
By Death overshadowed!...

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Freedom Usurped!

Homeward Bound,
  northbound;
A red car with four doors,
the red horse of the apocalypse;
suddenly, suffocated, gasping
  air thick with fumes;

Soon, freedom through death!

Struggling for a breath,
  unbearable pain in chest;
Open the window!
 

Freedom Usurped!

Police pursuit,
  stop the car!
I just can't walk the line!
Cited!
  for driving
    while
      DEAD!...

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Moses the Lawgiver was the most humble of men
  Abraham the Patriarch dust and ashes, and when
Other kings lolled in bed nearly half the morning
  The Psalmist, King David, rose at midnight's warning

When we think of great heroes, we imagine great might
  Battles, war and conquests, daring bravery in fights
The three heroes I've cited were all strong, it is true --
  Their greatness cloaked in humility through and through...

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He was a bit overawed
   his topic, too broad
A speech on 'The Universe'
   ought not to be terse

So he narrowed it down
   to his beloved hometown
He focused on New York --
   Jews and Muslims who eat pork

He cited some verses
   from the Bible and Koran
Then he threw up his hands
   Said, "I've done the best I can."

The judges cried, "Bravo!"
   You're a brilliant young man
We award you first prize:
   An autographed copy of
   ~ 'Green Eggs and Ham'...

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Common sense saves the day when deliberation cannot find a way
An instinctive practical knowledge born of gut feelings.
Common sense - a rare inherent inbuilt wisdom, seldom called on, except as a last resort.
It is often cited after the event when reason and deduction has failed:
'Why not use common sense'? 'Do what most would do - It's just common sense!'
Uncommon sense becomes more reliable with age
It settles as sentiment sediment 
  from the sea of trials, tests and tribulations....

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