Short Cl Poems

Cell phone have you heard?
Ye'  I he'  very
cl'  ly!...

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In asses no classes,

All are the same case,

In cl-asses,

All are asses,

But,

The teachers assess one!...

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I found a yella 'nana walking down the street
I took him home and peeled him 'fore dinner
He's my organic appetizer
And I'm his sweet treat

Thanks to C.L. Thornton and Sidney Hall for helping me to sort this little poem to 
closure!...

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If that closet door opens by itself again, I am gone.
I should not have watched that ghost story on TV last night.
I know that now, I do not need a reminder.
Other people can watch that stuff, but I cannot.
Here I sit at three a.m. staring in horror at that cl……...

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HISTORY GROOK #1

History is an open book
We could easily turn the pages.
Perhaps our fear prevents a read
Of life throughout the ages?



HISTORY GROOK #2

History in flux;
The ebb and flow of life;
Lessons learned by none.


[For C.L. Thornton, the master of the grook.]...

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Sly snake what a rakish slither
belly walker cunning talker
Persuade the moon to buy the sky
Charging moonbeams by the hour


**I think this is the first one for me...trying my hand at silly poems for children.
Many thanks to all who take the time to read my works!!
**Thanks CL Thornton for the tips!!~~~...

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I've always been a simple man
But all  of that is long before
I found her name is Mary Ann
And she reads poems by the shore

I have written poems galore -
I'll write a sonnet in the sand
Then she will see down in my core
That I am a renaissance man


1-17-20
Contest:Oh-No A Twisted Char-Lay 
Sponsor: Charles Messina...

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The city lights of neon flash
 To dull sounds of the traffic flow
 Upon the sidewalks footsteps crash
 As people bustle to and fro

 A city that never moves slow
 For time is money, in cold cash
 Getting caught in its neon glow
  They seem to be in a mad dash

 1-27-2020
 Oh-No A Twisted Char-Lay Poetry Contest
 Sponsor: Charles Messina...

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On paths of frozen ice and snow
With bitter cold air all around
I just seek to know, where to go
To make it work with what I found

To walk quiet, without a sound
Of cracking ice and things I know
Snow piled in burdens by the pound
Waiting for harmonious flow

1/21/20

Entry for Oh-no A Twisted Char-Lay Poetry Contest.  Sponsor:  Charles Messina...

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The sun above us in the sky
provides for life on earth each day.
It’s like a big hot apple pie
that shines a slice of warmth our way.

We thank God for each streaming ray
that awakens the morning eye.
In sleep, in work, in rest and play
the smiling old sun passes by.

2/5/20

Oh-No A Twisted Char-Lay Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: charles messina...

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Robins are a delight to see
When winter snow is almost gone
To see them chirp and bounce with glee
And hear songbirds singing at dawn

An eagle soars, mighty and brawn
Flying, circling the sky so free
Feeders full, hummingbirds are drawn
Bird watching is joyous to me

1/23/20

Contest: Oh-No A Twisted Char-Lay Poetry Contest

Sponsor: Charles Messina...

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citrine Indian summer sigh 
as blue skies turn a jealous green

dusty weft wind and hours drew nigh
idyllic of seasons has seen

a wanderer of aged mirth, glean
quintessence honey set awry

underneath spun amorous scene 
of sweet scent tease, not a goodbye

1/20/2020

ABAB BABA 8 lines 8 syllables
Poetry Contest: Oh-No A Twisted Char-Lay 
Sponsored by: Charles Messina...

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for you are my BREVITY MUSE,
the deep metaphors i searched for-
the rhythm to your heart i shan’t lose,
(love, it’s your verses i adore)

coalesced by the vows we swore
under the autumn crimson hues-
depth of my rhyme you did restore…
for our bodies and souls did fuse

_______________________________

1.26.20
Oh-No A Twisted Char-Lay Poetry Contest
Charles Messina...

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Her plight a tragic tale of woe
Confined to solitary cell
She cried because she didn't know
If folks would ever know her hell

One night it happened that she fell
It seemed at first a mortal blow...
Yet daily she recovered well
~ Released to wedding bells, she glowed



              January 27, 2020
 Oh-No A Twisted Char-Lay Poetry Contest
          Sponsor: Charles Messina...

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A wayside plant nobody cared,
bloomed a forlorn flower in spring.
In glint of petals your face flared,
like motif on butterfly wing.

At the edge of instinct luring,
lancet of desire I’d unbared,
plucked the flower on joyful swing,
it saw my inside die unspared. 

January 27, 2020
Syllable count : 8 each line
Checked on howmanysyllables.com
Contest : Oh-No A Twisted Char-Lay
Sponsor : Charles Messina...

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Sue loved to style her auburn hair, 
and adorn it with a cute bow.
 
Then cancer struck, life’s so unfair -
treatment meant her long locks would go. 

She hoped in time new hair would grow, 
as baldness may cause folk to stare. 

Sue now wears a pretty bandeau, 
her cancer story I now share. 


Checked with how many syllables

Oh-No A Twisted Char-Lay' Poetry Contest

Sponsored by Charles Messina

1/21/20...

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Postmen are the unsung heroes      		
Rain or shine they’re here on time	
Ten out of ten never zeros			
Such respect for postman of mine		
In summer shorts till winter’s clime		
When at dawn my Postman arose		
In snow or rain or warm sunshine		
Strong and fit no red runny nose

Written 25th January 2020

ABABBABA
8 lines
8 syllables

Contest  Oh-No a Twisted Char-Lay
Sponsor  Charles Messina
2nd Place

Contest Strand Select F
Sponsor Brian Strand 
HONORABLE MENTION...

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Listen to poem:

*Image of Deception Magnifying Glass Philsophy by Pixabay.

Deceitful

All deceitful persons tell tales,
Do not believe them, words to heed,
It is their constant, never fails,
Tell untruths is their basic creed.

Unearth descendants evil breed,
Traverse the ages in details,
That was planted, a wicked seed,
Outrage reflects their wayward trails.

2020 January 18
*3rd Place*
Oh-No A Twisted Char-Lay Poetry Contest
~~charles messina: Judged 2021 January 16...

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