Short Cleaving Poems

deafening to us
like a tsunami rising
cleaving souls, Silence...

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Yellow leaves falling
into the lake. Its surface
caressed by the breeze.

My thoughts hop from leaf to leaf 
cleaving the breeze up to the Sun....

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STROLL AFTER FIREWORKS

snowballs in July
cleaving to a bush at dark
colors whites of eyes

7/4/2017
haiku form...

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Behold me as I wield the carbon sword,
cleaving reality as if a fraying cord.
In noble valor I make my timeless stand,
against the demons spawned by my own hand....

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Grasping a plot 
from my store of meddles
I spread, 
near the sink, 
verbs and nouns
I've found.
Cleaving each 
to a size
then heated derive
a fragrant misty theme.

   . . .to be continued. . ....

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Calling through the branches of trees,
Cutting through the curtains of rain,
Catching all the bracken of her words
Cold and sharp, abrasive refrain.
Cleaving in the temporal malaise,
Could this pay the wages of sin?
"Closing time" the ending of days....

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Revival quickens* spirit
as love of God transforms soul 
against cleaving to self
for reaching-out service.

*Psalms 143:11 “Quicken me, O LORD, for thy name's sake: for thy righteousness' sake bring my soul out of trouble.”

December 4, 2023...

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Sunflowers swaying
going along wind waltzes~~~
petals keep cleaving...
...as faith* that clings to the Lord
midst afflicting trials' angst~~~
serving with blest glow

*1 Corinthians 2:5 - That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men, but in the power of God.

April 19, 2021...

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I 
knew
your woods
through every
quiver of bonfires...
although our music pealed a wind
flamed  evensongs   quickly  languished,
cleaving my breaths into dry twigs; and hushing a faceless moon
                                                                 with your shadow-dance flight.




Contest 235 of Brian Strand...

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Accursed thing-cravings

Covetousness that prevails

Abiding not in God’s will

Cleaving to self-might

Absence of God’s leadership

Cause my spiritual defeat.*

*2Samuel 17:14  … For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel … to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom. 

July 9, 2019...

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I have seen in early morning
virgin dew upon blade of grass;
It's liquid vapour forming,
clinging as rain to window glass.

I have seen in early evening
royal sunset sinking sublime;
The cosmic colour warming,
cleaving as poet to his rhyme.

I have witnessed then the beauty
of the opposite ends of day;
The master's hand in duty,
crafting what words long to portray....

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wings unfurled in protection
eroded from surrounding rudiments
along a beacon of illumination

visage composed and serene
branching arms cradling cleaving souls
afraid to fade into eternal rest

gifts born from remembrance
weeping, wilting, worn
beneath a wandering ivy-covered guide

quiescent consignor of peace
beyond the cessation of life
- suspended in advocation...

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Blooming sunflowers
sway gaily with wind waltzes~~~
petals keep cleaving...

…Like the sunflowers
heart stays glowing, unrestrained~~~ 
basking with freedom…

…At times, faith wavers
midst carnality cravings~~~
soul* clings to Anchor!!!

*Hebrews 6:19 Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast, and which entereth into that within the veil. 

October 18, 2021...

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Tearing time into a token
broken words of wisdom spoken

on a cinder closely cleaving
burning on as you are leaving

brush me off your sleeve like powder
must I scream a little louder?

Can't you hear me ,can't you feel me?
ribbons black as you unreel me.

all the visions in my head
of everything you did and said

now you laugh and say goodbye..............
don't turn around to watch me die.




(for a friend)...

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There is a white dot.
I lie on my back inside it. 
White walls rise everywhere
Around me and above my head.
There has been a noise
That now is silent.
The cessation is a clear
Cleaving of time into
Sound, no sound.
I remember a hollow echo
Lingering in an open place.
The air is thin and clear and cool.
There is an absence.
I try again to lift my head;
It is too big and too heavy.
I am empty.
I am nothing.
Only the dot remains....

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Cleanse me by the filter of dawn,
          as the honeycomb 
          of mind"s awareity crystallizes, 
    the waxing of membrane, 
                           the taxing of the soul.
                        The blueprint of a-maze-, 
                    droning possibility, silver gaze of a Queen. 
        Pregnant with jaded-ambiguity, 
    feeding with the milk and honey 
 dripping facets in cluster, cleaving abreast of new beginnings....

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Enjoy learning, gaining wisdom* 
Vanquish ignorance-boredom
Apply knowledge from God's Word
Such is called the Spirit's sword.

Ceasing to learn is fatal
Since knowledge growth is vital
Don't you stop from improving
Free yourself from doubt-cleaving.

*James 1:5 If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him.

April 11, 2019...

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The moth will rail against
the light,
beat wings to fracture glass
or extinguish flame;
life surrendered, uncomprehending,
and yet it loves the light.

The bat will fly against 
the night,
serrated form cleaving scars
on lunar face;
beating a path, no understanding,
and yet it loves the night.

I have raged against 
your light,
sallied words to wreak hurt,
to issue pain;
yet without reason, now I realise,
for, true, I love your light....

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cleaving the black rock 
the proud tree blocks wayfarers ---
wild shrubs hail the show

?

speeding naughty yacht
tears white skirts of green waters ---
questioning her course

?

silver waterfalls 
like an Indian widow ---
on a shadow walk

?

rays of morning sun   
play hide and seek with blossoms ---
breeze busy with trees

?

though not autumn time
ferocious maple leaves fall ---
wind escapes from blames


02 August 2022...

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There’s a wizard who sticks to his own
Affirming truth* in his comfort zone
Welcoming change as right
When not left to bring blight
Cleaving to good news that are homegrown.

*John 14:6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

November 24, 2024
3rd place, "Wizard Of Oz Limerick" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Charles Messina; judged on 12/13/2024...

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A magic knight coursing on in brilliance

On lean hack in clanging, cleaving aegis,

Crunching incantation-dark, blunt, and grunt.

So light illumines his cold, whiskered phiz

And it predates the warrior in night hunt.

Chase is stashed by shade then stir lulls to prance

When periphery is gorged by a mist.

Pitches of bolts burst ahead ere a miss.

Startle angers his shield of sparks in haste;

Shots hotfoot through with explosions, vanish....

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Champions in fighting selfishness thru God's grace
Conquerors against worldliness, waving heaven's banner
Cleaving to the Saviour Who indeed assured "I will never leave thee"*
Claimers of the King's eternal prize, reaching life's race finish line
Contenders for holiness-bouts, humbly yielded to the Master...
Cared for, we are His children, obedient to Him!

*Hebrews 13:5 "...I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee."

February 19, 2019...

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A magic knight coursing on in brilliance

On lean hack in clanging, cleaving aegis,

Crunching incantation-dark, blunt, and grunt.

So light illumines his cold, whiskered phiz

And it predates the warrior in night hunt.

Chase is stashed by shade then stir lulls to prance

When periphery is gorged by a mist.

Pitches of bolts burst ahead ere he cries.

His corpus recoils from cuffs in the breasts;

Wide-flat nose lights down to the ground; he dies....

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Cleaving to all its bustle and ado,
What trails behind is one’s own dark shadow.

O man, choke not with truth buried below,
Its fingers point to your vainest ego.

He’s no man that mutely accepts his fate
Resigns to whatso fate, whatso morrow,

A sheep in flock he’s no better to know, 
In cool ash of ignorance to wallow,

A man is he defeated but by him—
O fight thy pretender, beat him hollow. 
______________________________________
Ghazal |04.11.2021|...

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My Love
Deep into that darkness, kissing
As I open mine eyes it was missing
My Love
It should have been there
Seems though it didn't matter you don't care
Back into my memories treasuring
My mind always strays to storms
My Love
The lonely lover leaving
It was thieving, disbelieving, heaving!
Still is cleaving, still is cleaving
That moment my soul grew romance
I crave the silent, sweet sweep
Alas my sweetness Sleep, sleep, sleep!


4/23/19...

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