Short Clipped Poems

frozen light thaws
ego’s claws clipped
God’s laws obeyed...

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missing
in action-
his memory 
clipped to a bedroom
mirror...

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beneath breakers roar…
robin on the ocean floor
gurnards never soar...

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Nail clipped waxing moon
Tarmacadam cooling 
Chirping birds retire

©DB...

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silenced canaries 
sexed and banded and wings clipped~
cagey politics...

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they shout from the hip

   truth gets clipped

    slogans exit lips...

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clipped like a seat belt
im obstructed from flying
when i do have wings...

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imminent danger
   certainly the most clipped man
   moves  as race car   !...

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Time runs out, no more
Power wanes, the wings are clipped,
Legacy remains.

©bfa050825

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a parrot clipped,caged, cries
            a bonded labourer moans
            when will they get freedom...

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there is a sadness in the caged bird's song
freedom is its destiny
clipped wings are meant to fly...

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Trapped within flutter
    Unable to fly soul birds
        Languish like dead fish

Date March 22. 2017
Contest feelings...

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My favorite works of art
Are paperclip hearts
Bent on a whim 
By loves gentle hand
Clipped tight to love letters and cards...

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Wings clipped, and then caged
–my dearest; Declaration.
Is this love not true?



Tuesday, February 02...

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i've never felt so alone as the day they carried you away
my life ended as abruptly as it had begun



AP: 3rd place 2025...

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Shifted child 
hither and away
ripped roots clipped
soil untended
uncertain tender shoots
beneath the snow
fear spring thaw...

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Nail clipped
hands scale ivory
tones striving for 
bright major key rhythm
try after try until finally
applause....

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With notes shredding ears homicidal,
contestants squawk madly to sidle
despite what they lack
they keep flocking back
to die on American Idol....

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You carry such burdens with silence
With a caged heart and clipped wings
Alone in shadows of fear you stand
And all your soul wants to do is sing...

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Clipped close
(mine)
Speculation lingers on 
Cautious shoulders,
Hooped ankles.

The clean sky
The dirty earth
And all the 
bird scraps 
in between....

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Clipped are my wings
Gouged and feasted upon by inners sins
Once pure now diluted
once diluted now corrupted
Lostwrapped in the chaos of my hardened blood....

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For Dad I struggled like a slave

Being clean-cut and tight-lipped

I hope he's happy with my grave

Cuz the grass is always clipped...

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A new education in my boarding
Forget what you think you know
It's irrelevant here
If you seek nothing
You don't need to learn
But you will soon find out
Why most return...

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Living carefree
And caring not
Of life's joy-burst, half forgot;
But elsewhere sunned.

Heaven's upleapt;
To Earth which fell.
Uninterrupted play-spell.
Child's soul, least stunned!...

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  Pristine, precisely clipped greens
    Rolling fairways flanked by majestic trees

  Water hazards imperil a golfer’s well-being
    ~ While in Saudi, sand traps greet the King 
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