Short Clumsily Poems

faded wallflower
shows no appreciation~
clumsily we dance...

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Relieved

Sleep has come at last
The eyes bow down clumsily
But deep, and relieved...

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Clumsily learning how my heart breaks.


Entry in First Love contest.
Honorable Mention...

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I lost you that day 
when it was 
raining, 

And drops 
of your face 
clumsily, 

r o l l e d away....

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Tragedy of human affairs
        fledgling...a comedy of errors
             incidental....accidental
    awkward,as we clumsily stumble...

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the creative computers come cleverly
COMES the creepy controls come creatively
comes the clever countries collides comes clumsily

12/29/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2021©...

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                                              Time-worn Barlett Pear
                                        Orange leaves dance with the wind...
                                                  Clumsily fruit falls...

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Comedic contortionist claims clubfeet;
consider carefully, circus clowns cheat.
Chico chipped Carson City's carved concrete
clumsily chiseling cheap cardboard containers.
Charlatans can calm capitol complainers
confounding Congressional campaigners.

July 6, 2022...

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Manuscript written painstakenly
A large pencil held clumsily
Writing a story with words
Excitedly penning
Cursive writing learned
Poet's corner
Pen~paper
Word thoughts
Flow 

Sponsor: Michael J. Falotico
Contest: Your Journey
Written August 05, 2013...

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C's
Clumsy chubby chimpanzee counts cherry cheesecake cases covering corner combined clear ceramic counters.

Canny cat catches canary 

Cunning cat chases crazy chattering chipmunk clumsily can't close chubby cheeks 'cause chaotically  cramming chocolate covered cordial cherries...

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Memory stored the smile
I wore when I learned how to walk, rather than crawl,
my first trial.

I seldom sat
though I'd often clumsily fall,
kersplat!

A clown
as I recall,
down.

Memory stored the smile,
though I'd often clumsily fall
down.


(Minichu)...

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PROTAGONISTS

Protagonist
Finds himself alone
On stage
Performance frozen
Smiles clumsily
A hidden hand
In shade
A stab from behind.

Vacant seats
Bated footsteps
Dust and delusion
Close to dusk
Protagonist wails
'Screw me
I've to deliver
My arch dialogue
Et too.............
Then fall me'
o...

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Protagonist
Finds himself alone
On stage
Performance frozen
Smiles clumsily.
A hidden hand
In shade
A stab from behind.

Vaccant seats
Bated footsteps
Dust and delusion
Close to dusk.
Protagonist wails
'Screw me
I've to deliver
My arch dialogue
"Et Too.......
Then Fall I'"...

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dancing clumsily -
shy blue cowboy eyes smiling. . . . 
he swept me away

marriage fast foreknown -
no proposal from his lips. . . . 
just lots of kisses

my man of few words
tells me, “I’ll always love you”. . . .
few words are true words

For the The Story of Valentine Poetry Contest
of Olajide Adelana...

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Risky unflawed breathing flawed by your touch,
you hit like an endless electric shock;
I try to evade not hang on too much,
each exit I am met with a roadblock;
Feet in the air a game of double dutch 
my pulse in my throat with all the sweet talk;
Suddenly I fall your hands land on me;
Smiling heart spills on the floor clumsily....

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He's off-the-wall
Unprecedented gall
A human catcall

Sins and grins
Feels no chagrin
Conscience of tin

Lies and fibs
Speaks in mad-libs
Smack in the ribs

Text and tweets
Clumsily browbeats
Brutally mistreats

It's no joke
Hatred's unyoked
Violence stoked

Is he secretly rootin'
For another shootin'?
  ~ So is Putin...

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The musk of damp earth after a coating of autumnal rain permeates,

Smoke upon distant chimneys, spiralled clumsily, enveloped by the evening sky,

Leaves underfoot make a crunching chorus, harmonious in their decay,

Mulled wine, offers a welcoming warmth on this crisp night,

Eyes feast as the setting sun bids, a blazing farewell to the day.

 

 

Billie J ©?...

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The story of love

Tash Mahal built by a prince
for a wife, he loved despite having many spouses.
A beautiful palace admired for its architecture
and reduced to mere splendour.
On a narrow road going uphill, I came across
a clumsily built cement block
made by a boy who loved Maria Emilia
 Thorny bushes overgrew his work.
Yet, it was here I sat down and cried for lost love....

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Today, I brought my earbuds. 
So, while I'm surfing 
Facebook™ 
 in the computer lab 
I can listen to music 
on youtube at the same time. 
I clumsily molest the 
backside of the dusty monolith, 
as my left ring finger 
discovers an abrasive crust. 
Someone broke off  
their headphone plug 
in the jack.

How do you manage that? 
Oh, tell me, lord almighty in the sky, so high. 


How do you manage that?...

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The vagrant beggar in seeming drunken stupor
Clumsily staggers about hither and thither 
No one truly wishes to lessen his pain
Turning backs on him with disdain

Now and then a half hearted benefactor 
Presses into his hands unusable note in tatters
We watch from a distance, ebbing flame of conscience 
To glowing heart hardening resistance by our egos indifference 

15-May-2021...

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Indisputably bankrupted deux times
boardings on stalled windows
Recession unproofed
bundles of betwichted people aloff
clumsily lost Waitrose
and still the Fairfield roof leaks
Queens gardens is no longer bespoke
its tenable for climbing children

We've still not lost the war
culture exists
and I'm eternally grateful
Poets Anonymous
and Poets hour at the library
provides the same echo
of the past...

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I left the pages of my book clumsily open,
the phone off the hook and what was said hanging;
I walked for hours and hours, hallow inside, empty, 
the words said, echoing and my mind over and over; 
why, why, why . . . I silently screamed.

______________________
February 23, 2019


Poetry/Verse/Why, Why, Why
Copyright Protected, ID 19-1117-689-02
All Rights Reserved.  Written under Pseudonym....

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The water wears a halo of mist
made gold by first light.
Two swans write their waking
on the soft glaze of a morning
as if tracing psalms 
to anoint the coming day. 
They bow their heads gracefully.
Clumsily, I bow mine.

I can almost feel each word
being transcribed across
the tightened surfaces of my mind.
I come to listen,
to hear something sacred
being said in a language 
I cannot decipher.
It is agonizingly beautiful.
Why am I so afraid ?...

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Bashfully, dimple-ly
Child-like  grin on my face
Naturally, clumsily 
Jumbled up speech all over the place

Often left wondering 
"Was I misunderstood?" 
A tad bit optimistic
Far too curious, for my own good

Dig a bit further, braincells debate
Thoughts come back to that family tree 
Is it destiny or some kind of fate
Search a bit deeper within my psyche
Discombobulated,  now I need a coffee. 

09/09/21 Why am I me? contest, 
Sponsored by Shreya LN...

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Three kittens clumsily trying to cuddle up to mother's bosom. Blind at birth, driven in their search for comfort. Feel of soft fur, soothing purr of their mother. Unopened eyes trying to view beyond the darkness of their world. Twelve limbs seeming to have minds of their own, all stepping in different directions, stumbling. Cuteness in the human realm. Their angst and desperation only known to them


Cuddly little toys
Searching for mother's warmth
Cruel Human eyes...

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