Short Compression Poems

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the compression of the recession

tempting me to kill intimacy

and dance with humiliation....

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Our world of existing contraity

         compression,depression,high anxiety

        as the complexion changes our society.......

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The heavy rain
wipes out the sunshine.
I rub my windowpane,
watching for company.
Visitors won't come
up muddy lane.

Joyce Johnson
9/28/13

written for "Poems of Compression " contest....

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Shadows romance

Through fine-laced mantle

Of whirlpool’s river dance,

And a kiss gushes high

Beneath froth of clouds

Where stars advance



Franco Gonza 9/22/2013
Compression Contest...

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Like butterflies
Tears caress  my cheek
My clouded vision cries
The world keeps turning
Tomorrow will come
As all hope dies



Barbara Gorelick
9/23/13
Compression contest....

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the widow’s face
 so full of sadness
 is hidden under lace
 her sobbing fills the church
 as none could take her
 dear husband’s place

Jack Horne, 22nd September, for Nette’s Compression contest...

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You concealed her
from the prying eyes..
Devotion she did swear
to her Saviour above..
a novice is she
in silent prayer




Contest : Poem of Compression

Penned 21 September 2013 by Seren Roberts...

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Mom gave me it.
A last moment thing,
as if I gave a flit
about silly customs.
Yet, for my daughter
it's preserved... Shit!

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Nancy Jones
POEM OF COMPRESSION
9/23/13...

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Compression ingestion
The world to implode
The numbers decreasing
  —resistance explodes

From diamond to carbon
Wheels spin in reverse
The groundhog, the treadmill
  —millennium’s curse

(Brooklyn, New York: March, 2016)...

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Compression ingestion
The world to implode
The numbers decreasing
—all resistance explodes

From diamond to carbon
Wheels spin in reverse
The groundhog, the treadmill
—new millennium’s curse

(Brooklyn, New York: March, 2016)...

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a silken wall

beyond earthly realms

that separates us all

from the great mystery

no mortal can see

lest He should call



Written 9/24/13 by Andrea Dietrich
for nette onclaud's POEM OF COMPRESSION Poetry Contes...

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In enclosure
She weaves magic spell
Throughout what she endures
Hidden, cackling a laugh
Cursing the townsfolk
She does procure

Russell Sivey

Form Compression
Contest: POEM OF COMPRESSION
Sponsor: nette onclaud

9/25/2013...

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Sheer fine batiste
Batiste de soie
Ghostly creature outcaste
Floats past upstairs window
Sad down turned lips frown
Gone arriviste    

Sponsor:Nette Onclaud
Contest: Poem Of Compression
October 1, 2013
Poet: Sara Kendrick...

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Smothering heat -
desert sand and sky.
Beckoning of deceit -
as breath quickens, rage dies.
Screams are whimpers of
scorched soul's defeat.



By Rhonda Johnson-Saunders
for Nette Onclaud's Poem of Compression Contest, 
10/1/13...

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Conceals beauty,

        Await buds to bloom,

        And subtle emotions,

          Would else divulge,

            Masks the reality,

               Of the bride !



Written by Dr.Upma Sharma
On 01/10/13 for contest
'Poems of compression'...

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Hidden from sight,
       secrets of the mind,
For good thoughts...I delight
    to see;but it`s covered,
         Anxiety falls on
   me,which brings fright.



Written by Olusegun  Arowolo   ;DATE:9-24-2013

CONTEST:"POEM OF COMPRESSION" sponsored by Nette Onclaud....

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Anxious worry seizes my heart
Now my pulse quickens and wavers
X-ray my chest and find my heart's compression
I try to calm down but it's simply no use
The stress builds and the world spins
Every thought pushes me deeper into panic
Yesterday it was paying for my groceries...

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Prisms through haze,

disguise tawny fields

with a vague stained glass glaze,

leaving many small suns 

circling the cornstalks

throughout the maize




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For Nette's Contest: "Veil" -- Poems of Compression
By Carrie Richards...

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Sirens cut through 
the stillness of the night
blinding lights flashing
Police and paramedics 
battle to save you

Chest compression
rhythmic pulses
desperate attempts
to breathe life
into cyanosed lips

Now you rest
under a gray granite gravestone ...
I’m bereft, I feel so blue

Blue Contest

1/7/19...

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Seconds hunger
 days unweaned
compression fracture
broken dreams

Minutes uncounted
hours unnamed
 Humptiest Dumpty
in pieces again

Yahweh once spoken
reason besieged
tokens in exile
pagans to grieve

One for the money
two when it’s shown
oracle harlot
—cursed and dethroned

(Dreamsleep: March, 2022)...

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While heading to office I hit against the door,
And my forehead started to soar!  
Seeing in the mirror I came to know, 
I got a big bump with purple hue!
 Ice was rubbed, compression was applied,
To help the purple bump to subside
Pain was lessened; I got relieved, 
And the Purple bump was gone indeed!
29/01/2019...

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Staying up for three days
inside of one night,
the walls come crashing in

Compression imploding,
my mind exploding,
all memory suffering

Each hour like three,
as day becomes night,
the reaper at the door

Waist deep in the heartache,
his presence a warning
—my exit unsecure

(Villanova Pennsylvania: February, 2020)...

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There's a constant drone in the back of my head
Hide them
Hide them
Hide them
Hide them

A constant drone that turns my vision red
Hide them
Hide them
Hide them
Hide them

Snap
Snap
Snap
Snap
Every picture hurts

Crack
               Crack
                               Crack
               Crack

The facade's about to burst...

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A LOVES COMPASION IS A HEARTS COMPRESSION
OF MES SOLES WHO HAVE NO CONTROL.
THESE ARE THE IGNITED FIRES WITH NO WHERE TO GO,
BUT BURN DEEP WITHIN THE GLOW.
WHAT HAS ONE TO SHOW,
BUT AN ACHE SO LUSTRIUS IT GOES FOREVER TOLD.
THEN ONES DESIRE KEEP IN GRASP AND HOLD.
A CRANUIM MAY BE THE CENTER OF THE BABE,
BUT LOVING IS WHAT GAVE.
IT’S YOUR HEART I CAN’T SAVE....

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