Short Compulsion Poems

Unless we exit compulsion to think ~
We will notice not soul’s light when we blink

17-April-2023...

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If there were no one else but me,
~~I would still be writing my poetry.

Written August 23, 2022...

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Charlotte tried a new kind of game
her results always stayed the same
	called tic-tac-toe
	it was never a go
poor Charlotte was driven insane...

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force, punish, burden,
insistent coercion, and threat,
compulsion, tension.

Stressful stranglehold,
urge, force per unit area,
fuss, influence, duress....

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Affection
Elation
Compulsion
Obsession
Confession
Rejection
Dejection
Depression
Medication
Addiction
Humiliation
Conviction
Crucifixion
Salvation
Jubilation!...

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a black rose offers pink play on golden hayfield - a plum compulsion


January 3, 2018
Monoku 4: Colours - Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Silent One...

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Drifting 
on a stream,
drawn by the tide-
secure within my hell..
I hide


Note.An earlier poem of mine re-written, on inspiration, for Michael's contest...

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Skills may be acquired under compulsion

But

Knowledge can never be assimilated by an

Oppressed mind!



 


© Demetrios Trifiatis
    19 November 2022...

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“Why do you write, Jesse?”
I honestly don’t know.
“Struggle to sketch the flow that already
exists intact in the mind”?
It’s spontaneous. It’s a habit. It’s a compulsion....

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the quest is to reach the zenith
of mad compulsion.
alien to me are cloaked coins
having affairs with the frontier
of it's silk weapon.

the conquest awaits all of us
who are guided by flocks
of falcons flying into hell....

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Duty with love is perpetual			
                                    Under compulsion it's artificial			
                             Duty is duty, anyway we must perform			
                                         bounds to be accustomed...

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for him
it was all about
the chase
the art
the seduction
the romance
the game
the conquest
the compulsion

soon enough
she’d have him
eating out of her hand
like a puppy



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on June 18, 2019...

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ah, yes, Monet 
delicate brush
subtle pastels
repetition
trying to get it right
trees, lily pads, meadows, flowers,
redoing and redoing,
the same scene many times over
trying to perfect his craft
he did not realize that he already had...

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Don't touch me!
For if you do you might feel.

Don't listen to me!
For if you do you might hear.

Don't look at me
in the eyes
for if you do you might
have the compulsion to question
what feels and sounds good.

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radical stuff, yeah?...

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I breathe you like air 
every moment you stay with me
In my imagination
you drive me relish and cherish
this beautiful world around
I see this world differently
gauge people's intentions
and motives within feelings
Poetry you're my compulsion....

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If we account
compulsion renders us
tame
A haze engulfs unwitting
thoughts
Of seers our mazy lives
tire

If we speak
our crude torment ensues
Corrected speech and
chains resume
Of grief a woven tale
will craft

If not
we must this day retract......

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Man to the woman,
Woman of grace
I melt in your silken embrace
A man of sweet passion
I am but old and out of fashion

	Woman to the man,
Your voice is like a velvet caress
Always  gentle, sans duress.
There is no compulsion nor obsession
Simple and sweet, an honest confession....

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How
can a
poet, one
who comprehends
the compulsion to
create; who mirrors grace
with the grace of words, lack faith?
The fact I would even need to
ask this question is, for me, more a
mystery than the existence of God.

For Brian Strand's 
WHATEVER any theme/any form MAX 12 lines Poetry Contest...

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Listen to poem:

A neverending compulsion.
The more space you have,
the more you want to fill it up.
Just take "uu" from "vacuum"
and add it to "continue",
"mm".


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“I think humans have a natural desire to fill empty spaces”  
Will Shortz, New York Times, Crosswords Editor
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Converse compulsion in the dust of the day
Doggedly defying  its din to abate…
For silence surrounds, it has so much to say -
Appraised to be golden, not measured by weight -
Cajoles with the cascade of calm in coy play,
Listen to silence, it has so much to say. 


 September 6, 2021...

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lucky people have
                             a bulk wealth of smile's treasure 
                                   all cheeks do not bear 

                                    God's wonderful gift
                             blocked with heart's combination
                                    smile's in compulsion...

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National flag fluttered,
on the day of national honor,
leader beamed so did his cronies,
all other 'vegetable' that had gathered around,
had little spirit and sound,
whatever they made,
they made out of compulsion,
of one or the other kind,
strange nation appeared elated,
while nationals quite and thoroughly deflated....

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Compassion
Is a compulsion
It is that thing
You   can   not   let   go

It is my thirteen year old self
Late for school
Crushing the skull 
Of a snake   run over
Found writhing at the side of the road
No creature
Too low

For compassion to show



6/6/2019

Compassion Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Line Gauthier...

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many times over the 
past version of self 
fell prey to anxieties that
plagued the mind 
the past self fought against  
bouts of irrational thoughts  
that ran through the mind 
an obsession to find a way out of the 
anxiety became a compulsion  
self-over analyzation became the norm
that the past self fell prisoner too...

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Do not leave the park yet,
Whatever the compulsion,
Many friends owe a debt,
To your poetic excellence!

battles have never been won
by leaving the battle field,
But enemy has been undone
When the hurt do not yield!

So carry the pen as a gun,
To maim those who fired,
This battle has just begun,
Know you are much admired!!...

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