Short Contend Poems

If you contend you never commit sin
Then join this club of one, they’ll let you in...

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Eloquence of desperation,
 majesty in the end

Elegance of sweet sorrow
—dying to contend

(Dreamsleep: April, 2021)...

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Since brevity’s the soul of wit,
I briefly might contend
That mine sure has that brief part down:
I’m always at its end....

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I have no assets,
only dreams and no
I don't even sell them
for all this
world...
All this world,
it's nothing  to contend
 with my dreams......

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Forget roses and chocolates my friend
Full on romance is what I recommend
No bulk buying from CostCo
12 bottles of Lambrusco
You will need to up your game to contend...

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When life is finally nearing an end
By a system of points, we must contend
Was life a success
Performed my best
More points mean a good life I've spent...

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Granny has found a new trend
 With unseen waves to contend
 Ironing board skurfing
  And living room surfing
 Granny's gone off the deep end!

 7-15-2022
 Limerick Contes
 Sponsor: Lisa YY...

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On McCain Do Depend

Be president with others John did contend;
To straighten things out and them mend;
Books wrote;
Time did devote;
Always trust McCain and on we will depend.

James Horn...

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The first casualty of war…
truth

The last casualty of war…
death

Truth fighting death,
beginning to end

Questions unanswered
—gravestones contend


(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)...

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dizzying array of situations...with which to contend
time...that old adversary... has it's way 
but it can even mend
moments can quite puzzle
so written words my friend
become my metaphorical muzzle...

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The time has arrived my good friends
To great heights of stardom, I ascend
The role I have chosen
In the films of motion
A sex idol, the next Clooney I contend


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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The backlash against CV-19 restrictions erupted
The plan to wear masks and social distance disrupted

   Now that the numbers are spiking upward again
   Will we have 'whiplash' with which to contend?...

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Do Away With Electoral College

With others for office should fairly contend;
Remove electoral college and rules amend;
Take a gander,
At gerrymander;
We must only use popular vote in the end.

Jim Horn...

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I contend  be fair
                     Just as the sword that fought
                     the fair fight...
                     not as the cowardly knife
                     that cuts life without art......

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Walking through gardens and chards of glass, roses and thorns contend
    Sailing on whitecaps, drowning in fear, blues skies surrender no sun
Souls that are tortured forget how to dance but I will find my song...

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I glow in the dark
In my living casket
Foul bioluminescent
Engulfed in the scent
Self-offering present
I'll curb the descent
Corpse waters relent
I'm back at the end
From this I contend
My incessant event...

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Begin at the end
I need no surprise
Reaction to pend
You’ll see in my eyes
How I can contend

Backward we go
Rewind the show
The worst for last
The best so fast

Mad method
Mostly means
More minutes

Saving
Craving

Time....

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What I am, you don't know me yet;
I will show you, keep doing wait.
 
May be I nameless, may be I shameless;
But I know better me, I m not aimless.
 
May be I am not good, in so many ways;
But I contend, I'll bring my days.  


...to be continue......

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With your sudden guise
giving Shirley poppies seeds away
To Welford for the snowdrops
in mid February
a hushed garden
with done, knuckled buddleia
rose hips nipped
no surplus food for the birds
Spring like weather
down the South
no snow to contend


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It was suggested by someone for whom I have great respect, that I remove this poem and so I did. However, I will contend that any poet who writes with the intent of bringing smiles to the site and who never writes a negative word about anyone, deserves to be respected....

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Gravity we take for granted.
With it we all stick to earth.
But then we contend,
For some special spot on the surface,
And meanwhile forget.
Gravity was given to everyone.
So it takes another war to remind us,
That we all have to be someplace.
Gravity requires it....

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Pause.
Treading.
Without cause.
Hot breeze, brushed slate.
Apathetic state.
Rooster, without mo/ourning.
Feels of perpetual, missed date.
Query to contend or content.
A penny earned or a blessing sent.
Strive for change or adoption of what's meant.

-Angel Fatale-...

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Contend With Trump A Big Force

To contend with Trump had been a big force,
Regardless if you are off or remain on course;
Horse rode on;
Dusk to dawn;
Count on conditions or can consider source.

James Thesarious Hilarious Horn
Retired Veteran
RiverSea Plantation
Bolivia, NC 28422...

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Slippers
Ordinary looking
Brown
Moccasin type
Felt lining
A bit too tight.
The right size would be fine
But in their mashed way
They've become comfortable.
My worn slippers 
Are in some perverse way
Like life?
I contend 
With a lot
And hope for the best
But in the end
I often
Settle for less....

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Having passed on to the night, the day

New birth in the morning, a revival sway.

Life, a relationship in flux, takes place.

To a different planet, a new embrace.

An awe-inspiring gift from the Cosmic Link

Our "jump and contend" can't be in sync.


Written: July 26, 2022...

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