Short Cord Poems

The umbilical 
Cord of good economy
Is good politics.
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My new little Pup
She Bit my computer cord
Off line for a week...

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They
Say
He
Cut,
Split,
Stacked
Four cord of wood
Sat down
And
Died....

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carriers of souls
birth cord, from the branches, cut ~
freedom in full flight...

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Freefall
Bungee cord secure;
My eyes saccade below me,
Screaming as I plunge....

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Womb
Blood streams
One river
Eden’s garden
The river named the umbilical cord...

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I still remember
Dad and I cutting Timber
In late December


By: Robb A. Kopp...

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earthen filament
sign encompasses weak string
tied to cord, weathered

Russell Sivey...

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Still in the womb
fifty years later
State feeds me
by umbilical cord
of people's sweat...

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Desire arises of its own accord ~
It dwells within us till we cut the cord

02-January-2023...

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A
mother's
love cements
all family 
life.

An Ekphrasis after Maternity by Charles Maurin...

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There I go; off the wall
Oh my gosh; it is so tall!
Hope I never hit the ground
Impact would be a nastry sound!...

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He still speaks to me.
Like an umbilical cord,
We are connected. 
“It’s Dad here, anyone home ?”
I can’t erase love....

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The scarlet cord spurs 
daylight,
stealing through the blue-
black sky.
Moonlight fades away in 
shades
of yellow aura....

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Caressing the clouds, I felt sky’s heartbeat.
Stratospheric song; I heard;
It twanged my silver cord.
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Tethered to you by an 
Umbilical cord of blame
Massive heart attacks 
Of rejection serrate
Ripping through vagina of hate


8/10/11...

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these branches and roots
that cord to the grave ancients
should be free from man’s swords!
both oracle and priest held for days …...

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Good mind
Finds good, 
Bad mind
Loots sooth, 
Around the world good mind finds good lot 
But everywhere bad mind loots sooth cord...

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Fibrous Cord

My fibrous cord who 
attach the muscles of 
the calf to the 
heel bone are 
sometimes as sharp as 
a sharp knife.
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Every simple step I take
Every mighty move I make
Every colourful cake I bake
Every cruel cord I break
Is for our life and love’s sake...

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lost every notion of life's cosmic rhythms
atrophied links with nature
blind deaf marionettes



AP: 3rd place 2021

Posted on March 27, 2018...

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Ancient Peruvians used the quipu
To record events for more than a few.
Cord with knotted string
Messages to bring
Future accounting for me and for you....

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Mom once used an iron called sad
In those times it was all that we had.
Like the old rub board
It had no electric cord
And the wrinkles it left weren't bad....

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Behold me as I wield the carbon sword,
cleaving reality as if a fraying cord.
In noble valor I make my timeless stand,
against the demons spawned by my own hand....

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Everything will change now
It has to
Unbilical cord lost from Mother at birth
Was re attached at her heart
But when her heart stops beating
Doesn't her child too?...

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