Short Corroding Poems

Rust will covers all  
Aging metal after fall  
O Corroding hall...

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prejudice,
mental jaundice,
distorting personal perspectives,
corroding humanity's noble objectives,
bigotry....

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prejudice,

mental jaundice,

distorting personal perspectives,

corroding humanity's noble objectives,

bigotry!...

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Continuously evolving while my age is dissolving in a game I play so well
Briskly walking while my souls are corroding in shoes I've got to sell....

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snow falls flakes 
cling to trees

barking dogs grow 
silent for the moment

corroding wire fences
brown dying grass

a spider scales 
the white cracking ceiling 

the highway
echoes...

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aroma of your love
permeates my consciousness
snow descends
in brittle delicate flakes
deep beneath the rusty skin
corroding and breaking apart
clouds of gas dust scatter
i breathe your musky love...

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My jealousy was crushing:
A friend had shouldered past,
And seized my prize by rushing
Past me, stealthy-fast.

But jealousy can rust you,
Corroding your inside;
I shrug it off and trust new
Friends, and quell my pride....

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Physically limiting
Mentally depressing
Joy
Robbing,
Life altering,
Joint
corroding,
Spiraling
decent
into
another
spirit
defeated.
Health
declining;
Dis-
figuring
aches
limit
motion.
Limit 
simple 
pleasures...

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My jealousy was crushing:
A friend had shouldered past,
And seized my prize by rushing
Past me, stealthy-fast.

But jealousy can rust you,
Corroding your inside;
I shrug it off and trust new
Friends, and quell my pride.
1981...

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Father wanted to teach me
How to use the box of  tools
The hammer for nails, the saw
For cutting objects

Years went by and the shed fell
Exposing the box to rain
Corroding all within it
Everything has rust

Russell Sivey

Entrant into ^Rick Parise, "Rust" contest

12/22/2011...

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Exploding and Unloading

Ergonomics and energy are exploding,
And are all situated for an unloading;
Will occur,
Can endure,
While iron will be eroding and corroding.

James Serious Mysterious Horn
Retired Veteran and Poet

Inspired by Bill Nye Science Guy
and his book, "Undeniable."...

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One after another-
I fail to fast an egg for another-

one after another...

I ready reasons-
corroding all of the studded,

I claim to be beamed-
compounding my bummers,

shouting to withstand,

or reprimand my shudder,

ending in the rudder,

rotating a lover,

loading of the stowaways hover....

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Devastation
Annihilation
Hatred
And destruction
My heart
Has seen worse
Than piercing
Hurting pain
I can’t live
Any more
With worse
Than shattering evil
Stabbing pain
Corroding heart
Dying soul
And deathly life
It’s the end
Ceasing of my life
My time has come
I shall die

Russell Sivey

Note: This poem is not a suicide poem. It’s symbolic....

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Sweet Empty gulf farewell
all the animals I've known so well
adrift among the lifeless waves
corroding in the grim sun's rays.

Oh the dim murk reeks of death
the odors cause my nose distress
I'll never see the water blue
consumed forever by BP's Crude.



- To every animal that has swam, trot, or flew
I bid thee all adieu 

I'll miss you....

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Guilty Intentions

For too long I sought diversion desire
Reject the routine, to conquest aspire
Contempt in contempt, to revel in lust.
Corroding our rings-the basis of trust.

I abjure the pursuit of passing allure
leading to empty embrace of manure
to you here and now, I swear so much more 
rejoice in your soul, latch on to your core.

March 17, 2016...

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Depression me, dumb
Showing low or no, signs of fun
What to do
I’ll, forget too
Calm
Feels so wrong
Clouding judgment
Trails of resent
Boy!
What joy?
A need to hide
Then sad decides
Active
For the practice
Tweaking
I’m going out, streaking 

You don’t want

To be

Around

When

My feelings fall down

Wow!

Go 

Slow 

Or you’ll let it all show...

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I am the anchor corroding at the bottom of the sea...
I am the gentle breeze caressing your face...
I am that subtle whisper from the autumn trees...
I'm that distant small light in space...
I am always with you; you're never alone...
I'm a lost email, or forgotten text on your phone...
I am that feeling you get when remember me...
I am everywhere, for my spirit is free......

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Disillusioned dreams never absent
 Empty echoes of my past
 Haunting  memories never disappear 

 Wandering continuously
 Lost in obscurity
 Misled and adrift

 Forever searching in darkness
 Emptiness corroding the
 Essence of my soul

 Lost in myself 
 No way to be found
 Drifting within the uncharted

 Invisible  in the shadows
 Heart afflicted with misery
 Anguish  follows
 no end in sight...

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Pain distilled in each brittle bar
Past deeds instill a vicarious scar
Sins of the past my corroding soul mar
Time and space bottled in a tiny jar
Flagging spirit falters; tired body must continually spar
Existing in bipolar realm with norms set by the thief, liar, mugger
Puffing away the endless moments, satiated by nicotine and tar 
Availing light fleeting into distant world now so far
Barren heart eclipsed; a fading, falling star...

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The sun rose, rays travelled your sky unfallen
on your tears corroding your eyes for years.
The opacity blocked the beauty of the world,
your nights never saw the bright days break
until on an autumn dawn I rose in your horizon.
The new sun in your eyes glowed in VIBGYOR,
wiping tears I entered with gleam of nascent joy
in your heart lighted by the sun soaked in love.

October 25. 2017.
For 6 to 8 Contest.
Sponsor by : Nette Onclaud....

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Life full of sorrow life full of fears
life full of cries and screams and tears 
Life full of misery life full of dread
Life full of silence .. words unsaid 

Life full of horror filled nightmare
Calls Upon You... Are You There?

Life full of hatred life full of vain
Life full of grudges life full of pain
Life full of stagnancy corroding every while
Life full of people who fake smile


Life of regret life full of despair
Calls Upon You... Are You There?...

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They found her folded over her kneecaps
between the black mirror in the heart of his tires
and the grimy curb tugging shamelessly at her skirt,
her face to the sky and her eyes full of stars.

    -It's not beautiful-
She said to no one in particular.

So they picked her up and brought her back inside.
She laughed while they washed the blood off her legs,
holding her arms out like the cross -
stainless steel under all her bones,
the rust from his nails
corroding her heartbeat....

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a black moon walked
on a white desert
from unknown to unknown,
the violence was furiously evolving

the virus, was multiplying
by  destruction, the greenness of green
was reduced barely to essential,
kelp had choked the shorelines

embracing unmathematical snares,
genes had become weightless and
were corroding the sane blameless,

you collect the roses overnight
for a perfumed burial of freedom
which did not get a square meal in peace
after crossing the river


SATISH VERMA...

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