Short Counterpart Poems

It's time to embark,
Upon the journey of a spark.
Created from the dark,
Energies of souls arc.
Here to make a mark,
Creations counterpart,
Connecting light and dark.
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Growing eyes
Feel growing pains
Too thick
For a beating heart

Growing bones
See fearsome terrane
Too rough
For each foot's counterpart

What kid really believes
Growing up will be so hard?...

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From primal atavism
            Navigating the procela
            with strong courage and faith
              sailboat will sail

              Neptune Counterpart
              tame dark sea
              ancient pirogue raft...

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eyes of seafoam green
feral mermaid heart

holding out for true love
her balanced counterpart



AP: 1st place 2020

Submitted on  September 28, 2020 for contest COMPLETELY YOUR CHOICE (18) sponsored by BRIAN STRAND  -  Honorable Mention...

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Barks of frustration and irritation
Man, their counterpart, shall not be moved 
At an impass, tension slowly tightens
The stalemated similarity between different species 
Listening is not a choice in this debate 
Just another adventure at the dog park...

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The tiger ambush is to flow not of fear,
surrendering is a strategy it’s better than getting defeated and morally falling down for ever by surrendering you are making  to surprise your counterpart and consuming time to draw a plan to win him by keeping the ball in his own courts....

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PORTRAITURE
an inviting
presence
hovering
  mysterious
freed
from
the past
peculiarly
alive
with
a nearness
beginning
gently
to emerge

the
unfamiliar
at a crossroads
  on the outskirts
arriving
this counterpart
ever changing
without
    knowing

evidently
 recognisable
sonorous
&relaxed...

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NaPoWriMo NaPoWriMoDay1 Carcass death time

Death and life, 
Time slips past
As one ends, yet another begins:
Carcasses are left to rot,
While their counterpart is all but forgot.
Yet why the difference in care,
Between mortality's apprentice
And life's most fair?...

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Here's a tale of two girls.

Blessed with their bushy curls

Lovely Lizzy looks white

Brainy Bizzy seems bright

Go as one ; never part

Each loves her counterpart

Both have fun with coffee

Share and enjoy toffee

They're happy little guys

Twins they're! What a surprise!

PLACE : 3rd



Picture : 2
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      Who has the least to conceal 
        is willing to bare all

      His counterpart protects
        his teeth and tongue with ‘Gardol’*




     *Its technical name is sodium lauroyl
       sarcosinate, aka 'Advance White,'
       a popular Colgate product today -- 
       this century's version of 'good old 
       Gardol!'
      
...

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Peering into the window
 of this lonely soul,
You may see heavy rain
 taking a major toll.

Although you think you
 see me with a smile...
I'm as sad as a 
 lonely old crocodile.

For the troubles of 
 this solo wandering heart
May never find its
 other missing counterpart.

While I just sit
 here with my peers
I'll be drowning in
 a river of deep tears....

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Buried in sand, tiny feet
Scrape the clamp of setting stone
Making excursions from leaf to tongue

Hoping this single strand of weather holds
What molds the mounting branch
Feathered on wing-tipped idea

Emerging sinuous
Imagination and suggestive body
Crawling uncouth from molecule to brain

Formative nerves find their counterpart
In seashore settings
Hope burning in molten measure...

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What is love
if knowledge is not understood?
how can one love
without realising the true likelihood?
 
Love deprived of information
is like a body without a heart
lacking compassion and concern
existing in the wilderness without counterpart.
 
What a tragedy it would be
if this will happen to you and me
we’ll be androids under control
slaves to programmers never set free....

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Support is not enabling, 
support is not giving in; 
Support is not giving up; 

Support is so damn hard,
support  is tough love;
Support is knowing 
when to say ‘Enough’;

Support is sharing a cup, 
support is ignoring static; 
Support is healthy boundaries;

Support of this mindset 
does not give you a villain’s heart;
Support is not becoming 
laziness’s counterpart....

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They look like little pumpkins,
Cute and orange, with a stem,
Or else like tiny long-necked squash;
The stores sell lots of them.

They serve as decorations
As they brighten homes for fall,
A counterpart to jack-o-lanterns,
Faceless, though, and small.

However, I do wonder
Why they’ve gotten so maligned
For when someone’s out of someone’s gourd,
It means he’s lost his mind!...

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Crossing Over The River
If emotional cruel define gravity shelter for the weather would be not the house but the wood knocks
Pain and jealousy some time take the nail from the pavement what is it to know words that pin gambles of tales
Haste virtue counterpart agrees was every word of a phrase taking out of tempo
How routes lack appease to love or look to what to be 
just be - - - -...

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i remember when this woman came to me , 
in search of love to set her free.
i told her that she must understand, 
that the love she seeks is secondhand.
and i suppose it would be only fair ,
 to warn u that it will not wear.
for my heart was single not it's a twin,
for it never have to search for love again.
and now that i've found my counterpart ,
'ill never again bear an aching heart...

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Garden holds her breath as dragonfly magically appears.  The flowers begin tittering, hoping he is coming to visit them.  Her counterpart damselfly lands on a tea rose, who is feeling smug all of two seconds before they both flit off again. 


                              her cellophane wings
                         the whole garden is abuzz
                                    dragonfly visit...

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OUR HEART TORE IN TWO

     Together we hold a red paper heart,
     Our hands so close in warm proximity.

We grin from ear to crimson blush, Sweetheart.
Our palms touch ~ steam with equanimity,

     We are meant to be ~ you’re my counterpart.
     Yes ~ bestowed with God’s magnanimity.
   
Our heart tore in two ~ one for me and you.
Our warmth spreads ~ we cuddle -  she’s pink...he’s blue....

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Empathy soothes the anguished heart

Alleviates the obscured pain

Rejuvenates your counterpart

Empathy soothes the anguished heart

A blessing hand to make restart

A laudable trait of humane

Empathy soothes the anguished heart

Alleviates the obscured pain


PLACED : 2nd



Triolet - Old or New Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Joseph May
Syllable count: howmany syllbles
Date: 21-08-2022...

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Psychadelic creature of the night;
sitting low, then high,
then low again.
How is it that you shine so
bright in an absence 
of light?
Your counterpart represents
all that is good; yet you
are not evil.
You speak to me at low-tide
and spoke to Katrina all the
same.
Ok, Fine-
maybe you are just a little evil,
but I can dig that.
Thank you sir, or madam,
for the chat;
I'm sure we'll see each other around town....

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Keep my heart safe
My lowly love of serenity 
For in you I have found a 
Treasure more precious 
Than gold and twice as
Brilliant as the moon
In the carpet of heavenly
Stars twinkling upon
Mother Earth in the
Night of misty melody
I shall love you forever 
My romantic counterpart 
Dallying in your arms
In each waking hour
A plethora of virtual
Madness not seen in
Conjoined hearts of today 
Tomorrow and forever...

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Pink plumeria, midst the boats.
Hibiscus buoyant in moonlight.
A Hawaiian sunrise, she floats.
In my teal eyes, a blinding light.

Fluorescent peak near New York Bay.
The studio lighting with ties.
A brightened set, no quiet quay.
Smiles big, as she chats with the guys.

Those ties lollygag, with fashion,
whilst their counterpart shows her smarts.
Big blue eyes batting compassion.
In their midst, she’s the ace of hearts.
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Black Widow


We made love in the arbour
And loft--out of sight,
Then three times at the harbour
As the day turned night.

Let's go into the parlour
In the candle light,
There's no more time for ardour.
I'm ready to--Bite!

©Deborah Burch 
5/08/2012


Trochee
a/b/a/b
7/5/7/5

*Note: the black widow spider is known for killing and eating her male counterpart after she has exhausted him from all the 'love making'--mating....

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Master of sparkle, sword flung hectic 
Diamond burdened by prominance 
Elements nestle alternate perspective 
Reminder to find subdued reticence

Asserted facets swing, pushed to relent
Forces aligned beam counterpart division 
To Father darkness diamond owes a debt
Brilliance exists with shadow's permission

Spectrum developed by coinciding 
Refraction sends panes of rainbow 
Travel appreciates eventual arriving 
Target recognised by archer's arrow...

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