Short Crannied Poems

coronavirus -

in self isolation

a fragile flower...

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They cling, these city dwellers,
to crannied city walls
dusted with the exhaled indifference
of a blindly passing world.
Gasping in the fetid urban exhale
longing for the touch of errant bee.
Escapees of discarded flower pots
surviving on sporadic a/c drips
stretch to catch a glimpse of sunrise.
Rooted in their dreams of being free.

2/18/2020...

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the funeral over
everyone back
to their life as it was
she closes the door
and waves goodbye
thanking all
for their support
acting brave
the shell of her
still upright
somehow moving
on autopilot
left to manage
in an empty house
just her
the silence
and her tears                  



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Submitted on February 16, 2020 for contest FLOWER IN THE CRANNIED WALL sponsored by CRAIG CORNISH  -  HONORABLE MENTION...

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Flower in the crannied wall
What purpose have you there
 
Full blossomed through the rain and snow 
For be you there to let us know
 
The sun will shine again tomorrow
And darkened clouds filled with sorrow... 

Will fade away into the night 
And make our tomorrow's sunny and bright 

Bright our days your petals speak 
Soften hearts of hard and weak 

Flower in the crannied wall 
Spread your seeds, to give to all 


For Contest Sponsored by Craig Cornish 
2/17/202...

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Flower in the crannied wall,
the seed and wind have brought
about your karmic destiny,
a tiny part of the larger all
that somehow came to be.

Humankind is like you, flower
a tiny part of a larger all
in the universal whole.
Everybody has their hour and 
purpose to uphold.

In your beauty little flower
is the beauty of the world.
Brick, stone or rock cannot rob
a tiny part of the larger all
in a spot on a crannied wall.

3/4/20

'STRAND CHOICE D
Brian Strand, Sponsor...

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