Short Creased Poems

Listen to poem:

paper folded creased
tricks wind to carry aloft
defies gravity...

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Scrap piece of paper,
Creased in half with folded wings;
Flying through the air....

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creased old love letters
many times read in silence-
gushed a stream of tears





November 18, 2020...

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fall ironing day
work clothes starched and creased
rustling of birch leaves



posted on June 17, 2018...

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it must be so hard
to be perfectly at peace
but clear skins still scarred
and perfect pages become creased...

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A ripple in time creased and folded like an origami pleated neatly in my heart 



Feb 19 2023 
A Ripple To Me 2 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: JCB Brul...

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the dirt clung to them
creased by life’s endless struggles
broken fingernails


a scarred litany
of bruised, gnarled and calloused hands
the poor man’s mantra


©6/2/2023...

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giggling greta a girl bee from Greece
lollygagged luxuriously on a lady bug beast
buzzing wuzzing worker bees gave her no peace
But she did not care, as her feelings were creased....

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I saw a battled frame
housing a black 
and white photo
of a hero 
in war, 

proudly posing
hiding his fear, 
his fragility

some family's pride
and country's

creased, 
in a junk shop...

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I clock in my own breath,
Minutes stack like folding chairs.
My limbs queue for permission,
Time herds me through its turnstiles.
We all wear the same silence—
Pressed suits, creased with wanting....

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Head of hoary hairs and deeply creased brow,
Do indicate
Traveled miles
Children
Live
And 
Carry
On his name.
A warm embrace
Bonds the two generations together.


Photo 3
November 27, 2020...

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Folded, creased,
a line down the middle divides us,
tattered edges,
not in colour,
nor black and white,
old but not dated,
on display,
in a window,

we fade in memory as we lose our fight with the sun....

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HOME
Noises
Love language

Uproar of tongues fades
As evening pours calm stars
Kids hug between creased pillows

' Warmth cradles hearth tamed by kinship'


Joseph May’s Pyramid Contest
9/17/2020...

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The sticks on the hill
     were brushed when they were wet,
Lay with a pattered smoothness,
The bushes 'round which they swept
Bulged their greenly leaves,
Stony stairs on an uphill way
     creased a toe of the world....

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The Darkness at Noon


Taps -  echo hollowly
over the grey stones,

acrid odor of gunpowder
stings all memory,

flag, creased, folded,
presented.

A last salute.
A darkness at noon.


John G. Lawless
4/22/2014...

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creased mind uncared blank  

ashen visage dumped unclaimed… 

dry tears laid subsoil

September 5, 2019
Syllable count : 5/7/5
Checked on howmanysyllables.com
Reference song : Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles...

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Deathwards go I—
Through this needle’s narrowing eye
Called Life, — 
With mortal Thread stitched—.

If garment be weaved—
From Life by the Weaver’s loom;
Then weaved was 
I by Him— ‘til worn and creased 
Out of shape into Death’s cold womb—....

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Postcards~
tattered, old, creased;
Chiaroscuro landscapes;
Reminiscence of a story~
First love.






10 July 2020

Hon. Mention
STRAND COMPLETELY NEW (7) any theme any form
Contest Judged:  7/10/2020 2:32:00 AM
Sponsored by: Brian Strand...

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Lapping
The steaming cream
From her morning cup of joe
My wife
Is wrapped
In her rosy robe
Sitting in her favorite chair

Our black cat
Skinny and flattened
Creased in half
Across her lap
Like a static sock
Of mine
Lost from work

Tumbled
From the dryer....

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pure
fragile
flapping her
arms soft, tiny
baby fingers curl around firm grasp hold
granny's finger creased, bridging the gap, folds
arms soft, skinny
trembling frail
feeble
pure


Dated: 10/12/2020
For Double Tetractys 4 Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Eve Roper...

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Not that good because I whipped it up in 5 or 10 minutes. Eh whatever.

Be kind
To compliments, don't be blind
Do your best
Remember how much you are blessed
Be sensitive to others' needs
Perform at least one good deed
And, last but not least,
Work hard enough that your brow is creased...

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    Many are the hopes of man
      many are his plans
    Others spend their hours doing
      leave the coffee brewing… 

    While heroes think about the house all day
       in  creased pajamas, unafraid
    Three p.m. already, what have they done
       time to make a grocery run
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Drifts 
  amidst the seashore
  floating   
  a cherished memory

Crumbled and close
  in creased palms
  crimson silk 
  on weathered cheeks

Scents  
   of everlasting 
   reaching out and
   coming back to get me

Petals
   life holding on
   a heartbeat
   you're a part of me...

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Judgment before mercy stoops
as tears flow mingled with praise.
The face once creased smooths with love;
rumbling thunder drops down rain
soothes patched earth etched by folly.
Cry, praise when the heart aches, dry;
crawl and groan and moan, not let,
only mercy pleads for grace.


© 2014...

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The best books have a little
love in them. Whether it be
a taped spine or a
half-creased cover
a forgotten dog-ear or
a few margin-scribbles
a browning of the pages
or perhaps a signature
the more time a book spends
in the company of men
the better it learns how to tug
at their heartstrings....

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