Short Crossfire Poems

a crepuscular forest of shadows,
of fierce animal boding -
devout day-mare crossfire
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The only victims of any act of civil disobedience,
are its participants and any of its crossfire innocents....

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Digital nodes stimulate my impulses
into a frenzy of organic delight 
Caught in a synaptic crossfire,
I sigh....

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crossfire 
©Rajat Kanti Chakrabarty
10/31/2014



Caught in the crossfire 
He bought a Greek lyre ( we must admire)
He harped on and on–a liar...

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How did you become featherless
Angels are always blessed and do bless
Standing too close to the fire
Devil got me in a crossfire
Make sure you always tell God yes...

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away beyond crossfire defines eternity
fading grace had indentified justice
kind lovers make noise over piano que
restless saviors trust unopposed visitors
where xrays youthinize zoners...

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Any which way you want me for I’m only an old fool
In love’s crossfire tossed around your breath my anchor don’t set me free
Yet alone I float within my dreams standing here in the rain.

© Harry J Horsman 2016...

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You've come out the smoke
show some kindness
yet now you want to means test the welfare state
the have nots will tote the system
Crossfire blues
The middle class a fitting target
steal warmth from them
showing no guilt



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A soldier in battle
  Hears the  bullets rattle
  And is caught in the crossfire

 He is draped in the flag
  His medals turn to tags
  Silent and without desire

 Melancholy  speaks  truth
  Eternity meets youth
  Before his final salute...

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I'm available--
exposed.
Caught in the crossfire
of handshakes and smiles. 
The smoke grips my lungs.

I cannot oblige. 
I will not oblige. 

So I dream.
I elope with restlessness
into the fluid incubator.
I build my own prison
where I can be free....

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On the jagged edge of conflict
 The sharp blade of hate begins to show
 This hate boils over into war
 and blood begins to flow
 Fiery flashes of bomb blasts
 Light up the violent night
 Innocent civilians caught in the crossfire
 There are no solutions in sight...

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Stop the madness, I entreat. 
On Southside, Chicago Street
Sparked rat-a-tat of gunfire. 
A toddler caught in crossfire! 



Form J - Just Write Me A New Poem Poetry Contest
Sponsored by Constance La France
Date written: 03/20/2022...

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Does numbness set on fire
Sparks fly from a speeding tyre 
Racing towards a funeral pyre
Cutting through snows crossfire
Ice can also start a wildfire
Crystal beads a mind occupier
Spilling over from eyes desire
High speed hitting tripwire.

26.12.2020
Parody of ‘Fire and Ice’
Robert Frost....

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I lay roses at their feet.
They toss thorns at mine.
I speak with silk songs.
They spew wiry lines.

I approach in peace.
They come with stones.
I throw out love.
They heave bones.

How can I enjoy softness?
They rather pursue judgment.
Most good deeds go unnoticed.
Slander gets no punishment.

 Am I the target or dangerously positioned in the crossfire? ...

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Breath stolen breeds sharpness
Borne backward into infantile shrieks
The spinstress of sinew waits bated
For abhorrent heat
Of combustive, collapsive
Crossfire from echoing throat
Or burnt-bridge lungs
A visceral nymph thoughtlessly thieves
On Benedict tongue
Thrashing in maddened pace
Too shrill a manifesto
Skeletal soldiers charge
A red hill
Unsteady, uneven, not ready
Frenzy, not frolic
I am not a goddess
There is something to fear
I am something, I fear...

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I chose to identify as a poet
But these images are mere stories 
Where my heart asks to tell about 
All of the greats before me
Had a hard time with this

The mellow breeze calms me
I'm sitting alone in this park 
Perfecting pieces of life into art
These words are fond of me
So I must talk about them 

So might I ask I'm I 
A poet or a storyteller 
You decide I'll abide 
Excuse me I must tend to
The woman and her child 
Telling their stories of crossfire...

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Ring in, ring out
Ring in, one comes in
One leaves the world
One feels the cold
One strikes the gold


Ring in, two just started there journey
Two just decided to go there own way
Two dreams about there plan
Two dreamers crash into the light


Ring in, three little kids play on the street
Three little kids get hit in the crossfire
Hear the silver bells ring


To celebrate;
or to mourn;

Hear the glasses cling
As they hold them up

Ring in,
Ring out......

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I was not mad at you

I was just frustrated by life

I did not man for you

To get caught in the crossfire

I did not want you to feel invisible

But I got absorbed in the struggle

The struggle of my life

And did not see your life enough

I did not want you to feel neglected

I just got lost in the distractions

Forgot my priorities and what’s really important

If you give me the chance

If you decide on forgiveness

I will give you reason to believe in me again....

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