Short Cul Poems

Human rights overwhelm responsibilities-
once sacrosanct,duty now lies sleeping....

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The last drops of milk:
lethargic fly sucks, in my cup
- Autumn leaf lands atop!...

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off the beaten track
no desire to turn around
or ever go back
...

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Avenues of life
Even Cul de Sacs return
Seek, follow their path!




....

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ashen-faced neighbors
slow-motion explosion
the pretty dollhouse
melts into the cul-de-sac


3/2/2021...

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We are all going away and we won't be coming back.
We are just another failed mutation, an evolutionary cul de sac....

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Conformity
Shackles
The
Mind  
Creativity
Squashed
Pacing
The
Hopeless
Cul-de-sac
Swallowing
The
Dregs
Of
Society....

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Walking in circles
Of depression
Silence the ever present killer
On the cul du sac
Of life


Inspired by the Rat Pack...

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six old potatoes
soft and dusty in darkness ... 
bottom of the sack


22 February 2023 
This or That, Vol 16 Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Edward Ibeh...

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Spring 
ripples 
through luscious 
flowery plots.
Manoeuvring into a large cul-de-sac 
I climb a low stile only to find a
picturesque scene,
vast field of 
poppies
red.
...

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mother was a stranger father
monstrous demon 
metabolised
my tooth hurt meadows red
mysterious youth beckons 
softly
no one is perfect
nothing is perfect
perfectionist is a neurotic
lost in his dark cul de sac...

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Brooding in the uncertain footpath 
A new slant is not seen nearly 
Holding back to think clearly 
Which steps to follow next
Dwelling in a bleak
Dead end tunnel
Hoping to
See the
Light









2-15-2016...

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I've chosen this path 
to take by my own free will 
I'm in no hurry   

at this cross section 
the road less travelled is good   
I'm glad to be here    

in this cul-de-sac
of sedentary and still   
thinking, as an art...

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a time capsule locks inside my head ~ box of gray matter lined with lead

pipe dreams and u bends from a life i led ~ sealed off now until i’m dead 


This or That, Vol 16 Poetry Contest
sponsored by Edward Ibeh
Howmanysyllables 2x17
02/27/23...

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Cul de sac


   Cul de sac
   not to turn back !
    Pure destined :
    Determined.

   Inevitable 
   Not changeable.
   Entrance without exit
       to meet
     blind lane.

   Amen !


 02/09/23


Choose a title


Contest by Edward Ibeh...

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Spring 
ripples 
through luscious 
flowery plots.
Manoeuvring into a large cul-de-sac 
I climb a low stile only to find a
picturesque scene,
vast field of 
poppies
red.


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

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“I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream”

Ice Cream lyrics by Howard Johnson 1927

LICKETY-SPLIT

pied piper’s sprint
in a child’s cul-de-sac
dishy melody
little legs come running forth
taking their licks in no time

9/18/2020...

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His name was Brown, his face was black
he walked alone outside a shack.

A siren sang across the track
and signaled clear the next attack.

A man in blue (a maniac?)
took aim and made the morning crack .

Like stones around a cul-de-sac,
six bullet holes frame Michael's plaque....

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The infant
in that Isuzu
Doesn't find this
Funny one bit. 

Crossing the cul-de-sac
I was even disciplined
for doing so
without guidance. 

And to what avail?
Pink berets, tightening
my hair down
into the summer sun. 

It was that movie
that perhaps changed
things. 

Or was I the 
Impostor all along?...

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Just think what we went thru to get here?
Was it worth it?
Each and every event and incident?
All unique and memorable
or not, depending on the outcome
There are those who revel in loss
And those who like success
Both are equal of opposite spectrums
Like the string on a yoyo
Forever tangled together...

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mental obstacles impede 
interferes slows down
obstructs progress that 
can be made 
closes off cuts off
future progress that 
should be made 
allowing the past 
mistakes to overtake 
the memory 
hindering any movement 
in a more positive direction 
creating a stand off 
standing at a dead end 
within the cul-de-sac of the mind...

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She was lake angry
beating the britches of the chi city
white capped whirlwinds
competition for her sisters
cul de sac of endless horizon.

Lake Mishigami,
dreamed 
of vast, vicious and vicarious power
being largest of her five great sisters
not third.


4/20/19

YOUR CHOICE(8),any form,any theme Poetry Contest
Sponsor, Brian Strand...

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"I am not a through street",
said the girl, metaphorically,
and her boyfriend clapped.
She thought he was being sarcastic
and didn't approve of that.
"Neither am I a cul-de-sac",
and this time he laughed
and dropped his cigarette.


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8/21/15

Contest - Least Views

Sponsor - Casarah Nance

5th place win...

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foam that will blind me
chemicals that will call me home
freefall so expensive
i can only afford to live

food that will hurl me
ingredients that will point at streetlights
vomit so extensive
i can only afford to starve

money that will hitch rides
mint that will lead to a stuffy nose and blurry vision
inflation so intensive
i can only afford to dream...

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Listen to poem:

The Rare Rainbow at Night
David J Walker


by the hundreds 
my regrets gather in the
cul-de-sac end of each day
each with its own number
each its own name and 
definition connected to 
a list of possible synonyms and
well defined antonyms of sins 
committed in the past

the atonement of another tonight
is attached to a rainbow 
i cannot see 
until the morning...

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