Short Cupful Poems

Up cup to my lips
My overflowing darling;
Down set fingertips....

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In sunless dark dusk
winter blizzard blows across
the road I walk chilled back home.

Cupful hot coffee
my wife gives me at fireplace,
we’re on cloud nine together.

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January 13, 2023
Syllable count : 5 7 7 (HMS)
Contest : Winter Sedoka
Sponsored by : Charles...

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THE LAUGH HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD

Myrtle laughed out loud, the whole world heard her
They tried to shut her down with nasty slur
Yet she laughed louder
Chest ever prouder
She could have cared less for mortal slander

6/4/2017
Limerick Form

Laughter’s the best medicine. Drink a cupful! Cheers!...

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Strayed far from the nest
I’m fed up living with dust
for years fleeting shade

bereft
of melody
of spirit I sink to
the hades of utter loss
I can’t

reckon hidden mysteries
I have lost the sea
for a mere cupful

void of patience and
peace now as I touch the breasts
of the field I crave

for a pure breath
native to
my being I search
sweet savours

of love


--R K Singh...

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Oh Angelique
yesterday’s hubris
ached my heart
chasing too many Tennessee's.
The swirling colours of red and blue
obscure your Boutique and
midnight finery.
The night after makes
a fool of my outwards intentions
There's a barrack room discipline
ripping up my heart
Blowing hot and cold
your intentions are unbalanced
tis the fool’s tempest of false hope
My cupful is still
far from runneth over
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There should be some spot for coffee
One drinks a cupful and it’s free;
For parting its curtain no fee,
Drinking with eyes on nearby tree,
Soon pausing to watch cup with glee;
To some heard remarks disagree,
To others reply with “l see!”
Some of your own views: stings of bee:
“All mad men are as good as we”
“Queen knew how to  kiss didn’t she?”
“We’d never be what we should be”


Then a request to go and pee....

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Inspiration
(Whitney)

Daily needs
inspiration
words of praise
a cheery song
meaningful 
all wise wisdom
strength and courage from the heart.

Many things
limitations
soul and mind
trying to reach
words unspoken
faith, hope and love
lights the heart with happiness.

Fulfilling
with a cupful
deep within
filled to the brim
thankful for
what each day brings
out from the eternal sky.

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A cup fills but you are always here to drink it all
Mine is yours but yours has a wall
When things are good on your side, you never call
Of all the years we've known each other
This has been the order 
I wonder why to you it's never a bother

A cupful of memories and you are there
Am in need but you are nowhere
Together and one we are supposed, but are never
Today i write my letter of goodbye
To you and your ways
No more would i stay
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