Short Curl Up Poems

water runs in street
flowers curl up to hot sun
replenish the earth...

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Curl up winter bear
Nose glistens, paws twitch alive
dreaming of the spring...

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curl up away 
from his kiss
the kiss of death
as he lingers
 down black
hallway into air...

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summer’s scorching heat
     leaves curl up burnt to a crisp
          the tree’s life threatened...

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O snail thou art a thief!
Why dost thou devour
My daisies by night,
Then by day, 
Curl-up in thy house,
And sleep,
Well out of sight....

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If I permitted
I could curl up in a ball
in a dark closet somewhere
and weep my whole life
Too many tears are too much
Grief is a bottomless pit......

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On the beach, a cute girl I passed by
I decided I must catch her eye
I tripped on a rock
Went face down in shock
And I wished I could curl up and die...

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tunnels underground

chipmunks curl up for a nap

on a bed of grass







3rd place
ANIMAL FALL HAIKU CONTEST
Sponsored by: ANDREA DIETRICH...

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" I am sorry!" as I told you before.
You keep saying that I must do more.
Should I break down and cry?
Should I curl up and die?
Either way- you still walk out the door....

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You curl up every day, next to my soul
So close I can feel you, with this heart that you stole
The penalty for theft
Is a lifetime obsessed
A life sentence, with really no chance of parole...

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The dark spot on Jupiter has scientists puzzled
Galileo is keeping our intelligent civilization muzzled
No need for panic
Or reactions manic
Just curl up with your sweetie and stay unruffled...

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Ladies of the Soup I bow in your honour
You curl up my toes, with images impure
My thoughts go askew
Bamboozled right through
Doing the naughties messes up my coiffure


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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As the days get longer
And summer already gone
Time to curl up in a corner 
For the unforgiving cold

Memories of a warm day
Call back from yesteryear
Long fled those bright rays
Dense darkness prime fear...

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She's black with white spots.
She curls up on my chest when I lay down.
Mews and stretches
just to curl up again.
I love her so much...
She gives me a new sense of joy.
A new reason to continue.
My baby.......

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Why are us doobies addicted to “boobie woobies”
No, it isn't a code, it's tough-guy talk for us loonies
Am I striking a chord
Still boobies I adore
Can't live without 'em, they curl up my tootsies...

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Sun
filters 
through the clouds
like a lamp lit
by a white light bulb,
as wind pushes against
my window pane in soothing
sounds that make me want to curl up
with a good book that takes me on a 
journey into another place and time....

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If I but find a deep dark cave in some remote a cove
Oh, I’ll curl up on a bed of leaves and hibernate like the bear
to lie dormant all seasons through in this sweet sanctuary.



~05/26/18
~Sijo contest by Heidi Sands...

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Cavapoo Valentine

Cavapoo Cuddle’s my Valentine all night and day
She’ll curl up in my lap then urge me to play
A spaniel-poodle blend
My broken heart she’ll mend
When I feel down with my cuddles I’m always OK
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curl up like black paper
burning like a moth;
a glove turned inside out;

trapped too under a house;
a circle hidden and musty;
fragile under steps,

let us escape the carrying;
legions of white coats,
corridors as long as life....

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Remember the old saying, “a rhyme in time saves nine”
Now what could that mean, forget it I don't have the time
Life's too filled of puzzles
Wanna curl up and snuggle
Forget all that nonsense, live a life of sublime


© Jack Ellison 2015...

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Sunlight each day
to all living things
awakes each morn,
its warmth to bring;
Sunlight each eve
waves its good-bye
some living things
curl up and die;
Sunlight divides day from night,
this earth's perpetual light,
until that day to come
when we,no more,need the sun....

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EBONY THE CAT (Etheree)

Ebony is pure black    likes isolation
Likes to curl up in some quiet place
And dream wild dreams of stalk and chase
Ebony likes her tuna fish
Half a can on her dish
Each morning at 6:00
Chomp    chomp    lick    lick
Then she’s off
Sated
Shhh!...

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teens overnighting
in the social hall
yet feel
apart, alone
panicked

a dark, quiet room
curl up 
in the corner
arms holding knees to chest
head down
trying to feel
anything

nothing there
empty, a shell
huge hole
where 
they say
a heart
resides

why?
no answer...

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He looks so forlorn
Always reading, always, now
Rarely looking up

In his night reaching
He skims over my surface
Touching what he wants

Protecting my heart
I curl up, hiding again
He begs to come in

I want the feelings
They are no where to be found
Tucked into corners...

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I wish I could curl up inside of your heart,
I’d be content to belong to you, just a part.
Like a mouse in a baseboard, in a cosy little hole,
I wish I could shack up inside of your soul.
Don’t put the traps out, or get a cat, please,
Your smiles are my crumbs, your laughter my cheese....

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