Short Dabbled Poems

dabbled duo —
tan toes spitter spatter sand...
        Pollock’s mermaid splash...
   impressionist spitfire dart
procreates in windward minds...

12/23/2020...

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a sun-dabbled trail
whiffs of fragrance in the air
my soul is at peace



~Contest: A new Haiku, Footle Tanka
~Sponsor: Brian strand....

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The masses are blind
to the concentration camps
over five thousand children separated
tell me what is a child's crime?
this Christmas as you dabbled in gluttony
remember the weak and needy
you left behind
remember too
Hitler had laws...

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Pristine blank page,
please rouse most sage
to open wide,
no time to hide
the applesauce
dabbled across
my graying chin.
Endings begin

to manifest
beyond our quest
as consequence
provokes events
in frantic spin
to obscure sin:
a grounded arc
within the dark....

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He scratched at his chin and gave a broad grin -
Wondered where he'd been to wind up so thin.
Then he recalled when he'd dabbled in sin,
And he had loved gin more than other men.
He'd thought he could win in the world's playpen-
But found himself then in the Devil's den

1/5/2017...

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Keep
Away from
Your concave mirror
Streaky, glassy identity
Faceless

©Drake J. Eszes
My 1st attempt in this form. I hope you all like. I read a description on what a Cinquain consists of from my dear pal, Nette Onclaud, on this form. I felt, why the hell not? So, I dabbled..."...

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I dabbled in darkness
For a glimpse of the light

All that was wrong
I'd mistaken for right

Truth waits in silence
When sought 
It is found
Dwell in its glory
And no suffering abounds

Children of the lie
Hear not the righteous cry
Underground they commence
Will you not pray for their recompense?...

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Carmine, orange, and rust paint the trees
as they drip from Jack Frost's brush
clashing with emerald green
they set treetops afire
with blazing color
a splendorous
November 
work of
art 

red
cerise
and scarlet
colored pigments
fuel vermilion flames
that scorch green canopies
crimson ashes in their wake
dabbled with scarlet and yellow
as the leaves change almost overnight...

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In sapphire skies dabbled with marshmallow clouds,

a citrine sun shines like a precious jewel.

And I rush to the beach to avoid the crowds,

hoping to find a shady spot where it's cool.

The humidity morphs into drops of sweat,

and my entire body is soon sopping wet.

But once I get there, it's not such a bummer,

just a typical hot day in the summer.


(Rispetto)


7/7/2018...

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Parallel

As we crawl through her mind
I indulge in all her secrets.
 
if her thoughts; she laid there on a silver platter
then I dabbled a bit within each of her fantasies. 

As we swaddled her lust within a blanket
I snuggled there deep in her mental bosom. 

We lifted her passion up to the next level
and I ate up all her barriers built from past discretion.
     
       by Desi E. Sherman
         11/27/2019...

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Victory! Victory! Victory!
He shouted.
He was optimistic,
But, situation was pessimistic.
He struggle to achieve,
Achievement is far near,
He moved closely, but far.
He tried to accomplish,
Mistakes never allowed.
He ‘dabbled’ and ‘wobbled’.
He fell and stood up. 
He rose and fell.
The road is long and narrow. 
But, he knew, he will succeed. 
He managed to press on.
And when he least expected, 
Victory came, yet aluta continua....

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Man has ventured to very great lengths 
To replace his own will for God’s. 
Unspeakable acts such as terror and drugs,
Not to mention his long bloody wars.

He's now even dabbled in cloning  
And has made a few sheep and some cows.
The ultimate goal . . so to equal the Lord:
Build a human baby now.

Mankind may someday achieve this.  
They might even make it seem whole.
But please Mr. Fool, explain to us all;
How will you give it a soul?...

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