Short Dangles Poems

fat carrot dangles


pulling rabbits from a hat



all hearts get broken...

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a flash of silver
dangles from my fishing rod 
grilled trout for tea

11-21-17...

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Persuader inside me
  dark sweetness cajoling

A talisman dangles
 —the present foretold

(Las Vegas: January, 2016)...

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Persuader inside me
  dark sweetness cajoling

A talisman dangles
 —the present foretold

(Las Vegas Nevada: January, 2016)...

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HAIKU #108


Tears on pillow
Daze dangles dreams;
Sad sultry face

~~~~~~~~~



Leon Enriquez
29 October 2020
Singapore...

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A pine branch dangles 
over a heap of leaves that
had fallen in Fall;
every morning, sunlight rays
reach down to kiss the cold snow....

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I wear an ID badge for my group.
It dangles down from my belt loop.
I have anonymity
When I stand up to pee
But it gives me away when I poop....

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Though not in his nature to beg
He would flip for a sip from the keg
Of the rum or the brandy
That dangles so handy
His lips near the tips of the peg...

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Hanging from the crane 
is the end-all, 
the pitied and plain 
inheritor of pain. 
  
It drifts and dangles 
in the weak breeze. 
You can't turn the pages. 
Accept this and die....

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Above beautiful clouds, dangles equivalent famous Gemini, highlighting immortal joy. Knotted lights motions nuclear oomph, permeating quasars romantic shine, tactically, until Venus whispers: x-rated yet zealous! 
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Dick the dog dangles his balls for all to see.
I greet him on the way.
"How they hanging Dick?"
The question is rhetorical.
"Bark once if I smell immortal."
Dick pisses on my leg
while his owner speaks of Keats....

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Wright Again!

Jeremiah feels the heat forthrightly
His donations lower more than slightly
While the plate is passing
Seems surely it’s fasting
As it stops and dangles politely

© Mar 23 2010      Charles Henderson...

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Dead grass,
smudged windows,
abandoned,
 a toy truck
glints a splash of red 
in the dry yellow yard.
A rust covered bell
dangles a cotton string, 
black from grubby hands.
Silvery ghost child 
laughter floats in the still air....

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Dance fond dazzle
In wild crackle


Trance due tangle
In blur bundle


Chance deep tangle
With wild wrestle


Meet fine tickle
Where zest tickles


Be not fickle
Where joy dangles




Leon Enriquez
17 October 2016
Singapore...

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Gauze arms prance
between the limbs,
a mourning pines
when cloudline dims.
A tangled wood
that dangles loose,
silence screams
this delicate noose.
Devilry unravels
and moon has bled
king of puppet 
cuts off life's thread.



Puppet Contest...

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Cornered in the corner of my eye a rainbow squares up its pastel
brushes gently against lightning encrypted in a cornea battered
dangles iridescent prisms of hope condensed on retinal shadows
and works its kind dreams into the eye of the grateful beholder...

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A black cloud dangles
Effortlessly forms
A haunting image
Showers travel east
Daisy hides her face.

A Robin sings
A melody
The sun appears
Once more she smiles.

Grass uncoils
Raindrops dry
Web retracts.

Sunset
Moon beam.

Stars.

 © Harry J Horsman 2022...

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Etched emotions carved
upon wood stained slats
channels of putrid odors 
behind polyurethaned glass
its stench guised by colorful hues

a dark laminated soul
dangles from a plastered wall
framed within a once proud tree
where emptiness once stood
now hangs my sanity..........

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Oh boy, what a fun game; 
it spins and spins and in-between, 
it dangles.

Stretching throughout the whole house; 
feather light easy to carry; 
not so easy to hide, though.

It enjoys getting cats into trouble; 
irresistible this toy; 
the toilet paper game.

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Desdemona

Desmond desires to dive into devout Desiree’s dreams

She dispenses delicious divinity yet destiny dangles defeat

Deep in deluge he discovers dazzling demons and devils

When diabolical deceit dawns in desolate desperation

Des descries in despair and decides to die from devotion...

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The words that I speak,
Spoke, 
And wrote,
Are the words that,
peep,
Creep,
And poke,
The emotions that,
Drip,
Seep,
Soke,
Into a damage heart,
That dangles on a tearing rope,
So I must cope,
Adapt,
And mope,
Around,
Since my new home is not the skies,
But the ground,
In a world that every heart,
Is broken down....

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Chet grabbed my story and claimed it as his own.
Tacking on a slightly different ending.
I kept my mouth shut about this.
War has obliterated his own stories.
PTSD dangles him in a state of web-like anxiety.
If claiming my stories makes him happy, then great.
I am glad to be of service to this Vietnam War vet....

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Mad moods mingle,
Align apt aim;
Dream daze dangles.
Move messy maime,
Oblige odd oomph;
Observe oil ooze,
Don dazzling doom;
Succumb sense snooze.
Mind misty moves,
Ink ires ingest;
Nice naughty noose,
Gain grumpy guess;
Laugh late leap-year,
Echo each ear!




Leon Enriquez
17 August 2015
Singapore...

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The hand hears
The hand happens to hide 
The hand hesitates
Look the hand has eyes 

The hand helps 
The hand holds 
The hand walks has fingers for toes

The hand handles 
The hand hangs as it dangles 
Who has dealt the hand,
 and what are the hands plans


10/9?20
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2020...

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I prefer to receive my own
Purchased by the clinking of keys and a 
Blister forming on the thumb.
I prefer to find my own
Among the twisted branches and bleeding berries.

The coat with the mended sleeve dangles by my head 
as we find the sleeping bears above us.
He laughs as his becomes a possum
And mine a mountain top....

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