Short Decibels Poems

           Dodo composed Dodoitsu :
            voiced loud in decibels,
            pierced eardrums of drongo,
            did Doppler's Defect.
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Infinite numbers

Molecules or decibels

It all starts with one.

 

 

(January 22, 2011  Wausau, Wisconsin)

(c) Copyright 2011 by Christine A Kysely, All Rights Reserved...

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The seashore holds me in grief
entwined with moss  and nettles
while echoes return
...louder than seagull's cry
in decibels of love's farewell
ringing like a tower's gong.


Contest 237, Brian Strand
13th Nov 2016...

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Learn how to talk to different people, such as:
Mechanics who claim to fix your car and your problems,
Nymphomaniacs who can be kept eeeeeeasily aroused in what you say, and
Ostentorians who will help you be a good listener while standing decibels away.
Politeness and tact with all are the keys....

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amplified questions   

I sit alone atop a mountain
my guitar in hand
peering out over the valley below
beyond green patched rifts
playing in the key of lost dreams
fractured chords out of tune with 
decisions in distorted decibels
high volume idiocy wailing
as I telecast amplified questions
which now return to me
in the feedback of my own doing...

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The call of the bagpipes brings merriment and joy,
making even the somberest of moments bearable,
even when blaring at several decibels,
The bagpipes speak of stealth and strength,
perservering in times that are inclement,
The mirth they spew, commands attention,
and respect, bringing sentimental tears to
peoples' eyes as they remember from whence they came.......

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Listen to poem:

As Memory Serves

A mere bump in time...
as bottled cork pops,
engaged second hand...
conveyed decibels,
dons melting,
against that instant,
"It's a boy!", resonates.
Reflecting after those many years,
I smiled while he blows...
his 44th candled flame,
~~best is poured.

gifted memories
timelessly bottled uncorks
~~aged wine stirs in ice

2020 June 30...

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my poems get
heckled by the
spellchecker
as if it thinks
what i typed
isn't what i
mean

so 
s**t
becomes
shut and f
**k becomes
funk but "the" and
"up" remain the same

at work listening
to a safety talk
on too many
decibels 
taken in
by the
ear

everyday
and we had 
to sign that we
heard the talk so 
i signed George Clinton 
but my deaf friend Darren
signed he hadn't heard any

thing...

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A distant mumble, a muffled drum roll. 
Seconds on, come the serious decibels. 
Heavy rumbling with sharp percussions. 
Squeal of the steel; wheel scraping on the rail. 
Metal clatter loudens then dies to silence.
Spent fares alight and new fares climb aboard. 

Ting ting. The cream and green is off again, 
above it, brief flashes of lightning blue 
as straying volts are lost to salty air. 
Soon far off the rumbling fading away. 
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The smell of cantaloupe is enticing
Yearning to feel it’s smoothly texture
It beckons me to it with an unworldly call
The slippery flesh is on my earthly skin
As I hold the fruit it embraces me,
How sweet! How kind it is!
I sympathize and crave it!
A plant that is living and purring
Communicates to us with undecipherable 
Decibels that can be heard from beyond our senses
But, I’m hungry; so hungry!
Tearing apart it’s flesh
It’s now a part of me; broken down to a
Molecular level....

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In our easier moments
God talks to us a whisper
as so often we don't hear
because a dose of ear twister

We all have a conscience
showing us wrong and right
this God uses for to speak
for otherwise we aren't too bright

But to get us fully awake
the Lord gives us a great shout
pushing the pain level higher
for our attention without a doubt

So the decibels of God's megaphone
will blast our ears apart
for this world is so utterly deaf
it requires a bull's eye from God's dart...

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