Short Defies Poems

harmony, balance
peristaltic perception
defies all logic...

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paper folded creased
tricks wind to carry aloft
defies gravity...

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Leaf with broken heart.
Shielding inner self from wind.
Defies gravity...

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beauty ,behind her veil
remains forever
defies a poet..
to reveal its tale...

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She defies every doubt
I must not betray her trust
Those long legs of hers...

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lustful addiction is the sole cause ~
of why stuporous soul defies God’s laws...

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welcome dear sunshine
thank you for the break from rain
for soon rain defies.......

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snowbound loch defies 
   winter's cruel icy breath -
   spring flowers burst through...

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Sloth defies bitter truths:
Nature is not our servant.
Ignore her ominous signs,
Pay in pain later....

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Determination defies all odds that any gambler sets
    In the end, 'talent will out' ~ sure to lose the bet...

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the word crux
derived from cross
the point of intersection

in today's world
that venerable crux
defies all detection...

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These cruel sands of time ...
how they try to torment so.
And yet this true love,
It patiently defies them.
Into sweet eternity....

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Divinity's eschatological plan defies human understanding!* 







 © Demetrios Trifiatis
      21 April 2018


* This is my 1900th poem!...

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I CAN"T find my way from bottom to top
No sense of direction, a real traffic flop
Technology tries
Yet still, it defies
For me, GPS means Give up, Please and Stop...

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He defies gravity
He defies energy
He defies the atmosphere
He defies normalcy
He defies trickery
He defies natural disasters
And now for his next trip.
Oops….....

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Asleep a dream takes him by surprise
Fear, reason, and gravity he defies
High in the sky he swims
Pillow, blanket and him
The spectre of Shutterstock before his eyes...

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To love, to hate,
fruition waits

Which mood describes,
which mood defies

Those things you feel,
 those things you say

Before tomorrow
—beyond today

(Dreamsleep: March, 2020)...

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Absolution and Conclusion

Of sins are remission and an absolution;
What we came up with was a conclusion;
We realize, 
God defies;
God's Holy Spirit, we need a transfusion.

Jim Horn...

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thriving at her birth
the chimes melodic cherry swan
suddenly breathless is time

an orphan’s carriage
on squeaky wheels defies switch
once upon a time begins

1/9/2023...

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To say God’s non-existent I draw a blank
It defies all logic if I might be frank
        When a crisis that’s pending
         Has a real happy ending
And an Atheist is grateful, who does he thank?...

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Twilight Tryst
   Twilight-- time that gods find love
   Earth seduces skies
Blue defies the drab of day
Wine lights up your eyes
Azure linger light
   Bid, farewell to brazen day
Passion thrives in night....

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I can’t find my way, not from bottom or top
          No sense of direction, a real traffic flop
Technology tries
Yet still, it defies
For me, GPS means, Give up Please and Stop...

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A haughty guy, closing his eyes,
Thinks that he is very wise.
Building castles in the skies,
After false prestige, he flies.
Advice of others he bluntly defies,
As a man of half knowledge, he dies.
...

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I know a cat that is kind of a jokester she said
I knew he was serious by the jingling hat on his head
He shook those bells in our faces, demanding attention.
The way he needed attention defies comprehension....

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Aggressive, befitting candor,
defies empathetic fervor.
Grave honesty is just,
kindness literally must not.
Omen partakes queer retribution,
savoring tantamount usurpation.
Vulgar words expound,
yields to zero...

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