Short Dictates Poems

Aren't you glad?
Know
Love
Lord...

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dictates
of the sub-conscious
made real...

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Forensic dictates
social trolled lobotomies
Metropolis bound...

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What dictates the head
Whether it is good or bad
The body follows....

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Sways gently, sways rough
mood changes as nature dictates
Ocean life reigns....

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Baby burlap 
caught under the rock 
don’t squirm and panic, 
logic dictates 
calm will resolve  
your problematic situation....

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When ego dictates
What you do for how you feel,
You set restrictions,
Chasing your love's fulfillment
You're shocked when theirs spills away...

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Without Warning


      'Beyond the dictates of mortals... death does not wait outside the gate'







05/30/2018
On board cruise ship:
"Vision Of the Seas"...

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Some are gentle, wouldn't hurt a fly
Others would simply punch you in the eye
What dictates
The road you take
A flip of a coin as to which would apply...

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"Don't sass me"
Conscience will justify you in it
In all ages of the world fiction has lured the obtuse 
Afterward act accordingly to the dictates of your best judgment...

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FEELINGS

  Emotion Evolves, Love Laments, Passion Pushes, Destiny Dictates.

 New Monoku created on 03/31/16

  Your Best Monoku Contest

    Sponsor Poet Destroyer A...

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We ask you Heavenly Father now to bless 
betrothals straining  under  lifetimes" tests.
Let nothing  sever unions that are one..
as wisdom dictates words and actions done.

...

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Nightfall and daytime,
Dusk and dawn,
Sunshine and night gloom,
He calls them to order, 
He dictates their timeline.


February 20, 2022
Bite size Poem No. 37 Poetry Contest...

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It blows the sails
of ships from afar;
carries everything
in its path;
dictates where clouds
are to move,
and when to separate;
it continually blows
without getting exhausted.......

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It's beddy-byes time in the old coral
Age dictates the length of the day in hours
If your eyes start closing
Having “it” while dozing
You know it's time to kick up the flowers...

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Mania dictates my natural response.
Your answers throw stones in my pond.
The ripple effect goes on forever.
Never will I stop loving you ...

Never.

Sleep?
Okay...
What-
ever ...

Never...

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Art deco dictates a strong womanly arrogance 
Her orange hair accented her headdress true
I saw her in a vision dream, of course only once
She parades herself in a painting, looking haughty and new....

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A random walk, yet
entropy dictates my course
forever downward.

Others may curse
this inexorable decline
yet I embrace it.

For in my passing
the seeds of new life are sown
the cycle goes on....

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Strike a match 
that distracts 
but dictates
a reflective gaze.
Eyes, witness 
something profound
as the candle melts
pooling, cooling
until the wick
is no longer sustained.
Its flame flickers
then fades....

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President Donald Trump
He’s a bombastic chump
Who dictates to others using twitter
His sanctions make some feel bitter


Inspired by Clerihew Contest
Sponsored by The Name Forsakes Me 

7/20/18...

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tasks that need attention
we embrace and release
as flow of life so dictates
erasing it from our focus 
leaving behind no residue
that pristinity of the now
reveals its wondrous hues
to delight our childlike heart...

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Power
Over life
Gives
Power
Over death

One
Dictates
The other
In joy
And regret

Each
Beginning
And ending
Brings
More of the same

Our 
Destiny
Married
To both
—in refrain

(The New Room: January, 2024)
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Pastor sermonized,
one fine Sunday years ago
about gossiping.
No one ever forgot it.
“Gossip hurts. Shut your big mouths!” 


for John Freeman's "Sayings of Wisdom" Contest.
     Pure, simplistic and easy to understand. : ) 8/4/11...

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The tower’s high with striking chime
its clangor resonates.
With face of time now widely seen
clock’s scene thus viewed dictates.
Its dial white looks free of grime
new cleaning time awaits .
Loud presence yea with polished sheen
our day it regulates...

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Why Not
Miracle Man
4/16/2024

To God, we sometimes,
may question why me?
Then we wonder if God,
has heard our plea.
When faith has grown weak,
and we’ve missed God’s plot. 
Strong faith always dictates,
not why me, but why not.
...

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