Short Dispatching Poems

Despair short-circuits the will to believe ~~
                    Dispatching its victims to the realm of defeat.


written November 5, 2021...

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Eye of newt, wing of bat,
A dab or a dollop of dragon fat,
Stirred in a pot o'er a witch's flame,
A potion for love, or riches, or fame,
Or delousing a kid, a dog, or a cat,
Or dispatching a spouse, or suspending a spat....

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Pencil and Paper

Accessible     Available

Writing     Copying     Delivering

Xerography     Electricity     Technology     Communication

Generating     Dispatching     Expediting

Modern     Addictive

Computer


Date: 06/14/2019...

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On dreary days, I seldom wake
for deepest dreams arise opaque 
and multitudes of fiends ascend 
dispatching poems, I've just penned.
In vain I hide inside my end 
upon a prayer, I make amends, 
for all pretensions once defended
are quiet now, I'm Love's intended.
The dream has turned and I'm awake
and shaking knees no longer quake....

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Decisions

Decisions hard to make
   dependent on the heart.
      Dispatching to the mind
         deters the answers too.
            Directed by clear goals
               deferred to honest soul
                  decides the best for us.


Sandra M. Haight

~7th Place~
Contest: Pleiades C
Sponsor: Kim Merryman
Judged: 08/31/2016...

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Were I the king of Camelot
In search of that
More precious than the Holy Grail
Dispatching my Knights
To the North and to the south
To the east and to the west
On such an impossible quest

My fortune was more fantastic

For I the one asleep
Was awoken on the day
That she my greatest treasure
Walked in my life
To stay

©dbyrne Oct 28 2014...

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Decisions


Decisions can be hard to make...
     dependent often on the heart.
Dispatching to the mind can wake
     discoveries that sometimes smart.

Direction from clear goals may lure
     discretion that might reassure
distinctive edge that saves heartbreak.


June 11, 2018


Contest: Pleiades
Sponsor: Joseph May

Rules: 8 syllables per line
          Rhyme scheme ABAB CCA
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We war not against flesh and blood
But do battle in the heavenly realm
For the battle is in spirit
And on earth the victory is found.

The prayers of the humble
Are heard upon high
Dispatching the angels 
To take up the fight

The battle is won when we become
Focused on the kingdom to come
And the will of the father to be done
On earth as it is in heaven

For those who are humble and meek
Will find what they seek....

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As much as time changes, 
what remains is the same, 
the same dirt on the ground, 
scattered around and above,
devil's chasing and catching, 
injecting and dispatching fake love, 
sympathy sweet on strings of violins,
laughing at violence in symphony, 
why listen when voices wallow, 
they are hallow lacking substance, 
lies are sharper to yourself and cruel, 
oh and pity those who believed, 
left bereaved of the truth found in a fool....

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