Short Dodged Poems

He dodged the bullets twice
before his sacrifice......

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I hope you dodged that last spell,
else you be vexed for twenty years....

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Dodged,
slippery,
following along
justice
sneaking in
from justice......

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The Hayne plane took America by storm,
The Yanks soon realised he was not the norm,
He dodged through gaps
As he downed his flaps,
The opposition looked quite forlorn....

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The skies turned dark gray
         Weather alert on my phone
                Tornado warning
       Heading for here, take shelter
        Somehow, I dodged a bullet


Heidi Sands

6/19/18...

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A dim a dozen
A determined day dominator
As a dim dark dominance by lights
A dozen dooms domestically 
A dodged fountain the cry of dogs
A denounce to announce a drum dance
As dams develop damps the duck
A duckling's life already dead....

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This old madam bought a big Christmas tree,
size could be problem she did not foresee.
         Low level door frame it hit,
         on dewed lawn she let it sit.
She dodged mind’s radar while on shopping spree. 
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Strumming against rooftops 
overlapping gutters 
flooded sidewalks 
summers heat brings intense storm 
trees bow down 
as if to shelter 
the young and old from the storm 
who have dodged fierce heavy drops 
that heaven has sent 
for earth to quench its thirst...

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once upon a time
 we laughed 

clutched hands
 and loved shamelessly
 fearlessly protective
 when her back was turned
 
I caught every arrow
 dodged every snare
 swallowed every poison
 until I gasped for breath
 
reaching for a hand
 that is no longer there 

once we were Titans...

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The station wagon hurtled 
through the grey of early morning; 
a sudden dash of red betrayed a robin. 

A rabbit dodged the churning wheels, 
a flash of grey, and it was gone. 

Snapped images are processed, 
embedded or discarded; 
some will stick while others fade away....

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They lurk about
Think no one sees
They stalk believing
No one knows
They’re there
Hushed implicit
In the night
Slithering about
Disguised
Concealed
Dodged
Eluded
Getting off
On being ignored
The dark shadows
Lurking in the night



AP: Honorable Mention 2020

Posted on May 28, 2019...

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You said you dodged a bullet. 
If I was the bullet, 
Then I shot myself. 
And barely grazed you. 
If I was the bullet
Then I killed myself. 
And left you with a scar. 
Alternatively,
If I am the bullet, 
Then I shot myself. 
And you got hurt trying 
To intercept pain that was not
Yours to take....

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We took a tin of tea to town 
To play and picnic in the park 
As carefree children chased the clown 
And danced and dodged all day till dark. 

The simple sounds of silence still 
Were happily inside my head 
When freely formed from fright and frill - 
Before the beauty broke and bled....

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Freedom is a captivating illusion
Just a dream you know
She seduces the naïve 
And keeps the simple believing
Those who live that dream
Become victims of seduction
Fewer decide differently
And then forever 
Fight the fetters 
Which trap them in the truth
Dodged by default
With innocent arrogance
By the unbelieving...

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Are you a bullet dodged, or a bullet lodged 
Deep within my heart
I feel so alive as you’re killing me
Tingling in the tangles of betrayal
Am I your victim or my own prisoner
Locked, tied and bound
I cannot move on with or without you
Hope and desire wrestles violently with strength and courage
If I cut the tie, will I die or will I fly
Away...

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Comeback God sacked a craft sassed to last / 
Grasp no slack or sag with the rap slap/ 
Pressure the bag and tip of the cap /
Coder crack hat and lift that latch /
Off the docket and out the casket /
Almost a tragic trashed hit had him cashed in /
Dodged that tactic now have the out to last kit /
Hoss’s odds lodged a socket to play with any ratchet...

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I am hungry
I could not eat

Thirsty,
I could not drink

Sweating profusely,
I could not shower

Aching stomach
I could not care less

Father called
I did not respond
 
Mother sent for me
I did not go

Friends and folks looked for me
I dodged them

Except i see you
Except hear your voice
Except you become mine
Oh! Most wanted of women...

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I got buzzed by a pesky blue bottle
To evade it I started to tottle
I reached for the bug spray
But the fly dodged away
Then dive bombed at my head at full throttle


I purchased a fly swatting racket
So cheap it did not cost a packet
When I hit a fly
One touch and they die
It saves me from having to whack it!


06~03~17...

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My poor dead frog
what has happened to you?
Jumping happily and eating
swimming the waters deep
you laughed and loved
dodged the cars and children
leapt on your lily-pads, smiled
you were complete
then I found you, free as 2-D
smashed and dried
lying stiffly in unmoving hands
on the pavement where I placed you
Snap! My camera says
You are dead but immortalised...

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Nantucket was a bully in town
And he pushed everyone around
From storekeepers to clerks
He had no special perps
Until he met Black-flag
Who gave him a special tag
Nantucket ducked and dodged
But Black-flag fist was too large
Nantucket was tag not once but twice
That changed him from nasty to nice
Right now, he’s a bully no more
Because Black-flag tossed him out the door...

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My love has gone
She's left me alone
Not answering her phone
Not a faint dial tone

She threatened to leave
I didn't want to believe
Her friend named Steve
A heart stealing thief

She branded me impossible
Complaint's of my lifestyle
My bad habits are vile
Dropped me in the single pile

Maybe I dodged a bullet
Her fingers out of my wallet
She's Steve's little hornet
Sting you in a moment...

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Time thus spent of little thought
Treasure found adventure sought

Glassy pond in churning sea
Here our minds now seem to be
For so it is that we have learned
Fury dodged or tempest spurned

Come back to us thus as a dream
As star or moon in silvery beam
So to find then as we see
Ours is such a day of glee

Naught we have of treasure bought
Nor time thus spent of little thought

SeaWolf
©...

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After a regular gap
She comes in my nap
To sell dreams
In my sweet dreams. 

Her smile makes nervous
Sufficient to remain blank
Me as slave have no more options
To buy fake dreams in real dreams. 

What she says
What she does
Doesn't matter
Does slave like me have more choice. 

Dodged, dodging
Not only me but all
But her charm
Force me to go hell. 

Do you know, 
Who is she? 

Election...

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Too long you’ve dodged the pendulum of life
             Skipping between the strokes of the clock 
           Dancing away the hope of dreams
        Making a mockery of parents judicial advice
           Time it is to get serious wipe the play from off your lives
             Run to the fields and plant your goals
              What you sow you shall surely reap




For Debbie Guzzi's contest:  Let's Get Serious...

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Eventually you will find out,
why my feelings are in hibernation,
Opening the past is to sleep, 
when dreams turn in the wrong direction,
I've tossed and turned, 
dodged and ducked all the past nightmares,
The dreams are my life's memories,
entwined in sordid affairs,
Embossed on slate, my life's carvings,
for everyone to see, when love turns to hate,
To drink, it smother's the feelings, 
discarding what was ment to be fate.........

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