Short Downwards Poems

skies turned dark grey
water cascading downwards
land soaking it up...

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Frozen transparent 
Drawn daggers dangling downwards
Towards unwary....

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Being forced by wind
Pearls of rain-drops are rolling
Downwards on window...

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dusk, and starlings flock;
  murmuring shapes across sky
  then downwards  to roost....

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spiraling downwards
channeling my own power
no longer written...

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skiers on the snow slopes
avalanche torrents downwards
winters rage unleashed
...

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Summit’s past
Sliding downwards
Quick and fast
At the foot, greener grass
Heaven’s gate awaits...

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Snow falling downwards
Starts to turn city streets white
      Eyes peer from windows 
Wide open they see the changes
We have not yet conquered nature...

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a picturesque
extravagance,charming
unsurpassed in beauty:
the detail 
smooth black
on which lightness
dwells,
then recedes
outwards,upwards
downwards
to the floor...

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Don't move
a muscle or dare
shift your mind.
We are balanced 
on the edge of a precipice
and to reach out
to one another 
could cause us to tip
and send us all
plunging downwards
into tolerance.
...

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Autumn.
The morn is wresting itself
between ill
leaves, which that summer
brought along.
The sky stayed
in clefts.
The yellow lamps
among dark trees.
It’s autumn.
Slowly, downwards
after the pure rain –
sheltered....

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lapses in judgement 
lost footing 
slipped up 
fell backwards
backslide downwards
strayed away from
path that had 
been lead out 
reverted within 
became old version
of self momentarily 
happens whenever 
your around...

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A leaf,
floating downwards,
comes to rest upon grass.
Escapee cutting off the bonds,
unaware of its impending demise;
the umbilical cord severed,
now page-pressed memory;
dried skin cracking,
A leaf.




...

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To have too much pride
It can be a deadly ride!

It's the thing God really hates
Might wind up in hell's gates!

So if you want to love the Lord
Too much of it you can not afford

Do one's best to obey
Although we are just jars of clay...

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And he started caressing her face
Between her two brows his fingers stopped momentarily
Causing her to open her dreamy eyes questionably
Demanding more tip-toeing of his fingers downwards
Eventually his fingers stopped at the softness of her lips....

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Ill spoken words
Become buzzards
Flying downwards.
Wreaking havoc.

One silent friend
Evokes calms mend.
And two souls blend.
Smiling awestruck. 

December 8, 2014

Written for Poetry Soup Member Contest: DESIDERATA 
Sponsor	nette onclaud


I Chose Theme #1...

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nothing happens


                tears

 
                        despair 
                            dripping
in response


     drift
            downwards



detached


                     splashes



                                the sorrow


in tears...

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In the darkness
breath turns to pant
that shift of weight
beneath the linen gaze
As she takes her throne
Curving back
brings teeth
to neck and ear
Forbidden words
are snarled love
Breath held
From adoring eyes
as muscles pull her downwards
struggle to remain
the slave beneath her pain...

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Walking down the countryside footpath,
Side stepping here and there,
Looking downwards as I go,
Missing the beauty all around me,
Only seeing what's left behind,
Bags thrown in the hedge and on the ground,
Trying not to step in what has not been cleaned,
It's not the scenery I want to see,
Dog walkers take your dogs doodoo's away....

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Robes of flowing milk
Mixed with light flowing honey
Nimbus of sunlight
Lotus of red, pink and gold
With buddhas in the petals
And black hair flowing downwards 


Bussokusekika Poem about a medieval Chinese painting of the Prophet Mani (founder of Manichaeism) titled in English "Icon of Mani" (Moni is Mani in the Chinese language)...

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Poisonous laburnum hang downwards,
These dusty streets,
Hot as herbs and spices,
Touching deep buttery Panjshir Valley,
The Great Highland Bagpipes.

Sweaty, I will tell you,
About hegira-state,
Our rugged landscape,
Our legendary generosity,
The children of Afghan.

Dad, Valley of the Five Lions?
The legend of five spiritual guardians?...

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The sun with bloody eye

wants to expel me from this world.

I want to poison myself with gas,

But we have no gas at our home!

Misfortunes and troubles, 

like noisy ladies 

are thrown into my face roughly. 

I would like to be a bird 

To fly up above mountains of sorrow, 

And then downwards – to merge 

With waves of the warm sea....

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The maelstrom keeps pulling me inwards, 
Whirlpool's spinning slowly downwards. 
My strength is waning quickly; 
Hope’s waning silently. 
Perceive no rescue; 
No help’s in view. 
Life I'll misss. 
Abyss; 
Void...

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flower 

Dreams Wander! © Tanka

Crowning ‘glories’ bloom
Scent the breezes upwards overhead
Whiffs bloated full of dreams
Cascade to a downwards place
A wonderful airing out!
 
flower
FLOWERED PETALS © Tanka

All shaded angles point down  
Shadows within the flowers 
Silken petals flush
Deepening coloured shadows 
On, in-between, down around....

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After a snow storm
The snow covers ground
Outside it is cold
Then it starts to warm
The rain pours downwards
It begins to freeze
Sidewalks and driveways
Are very icy
It is hard to walk
Salt is not put down
Walking the small steps
Trying not to fall
The driveways are
dangerous 
This does not seem right
Salt should be put down
For the safety to walk...

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